We are going to Ireland with family and my husband and I thought we would continue on to Scotland. We are thinking of taking the train from Dublin to Belfast and a boat to Scotland. Will we have problems getting a train to Glasgow? Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Mary Lou
Posted by
Genesee, ID
1840 posts
That depends on where you land in Scotland. Lots of trains go to Glasgow, and buses too. Glasgow happens to be our favorite city in Scotland.
Posted by
Vernon, Canada
32350 posts
Mary Lou, Unless you really want to travel by boat, the method I'd use on that route is: > Option 1 - train from Dublin to Belfast and then an EasyJet flight to either Edinburgh or Glasgow. > Option 2 - flight (RyanAir?) from Dublin to Scotland (I haven't checked which routes they offer). A flight would be quicker and a more efficient use of your travel time (IMHO) and possibly cheaper also. Happy travels!
Posted by
Tucson
4183 posts
We did this trip the opposite direction. We did the "rail and sail" option from Glasgow to Belfast. You can check into that for the opposite direction here: http://www.stenaline.co.uk/ferry/rail-and-sail/.
Posted by
Chicago
2876 posts
Easyjet flies nonstop Belfast to Glasgow. Flight time 45 minutes. http://www.easyjet.com/en
Posted by
Texas
518 posts
We flew on FlyBe Airlines from Belfast City to Inverness. I looked at their site. They do fly from Belfast City Airport to Glasgow International. The date I put in shows 3 flights per day, all non stop. We have used FlyBe several times. They have nice planes and were on time each time. It's flybe.com.
Posted by
OP
Arlington Heights, IL, USA
16 posts
Thanks everyone for your help.
Posted by
Ocean Shores, Wa, USA
74 posts
We did the rail-sail from Belfast to Glasgow via Stena lines. Took the first sail around 7AM and ended up in the Glasgow train station around noon. Had bussed from DUB airport the day before. Was a good trip! Dan