Dublin Airport to Connolly Station

Dublin Airport to Connolly Station transfer: the easiest way to get there

The best way to get from Dublin Airport to Connolly Station depends on what you are carrying and who you are travelling with, but for almost everyone arriving with luggage, family or after a long flight, a pre-booked private transfer is the answer. Haqqi Tours' Dublin Airport to Connolly Station airport transfer is met at arrivals, priced in advance and driven by someone who does this route every week.

This page covers everything travellers ask about the Dublin Airport to Connolly Station route: how far it is and how long it takes, whether an airport taxi, public transport or a private transfer is the better choice, what Connolly Station in Dublin is like, where to stay and eat, when to travel, where you meet your driver at Dublin Airport, which vehicles we use and how the booking works.

Arriving at Dublin Airport (DUB)

Dublin Airport (DUB) lies in Collinstown about 10 km north of the city centre, with Terminals 1 and 2 beside the M1 motorway, the Dublin Port Tunnel and the M50, roughly 30 minutes to the centre, 60 minutes to Wicklow and 1 hour 45 to Belfast.

Airports feel bigger after a long flight, and Dublin Airport is no exception. That is why your confirmation carries the exact meeting point for this airport, the driver's name and a phone number: when you walk out of arrivals you know where to look. The driver has been following your flight, so a late landing or a slow bag belt changes nothing about your Dublin Airport to Connolly Station transfer.

Searches for "DUB to Connolly Station" or "DUB airport transfer" land here for a reason: DUB is the airport code for Dublin Airport, and this is the private-car service that connects it with Connolly Station.

Dublin Airport to Connolly Station at a glance

Service: private transfer, your own vehicle from Dublin Airport to Connolly Station, door to door. Vehicles: Sedan (1–3 passengers), Minivan (1–7 passengers) and Sprinter (8–13 passengers) - Mercedes, Volkswagen, Ford Transit and Peugeot Traveller models, air-conditioned, with room for luggage. Price: fixed for the whole vehicle and agreed on WhatsApp before you travel, tolls and waiting included, nothing to pay the driver on the day. Meeting: at Dublin Airport, at the point named in your confirmation, with flight tracking so a delay moves the pickup. Booking: the form on this page or a WhatsApp message; confirmation in writing within minutes, in Arabic or English.

Taxi or private transfer from Dublin Airport to Connolly Station?

Travellers searching for "Dublin Airport to Connolly Station taxi cost" usually find a range rather than a number, because taxi fares depend on the meter, the hour and the route. Our private transfer gives you a single fixed price for the whole vehicle, agreed on WhatsApp in advance, so the cost of getting from Dublin Airport to Connolly Station is known before you land.

For one traveller with a small bag, a taxi or public transport can be a fair choice. For two or more people, a family with children, or anyone with real luggage, a private transfer is normally the cheapest way to get from Dublin Airport to Connolly Station per person - and by far the easiest. Public transport to Connolly Station involves changes, tickets and stairs; a private car goes to the hotel door.

There is also the question of trust. Our drivers know the hotels of Connolly Station, work on a fixed price, and never take a detour or add a "special fare" at the end. Your booking is confirmed by a real person on a WhatsApp desk that works in Arabic and English, and that same desk is reachable throughout your trip.

Public transport from Dublin Airport to Connolly Station: is there a bus, train or metro?

Frequent express coaches and city buses reach the centre in about 30 to 45 minutes and suit a city-centre hotel with light luggage; there is no rail link at the airport, so a private car is simpler for families, big bags, late arrivals and destinations such as Howth, Malahide, Wicklow or Belfast.

Many of our guests have tried the public route into Connolly Station once and booked the car ever after. The difference is not only speed but effort: no ticket machines in a foreign language, no stairs with suitcases, no working out the last mile to the hotel. A private Dublin Airport to Connolly Station transfer starts at the arrivals door and ends at the reception desk, and the fixed price covers the whole vehicle.

About Connolly Station

Connolly Station lies just north-east of the city centre on Amiens Street, about 11 km south of Dublin Airport. Connolly is the Dublin terminus for trains to the north and east, including the Enterprise service to Belfast, the Sligo and Rosslare lines and the DART electric trains that run along the shoreline of Dublin Bay to Howth, Malahide, Dun Laoghaire and Bray. The station is a few minutes' walk from O'Connell Street and the Custom House, next to the central bus station at Busáras, and on the Luas red line, so it works as the city's main transport interchange.

Around Connolly Station the areas travellers ask us about most are Howth, Malahide and the north coast, Dun Laoghaire, Dalkey and the south coast, City centre around Grafton Street and Trinity College and O'Connell Street and the north quays. Tell us the hotel and the driver takes the best route into that part of Dublin on the day.

Things to do in Connolly Station

The reasons most visitors come to Connolly Station: Enterprise trains to Belfast, DART along Dublin Bay, Trains to Sligo and Rosslare, Busáras central bus station next door and Custom House and Docklands nearby. Arriving by private transfer means you start on them rested, with the luggage already at the hotel.

Where to stay in Connolly Station

Hotels and places to stay in Connolly Station: O'Connell Street and Mountjoy Square, Docklands, Custom House Quay and Drumcondra and Croke Park. Tell us yours when you book and the driver plans the last few streets before you land.

Trains to Belfast, Sligo and Rosslare leave from separate platforms of the main concourse; arrive 30 minutes early, and note that the DART is often the quicker option to Howth or Malahide.

Eating well after the Dublin Airport to Connolly Station drive

Food is part of the arrival. Around Connolly Station you will find Irish stew, seafood chowder, soda bread with butter and fish and chips, and most of our drivers can tell you where they eat themselves. If you would rather go straight from Dublin Airport to a table than to the hotel, mention it when you book and the driver drops you close by.

Best time to travel to Connolly Station

May to September has the longest days and mildest weather, and Dublin is busiest around St Patrick's Day in March and in July and August; it rains at any time of year, and the M50 and the M1 are slow at weekday rush hours.

Whatever the month, the transfer runs around the clock and the fixed price is the same at 3 a.m. as at noon. What the season affects is journey time, and our drivers adjust the route and the pickup plan for Connolly Station accordingly - one more reason to give us the flight number when you book.

Meeting your driver at Dublin Airport

Where you meet your driver depends on Dublin Airport: a set meeting point inside arrivals, a designated exit, or a name board held just after customs. Rather than guess, we send the exact instructions with your WhatsApp confirmation - the meeting place, the driver's name and number, and what to do if you cannot see them. If your flight is delayed, we know: every Dublin Airport to Connolly Station transfer is flight-tracked and the pickup moves with your real landing time.

Waiting time after landing is included, and if you are delayed at baggage or passport control a quick WhatsApp message keeps everyone informed. On the way back, the driver collects you from the hotel at an agreed time with enough margin for your flight from Dublin Airport.

Our vehicles for the Connolly Station transfer

For this route we offer Sedan (1–3 passengers), Minivan (1–7 passengers) and Sprinter (8–13 passengers). The vans are Mercedes, Volkswagen, Ford Transit and Peugeot Traveller models, all recent, air-conditioned and cleaned between journeys, with proper luggage space rather than a crowded boot. Choose the vehicle by how many of you are travelling and how much luggage you bring; the desk will tell you if a larger vehicle would be more comfortable.

Child seats and booster seats are available on request - say the ages of the children when you book and we bring the right ones. Extra-large luggage, sports equipment and wheelchairs are all fine; just mention them so the right vehicle is sent.

The vehicle is chosen before the confirmation, not at the kerb, so there is no surprise at the door of Dublin Airport: what we agreed on WhatsApp is what is waiting, and if your luggage looks like it needs a bigger vehicle we say so before you pay.

Who books the Connolly Station transfer

Families are our most frequent guests on this route: a private car means the children are strapped into proper seats, the pushchair goes in the back, and nobody is counting change for tickets. Groups of friends and extended families take the Sprinter or a minivan so the whole party travels together from Dublin Airport to Connolly Station on one fixed price. Older travellers book it for the door-to-door help with the bags, and couples for a calm start to the trip instead of a taxi queue.

If your trip continues beyond Connolly Station - a day trip, a second city, a port or a return to Dublin Airport - the same desk arranges it in the same WhatsApp conversation, with the same fixed-price approach.

How to book your Connolly Station transfer

To book the Dublin Airport to Connolly Station transfer, send us your flight details, your date, how many are travelling and where you are staying in Connolly Station - through the form here or straight on WhatsApp. We confirm the fixed price and the meeting arrangement in writing within minutes, and the same chat stays open for any change of plan before or during your trip.

Changes and cancellations are handled through the same WhatsApp conversation. Because the terms depend on conditions such as how close to the pickup time the request is made, our team will explain exactly what applies to your booking when you ask - always before any payment, never as a surprise afterwards.

Good to know before you land at Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport has two terminals, so tell us your airline and flight number; if you continue into Northern Ireland carry your passport or photo ID.

Keep your phone charged and roaming or Wi-Fi on for the WhatsApp thread; the driver's number is in your confirmation and a message on landing at Dublin Airport is the quickest way to say you are through.

Let us know the driver language you would prefer; it depends on the country, the city and the hour, so we cannot promise it, but we do our best to match it and the WhatsApp desk itself always works in Arabic and English.

Connolly Station to Dublin Airport: the return transfer

Most guests book the return at the same time: a Connolly Station to Dublin Airport transfer from the hotel door, timed to your departure, with the same fixed-price approach. If your plans change during the trip, message the desk and the pickup time is adjusted.

Many guests book both directions together for a single confirmation with two times on it; if the return flight changes during the stay, one message moves the pickup to the new time.

Why travellers choose Haqqi Tours for Connolly Station transfers

Haqqi Tours is a travel company, not a taxi app: the people who confirm your Dublin Airport to Connolly Station transfer are the same people you can message at midnight when the flight is late. The price is fixed and written down, the driver is a licensed professional who does this road regularly, the vehicle is what we said it would be, and if anything on the day is not as promised, one message to the desk puts it right.