There are 9 ways to get from Dublin to Scapa Flow by plane, unknown, train, busferry, bus, or ferry
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Fly to Kirkwall, travel
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane DUB - KOI
- Walk from Kirkwall-Airport-KOI to Scapa Flowunknown
5h 54mTrain, bus and ferry, bus, travel
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Great Centraltrain
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3bus M10
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Bus Terminalbus X99
- Walk from Car Park to Scapa Flowunknown
19h 8mTrain, bus and ferry, bus, travel via Perth
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Great Centraltrain
- Take the busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
- Take the train from Inverness to Wicktrain
- Walk from Wick to Scapa Flowunknown
21h 20mFly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus, ferry, travel
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane DUB - INV
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry
- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Ferry Terminal to Rapness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry
- Walk from Rapness Orkney Ferry Terminal to Scapa Flowunknown
16h 49mFly to Aberdeen Airport, train, bus, travel
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane DUB - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Bus Terminalbus
- Walk from Car Park to Scapa Flowunknown
13h 49mFly to Glasgow Airport, train, bus, travel
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane DUB - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Bus Terminalbus
- Walk from Car Park to Scapa Flowunknown
14h 23mFly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train, travel
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DUB - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Bus Terminalbus
- Walk from Car Park to Scapa Flowunknown
14h 38mFly to Wick John O' Groats Airport, ferry, travel
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Wick John O' Groats Airport (WIC)plane DUB - WIC
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry
- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Ferry Terminal to Rapness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry
- Walk from Rapness Orkney Ferry Terminal to Scapa Flowunknown
25h 47mFly to Newcastle, train, bus, travel
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Newcastle (NCL)plane DUB - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Bus Terminalbus
- Walk from Car Park to Scapa Flowunknown
15h 56m
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Kirkwall (KOI) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Dublin and Scapa Flow is 420 miles.
The best way to get from Dublin to Scapa Flow without a car is to train and bus and ferry and bus and travel which takes 19h 8m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 54m to get from Dublin to Scapa Flow, including transfers.
There are 195+ hotels available in Scapa Flow.
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Scapa Flow, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Dublin to Scapa Flow. However, you can take the bus to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, walk to Dublin Airport (DUB) airport, fly to Kirkwall (KOI), then travel to Scapa Flow. Alternatively, you can take a train from Dublin Connolly to Scapa Flow via Belfast Great Central, Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Glasgow Buchanan, Buchanan Bus Station, Bus Station Stance 3, Bus Terminal, and Car Park in around 19h 8m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–95
Flights from Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–80
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–95
Flights from Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–95
Flights from Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Wick John O' Groats Airport via Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–360
Flights from Dublin Airport to Wick John O' Groats Airport via London Heathrow, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Wick John O' Groats Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to Wick John O' Groats Airport via Manchester, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–400
Flights from Dublin Airport to Wick John O' Groats Airport via Birmingham, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–440
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £21–120
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- £13–20
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Wick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–18
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
Train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £65–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £65–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £290–340
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01224591381
- bluebird.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £1–40
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- northlinkferries.co.uk
Ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- £13–17
- Peak
- £16–19
- Phone
- +44 (0)1856 872044
- info@orkneyferries.co.uk
- Website
- orkneyferries.co.uk
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Ferry Terminal to Rapness Orkney Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- http://www.orkneyferries.co.uk/
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