Getting Around
By Bus - The Metro
Patronage on Metro has grown by over 20% with
over 500,000 passengers travelling each week.
A range of ticket types are available to suit all
customers including day tickets offering unlimited
travel and Smartlink multi-journey tickets providing
over 20% saving for regular users who travel on the
same route.
Translink also operates Ulsterbus networks across
Northern Ireland, delivering local bus services for
thousands of people. It recently introduced a new
enhanced 24 hours, seven days a week coach service
operated jointly with Bus Eireann. The new Belfast to
Dublin Airport & Dublin City Goldline shuttle service
will operate hourly, seven days a week.
About Metro
¥ High-frequency service. Buses running between
a five to ten minute frequency during the day
over the core portion of the corridors.
¥ All services on the high frequency Metro
corridors are operated by low floor vehicles.
70% of Metro buses allow unassisted wheelchair
access.
¥ Simple, easy to use colour-coded timetables for
each of the 12 corridors
The Metro Network
The Metro Network has 12 high-frequency
corridors along main arterial roads into Belfast
City Centre with additional services operating
throughout the Greater Belfast Area.
Some Ulsterbus services operating
in the Greater Belfast area will
set down and pick up on Metro
corridors. These services are
numbered 500-599 and generally
serve the Metro network after
6.30 p.m. and all day Saturday
and Sunday.
Metro Corridors
Antrim Road Metro 1
Shore Road Metro 2
Holywood Road Metro 3
Upr Newtownards Rd Metro 4
Castlereagh Road Metro 5
Cregagh Road Metro 6
Ormeau Road Metro 7
Malone Road Metro 8
Lisburn Road Metro 9
Falls Road Metro 10
Shankill Road Metro 11
Oldpark Road Metro 12
Tel. 028 90 66 66 30
Web. www.translink.co.uk/metro
About Ulsterbus/Goldline Express
Coach Services
There are two main bus centres
in Belfast, Europa Buscentre and
Laganside Buscentre. Ulsterbus
operate Northern Ireland wide,
serving all main towns and
villages. There are 21 main
Ulsterbus passenger facilities
province wide. Goldline are interurban
express coach services
which give the Northern Ireland
public greater choice and frequency
on services which link together
the main towns and cities across
Northern Ireland.
By Rail
Following the introduction of
new trains and a new rail service
NI Railways have performed
exceptionally well. Passenger
numbers have increased by over
35% in the past year Ð a firm
endorsement of the service
upgrades.
Belfast Central Station and Great
Victoria Street
Located on East Bridge Street in the
city, Central is home to the popular
inter-city Enterprise service to Dublin
Connolly, which runs every two hours.
Great Victoria Street Station is
the main departure point, along
with Central Station, for the regular
trains operated by Northern
Ireland Railways from Belfast to
suburbs and to Londonderry, the
ferry port of Larne, and the main
seaside resorts of Bangor and
Portrush, Botanic. Central and
Great Victoria Street Stations,
are popular stops for the main
entertainment area.
Tel. 028 9066 6630
By Sea
Belfast is easily accessed by sea
crossing from both Scotland and
England with new routes continuing
to develop. Travel by high-speed
catamaran or by traditional ferry with
journey times from just one hour.
The Port of BelfastÕs activities cover
three distinct areas:
¥ Services to shipping.
¥ Warehousing and distribution
services.
¥ Management and development
of the Harbour Estate, including
co-promotion with Titanic
Quarter Ltd of the 185-acre
Titanic Quarter development.
Tel. 028 9055 4422
Web. www.belfast-harbour.co.uk
By Road
Construction work on the major
M1/Westlink roads upgrade project
officially began in March 2006 and
is expected to be ongoing for three
and a half years.
The M1 is the main motorway into
Belfast.
Take the N1/A1 route from Dublin
if youÕre driving to Belfast, or the
N16 to A4 to M1 route from Sligo
or Enniskillen, or the N6/N55/N54/
N12/A3 combination of roads if
youÕre travelling from the South-
West, such as Galway or Limerick.
Web. www.theaa.com
Passenger numbers
have increased
by over 35% in the
past year Ð a firm
endorsement of the
service upgrades.
Scheduled Sailings from the Port of Belfast
Operator Destination Frequency Terminal Contact
Stena Line Stranraer Six sailings Stena Line Stena Line
daily (Mon, Terminal Tel. 08705 204 204
Tues, Thurs, www.stenaline.co.uk
Sun) Seven
sailings daily
(Wed, Fri, Sat)
Seacat Isle of Man Two sailings Donegal Quay Isle of Man
weekly Steam Packet
(summer Company
season) Tel. 08712 221 333
www.steam-packet.com
Norfolkline Liverpool Daily night Victoria Norfolk Line Irish Sea
sailings and Terminal 2 Ferries
six day time Tel. 0870 600 4321
sailings weekly www.norfolkline.com