devon england area served bristol channel key people chris marrow chairman geoff metcalf md services passenger transportation website www.severnlink.com severn link is a ferry operating company founded in 2010 that intended to provide ferry services across the bristol channel in england and wales . the route was to have been served by two 40 metre flying cat passenger ferries capable of running at 34 knots and carrying up to 360 seated passengers . the journey by ferry was expected to take around 50 minutes 1 compared to 3.5 hours by road . 2 the first route was planned to be a passenger service between ilfracombe and swansea to start at easter 2010 3 but a major investor who held the mortgages on the two catamarans pulled out 4 and talks to find a new investor were still ongoing in autumn 2010 with launch said to be delayed until 2011 . 5 later plans were for a ferry service linking ilfracombe with cardiff docking at penarth . severn link were planning on a more direct link whereby the ferry would dock in cardiff 6 and the company said that it was considering other ferry services between penarth and minehead and between porthcawl and ilfracombe . 7 in 2012 the company confirmed that although the withdrawal of an investor and problems with landing facilities had led to delays and the two catamarans had been sold there were still plans to start a service . 8 references edit the celtic ocean guide severn link . celticocean.co.uk . retrieved 2011 08 03 . severn link announce plans to create affordable ferry from ilfracombe to swansea . bideford people . retrieved 2011 08 03 . spring launch for new fast ferry . bbc news . 2009 10 29 . retrieved 2011 08 03 . channel link ferries are sold . plymouth herald . 12 may 2011 . retrieved 5 august 2015 . bbc news devon to wales ferry link gets interest from new backer . bbc.co.uk . 2010 10 29 . retrieved 2011 08 03 . north devon gazette ilfracombe ferry will go to cardiff too dead link western mail . new ferry service to link swansea with devon . wales online . retrieved 2011 08 03 . severn ferry plan between south wales and devon not forgotten . bbc . 19 february 2012 . retrieved 5 august 2015 . external links edit severn link official site v t e transport in swansea road m4 motorway european route e30 a48 road a483 road a484 road a4067 road a4216 road a4217 road a4240 road a4118 road bus first cymru veolia transport cymru gower explorer metro route 4 national express swansea bus station gorseinon bus station national cycle network celtic trail national cycle route 4 national cycle route 43 railway lines south wales main line west wales line heart of wales line swansea district line railway stations gowerton llansamlet pontarddulais swansea air swansea airport waterways river tawe swansea canal tennant canal sea swansea docks swansea marina swansea cork ferry fastnet line severn link this article about an english company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title severn link & oldid 714912812 categories bristol channeltransport in swanseawater transport in devonferry companies of englandproposed transport infrastructure in the south west of englandproposed public transport in the united kingdomenglish company stubshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from august 2011all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 april 2016 at 15 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view