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Airport Express 600 to Grand Central.
To Belfast Grand Central Station.

Translink Metro, from the Translink stop at the front of the terminal to Belfast Grand Central Station.

16–30 min ride05:30–22:00

Priced per traveler.

Each traveler pays the fare; group products are applied where they beat it.

TravelersEachTotal
1 adult£2.30£2.30
2 adults£2.30£4.60
3 adults£2.30£6.90
4 adults£2.30£9.20
5 adults£2.30£11.50
6 adults£2.30£13.80
7 adults£2.30£16.10
8 adults£2.30£18.40

£2.30 by tapping a contactless card or phone on board, or as an mLink Metro single (£1.15 for a child); also sold at the machine at the stop. A second tap the same day is £1.70, and a day never costs more than £4.

Travelling as three or four?

A private car to your door: £74 for four

Four pay £9.20 on the Airport Express 600 to Grand Central. The car meets you in arrivals and takes you to any address in Belfast in about 10 min, at a price fixed when you book ahead with Welcome Pickups.

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How to get there

From arrivals to Belfast Grand Central Station

Three steps once you have collected your bags.

01

Find the stop

The Translink stop at the front of the terminal.

02

Buy your ticket

From the driver, a machine or the app.

03

Ride to Belfast Grand Central Station

16–30 min.

Worth knowing

Every 20 minutes on weekdays from 07:45 to 18:05, every 30 after, last at 22:00. Saturdays 06:05 to 21:45 and Sundays 07:30 to 21:45, every 30 minutes by day.

On 17 and 30 March 2027 the weekday timetable does not run; check Translink for that day's service.

On the way

The stops worth knowing, in riding order, with the minutes from the airport in the operator's own timetable.

The Translink stop at the front of the terminal
8–13 min
16–30 min
Belfast Grand Central Station
Does the Airport Express 600 stop at Donegall Square South?

Yes. It calls at Donegall Square South on the way to Belfast Grand Central Station, 8–13 minutes from the airport by the operator's timetable.

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