Translink (Northern Ireland)

This article is about the public transport operator in Northern Ireland. For other uses, see Translink (disambiguation).

Translink
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryPublic Transport
PredecessorUlster Transport Authority
Citybus (Belfast)
Founded1 January 1996; 28 years ago (1996-01-01) in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Headquarters22 Great Victoria Street,
Belfast
,
Northern Ireland
Area served
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland (via Cross border Services)
Key people
Chris Conway (CEO)
Gordon Milligan (Chief Strategy Officer)
Jacqui Kennedy (Chief People & Corporate Services Officer)
Ronan O’Doherty (Interim Chief Financial Officer) [1]
RevenueDecrease£266.3M (2022)[2]
Increase£292.6M (2021)[3]
Decrease£225.9M (2020)[4]
Number of employees
4,064 [5] (2021-22)
ParentNorthern Ireland Transport Holding Company[6]
SubsidiariesUlsterbus
NI Railways
Metro
Glider
Websitetranslink.co.uk

Translink is the brand name of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo), a public corporation providing public transport in Northern Ireland. NI Railways, Ulsterbus, Goldliner, Metro and Glider are all part of Translink. It is led by CEO Chris Conway.[7]

Translink provides services all over Northern Ireland and also to Dublin, in a partnership deal with its counterpart in the Republic of Ireland, Córas Iompar Éireann (CIÉ), through its subsidiary Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail. It also provides local bus services in many towns and cities all over Northern Ireland including Bangor, Derry, Ballymena, Omagh, Craigavon and Antrim. The Metro service operates throughout Belfast, right out to the suburbs.

NITHCo was established in 1967 to take over the railway and bus services of the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA), namely Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) and Ulsterbus. In 1996 the Translink organisation was created to integrate the services of the Ulster Transport Authority as well as Citybus Limited (Belfast only – successor to the Belfast Corporation Transport Department). Citybus is now known as Metro.

  1. ^ "Translink Management". translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Translink Annual Report" (PDF). translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Translink Annual Report" (PDF). translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Translink Annual Report" (PDF). translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  5. ^ "The Public Transport Statistics Northern Ireland 2021-22 statistical report". infrastructure-ni.gov.uk. Dep of Infrastructure. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Translink Legal Information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Chris Conway". translink.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2021.