Cheapest€14.64
- Irish Rail IR179206:2954m07:23Belfast Lanyon PlaceDrogheda railway station
Door to door 1h 38mCO2 3.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Belfast to Drogheda train
Trains from Belfast to Drogheda start at €16.84 and take 1h 38m at their fastest.
The Trains from Belfast to Drogheda starts at €16.84 and takes 1h 38m door to door, run by 1 operator over 117 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 38mDoor to door
- 54mMoving
- €16.84From
- 3.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Irish Rail | €14.64 | 1h 37m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Drogheda is not something we sell.
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When to book Belfast to Drogheda
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.6490 days
- €14.0960 days
- €18.4945 days
- €19.5930 days
- €22.8921 days
- €30.0414 days
- €35.547 days
- €39.943 days
- €45.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 222 percent. The most expensive point is €45.44, 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.
- €21.24Sun
- €21.79Mon
- €16.84Tue
- €23.99Wed
- €30.04Thu
- €23.99Fri
- €25.64Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Belfast
Rail
- Belfast Lanyon Place
- Queen's Quay, Belfast
- Belfast Grand Central station
Drogheda
Rail
- Drogheda railway station
- Duleek railway station
- Mosney railway station
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 117 km against 101 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Dublin. The gap between arriving and leaving is 101 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Belfast at 06:29 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Belfast to Drogheda
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 Train from Belfast to Drogheda take?
The Train from Belfast to Drogheda takes 1h 38m door to door, of which 54m is spent moving. The route runs 117 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 Train from Belfast to Drogheda cost?
The Train from Belfast to Drogheda starts at €16.84 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €20.69. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Belfast to Drogheda?
1 operators run the Train from Belfast to Drogheda: Irish Rail. Between them they file around 2 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 Train from Belfast to Drogheda use?
The Train from Belfast to Drogheda leaves from Belfast Lanyon Place and arrives at Drogheda railway station. 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.
When should I book the Train from Belfast to Drogheda?
Fares for the Train from Belfast to Drogheda bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 222 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Belfast to Drogheda produce?
The Train from Belfast to Drogheda produces about 3.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 117 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Belfast to Drogheda?
Operators on the Train from Belfast to Drogheda publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 38m 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 Belfast to Drogheda on September 10, 2026: 117 km of route against 101 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.84, and 1h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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