Belfast-Londonderry service gets dozen new double-decker buses

A dozen new double-decker buses are being introduced to ferry passengers between the Province's two biggest cities.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Jan 2016, 17:37 BST
Updated 25th Jan 2016, 17:39 BST
Translink Group chief executive Chris Conway, Minister for Regional Development Michelle McIlveen MLA, First Minister Arlene Foster and Frank Hewitt, Translink chairman, at Stormont with three of the new busesTranslink Group chief executive Chris Conway, Minister for Regional Development Michelle McIlveen MLA, First Minister Arlene Foster and Frank Hewitt, Translink chairman, at Stormont with three of the new buses
Translink Group chief executive Chris Conway, Minister for Regional Development Michelle McIlveen MLA, First Minister Arlene Foster and Frank Hewitt, Translink chairman, at Stormont with three of the new buses

The Goldline vehicles were displayed at Stormont on Monday before entering service in the north-west of the Province, principally on the Londonderry-to-Belfast route (which caters for roughly 800,000 passengers annually).

The total investment involved amounts to about £4.4m, and funding had come via the Department for Regional Development, and the Department for Enterprise Trade and Industry, with the help of the European Sustainable Competitiveness Programme.

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The DUP’s Michelle McIlveen, recently appointed transport minister, said that the new buses mean travellers will “now be able to enjoy an even better travelling experience with extras such as seat charging points, low-floor accessibility and they are also some of the most fuel efficient and environmentally friendly buses in Northern Ireland”.

Goldline buses make up about 15 per cent of the Ulsterbus fleet.

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