Our Best of Ireland tour ends in Belfast. We need to catch an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Naples at 6:15 am. What is the best way to travel overnight from Belfast to the Dublin Airport?
Posted by
Citizen of the World
2560 posts
“Dublin Express” has two-hour buses departing from Belfast for DUB at 1:55am arriving at Terminal 1 at 3:55am.
www.DublinExpress.ie
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The "Dublin Express" bus is your best bet. They have a 1:55 AM departure from Belfast, arriving at Dublin Airport (Terminal 1) around 3:55 AM—plenty of time for your 6:15 AM flight.
Posted by
Lake District, England
9123 posts
Dublin Express leaves from what is literally a bus stop on the sidewalk in the middle of Belfast with no shelter.
If for some strange reason I wanted to do this journey (rather than go down the night before and stay in an airport hotel) I would use the Translink X1 bus at 0100- at least that leaves from the relative comfort of Grand Central Bus and Rail Station. The only possible motive to travel overnight is cost. Well Translink also wins on cost- being just £9 if purchased on line (£16 on the bus).
Presumably Grand Central also still has toilets open at that hour to use before boarding the bus.
The extra hour at DUB also gives a bit more leeway in case of any incident on the cross border motorway or indeed the bus breaking down.
Posted by
OP
Spokane
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Thanks for the advice! Our trip to Naples is sandwiched between two Steves tours, so if we don’t use the overnight bus, we either lose a day of the Ireland tour or a whole day in Naples, unfortunately.