Translink announces special services for Garth Brooks Dublin concerts

Music fans advised to buy online tickets now to secure travel 🚆

Author: Emma DicksonPublished 2nd Sep 2022

Translink is running rail and coach specials for the Garth Brooks concerts in Dublin.

Thousands are expected to travel to Dublin next weekend, special services will operate to Garth Brooks on 9th, 10th, 11th, 16th & 17th September 2022 for music fans heading to Croke Park, Dublin.

Passengers are advised to book their tickets online in advance at translink.co.uk/events to secure their travel.

Trains will operate from Lanyon Place, Lisburn, Lurgan, Portadown and Newry, to Dublin Connolly. Only tickets purchased for the special trains can be used on the special return trains.

Coaches will operate from Europa Buscentre Belfast, as well as Foyle Street in Derry~Londonderry; Strabane and Omagh.

With 157 million album sales, country star Garth Brooks is the #1-selling solo artist in U.S. history.

Garth has 20 Billboard #1 singles to his credit. In March 2020, Billboard announced that he was the first artist to garner top-5 singles at country radio across five consecutive decades--the 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s and 20s.

He has also received nearly every accolade the recording industry can bestow on an artist and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Musicians Hall of Fame, and the Grand Ole Opry.

Now that's impressive!

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