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Translink is the brand name of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo), a public corporation of Northern Ireland charged to oversee the provision of Public Transport in the country. NITHCo was established by 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 . NORTHERN IRELAND RAILWAYS ''More at Northern Ireland Railways '' Northern Ireland Railways (NIR), formerly and briefly called Ulster Transport Railways (UTR), is responsible for running the railway network in Northern Ireland . The Northern Irish railway network is currently 342 km (210 miles). The two main passenger lines operate from Belfast to Londonderry to the north and Dundalk to the south, which is part of the fast '' Enterprise '' service between Belfast and Dublin . Also operated is the Belfast suburban service to Bangor , Larne , and Portadown . ULSTERBUS ''More at Ulsterbus '' Ulsterbus is responsible for most of the Province-wide bus services in Northern Ireland . They operate around 20 bus stations and 1,100 Buses. Ulsterbus is charged with transporting over 65,000 children per day to school. Goldliner Goldliner is the name given to the Inter-urban bus services operated by Ulsterbus. There are also a number of cross border and cross channel (Irish Sea) services to Great Britain . Private\Contract Hire A number of hire services are provided. Day Tours Ulsterbus operate "Day Tours" to other parts of Northern Ireland, the Republic Of Ireland and Scotland mainly shopping and to some tourist attractions. METRO ''More at Metro (Belfast) '' The Translink Metro service (previously Citybus) operates bus services within the Greater Belfast Area. Metro operates 12 bus corridors (QBCs) in Belfast, a number of additional routes, as well as a Nightlink service. The service began as the Belfast Corporation Transport Department. In 1973, these services were transferred to the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company as Citybus Limited, becoming part of the "Translink" integrated network in 1995. In 2004, Translink/NITHC announced that Citybus would be completely reorganised into 12 QBCs and integrated with Ulsterbus services in the Greater Belfast area. Citybus was re-branded as Metro on 7 February 2005. SEE ALSO
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