Travel to Swords

Every way to reach Swords: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Swords is reachable from 6 places across 2 countries by 1 mode, on services run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €14.64 and the fastest takes 1h 20m door to door. The nearest origin is 61 km away.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Swords

Every mode that actually calls at Swords, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train12€14.641h 20m189 km1
  • 6Places you can arrive from
  • 6Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 1Operators

Swords is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Baldongan railway station

Sort by distance from Baldongan railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km12100%Dundalk, 61 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Swords that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United Kingdom867%
Ireland433%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Swords

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Swords

Rail
  • Baldongan railway station
  • Rush and Lusk railway station
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Swords

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Swords, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Dundalk to Swords train€14.641h 20m61 km
Craigavon to Swords train€21.781h 49m110 km
Lisburn to Swords train€22.341h 50m119 km
Castlereagh to Swords train€23.441h 53m126 km
Belfast to Swords train€23.991h 50m128 km
Galway to Swords train€41.042h 19m189 km

We cannot promise Baldongan railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Baldongan railway station

Most of the points near Baldongan railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Swords

Common questions about Travel to Swords

How can I get to Swords?

Swords is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 6 places, across 2 countries, on services run by 1 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Swords?

The cheapest way into Swords is by Train, from €14.64 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 6 origins we sell into Swords over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Swords?

The fastest journey into Swords is by Train, at 1h 20m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 61 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Swords have?

Swords has 2 named terminals on our network, including 2 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Baldongan railway station, Rush and Lusk railway station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Swords from within 200 km?

12 of the routes we sell into Swords start within 200 km. The nearest is Dundalk, 61 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Swords in Ireland?

Swords connects to 6 places on our network across 2 countries, the furthest of them 189 km away in a straight line. Ireland routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Ireland

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Swords and elsewhere in Ireland. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Swords before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Swords, with free cancellation on most of it.

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