Best way to travel round trip from Dublin, IE to Oxford, UK?
Apr 4th, 2012, 02:37 PM
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Best way to travel round trip from Dublin, IE to Oxford, UK?
I am traveling from Dublin Ireland to Oxford, UK in June and am trying to figure out the best way to get there and back. I will not have a car. A few things I have heard:
1. Take Aer Lingus to Birmingham, UK then the train to Oxford.
2. Fly to Heathrow and take a bus to Oxford.
Are these worthy options to explore? Are there others I should consider? Any other suggestions on the fastest and cheapest option?
1. Take Aer Lingus to Birmingham, UK then the train to Oxford.
2. Fly to Heathrow and take a bus to Oxford.
Are these worthy options to explore? Are there others I should consider? Any other suggestions on the fastest and cheapest option?
Apr 4th, 2012, 06:43 PM
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Yes, those are two reasonable options. The buses from Heathrow to Oxford run 2 or 3 times an hour during the day and take about 90 minutes. The trains from Birmingham Airport run once an hour and take an hour, so hard to say which would be best. The bus station in Oxford is slightly more central than the train station (5 to 10 min. walk) which may be a factor, depending where in Oxford is your final destination.
You'll just have to price things out and see. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ for train schedules and fares; http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/main.php?page_id=24 for the bus.
You'll just have to price things out and see. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ for train schedules and fares; http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/main.php?page_id=24 for the bus.
Apr 4th, 2012, 08:40 PM
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Heathrow to Oxford would probably be my choice.
http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/i...tInfo/GetHere/
http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/i...tInfo/GetHere/
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The elapsed time is virtually identical between the two options if you want to get to central Oxford.
For some connections elsewhere in the region,Oxford railway station offers a better choice: for others Oxford bus station (where the LHR bus arrives) is better. For getting someone to collect you by car, fly to LHR/bus/alight at the Thornhill P&R
Which works out cheaper changes by the second. No-one on this board has the faintest idea which will work out better value for you, though most often Ryanair (not Aer Lingus) via BHX works out the cheapest - slightly.
Stating this fact often brings out the professional Ryanairophobes. Ryanair is the world's largest international airline, flying more people each year between countries than any other airline in history (and with a better safety and punctuality record than its undersized, FF-mile dispensing, legacy competitors). Those 60-odd million flyers know what they're doing - above all that a lack of "customer service" hype on a 45 minute flight never hurt anyone.
Flying to the other Dublin-linked airports with direct bus or trains into Oxford rarely makes sense. Luton, Stansted and Gatwick all take up to an hour longer, though Southampton (Britain's most user-friendly airport, with a railway station, offering hourly trains to Oxford) about 150 yards from the runway) is worth knowing about if other flights are full or pricey.
For some connections elsewhere in the region,Oxford railway station offers a better choice: for others Oxford bus station (where the LHR bus arrives) is better. For getting someone to collect you by car, fly to LHR/bus/alight at the Thornhill P&R
Which works out cheaper changes by the second. No-one on this board has the faintest idea which will work out better value for you, though most often Ryanair (not Aer Lingus) via BHX works out the cheapest - slightly.
Stating this fact often brings out the professional Ryanairophobes. Ryanair is the world's largest international airline, flying more people each year between countries than any other airline in history (and with a better safety and punctuality record than its undersized, FF-mile dispensing, legacy competitors). Those 60-odd million flyers know what they're doing - above all that a lack of "customer service" hype on a 45 minute flight never hurt anyone.
Flying to the other Dublin-linked airports with direct bus or trains into Oxford rarely makes sense. Luton, Stansted and Gatwick all take up to an hour longer, though Southampton (Britain's most user-friendly airport, with a railway station, offering hourly trains to Oxford) about 150 yards from the runway) is worth knowing about if other flights are full or pricey.
