City to city
Dublin to Limerick by train
Dublin Heuston → Limerick (Colbert)
- Fastest
- ≈ 2h 04m
- Typical
- ≈ 2h 08m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail
Trains link Dublin (Dublin Heuston) and Limerick (Limerick (Colbert)) in about 2h 04m at best, with at least 1 change along the way. The corridor is part of the InterCity (200 km, typically 2 h 15 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Dublin to Limerick take?
The fastest trains cover Dublin to Limerick in about 2h 04m; a typical journey takes around 2h 08m.
Is there a direct train from Dublin to Limerick?
Usually not; expect at least 1 change on this journey.
This corridor in the atlas
- InterCity Leaves the Dublin–Cork main line at Limerick Junction, a curious station where trains long had to reverse, before the final run to the Shannon at Limerick.
Legendary routes through Dublin or Limerick
- InterCity Dublin → Cork
- Enterprise Dublin → Belfast
- Dublin–Rosslare Dublin → Rosslare Europort
- InterCity Dublin → Galway
More trains from Dublin
- Dublin → Belfast ≈ 2h 08m · direct
- Dublin → Galway ≈ 2h 20m · direct
- Dublin → Cork ≈ 2h 32m · direct
More train routes in Ireland · United Kingdom.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.