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Article: The new channel ferry service that will rekindle memories of the good old days; Daily service to start early next year to link Swansea and Devon.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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Byline: Robin Turner
IT'S a world away from the stately old paddle steamers that transported tourists across the Bristol Channel in the middle of the last century.
But this high-speed ferry is revealed today as the 21st century successor to the pleasure cruisers that linked South Wales to the south-west of England for decades.
The new daily service between Swansea and Ilfracombe will begin early next year, cutting the journey time between South Wales and Devon to just 30 minutes.
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