There are 11 ways to get from Rugby to Limerick by train, plane, ferry, bus, 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.
Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Shannon Airport
best- Take the train from Rugby to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane MAN - SNN
6h 9m€80–241Fly Birmingham Airport to Shannon Airport
cheapest- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane BHX - SNN
5h 11m€44–208Train, ferry
- Take the train from Rugby to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Limericktrain Re
12h 20m€101–220Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
- Take the bus from Burgh Quay to Limerick Arthur's Quaybus 300
13h 11m€112–227Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Rugby to Cairnryancar
- Take the car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfastcarferry
- Drive from Belfast to Limerickcar
12h 5m€155–263Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the train from Rugby to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane LHR - SNN
6h 33m€100–307Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the train from Rugby to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane STN - SNN
6h 45m€76–261Fly Birmingham Airport to Dublin Airport, train
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BHX - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junctiontrain
7h 44m€52–173Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Kerry Airport, bus
- Take the train from Rugby to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Kerry Airport (KIR)plane LTN - KIR
- Take the bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert Stationbus
7h 56m€83–284Fly Birmingham Airport to Cork Airport, train
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane BHX - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
7h 38m€51–237Train, train to East Midlands Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Rugby to Tamworthtrain
- Take the train from Tamworth High Level to Long Eatontrain
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane EMA - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junctiontrain
9h 28m€77–241
Rugby to Limerick by train, ferry, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rugby to Limerick is to fly and train which costs €50 - €180 and takes 7h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Rugby to Limerick is to fly which takes 5h 11m and costs €40 - €210.
The distance between Rugby and Limerick is 656 km.
The best way to get from Rugby to Limerick without a car is to train and ferry which takes 12h 20m and costs €100 - €220.
It takes approximately 6h 9m to get from Rugby to Limerick, including transfers.
There are 154+ hotels available in Limerick.
What companies run services between Rugby, England and Limerick, Ireland?
Ryanair flies from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Shannon Airport (SNN) 3 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–110
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–95
Flights from Luton Airport to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–130
Flights from Luton Airport to Kerry Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €25–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €24–150
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–130
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–110
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Rugby to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Rugby to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Rugby to Tamworth
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Rugby to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Rugby to Tamworth
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–27
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Crewe to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Birmingham International to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €18–25
Train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Tamworth High Level to Long Eaton
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Burgh Quay to Limerick Arthur's Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- 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
- €11–40
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–42
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Passenger
- €42
- Car Passenger
- €172
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