Following the announcement that it would begin a new Dublin service, National Express has launched its Dublin Express airport route
Belfast Lord Mayor Ryan Murphy and former Ulster and Ireland rugby star Andrew Trimble formally launched the new Dublin Express service between Belfast and Dublin airport in mid-July. The new service will offer 16 return trips per day, starting from Belfast at 0155hrs to arrive ahead of the first wave of flights from the airport.
The service will be operated by a fleet of recently-delivered new Caetano Levante III coaches. Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Ryan Murphy, said: “This is a welcome development which not only increases choice for consumers and improves connections between our two cities, but has created employment opportunities for residents too. Any new investment which encourages people to make the switch to public transport and choose to travel in a more sustainable way is also good news for our environment and key to our Bolder Vision for Belfast which is all about creating a more accessible, connected and greener city.”
Dublin Express’ General Manager Rory Fitzgerald added: “We are bringing a new standard of luxury travel to the people of Northern Ireland to Dublin City. The reaction so far has been amazing and bookings for day trips from Belfast to Dublin are popular thanks to our fast and frequent services, with morning trips down and return journeys back in the evening.
“Early departures from Belfast will get passengers to Dublin Airport before 4am for the first wave of departing flights. When we announced the new service we were blown away by the response, selling 14,000 tickets in just under five hours and sales have been going really well since. We estimate that in the first few months of operating we’ll be replacing over 25,000 car journeys between the two big cities on the island as a result of people booking to travel on our new service.”
