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Belfast to Cairnryan

1 operator run this water, from 2 h 15.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Stena Line Belfast → Cairnryan 69 km conventional crossing 2 h 15 6× daily 31 km/h average
Operator not recorded Belfast → Cairnryan 69 km crossing 2 h 15 6× daily 31 km/h average

Other ways to reach Cairnryan

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Cairnryan without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Larne – Cairnryan 2 h 00 P&O Irish Sea, PO Ferries

And other ways to reach Belfast

Scotland – Belfast 2 h 22 Stena Line
Douglas – Belfast 2 h 45 Steam Packet, Victorian architecture
Dundee – Belfast 120 h 00 Ambassador Cruise Line
Edinburgh Bus Station – Belfast 264 h 00 Seabourn Cruises, Silversea Cruises
Lisbon (Oriente) – Belfast 264 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Seabourn Cruises
London-Tilbury – Belfast 288 h 00 Seabourn Cruises, Viking Cruises
Reykjavik – Belfast 288 h 00 Seabourn Cruises
Copenhagen Busterminal – Belfast 360 h 00 Silversea Cruises
Southampton – Belfast 384 h 00 Oceania Cruises

Where else these quays go

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Belfast–Cairnryan crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. A weekly rate is a lower bound on how often the crossing runs — never a clock.