Northern Ireland has
an excellent and efficient transport network with express bus connections
between any town and city not served by a rail link.
From Belfast Central Station there are 4 main rail routes. Travelling
to the north there is a direct connection to Londonderry via Ballymena
and Coleraine, to the northeast there is direct service to the port
at Larne, east to Bangor and south to Dublin via Newry. For the
the best values when travelling by train in Northern Ireland a rail
runabout ticket. This gives you seven days of unlimited travel and
tickets can be purchased at any of the main Northern Ireland railway
stations.
The bus network is more extensive and from Belfast it serves a number
of destinations both north and south of the border. If you do intend
to travel quite a bit using Ulsterbus, and particularly if you intend
travelling to the Republic, an unlimited travel bus ticket is a
worthwhile purchase. There are a variety of day and half day coach
tours which travel to the Glens of Antrim, the Giant’s Causeway,
the Lakeland in Co. Fermanagh, the Sperrin Mountains and Mourne
Mountains. These are in operation in summer months. Ask in any Ulsterbus
depot for more information.
