Car Hire in Derry - Getting to Derry

Derry’s location makes it easily accessible from Belfast, although Derry Airport is regularly served by British Airways from Glasgow and Manchester and by Ryanair from London Stansted. The number 43 Limavady bus stops at the airport and takes you the 13kms to Derry’s centre. If you're landing in either of the Belfast airports, without a connection to Derry, the Airporter coach can take you straight there.

Northern Ireland Railways operates frequent trains from Belfast and Portrush which arrive at the Northern Ireland Railways station on the eastern side of the Foyle River. A free Linkline bus brings passengers from the train station to the city centre.

The fastest bus between Belfast and Derry, the number 212 Maiden City Flyer, is operated by Ulsterbus and is about twice as fast as the train, taking a little over 1 hour, 30 minutes. Ulsterbus also has a service from Portrush and Portstewart. From the Republic, Bus Eireann offers three buses a day from Galway via Sligo and Donegal; and there's one bus daily to and from Cork. Lough Swilly bus service serves Derry from a number of towns in county Donegal, including Dunfanaghy and Letterkenny.

Derry is an important port of call for an increasing number of cruise ships, including luxury liners, which call at the deep-water facilities at Lisahally or at the city centre's Queen's Quay.