There are 12 ways to get from Ireland to Aberdeen by plane, train, busferry, car, car ferry, or bus
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Fly Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane DUB - ABZ
5h 5m£52–191Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Great Centraltrain
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeentrain
13h 21mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Belfastcar
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryancarferry
- Drive from Cairnryan to Aberdeencar
8h 17m£107–164Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane BHD - ABZ
4h 29m£89–229Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BHD - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Aberdeentrain
6h 55m£65–234Fly Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DUB - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Aberdeentrain
7h 11m£59–226Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BFS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeentrain
7h 33m£68–209Fly Cork Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ORK - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Aberdeentrain
7h 3m£54–220Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHD - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeentrain
7h 5m£70–244Fly Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane DUB - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeentrain
7h 21m£58–216Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Square Bus Stationbus
13h 44mBus, bus and ferry via Merrion Square South
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport T1 to Grand Central Bus Stand 11bus X1 / ...
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Square Bus Stationbus M9
14h 1m
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Aberdeen is to fly which costs £50 - £200 and takes 5h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Aberdeen is to train and fly which takes 4h 29m and costs £85 - £230.
No, there is no direct bus from Ireland to Aberdeen station. However, there are services departing from Grand Parade and arriving at Union Square Bus Station via Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, Belfast, Europa Buscentre and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 44m.
The distance between Ireland and Aberdeen is 330 miles.
The best way to get from Ireland to Aberdeen without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 13h 21m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 5m to get from Ireland to Aberdeen, including transfers.
Ireland to Aberdeen bus services, operated by Aircoach, depart from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 station.
Ireland to Aberdeen bus services, operated by Aircoach, arrive at Europa Bus Centre station.
There are 660+ hotels available in Aberdeen.
What companies run services between Ireland and Aberdeen, Scotland?
Aer Lingus, Loganair, and British Airways fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) 5 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–150
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–200
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–120
Flights from Cork Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–95
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–90
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £26–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–120
Flights from Cork Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–200
- 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/
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- 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
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- £13–19
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- £7–11
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–85
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £19–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £15–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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/
Bus from Dublin Airport T1 to Grand Central Bus Stand 11
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
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 Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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