Cheapest€13.38
- Catherine Madigan CM957406:303h 36m10:06Cork Parnell PlaceDublin Busaras
Door to door 4h 20mCO2 6.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Cork to Dublin bus
Buses from Cork to Dublin start at €13.93 and take 4h 8m at their fastest.
The Buses from Cork to Dublin starts at €13.93 and takes 4h 8m door to door, run by 5 operators over 252 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 8mDoor to door
- 3h 24mMoving
- €13.93From
- 6.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Bus Éireann | €13.93 | 4h 5m |
| Catherine Madigan | €13.38 | 4h 6m |
 Citylink | €13.93 | 4h 5m |
 LUAS | €13.38 | 4h 5m |
 TFI | €13.93 | 4h 5m |
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When to book Cork to Dublin
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €12.2860 days
- €14.4845 days
- €13.3830 days
- €13.9321 days
- €13.9314 days
- €16.137 days
- €22.733 days
- €28.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 130 percent. The most expensive point is €28.23, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €17.78Sun
- €15.58Mon
- €15.58Tue
- €13.93Wed
- €19.43Thu
- €18.33Fri
- €19.43Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Cork
Bus
- Cork Parnell Place
- Parnell Place Cork Bus Station
Dublin
Bus
- Dublin Busaras
- Busáras
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 86% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 14% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 252 km against 219 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Liverpool, Waterford, Limerick. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Cork at 06:05 and the last at 17:26, across 15 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 33m | 1h 49m | 44m | €30.04 | 8.3 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 4h 8m | 3h 24m | 44m | €13.93 | 6.8 kg | 15 |
Questions about Cork to Dublin
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Cork to Dublin take?
The Coach from Cork to Dublin takes 4h 8m door to door, of which 3h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 252 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Cork to Dublin cost?
The Coach from Cork to Dublin starts at €13.93 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €15.58. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Cork to Dublin?
5 operators run the Coach from Cork to Dublin: Bus Éireann, Catherine Madigan, Citylink, LUAS, TFI. Between them they file around 15 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Cork to Dublin use?
The Coach from Cork to Dublin leaves from Cork Parnell Place and arrives at Dublin Busaras. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Cork to Dublin?
Traveling from Cork to Dublin by Train costs €30.04 and takes 2h 33m door to door, against 4h 8m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Cork to Dublin?
Fares for the Coach from Cork to Dublin bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 130 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Cork to Dublin produce?
The Coach from Cork to Dublin produces about 6.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 252 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Cork to Dublin?
Operators on the Coach from Cork to Dublin publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 8m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cork to Dublin on September 9, 2026: 252 km of route against 219 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €13.93, and 4h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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