Dublin to Bundoran without a car

Choke

Can anyone help with this one?

Not looking good at the moment, web is telling me to get a taxi from Sligo.

TirEoghain

Using the journey planner on www.translink.co.uk, it can be done in 5 hours and 25 minutes

Station Arr Dep Service Destination
Dublin Connolly Rail Stn 7:35 5 ENT Belfast (NIR) Central Stn
Portadown (NIR) Rail Station 9:10 0:04
Portadown High Street 9:15 75 ULB Dungannon Bus Station
Dungannon Bus Station 10:00 10:03 261 GLE Enniskillen (Buscentre)
Enniskillen (Buscentre) 11:20 11:30 194 ULB Pettigo HM Customs
Pettigo HM Customs 12:20 12:20 195 ULB Bundoran Astoria Road
Bundoran Astoria Road 13:00

testicle

You can get a Bus direct from Busaras to Ballyshannon, and then either another Bus or a Taxi to Bundoran, it's not too far.

Tiesto

could take the train to Sligo (3 hours)
then a bus from Sligo which takes I guess around an hour, as its about a 35 min drive by car.

L1011

TirEoghain wrote: »

Using the journey planner on www.translink.co.uk, it can be done in 5 hours and 25 minutes

Station Arr Dep Service Destination
Dublin Connolly Rail Stn 7:35 5 ENT Belfast (NIR) Central Stn
Portadown (NIR) Rail Station 9:10 0:04
Portadown High Street 9:15 75 ULB Dungannon Bus Station
Dungannon Bus Station 10:00 10:03 261 GLE Enniskillen (Buscentre)
Enniskillen (Buscentre) 11:20 11:30 194 ULB Pettigo HM Customs
Pettigo HM Customs 12:20 12:20 195 ULB Bundoran Astoria Road
Bundoran Astoria Road 13:00

Insanity to use this route. Bundoran's in the Republic, why did you think Translink would give a decent route for it?

Bus to Sligo and then: http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202387983-480sd.pdf. One change, not the what, 6 Translink would have you do there? :eek:

TirEoghain

MYOB wrote: »

Insanity to use this route. Bundoran's in the Republic, why did you think Translink would give a decent route for it?

Bus to Sligo and then: http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202387983-480sd.pdf. One change, not the what, 6 Translink would have you do there? :eek:

True, my response was based on the assumption that the OP had already exhausted all the Bus Eireann options.

Choke

MYOB wrote: »

Insanity to use this route. Bundoran's in the Republic, why did you think Translink would give a decent route for it?

Bus to Sligo and then: http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202387983-480sd.pdf. One change, not the what, 6 Translink would have you do there? :eek:

Thanks, nearly got a heart attack when I saw 6:D

I was trying to make the 'net do it for me, but it gave me weird answers.
I think I just amn't able to use that Bus Eireann website.

Colm R

TirEoghain wrote: »

Using the journey planner on www.translink.co.uk, it can be done in 5 hours and 25 minutes

Station Arr Dep Service Destination
Dublin Connolly Rail Stn 7:35 5 ENT Belfast (NIR) Central Stn
Portadown (NIR) Rail Station 9:10 0:04
Portadown High Street 9:15 75 ULB Dungannon Bus Station
Dungannon Bus Station 10:00 10:03 261 GLE Enniskillen (Buscentre)
Enniskillen (Buscentre) 11:20 11:30 194 ULB Pettigo HM Customs
Pettigo HM Customs 12:20 12:20 195 ULB Bundoran Astoria Road
Bundoran Astoria Road 13:00

While this is obviously not the best way to get from Dublin to Bundoran, I am impressed by the Translink website being able to deliver such information.

ardmacha

While this is obviously not the best way to get from Dublin to Bundoran, I am impressed by the Translink website being able to deliver such information.

Hardly impressive, any proposed route in this direction would surely use a direct bus from Dublin to Enniskillen rather than taking a train to Portadown, a bus to Dungannon and another to Enniskillen!

What is ridiculous is that the Irish Rail route planner cannot give you a route to all of the rail stations in NI. It is not as if the Irish rail network is that extensive.

Bundoran is only 8km from Ballyshannon, so a bus to there and a taxi would be pretty efficient.

robd

Use buseireann route planner.

Linked from their website if you click though "Your Journey"
Direct link below for convenience

http://194.106.151.94/jplan/bin/

Says:
Route 23 (Dublin - Sligo)
Route 64 (Sligo - Derry [stopping in Bundoran])

Seems simple enough to me but then I'm a tech.

Vic_08

It is usually quickest to go via Ballyshannon on the Dublin - Donegal route 30 and it is the best choice if you need to get a taxi if there are no convenient connections as Bundoran is only 10 mns away.
Via Sligo train or bus and route 64 from there is a good alternative, note the times on route 64 change from Jan 31 so make sure you look at the correct timetable.

Through bus tickets are available and are valid for both routes in both directions.

Dublin -Ballyhannon 30 http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1222100493-30.pdf
Ballyshannon - Bundoran 485 http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202387985-485.pdf

Dublin Sligo 23 http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1264591286-23.pdf
Sligo Ballyshannon 64 http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202290296-64.pdf
480 http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1253540254-480.pdf
64 new http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1264591327-64.pdf