Northern Ireland: Transport

Northern Ireland
Transport

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Important information about driving

Dominika Šmejkalová Wrote 10.09.2017:

As Northern Ireland is part of the UK, where you drive on the left, this rule applies here as well, as throughout the island of Ireland. Road markings help to stay on the right side of the road, but it still takes a while to get used to. Values on indicators and in cars are given in miles. Please note that after crossing the border into Ireland, however, all speed data are given in kilometers. Outside the main roads, there are quite a few narrow roads between the pastures (these are almost everywhere) after all. So two cars fit side by side and the locals used to drive here at a relatively high speed.

Travelling by plane

Dominika Šmejkalová Wrote 10.09.2017:

There are currently no direct flights from the Czech Republic to Northern Ireland. The fastest connection is to Dublin and then by bus less than 2 hours to Belfast. Belfast has two airports, an international airport with international flights and a city airport with only flights around the UK.

International flights

Dominika Šmejkalová Wrote 10.09.2017:

International flights fly to Belfast International Airport, which is about 45 minutes by bus from the center of Belfast.

Domestic flights

Dominika Šmejkalová Wrote 10.09.2017:

Belfast city airport is used for domestic flights around the United Kingdom, where a bus runs from the center in about 30 minutes.

By air from Czech Republic

Dominika Šmejkalová Wrote 10.09.2017:

There are currently no direct flights from the Czech Republic to Northern Ireland. The fastest connection is to Dublin and then by bus less than 2 hours to Belfast.

Traveling by train

Dominika Šmejkalová Wrote 10.09.2017:

Traveling by train in Northern Ireland is not long, as they have very 4 routes leading from Belfast inland south to Dublin, along the coast southeast to Bangor, north coast to Portrush or Londonderry and northeast along the coast to Larne. Transportation is relatively expensive and time consuming. Details at http://www.translink.co.uk/…NI-Railways/

Main train routes

Dominika Šmejkalová Wrote 10.09.2017:

Northern Ireland has 4 train routes that run along the coast to Dublin, south to Bangor, north to Portrush or Londonderry and inland and south to Newry.

Travelling by bus

Dominika Šmejkalová Wrote 10.09.2017:

The bus network is relatively densely distributed in Northern Ireland, yet the easiest access is on the main routes, but more remote places are difficult to reach by public transport. The traffic is also very slow in time and the connections often run only a few times a day. More at http://www.translink.co.uk/ here link to a clear map of all traffic in Northern Ireland https://www.translink.co.uk/…0interactive% 2020130114.pdf? Epslanguage = en

Travelling by private / rental car

Dominika Šmejkalová Wrote 10.09.2017:

Traveling by car is the fastest way to get to remote places relatively quickly and at any time. Car rental is not expensive, especially in low season (as opposed to public transport). You just need to be careful which rental company provides credit or debit card rental. A debit card can be easily borrowed from Europcar, for example. Some companies state that they also lend on debit, but then they have the condition that you also have to take out their excess insurance, which is more often more expensive than the whole loan. We deal with our excess insurance separately with the insurance company, where the insurance costs approx.

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