A new express coach will launch this month with the new Dublin-Belfast express coach. The first set of customers were only required to fork out a single euro.
From next week, travellers between two of Ireland’s premier cities will be able to access a new express coach between Belfast and Dublin.
Forming part of the National Express Limited, Dublin Express will kick off its services on 18 July. The first 10,000 customers only had to pay an incredible €1 for their tickets, which sold out yesterday afternoon.
However, Dublin Express took to social media to say, “You can still get your tickets at the lower fare of €8/£8 live on our website for a limited time”.
Adding to the already-competitive market of travel between Dublin and Belfast, commuters and travellers will now be spoiled for choice.
The Dublin Express – a new state-of-the-art express coach
Dublin Express plans on investing around €10 million (£8.5 million) over the next year. This investment will create eight new Caetano Levante III coaches that will operate between the cities.
The new service will be made up of 16 trips per day. They will go in each direction between Belfast city centre and both Dublin Airport and Dublin City Centre.
40 new jobs are to be created as a result in Belfast and Dungannon. This comes from the newfound need for drivers, management, maintenance and retail.
National Express has also affirmed its commitment to become the first company to operate a fully Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) bus fleet in the north. Tickets can be located here.
What to expect – a seasoned inner-city bus company
Dublin Express have already run successful bus routes between Dublin Airport and Dublin City for citizens and visitors of the capital, and it expects around two million passengers on inner-city routes alone this year.
The most popular routes Dublin Express routes within the city are the popular Temple Bar area and Hueston Station. It runs 100 departures a day from Dublin Airport, with a bus leaving every ten minutes.
As such, passengers on this new Dublin-Belfast express coach can expect seasoned and experienced travel making the trip down the M1 even easier.
Views of Dublin Express – what the company is saying
Rory Fitzgerald, General Manager of Dublin Express, stated, “We are excited to bring the Dublin Express brand to Northern Ireland and particularly Belfast, offering a new high quality experience to passengers on the M1 corridor.
“We’ve been receiving a high volume of requests from customers asking for this service which itself stood out as an under-served route.
“We estimate the number of Northern Ireland residents using Dublin Airport annually at over 1 million due to its geographic location on the north side of the city, the seamless M1 motorway and the numerous connections to mainland Europe, the Middle East and of course transatlantic flights to the US”.
