By Rail
Arrive at...Central Station
Belfast Central Station is Belfast’s
main railway station. It is located close to the Waterfront Hall
and St George’s Market - about a ten minute walk from the City Hall
and the city centre. A free bus link will bring you from the
station into the city centre on production of your train ticket.
This service runs every twenty minutes but stops at 9:15pm. There
is a taxi rank outside the station. It is also possible to pre-book
a Value
Cab or Fonacab or Citi Cab to meet you at the station;
there is no extra cost for this service.
The frequent cross-Border Enterprise service to Belfast Central
Station from Dublin is deservedly very popular. Seats can be
reserved in the "first plus", first class carriage by
telephoning +44 (0) 28 9089 9409. Central is also the main
departure point, along with Great Victoria Street Bus & Train
Station, for the regular trains from Belfast to the
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
entertainments area.
Unlimited Travel - Freedom of Northern Ireland by bus
or train
Whether you live in Northern Ireland or are here for a holiday,
why not take the opportunity to visit and enjoy the famous
visitor attractions and beautiful scenery Northern Ireland has to
offer, Translink offer unlimited travel cards to
residents and visitors so why not pack a lunch, pack a bag and get
on and go!
iLink Cards
iLink is the new integrated smartcard from Translink which
provides unlimited day, weekly or monthly bus and rail travel
within 3 specified zones across Northern Ireland.
iLink is available for adults and children and is ideal if you
travel by both bus and train to your destination on a regular
basis. iLink is a smartcard which you can top-up again and again,
so when you need more travel you simply bring the same iLink Card
back to one of our sales outlets and top-up your card with travel
for a day, week or month.
iLink Zones
iLink is available for travel on Metro, NIRailways and Ulsterbus
services within 3 Zones in Northern Ireland. For full details of
iLink Zones click
here.
1
Day
Adult £5.00
(zone 1) £9.00 (zone 2) £15.00 (zone 3)
Child £2.50 (zone 1) £4.50
(zone 2) £7.50 (zone 3)
Weekly
Adult
£20.00 (zone 1) £35.00 (zone 2) £55.00 (zone 3)
Child £10.00 (zone 1) £17.50
(zone 2) £27.50 (zone 3)
Monthly
Adult
£70.00 (zone 1) £125.00 (zone 2) £195.00 (zone 3)
Child £35.00 (zone 1) £62.50
(zone 2) £97.50 (zone 3)
* For first purchase add on £1.50 for the card, which can be
topped up.
You can buy your iLink Card and your first top-up
of day, weekly or monthly travel, within a specific zone, online at
www.translink.co.uk or
at: main Translink bus or train stations, Metro Kiosk, Donegall
Square West, Belfast Welcome Centre, Donegall Place, Belfast
International Airport Welcome Centre, George Best Belfast City
Airport Welcome Centre.
Trains and Buses
Belfast can be reached from most towns and cities in Ireland, north
and south, via the bus and rail network. The buses are operated by
Ulsterbus and the trains
by
NI Railways, both of
which fall under the one integrated authority
called
Translink. These also link in
seamlessly with the bus and train companies in the Republic of
Ireland, Bus Eireann and Irish Rail, respectively, to provide a
service that covers all of Ireland. An
Enterprise Service runs
8 times daily from Belfast to Dublin. The journey time is
approximately 2 hours.
It is also possible to book bus or train and ferry tickets to
allow passengers to travel from any town or city in the UK to
Belfast. Bus and ferry tickets can be purchased through
National
Express.
Most buses arriving in Belfast terminate at the
Europa Buscentre, and
most trains terminate at Belfast Central Station. Both of these are
in the centre of Belfast.