Ulsterbus

A Wright Eclipse SchoolRun bus
Parent	Translink
Founded	1967
Headquarters	Central Station, East Bridge Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Service type	Bus service, Coach
Stations	22
Fleet	Volvo B10M Volvo B7R Scania L94 Optare Solo Volvo B9TL Volvo B7TL Volvo B5TL Volvo B10BLE Scania K114 Volvo B12B Volvo B12M Volvo B7RLE Scania K230 Dennis Dart SLF Scania K320 Mercedes-Benz O405N
Operator	Translink
Website	Translink/Ulsterbus

Ulsterbus (Irish: Bus Uladh) is a public transport operator in Northern Ireland and operates bus services outside Belfast. It is part of Translink (the brand name for the subsidiary operating companies of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company – NITHCo), which also includes Northern Ireland Railways, Metro Belfast and Flexibus.

Ulsterbus is responsible for most of the province-wide bus services in Northern Ireland. It operates twenty-two bus stations (several of which, such as those at Belfast Europa and Bangor, form integrated transport interchanges with Northern Ireland Railways stations) and 1,100 buses. Ulsterbus is charged with transporting over 65,000 children per day to school. Every July and August, around 250 vehicles are usually de-taxed. This is because not as many are needed for service due to schools finishing for summer holidays.

Ulsterbus is now in the process of modernising its fleet for better accessibility for disabled people. On 26 June 2006, Translink announced that the Leyland Leopard, synonymous with Ulsterbus, will be phased out of service. These are being replaced by the Optare Solo bus, amongst others.

Goldline is the name given to the inter-city bus services operated by Ulsterbus. Until the 1990s it Goldline was called Ulsterbus Express and operated many of the same inter-city services as today. The Belfast-Derry service was relaunched as the Maiden City Flyer with eight new coaches in 1990, and has seen major expansion over the years: Belfast-Derry went from a thrice daily service in 1990 to half-hourly now, and many services have been expanded and introduced. Goldline services are operated from Belfast to major destinations in Northern Ireland, plus the Goldline Express Services X1/X2 (previously Service 200) to Dublin (via Dublin Airport). This service is worked jointly with Bus Éireann service X1 (previously Service 001).

List of Major Goldline Services:

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