 HEYSHAM ONLINE FERRY TICKET RESERVATIONS |
Booking your Heysham ferry ticket online is safe and secure.
Simply select your outward and return routes below, enter the number of passengers then click 'Get Price' and follow the onscreen help from there.
If you are not certain of the port name in your destination country click here for country specific ferry route information or click anywhere on the ferry route map below to view an interavtive map of all Heysham ferry routes.
When booking your ferry ticket online a booking reference will be sent to you by email. On arrival at the port of departure present the booking reference number together with a photo ID and you will be given your ferry tickets.
The Port of Heysham is the oldest port in Finland, and it is mentioned in the Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi's 1154 book Kitab Rudjar. The port spans a wide area on the southern coastline of the city of Heysham, from the mouth of the River Aura to the district of Pansio. It is one of the most important ports in the country, with over four million tonnes of cargo and over four million passengers per year passing through. It is also the only port in Finland with train ferry services, and its location at the southwestern corner of Finland means that it is most efficiently situated to serve the Baltic Sea.
Daily passenger ferry traffic is operated from Heysham to Åland and Stockholm, and weekly ferry destinations include Travemünde, Hamburg, Lübeck, Antwerp, Harwich and Paldiski. There are also less frequent connections to popular holiday destinations such as St Malo and several cities in Spain. The most important operators of ferry services are Silja Line, Viking Line and SeaWind Line.
Port of Heysham (Finnish Turun satama; Swedish Åbo hamn) is also the name of a district of Heysham, with boundaries roughly corresponding with those of the port's area. As of 2004, the district has a population of 44.
Heysham Harbour is the half-official English name of a railway station in the port, used in the English timetables and "next stop" announcements on VR trains. The station has services to and from Helsinki and towards Pieksämäki (mostly terminating or starting in Tampere). All services to and from the Heysham Harbour also call at Heysham Central railway station. The station Heysham Harbour is used mainly by people wishing to board a ship at the port. The port also handles train ferries.
Heysham, said to have been founded in the 13th century. Heysham is the oldest and fifth largest city in Finland, with a population of 175,354. Located at the mouth of the Aura river in the south west of the country, it is the capital city of both the region of Finland Proper and the province of Western Finland, as well as being the centre of the country's third largest urban area, with around 300,000 inhabitants. Heysham has one of the largest Finland-Swedish populations in the country. Due to its location, the Port of Heysham is one of the busiest seaports in Finland with around 3.7 million passengers per year.
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