There are 10 ways to get from Derby to Dublin by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
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Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
best- Take the train from Derby to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BHX - DUB
4h 36m€43–165Fly East Midlands Airport to Dublin Airport
cheapest- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane EMA - DUB
4h 6m€40–186Train, ferry
- Take the train from Derby to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
8h 42m€89–189Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Market Place to Manchester Airport The Stationbus 199
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
13h 12m€75–149Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Derby to Cairnryancar
- Take the car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfastcarferry
- Drive from Belfast to Dublincar
9h 22m€143–208Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Derby to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane MAN - DUB
5h 18m€46–200Train to Liverpool, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Tamworth to Runcorntrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane LPL - DUB
5h 4m€78–285Train to Luton Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Derby to Lutontrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane LTN - DUB
5h 5m€80–277Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Derby to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane LBA - DUB
6h 22m€51–227Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Derby to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane MAN - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connollytrain
7h 18m€60–253
Derby to Dublin by train and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Derby to Dublin is to fly which costs €40 - €190 and takes 4h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Derby to Dublin is to fly which takes 4h 6m and costs €40 - €190.
The distance between Derby and Dublin is 414 km.
The best way to get from Derby to Dublin without a car is to train and ferry which takes 8h 42m and costs €85 - €190.
It takes approximately 4h 36m to get from Derby to Dublin, including transfers.
There are 1075+ hotels available in Dublin.
What companies run services between Derby, England and Dublin, Ireland?
Ryanair flies from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Dublin Airport (DUB) 5 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–110
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–100
Flights from Liverpool to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–120
Flights from Luton Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–130
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–120
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–120
Flights from Liverpool to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €22–100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–140
Train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Derby to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–60
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Tamworth to Runcorn
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- €30–45
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- €70–110
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Crewe to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Manchester Airport to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–85
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
- Phone
- 0844 351 1120
- help@centrebus.com
- Website
- highpeakbuses.com
Bus from Market Place to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7
- Website
- http://www.highpeakbuses.com
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Holyhead to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €190–200
- On Foot
- €40–50
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