There are 7 ways to get from Dublin to Forbach by plane, bus, ferry, train, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Luxembourg, bus
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane DUB - LUX
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale routière to Saarbrücken, Hauptbahnhofbus
8h 21mFly to Frankfurt, bus
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane DUB - FRA
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Airport to Saarbrücken bus stationbus
9h 18m€63–243Ferry, train via London
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Forbachtrain Ice
14h 28m€332–620Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Shrewsburytrain
- Take the train from Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Saarbrücken bus stationbus
25h 39m€132–256Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Est to Forbachtrain Ice
25h 58m€212–846Fly to Stuttgart Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane DUB - STR
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Strasbourgbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Metz Villetrain
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain
11h 4m€105–314Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Forbachcar
30h 55m€135–597
Dublin to Forbach by ferry, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Forbach is to fly and bus which costs €60 - €250 and takes 9h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Dublin to Forbach is to fly and bus which takes 9h 18m and costs €60 - €250.
The distance between Dublin and Forbach is 1082 km.
The best way to get from Dublin to Forbach without a car is to ferry and train via London which takes 14h 28m and costs €330 - €650.
It takes approximately 8h 21m to get from Dublin to Forbach, including transfers.
Forbach is 1h ahead of Dublin. It is currently 4:54 AM in Dublin and 5:54 AM in Forbach.
There are 790+ hotels available in Forbach.
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Forbach, France?
There is no direct connection from Dublin to Forbach. However, you can take the bus to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, walk to Dublin Airport (DUB) airport, fly to Luxembourg (LUX), walk to Aéroport Luxembourg/Findel, take the line 223 bus to Luxembourg, Gare Rocade, walk to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale routière, take the bus to Saarbrücken, Hauptbahnhof, walk to SB Hauptbahnhof C, then take the bus to Gare Routiere. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Forbach via Holyhead Ferry, Holyhead, London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Est in around 14h 28m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Dublin Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €25–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Luxembourg via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €25–150
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Dublin Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Luxembourg via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Holyhead to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@normandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Bus from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale routière to Saarbrücken, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Saarbrücken bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt Airport to Saarbrücken bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt Airport to Saarbrücken bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–40
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–550
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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