Cheapest€19.59
- Irish Rail IR379214:101h 22m15:32Dublin HeustonLimerick railway station
Door to door 2h 6mCO2 5.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Dublin to Limerick train
Trains from Dublin to Limerick start at €22.89 and take 2h at their fastest.
The Trains from Dublin to Limerick starts at €22.89 and takes 2h door to door, run by 1 operator over 175 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2hDoor to door
- 1h 16mMoving
- €22.89From
- 5.8 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.
Fastest€26.19
- Irish Rail IR935606:361h 16m07:52Dublin HeustonLimerick railway station
Door to door 2hCO2 5.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
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 | €19.59 | 2h | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
Limerick is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.
Rooms within reach of Limerick railway station
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Dublin to Limerick
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.0490 days
- €18.4960 days
- €21.7945 days
- €20.6930 days
- €22.3421 days
- €27.2914 days
- €25.647 days
- €35.543 days
- €44.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 140 percent. The most expensive point is €44.39, 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.
- €31.41Sun
- €23.99Mon
- €22.89Tue
- €25.64Wed
- €31.41Thu
- €31.14Fri
- €31.41Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Dublin
Rail
- Dublin Heuston
- Dublin Connolly
- Dublin Pearse railway station
Limerick
Rail
- Limerick railway station
- Adare railway station
- Croom 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
- 76% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 24% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 175 km against 175 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Waterford, Belfast, Galway, Cork. 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 Dublin at 06:36 and the last at 18:23, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains 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 | 1h 16m | 44m | €22.89 | 5.8 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 3h 49m | 39m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 44.5 kg | 9 |
Questions about Dublin to Limerick
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 Dublin to Limerick take?
The Train from Dublin to Limerick takes 2h door to door, of which 1h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 175 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 Dublin to Limerick cost?
The Train from Dublin to Limerick starts at €22.89 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €32.52. 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 Dublin to Limerick?
1 operators run the Train from Dublin to Limerick: Irish Rail. Between them they file around 8 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 Dublin to Limerick use?
The Train from Dublin to Limerick leaves from Dublin Heuston and arrives at Limerick 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.
Is the Train the best way from Dublin to Limerick?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Dublin to Limerick, at €22.89 and 2h door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Dublin to Limerick?
Fares for the Train from Dublin to Limerick bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.49. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 140 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Dublin to Limerick produce?
The Train from Dublin to Limerick produces about 5.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 175 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 Dublin to Limerick?
Operators on the Train from Dublin to Limerick publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Dublin to Limerick on September 9, 2026: 175 km of route against 175 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €22.89, and 2h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Limerick before you go
Day trips that leave Limerick in the morning and cover a good part of Ireland by evening.
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