NI Railways
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NI Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways, is the railway operator in Northern Ireland. NIR is a subsidiary of Translink, whose parent company is the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo), and is one of eight publicly owned train operators in the United Kingdom, the others being Direct Rail Services, Northern Trains, Transport for Wales Rail, Southeastern, LNER, ScotRail, and TransPennine Express. It has a common Board of Management with the other two companies in the group, Ulsterbus and Metro.
Class 3000 trains at Castlerock
NI Railways Class 4000 (left) and Class 3000 (right); side by side at Great Victoria Street Station, Belfast, October 2022.
Extended train 4017 at Portadown.
Track ballasting on the NIR system.
Translink (Northern Ireland)
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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.
A Translink NI Railways Train outside Moira
NIR Class 4000 at Holywood railway station, March 2022
Ulsterbus Goldliner, Europa Bus Centre, October 2019
An Ulsterbus Urby Wright StreetDeck Micro Hybrid