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An Ulsterbus Volvo B7R at former Europa Buscentre in October 2023. Ulsterbus is responsible for most of the bus services in Northern Ireland.They operate around 20 bus stations which include: Armagh, Antrim, Lisburn, Bangor, Newtownards, Downpatrick, Newry, Craigavon, Dungannon, Omagh, Enniskillen, Derry, Coleraine, Ballymena, Magherafelt, Larne and Newcastle and others within Belfast and ...
Derry ~ Londonderry railway station, also known as North West Transport Hub [12] or Waterside railway station [13] [14] [15] (formerly "Londonderry Waterside", and later just "Londonderry" railway station), is a railway terminus in Derry, Northern Ireland, on the east bank of the River Foyle, operated by Northern Ireland Railways and its 7th busiest station across the network with 952,126 ...
This service has seen major expansion over the years: Belfast-Derry 212 service went from a thrice daily service in 1990 to half-hourly frequency, [10] and many services have been expanded and introduced. [11] In 2021, these services were rebranded again to 'Goldliner' in line with the wider rebranding of Translink.
The station currently serves trains on the Belfast to Derry line via Bleach Green and York Street station. Until 2003, Belfast-Derry trains reached here by means of the Lisburn-Antrim railway line, however, this line was mothballed after re-opening of the Bleach Green line. There is still the old platform for the Lisburn-Antrim line but has ...
Engineered by Charles Lanyon and constructed by the contractor William Dargan, the line opened in 1855, initially serving as a junction for the Derry line at Coleraine after 1860. [ 1 ] [ page needed ] A notable feature of its early years was the Portstewart Tramway , linked via the intermediate station at Cromore , which closed in 1964 ...
On 8 July 2024, Translink launched a series of 11 videos across all its social media channels titled "The Grand Connection: Behind the Scenes at Belfast Grand Central Station." These videos showcased the progress made since the closure of Great Victoria Street station in May and highlighted how stakeholders and interest groups contributed to ...
The line links Belfast, Northern Ireland's capital city, with Derry, the second largest city via large rural towns such as Ballymena, Coleraine and Antrim.The line is double-track on the short section it shares with the Belfast–Larne line, but is composed primarily of single track from Monkstown to Derry with passing points at Templepatrick, Antrim, Magherabeg, Ballymena, Killagan ...
Translink's reason for closing the line was that it was unable to maintain two routes to Antrim economically. The Bleach Green–Antrim line, which had been closed since 1978, was reopened in 2001, providing a faster route between Belfast Central (now Lanyon Place), Antrim and Derry~Londonderry. Translink operated a skeleton service on the line ...