A brand new bus service route from Belfast to Dublin is set to launch next week - and the first 10,000 customers only have to pay €1 per ticket.
Dublin Express which is part of National Express Limited - the UK’s largest coach operator, is investing around €10 million on a fleet of eight new state-of-the-art coaches on its new Dublin to Belfast route. The new service starts from July 18.
The new Dublin Express service will undertake 16 trips per day in each direction from Belfast city centre’s Glengall Street to Dublin Airport and Dublin city centre. To celebrate the new route, the first 10,000 customers can take advantage of €1 tickets which are available on www.dublinexpress.ie.
Dublin Express is also creating 40 new jobs in the form of drivers, maintenance workers, management and retail predominantly in Belfast and Dungannon. Dublin Express has previously has great success in operating high frequency services between Dublin Airport and Dublin City for passengers.
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According to Dublin Express, the inter-city routes will carry almost 2 million passengers this year alone. Their most popular bus routes are to Temple Bar and Heuston Station via 100 departures a day from Dublin Airport with a bus leaving every 10 minutes.
Dublin Express’ General Manager Rory Fitzgerald said that the new route is a "significant milestone" linking both Dublin and Belfast. He said: “We are excited to bring the Dublin Express brand to Northern Ireland and particularly Belfast, offering a new high quality experience to passengers on the M1 corridor.
"We’ve been receiving a high volume of requests from customers asking for this service which itself stood out as an under-served route.
"We estimate the number of Northern Ireland residents using Dublin Airport annually at over 1 million due to its geographic location on the north side of the city, the seamless M1 motorway and the numerous connections to mainland Europe, the Middle East and of course transatlantic flights to the US."
Mr Fitzgerald said that the new Dublin Express Belfast-Dublin coaches will be "a step up in quality, safety and comfort". The buses are fully accessible with an on-board lift and wheelchair space, leather reclining seats, free WiFi, toilet and USB charging points at each seat.
For more information check out www.dublinexpress.ie.
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