Translink (Northern Ireland)
Translink is the brand name of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo), a public corporation in Northern Ireland which provides the public transport in the region. NI Railways, Ulsterbus and Metro are all part of Translink. It is led by CEO Chris Conway.
Translink logo as of 2021 | |
A Translink NI Railways Train outside Moira | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Public Transport |
| Predecessor | Ulster Transport Authority Citybus (Belfast) |
| Founded | 1 January 1996 in Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Headquarters | 22 Great Victoria Street, , |
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) |
| Revenue | £266.3M (2022) £292.6M (2021) £225.9M (2020) |
Number of employees | 4,064 (2021-22) |
| Parent | Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company |
| Subsidiaries | Ulsterbus NI Railways Metro (Belfast) |
| Website | translink |
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 organization 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.