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Translink: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Translink is a state-owned company headquartered in Belfast, United Kingdom that owns 3 consumer brands.[1]

The Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company is a public corporation that its 2024-25 annual report says owns and controls the Translink group's subsidiaries. The report calls Translink Northern Ireland's main public transport provider, governed in policy terms by the Department for Infrastructure, and lists Ulsterbus Limited, Citybus Limited, Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited and NIR Operations Limited as trading subsidiaries. It reports 81.2 million passenger journeys in the year.

Company facts

Legal name
Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (also NITHC, Translink)
Type
state-owned company · see all state-owned company owners
Headquarters
🇬🇧 Belfast, United Kingdom
Website
www.translink.co.uk
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· 1 sources

Translink in numbers

Everything Translink owns

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything Translink owns Tree of 3 brands under Translink. Translink Northern Ireland Railways Translink Metro Ulsterbus

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does Translink own?

Translink owns 3 consumer brands tracked here, including Ulsterbus, Translink Metro and Northern Ireland Railways.

Is Translink a British company?

Yes. Translink is headquartered in Belfast, United Kingdom.

Sources (1) & corrections

Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

  1. [1] Translink Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25 — Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, Annual report, published 18 June 2025; retrieved 5 October 2026.

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