Sampling The Cross Border X1 Belfast To Dublin | Translink Goldline

[@simondavey7787]

Thanks for a great little video; I definitely want to try this route soon.

[@cielonosueno]

Very helpful thank you ❤

[@BusesInDublin]

Wasn't expecting you to do the X1 which I often get as my other half is from Northern Ireland. I often travel on those SC5 B11R's and I'm no stranger to the ones you got to Dublin & Belfast (1126 & 1122). The ALX400 you saw at the Airport is one of the around 15 left in the fleet. Hope you enjoyed Dublin and snapping the fleet since we've quiet a unique fleet to the UK!

[@GTLPT]

that Volvo B11R Sunsundegui must have been brilliant

[@jeremycaughey1864]

My first time to Dublin also I to took X1 my bus stopped off at airport flet nice to see also flet like your were going on holiday lol the worset part for me was finding the bus station to get the X1 back to belfast as I got lost in Dublin couldn't remember where bus station was most people weren't really helpful either so I may go back to Dublin are not

[@losangelaramos4708]

I now drive these coaches on the X1 Dublim via bandbridge and newry

[@SeanTheBusEnthusiast]

Amazing video! I got the X1 aswell last week, but going to Belfast.

[@MariaCS09]

is there a passport control/check along the way from Belfast to Dublin?

[@SeanTheBusEnthusiast]

@@MariaCS09 No

[@carolinekelly3415]

Thank you for reaching out. You should have connected with me sooner! Thanks for sharing.

[@AndMoreCentral]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@natalietoson4795]

I'm flying into Dublin on Tuesday and am getting the x1 from the airport to belfast. I normally use the aircoach but because our flight gets in late, the x1 was my only choice. I'm glad you've shown the fact that there's a charging port as when I arrive in Belfast I will need to get my taxi and I'm sure my charge will almost be finished with all the travelling. Also sorry if I missed it, does the x1 have WiFi?

[@MariaCS09]

Hello i just wanna ask if there are passport control/check if will travel from belfast to dublin?

[@FMCREPAIRARMAGH22]

NO

[@conorferris5982]

How did you find the trip mate? It must have been very long from Belfast to Dublin that's like 101 miles so it is

[@MariaCS09]

Hi can we travel inside dublin without a visa coming from belfast via aircoach bus?

[@FMCREPAIRARMAGH22]

Yes

[@anthonyskelton9728]

You need to visit Dublin. I was there last week probably when you were there, and it's a bus spotters dream. Well, if you like Wrightbus Gemini 2's and 3''s and Alexander Dennis Enviro400's. No more Bombardeers in Dublin... They have hundreds of Gemini's though. As the Republic of Ireland and the UK have agreed a 'common travel area', you don't actually need a passport to visit Dublin. Just valid ID. It was £38 from Leeds/Bradford to Dublin airport return and it's just a 40 minute flight, but Ryanair site still requires you to enter passport details for you to advance. I stayed 2 nights in a hotel at Beresford Place in Dublin, across the road from the coach terminus you arrived at in Dublin on the X1, last Tuesday and Wednesday. At Dublin airport, theres a shop that sells tickets for 3.30 Euro and that gives you 90 minutes unlimited travel from the first bus you catch so easy and cheap to get into Dublin centre. Although if you have the exact fare in Euros, you don't need a pre-paid ticket. You can pay on the bus but you need exact fare. It's been decades since I've seen buses with hoppers and notices demanding 'Exact Fare Only'... Come on TFI, invest in contactless technology... From the airport, head into Dublin on the No 16 Bus heading to Ballinteer which travels via O'Connell Street smack bang in the centre of Dublin. This journey itself takes you through the suburbs of Dublin and is better than the open top bus tour. At O'connell Street, you get off after 45 minute journey close to the spire. There. You've no excuse not to visit Dublin now... Oh, Did you find 'The Silver Penny' Wetherspoons in Dublin. It was 5 minutes from the X1 coach terminus.

[@princekadima5604]

Is there any passport control when you traveling by bus from Belfast to Dublin ?

[@anthonyskelton9728]

@@princekadima5604 The Republic of Ireland and the UK (which includes Northern Ireland) are part of the 'Common Travel Area'. Passports are useful as a form if ID when travelling but are not necessary to cross from UK to Republic of Ireland.

[@princekadima5604]

Thank you for your reply but my question is to know , if there is any border control for passport when traveling by bus from Belfast to Dublin/ Dublin to Belfast by bus ...

[@MariaCS09]

@@princekadima5604 was this answered? is there any passport check if will travel by bus?

[@davidlambe2856]

It's a digrace yous don't pull into dundalk or drogheda this was done because it was too bother for the drivers braching off the motorway and getting stuck in traffic

[@dmfub2348]

That's Bus Eireann work. Translink don't have the required license to pick up and drop off passengers within southern Ireland.

[@Whizzy-jx3qe]

@@dmfub2348That must have changed since the dreaded Brexit.

[@dmfub2348]

@@Whizzy-jx3qe ulsterbus were never able to lift and drop passengers in the south. It was only passengers from the north into the south or vice versa.

[@heinlouw]

Why does the X1 from Belfast to Dublin not allow people to get off at Newry? Yet people can get on

[@BelfastStephen]

Aircoach do have a Belfast base for the 705X service but Dublin based coaches will show up on the serivce if belfast are short of a coach or breakdown cover also ulsterbus also take £ and Euro's if you buy from the driver but not if you buy online from the Translink Website. the driver is issued with a Company Phone to Scan the QR Code as your ticket is for the Serivce you book ulsterbus will be replacing them Ticket machines sometime during 2022 they currently use the TGX150 but metro have as of Monday 28th of march 2022 started using the wayfare 6 ticket machines. the metro and Ulsterbus fleet apart form the Goldline coaches have seat belts are they would do schools work where they are required

[@MariaCS09]

Do you know if there are passport control/check from belfast to dublin?

[@David-ts8zn]

Good video but 2things 1 how much did it cost 2do you have to get out you passport

[@Squareheed]

No passports are needed from traveling between UK-ROI as it's a common travel area. You basically act like it's all the same country in terms of travel.

[@mjj5276]

They're all set down only after Dublin Airport heading to Belfast.

[@AndMoreCentral]

That is surprising as I was certain people boarded passing services in the villages on their way to Belfast

[@mjj5276]

@@AndMoreCentral Not on the X1.

[@losangelaramos4708]

@@mjj5276 the X1 stops at bandbridge and Newry

[@mjj5276]

@@losangelaramos4708 Yes, and Sprucefield but for set down only heading to Belfast.

[@huzaifaabbas5095]

If we travel by bus there will be immigration office on the way or not? If I don't have an Ireland visa can I travel from Belfast to Dublin by bus without any problem

[@FMCREPAIRARMAGH22]

No

[@armchaircritic5605]

Is there a toilet on board the X1 coach?

[@FMCREPAIRARMAGH22]

NO

[@thehandicappedtraveller500]

Do you need to book in advance to get on the x1 or can u buy on the bus

[@mjj5276]

Booking guarantees your seat but buying on board is possible.

[@malo66]

Habitual coach guides sit at front of coach!

[@Tozzyy11]

Did you get your passport checked? I’d love to do this route

[@SamJarvis14]

You won’t on this route as Ireland/UK/IoM/Channel islands are part of what’s called the common travel area.

[@Dr-Shite-Kicker]

@@SamJarvis14 There'll be an uproar if there was a passport check as it would be classed as a hard border enforced by the EU!

[@mjj5276]

@@SamJarvis14 You can have it checked by the guards just over the border.

[@davidlally592]

Warning: very soon, tho NOT applicable to anyone with a UK or Irish passport, the brexit mad UK Govt will require you to get an "ETA" if you travel from the Republic to anywhere in NI!! The Irish Govt and both Irish and NI Tourism have made strong objections...

[@johnnorth1961]

Have you tried Dublin Express Belfast-Dublin Airport-Dublin City?

[@KufreOkon]

Do they have your passports checked?

[@oeinsmyth6868]

No

[@princekadima5604]

@@oeinsmyth6868 did you travel by bus from Belfast to Dublin ? You meant there's no passport control on the road to Dublin??

[@oeinsmyth6868]

@@princekadima5604 Yes I have many off tiems and no their is no passport control at all

[@oeinsmyth6868]

Travel Agreement between Ireland and the UK there are no passport controls in operation for Irish and UK citizens travelling between the two countries and a passport is not needed to enter the other country.

[@princekadima5604]

@@oeinsmyth6868 thanks , your info , I thought there were a border where they stop everyone to jump off and check for passport control, you meant the bus will drive through Ireland without any border from Belfast to Dublin ? Like we always see lot of borders control around the globe whereby the immigration check the passport at the customs

[@gerarddeegan1164]

Rep of ireland.is a independent soverign country

[@gerarddeegan1164]

Sort of a europeam country?

[@malo66]

Eire is a republic and an EU state.

[@Whizzy-jx3qe]

Yes they had the sense to remain in the EU a referendum on EU membership is a never never.

[@mpchmr1317]

Wtf is “central Ireland”?

[@sams3015]

I think he was trying to say Southern Ireland but it was his accent. Also, it’s the Republic of Ireland. It’s so annoying when English people see Southern Ireland…it hasn’t been used in 100 years