Dublin Airport
Getting between Dublin Airport and Dublin, both directions. Pick your terminal below: what serves DUB differs by terminal.
No train or tram reaches Dublin Airport, so every way into the city runs on the road. Aircoach and Dublin Express are commercial coaches with their own fares, outside the TFI system: no 90 minute transfer, no cap, and a Leap Card cannot be tapped to pay on either. Aircoach starts at €6 one way and €8 return. The ordinary city buses charge the usual €2.00 fare.
The best ways into Dublin
Public transport
- Dublin Express Fastest by public transportSimplest
- Costs
- Premium fare
- Takes
- About 14 minutes to the centre
- Pay
- Pay by contactless or app ticket.
- Goes
- routes 782, 783, 784
- Aircoach
- Costs
- €6
- Takes
- About 20 minutes to the centre
- Pay
- Pay by contactless, cash or app ticket.
- Goes
- routes 700, 700X, 702
- TFI Dublin City Bus routes 16 Cheapest
- Costs
- Among the cheapest ways in
- Pay
- Pay by cash or paper ticket.
Taxis and ride apps
- Taxi
- Pay
- Pay by card or cash.
- Get one
- Take one from the taxi rank, book it by phone or in the app or hail one in the street. The pickup point is below.
- Pickup
- Curbside directly outside both T1 and T2; Taxi dispatchers are stationed outside both terminals to assist passengers into the queue.
- Uber uber.com
- Pay
- Pay by in-app payment or cash.
- Get one
- Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Pickup
- Curbside directly outside both T1 and T2.
- Bolt bolt.eu
- Pay
- Pay by in-app payment or cash.
- Get one
- Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Pickup
- Curbside directly outside both T1 and T2.
- FreeNow free-now.com
- Pay
- Pay by in-app payment, cash or card.
- Get one
- Book it in the app or by phone. The pickup point is below.
- Pickup
- Curbside directly outside both T1 and T2.
Every way in and out, in full
Bus & coach 3
- How you pay
- Pay by contactless or app ticket.
- Routes
- routes 782, 783, 784
- Terminals
- T1 and T2 - all Dublin Express services call at both terminals (Zone 1 at T1).
- Worth knowing
- Premium private coach fare, entirely outside the TFI Leap 90-Minute-Fare / capping ecosystem - the direct contrast to the cheap TFI local bus routes at this airport.
Serves this terminal directly. Board at Zone 1.
Serves this terminal directly. Board at Zone 21.
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- How you pay
- Pay by contactless, cash or app ticket.
- Routes
- routes 700, 700X, 702
- Terminals
- T1 (Zone 2) and T2 (Zone 20) for all three routes.
- Worth knowing
- Premium private coach fare, outside the TFI Leap 90-Minute-Fare / capping ecosystem, the same category as Dublin Express - the contrast with the cheap TFI local bus option. This ticket is available online only and is not accepted on route 705X'.
Serves this terminal directly. Board at Zone 2.
Serves this terminal directly. Board at Zone 20.
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- How you pay
- Pay by cash or paper ticket.
- Terminals
- T1 and T2 - shared stops at Zone 11, Zone 13 and Zone 15, reachable from both terminals via the airport's link corridor (not terminal-exclusive zones).
- Worth knowing
- This is the cheapest way into the city from the airport.
Serves this terminal directly. Board at Zone 11, 13 or 15 (shared stop, not terminal-exclusive).
Serves this terminal directly. Board at Zone 11, 13 or 15 (shared stop, not terminal-exclusive).
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Taxi & ride apps 4
- How you pay
- Pay by card or cash. Card guaranteed.
- How you get one
- Take one from the taxi rank, book it by phone or in the app or hail one in the street. The pickup point is below.
- Where to get one
- Curbside directly outside both T1 and T2; Taxi dispatchers are stationed outside both terminals to assist passengers into the queue.
- Terminals
- Both T1 and T2 - taxis pull up curbside directly in front of each terminal.
Serves this terminal directly. Board at Curbside outside Terminal 1 arrivals.
Serves this terminal directly. Board at Curbside outside Terminal 2 arrivals.
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- How you pay
- Pay by in-app payment or cash. Taxi Cash option.
- How you get one
- Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Where to get one
- Curbside directly outside both T1 and T2.
- Terminals
- Both T1 and T2.
Serves this terminal directly. Board at Zone 18 car park.
Serves this terminal directly. Board at Zone 18 car park.
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- How you pay
- Pay by in-app payment or cash.
- How you get one
- Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Where to get one
- Curbside directly outside both T1 and T2.
- Terminals
- Both T1 and T2.
Serves this terminal directly.
Serves this terminal directly.
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- How you pay
- Pay by in-app payment, cash or card.
- How you get one
- Book it in the app or by phone. The pickup point is below.
- Where to get one
- Curbside directly outside both T1 and T2.
- Terminals
- Both T1 and T2 - FreeNow's own page gives separate walking directions from each terminal's Arrivals to the same pickup point.
Serves this terminal directly. Board at Zone 18 car park.
Serves this terminal directly. Board at Zone 18 car park.
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