Dublin Airport - Dundalk Bus

paulmcgrath

Hi all,

I am travelling to Dublin from the UK next monday and I have been trying to organise a bus to Dundalk on arrival.

First of all I would like to say that I find the Bus Eireann website quite poor and difficult to navigate. The lack of maps is also disappointing.

Basically i need to know what bus to get. How long it will take me to get from arrivals to bus stop. And how late does the bus go. When can i buy tickets etc.

Is the route from arrivals to bus stop self explanitory?

richardjjd

Are you coming into terminal one or two? What time do you arrive?

paulmcgrath

richardjjd wrote: »

Are you coming into terminal one or two? What time do you arrive?

Sorry, I thought i had that information down.

I will be flying into T1 and arriving @ 2240 according to FR.

foggy_lad

You want the 100X from bus stop Zone 11 at the airport.

http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1358427979-100X.pdf

The Bus Éireann stops are outside the arrivals area of terminal 1 and should be signposted.

richardjjd

The 100x Dublin Bus leaves from Dublin Airport at 20 mins past the hour, every hour from 720am to 1020pm, and again at 20 mins past midnight. Travel time to Dundalk is 1hr 15mins. Timetable is here.

The 100x - according to the timetable - leaves from stop 11 on Atrium road, which means, when you leave terminal one, walk through the car park building through to the bus area. Its a 1 min walk from the Terminal building to the bus area. Allow a further 5 mins if you're walking from terminal 2. You will also need to leave sufficient time to get from your arrivals gate to the front of the terminal - that could be anything from 5 to 15 minutes, depending on which gate you're coming into.

foggy_lad

paulmcgrath wrote: »

Sorry, I thought i had that information down.

I will be flying into T1 and arriving @ 2240 according to FR.

Your bus will be departing from the stop at zone 11 at 12.20am

paulmcgrath

12.20am. Thanks guys.

Even though that is **** news lol

From terminal 1 it's a couple of minutes walk from the public area of the airport to the stop you want to get to. You want to get the 100X towards Dundalk. It's timetable to pick up at the Airport at 20 minutes past the hour and any time I've been on it it waits if it's early. First bus is at 7.20am and last is 20 past midnight.

EDIT: Was much too slow replying. :pac:

Victor

www.a-b.ie and take a look at the Dublin Airport maps here: http://transportforireland.ie/maps/

Option 1. The direct bus is the simplest option, although there is the long wait. Fares: http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=238Service 100X
8.00 : Adult Single
12.50 : Adult Rtn
12.00 : Adult Day Rtn
7.50 : Child Single
11.50 : Child Return
11.50 : Child Day Rtn
8.00 : Student Single
12.00 : Student Rtn
34.50 : Family Rtn
53.00 : Adult 10 Jny
42.50 : Student 10 Jny

Option 2. An alternative would be to get any bus (route 16, 33, 41/a/b (€2.40-2.80 adult) are the best, but there are also the more expensive (€6 adult) Aircoach or route 747 to O'Connell Street) to Dublin (Parnell Square or Drumcondra Station) and get a Matthews Coaches route 901 from Parnell Street at 23.30 or Drumcondra train station a few minutes later. http://commuter.matthews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=11

Fares: http://commuter.matthews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=4&Itemid=6

Trip Price
Single Trip €9.00
Return Trip €14.00*
Ten Trip €60.00*
Student €55.00**

* no expiry date on return or ten trip tickets
** must produce valid student card

Option 3. You could get route 101 to Drogheda Train Station (note this is separate to the bus station and you will need to ask the driver to stop) and then a train to Dundalk. However, this get you to Dundalk only 10 minutes earlier than the direct route 100x.
Fares: http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=238 Service 101
6.00 : Adult Single
10.00 : Adult Rtn
10.00 : Adult Day Rtn
5.50 : Child Single
9.00 : Child Return
9.00 : Child Day Rtn
6.00 : Student Single
10.00 : Student Rtn
34.50 : Family Rtn
40.50 : Adult 10 Jny
35.00 : Student 10 Jny
31.00 : Child 10 Jny

http://www.railusers.ie/passenger_info/fare_calc_2013.php?station_from=DGHDA&station_to=DDALK&stage1=Submit+Query

Welcome to the Rail Users Ireland Fare Calculator!

This version is the December 1st 2012 fare revision

Station From: Drogheda (McBride)
Station To: Dundalk (Clarke)

The journey distance is: 36.20km, fare zone CE future zone C

Adult Child Student 16-25 Family
Single €10.80 €5.00 €9.50 €9.50
Open Return €19.20 €9.50 €13.30 €13.80 €38.50
Day Return €18.00 €9.00 €24.50
Monthly €160.00
Annual €1,600.00