The Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo) is a government-owned body which was established in 1967 to take over the railway and bus services of the
Ulster Transport Authority (UTA), namely,
Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) and
Ulsterbus. The company was established by the
Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.
In 1973,
Citybus took over the bus services of the
Belfast Corporation Transport Department.
Between 1971 and 1994, NITHCo ran
Belfast International Airport through its subsidiary
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...
Airports Limited (NIAL). In 1994, the government created Belfast International Airport Ltd (BIAL), which was sold to Belfast International Airport Holdings Ltd, a management/employee buy-out vehicle.
In 1996, the
Translink brand name was created to integrate the services of
Ulsterbus,
NIR, and
Citybus.
External links
Translink web page
Road transport in Northern Ireland
Rail transport in Northern Ireland
Railway companies of the United Kingdom
Non-departmental public bodies of the Northern Ireland Executive
Government-owned companies of Northern Ireland
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