We study the dynamics of entanglement in an XY spin chain subject to a staggered magnetic field and contrast it to the previously discussed uniform field case. We find that in the isotropic (XX) limit a staggered field can provide almost equally favorable conditions for a high-fidelity transfer of entanglement, while even a modest amount of exchange anisotropy appears to have a strong detrimental effect. We also study interactions between different waves of entanglement and assess the possibility of simultaneous transmission of multiple bits of quantum information.