There are 10 ways to get from Dundee to Downpatrick by train, plane, bus, busferry, car ferry, or car
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Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, line 215 bus
best- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Gatewaytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane EDI - BHD
- Take the bus from Adelaide St. to Church Streetbus
4h 59mDrive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Dundee to Cairnryancar
- Take the car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfastcarferry
- Drive from Belfast to Downpatrickcar
5h 55m£51–105Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Streettrain Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street / ...
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
10h 20mTrain, Bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminalbus 923
- Take the car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfastcarferry
10h 55mTrain to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport, line 215 bus
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Gatewaytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane EDI - BFS
- Take the bus from Adelaide St. to Church Streetbus
5h 22mTrain to Glasgow Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, line 215 bus
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane GLA - BHD
- Take the bus from Adelaide St. to Church Streetbus
5h 34mTrain to Glasgow Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport, line 215 bus
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane GLA - BFS
- Take the bus from Adelaide St. to Church Streetbus
6h 3mTrain to Aberdeen Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, line 215 bus
- Take the train from Dundee to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane ABZ - BHD
- Take the bus from Adelaide St. to Church Streetbus
6h 3mBus, bus and ferry via Belfast
- Take the bus from Overgate to Buchanan Bus Stationbus Uk091
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
10h 29mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Dundee Slessor Gardens to Buchanan Bus Stnbus Ember
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
10h 34m
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dundee to Downpatrick is to drive and car ferry which costs £50 - £110 and takes 5h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Dundee to Downpatrick is to drive and car ferry which takes 5h 55m and costs £50 - £110.
No, there is no direct bus from Dundee to Downpatrick. However, there are services departing from Overgate and arriving at Church Street via Glasgow Buchanan and Adelaide St.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 29m.
The distance between Dundee and Downpatrick is 217 miles.
The best way to get from Dundee to Downpatrick without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 10h 20m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 59m to get from Dundee to Downpatrick, including transfers.
Dundee to Downpatrick bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Overgate station.
Dundee to Downpatrick bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
There are 95+ hotels available in Downpatrick.
What companies run services between Dundee, Scotland and Downpatrick, Northern Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Dundee to Downpatrick. However, you can take the train to Edinburgh Gateway, walk to Edinburgh Gateway, take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), walk to George Best Belfast City Airport, take the line 600 bus to Donegall Square South, walk to Adelaide St., then take the line 215 bus to Church Street. Alternatively, you can take a train from Dundee to Church Street via Glasgow Queen Street, Glasgow Buchanan, Belfast, Europa Buscentre, and Grand Central Station Stand 21 in around 10h 20m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–80
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–80
Flights from Glasgow Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–100
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Glasgow Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Gateway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Dundee to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–30
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Dundee to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Bus from Adelaide St. to Church Street
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Overgate to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Dundee Slessor Gardens to Buchanan Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–36
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £149
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