There are 12 ways to get from Dublin to London by plane, train, shuttle, car ferry, bus and ferry or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly Dublin to London City • 4 h 5 min
$58 - $230
Cheapest option
Bus and ferry • 12 h 15 min
$28 - $35
10 alternative options
Fly Dublin to London Heathrow • 3 h 59 min
$76 - $255
Fly Dublin to London Gatwick • 4 h 8 min
$44 - $180
Fly Dublin to London Stansted • 4 h 28 min
$51 - $170
Fly Dublin to London Luton, train • 4 h 28 min
$40 - $185
Fly Dublin to Southend, train • 4 h 42 min
$49 - $221
Train to Belfast City, fly to London Heathrow • 5 h 43 min
$116 - $316
Shuttle to Belfast (Aldergrove), fly to London Luton, train • 6 h 15 min
$73 - $183
Car ferry, train • 8 h 17 min
$188 - $282
Car ferry, train via Chester • 9 h 7 min
$168 - $292
Car ferry, drive • 8 h 9 min
$98 - $132
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to London is to bus and ferry which costs 25€ - 35€ and takes 12 h 15 min.
The quickest way to get from Dublin to London is to fly which costs 65€ - 230€ and takes 3 h 59 min.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Dublin and arriving at London Victoria. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 12 h 15 min.
The distance between Dublin and London is 462 km.
The best way to get from Dublin to London without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 8 h 17 min and costs 160€ - 250€.
It takes approximately 4 h 5 min to get from Dublin to London, including transfers.
Dublin to London bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Dublin station.
The quickest flight from Dublin Airport to London City Airport is the direct flight which takes 1 h 20 min.
Dublin to London bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria station.
CityJet, KLM, Aer Lingus and British Airways offer flights from Dublin Airport to London City Airport.
- Distance: 288.7 miles
- Duration: 4 h 5 min
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and London, England?
CityJet, Aer Lingus and two other airlines fly from Dublin to London hourly.
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin to London City
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 32 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $500
Flights from Dublin to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60 - $340
Flights from Dublin to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 26 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35 - $270
Flights from Dublin to Southend
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65 - $310
Flights from Belfast City to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 24 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65 - $370
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dublin to London City
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70 - $430
Flights from Dublin to London City via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $70 - $430
Flights from Dublin to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60 - $340
Flights from Dublin to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 26 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35 - $270
Flights from Dublin to London Gatwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 min
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95 - $550
Flights from Belfast City to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 24 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65 - $370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 31 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $25 - $210
Flights from Dublin to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $24 - $190
Flights from Dublin to London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 13 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $24 - $200
Flights from Dublin to Southend
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 10 min
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $26 - $190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Belfast (Aldergrove) to London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $180
Flights from Belfast (Aldergrove) to London Luton via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 2 min
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $180
Flights from Belfast (Aldergrove) to London Luton via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 min
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $180
- Website
- flybe.com
Flights from Dublin to Southend
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65 - $310
Flights from Belfast City to London Heathrow via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 25 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $470
- Website
- cityjet.com
Flights from Dublin to London City
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 20 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50 - $350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $800
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras International LL
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14 - $20
- Schedules at
- thameslinkrailway.com
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- [email protected]
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras International
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14 - $20
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Advance Single
- $6 - $10
- Off-Peak Single
- $13 - $21
- Anytime Day Single
- $14 - $20
- Anytime Single
- $19 - $28
- Website
- abelliogreateranglia.co.uk
Train from Southend Airport to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18 - $26
- Website
- abelliogreateranglia.co.uk
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Connolly to Belfast City Centre, Lanyon Place Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35 - $55
- Website
- irishrail.ie
- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $240
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $95 - $140
- Anytime Day Single
- $150 - $240
Train from Holyhead to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $80
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $30 - $50
- Anytime Day Single
- $50 - $80
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 1 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $100 - $170
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $65 - $95
- Anytime Day Single
- $100 - $170
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- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- [email protected]
- Website
- arrivatrainswales.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30 - $55
- Website
- arrivatrainswales.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $16 - $23
- Anytime Day Single
- $30 - $55
- First Anytime Day Single
- $50 - $80
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- [email protected]
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Shuttle from Dublin Busaras Bus Station to Belfast Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23 - $35
- Schedules at
- translink.co.uk
- Regional
- $23 - $35
National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus and ferry from Dublin to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 12 h 15 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28 - $35
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
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- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Dublin to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $38 - $42
- Schedules at
- irishferries.com
- Car
- $140 - $170
- On Foot
- $38 - $42
- car
- $115
- Passenger
- $41
- Website
- stenaline.co.uk
Car ferry from Dublin to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45 - $160
- Schedules at
- stenaline.co.uk
- Passenger
- $46
- Small Car
- $155
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