Northern Ireland

Translink confirms Christmas timetables for buses and trains

Translink advised passengers to check their timetable in advance

Traffic in builds up in Belfast CIty Centre. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN
Some changes are in place over the festive period. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN

Translink has confirmed its Christmas timetable for buses and trains.

NI Railways services will operate as normal on Christmas Eve, with an early evening close. There will be no trains running on Christmas Day or Boxing Day and a Saturday timetable will operate on December 27 and December 30. A Saturday service will operate on New Year’s Eve, with an early close and a Sunday service will be in place on New Year’s Day.

There will be no Enterprise service on Christmas Day or Boxing Day and the service will finish earlier than normal on Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Similar to the railway service a Saturday timetable will operate on December 27 and December 30 with a holiday service on New Year’s Day.

For Metro/Glider, school holiday timetables will be in effect between December 23 and January 3, with the exception of Christmas Eve, when services finish early and Christmas Day, when services will not operate. Boxing and New Year’s Day will operate under special holiday timetables.

Ulsterbus/Goldliner services will finish early on Christmas Eve and a school holiday timetable will be in effect from December 27 until January 2. There will be no Ulsterbus services on Christmas day, and a special holiday timetable will operate on Boxing and New Year’s Day.