#translink

[translinkofficial]

Just found out that North Belfast exists! So excited to start running services there! :)

[translinkofficial]

Why is my bus always late when I’m heading to work, but not when I’m coming home from work? Do you hate employed people?

A peculiar quirk of NI is that people tend to generalise their experiences in ways that are unfounded. Someone not understanding Irish on a sign (when English is also there!) is proof of a targeted conspiracy against protestants, for example. Obviously many things have systemic causes, but the example I've given is patently ridiculous, and we're tired of pretending it's not. This ask is the same.

We don't hate all employed people: we just hate you. Personally. It's a core part of our strategy to become Better. Connected.

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Translink Launches EQIA Consultation

Translink has today (Wednesday 8th July 2026) announced the launch of an Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) public consultation on potential changes to public transport services and fare discount schemes. The consultation will run for 12 weeks, closing on September 30th. It provides an important opportunity for passengers, stakeholders and the wider public to share their views and help inform a…

Translink Launches EQIA Consultation

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Translink Summer Timetables Start From 01 July

Translink is advising passengers that summer bus timetables will come into effect from Wednesday, 1st July, coinciding with the school holidays. This affects Ulsterbus, Goldliner, Metro/Glider and Foyle Metro schedules, including Park and Ride. Passengers are advised to check their timetables and plan their journey before they travel using the Translink Journey Planner app,…

Translink Summer Timetables Start From 01 July

[translinkofficial]

I have a friend who’s a pigeon. Can he drive one of your buses?

Unlikely, unless he:

holds a masters' level degree in medieval French;

can perform a five point turn in a Glider in the middle of traffic;

perfectly answers a written test on neolithic burial sites;

is a chill guy;

doesn't want to be a bus driver;

has recurrent fantasies about killing his next door neighbour;

has lost at least a litre of blood in sacrifice to the Dark Lord;

has sired more than fourteen illegitimate children;

is named either "Richard" or "Richard" (note the pronunciation);

is willing to die for The Cause; and

is willing to have his ability to perceive the colour purple permanently removed.

We are very selective about who gets to be one of our bus drivers, and this is why we are so much Better. Connected than all of our competitors!

Also, you're friends with a pigeon?

[translinkofficial]

Customer Announcement

We are committed to protecting the safety of all people on our services, be they normal or transgender, and that is why we are recruiting 100 new Gender Enforcement Officers to staff our buses and train services.

In order to make our services even safer for transgender people, anyone who appears gender-nonconforming will have to provide an original-copy diagnosis of gender dysphoria and submit themselves to genital inspection before boarding. They will then be stamped with the acronym "D.E.G.E.N.E.R.A.T.E."* on their forehead, to make them easily identifiable, and will not be permitted to use our toilet facilities.

Effective from the 1st of August 2026, this inspection will be mandatory, in order to protect our transgender users.

Just one of the ways we are becoming Better. Connected.

* Short for Designated Exempt from further Gender Examination, Notwithstanding Errors, Reappraisal, or Accidents; Transness Established

[translinkofficial]

I am a MAN and today I had to get on a PINK bus. This is DISCRIMINATION and it threatens my MASCULINITY. Repaint your EFFEMINATE BUSES. MALE COLORS ONLY

I'm gonna totally break character here and just say how much I love this ask. Cause either it's reflective of the genuine beliefs of someone who has literally only just moved to Belfast (in which case, I'm sorry honey: all the buses are pink), or its someone making a joke about Translink, but the only thing they can think of with regards to the bus is the colour. Which either way is just beautiful. Thank you so much.

Also just FYI:¹ we're gonna be making the bus seats hot pink soon to match the livery. And also fluffier. And also kinda heaving? In a way that makes you wonder if the seats are a living creature, but that the answer frightens you too much to actually check.

¹ I shouldn't be telling you this. It's confirmed but not public, so just treat this as "off the record".

[translinkofficial]

bus driver today told me to get on my skateboard and hold onto the back of the bus and told me about his days skating. also had tunes blasting and was singing along.

has translink decided to hire more whimsical drivers or am i just suddenly v lucky

This is a part of a new youth outreach program we've launched called "The Sick(s) Cunty(s) 😎". It's all about getting young people excited about public transport by allowing them to engage in reckless behaviour in and around our services: such as vaping, playing Russian Roulette, boarding the Glider without a ticket, having knife fights, and yes, skateboarding off the back of a bus.

So far, it has replaced cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of premature death in NI! So, we're regarding it as a massive success.

Just one of the ways we are getting Better. Connected.