[This is the UK] Images from Northern Ireland

北愛爾蘭之前, 好多親朋戚友問,
"你去愛爾蘭交流呀?"


好多人都仲分唔清北愛爾蘭同愛爾蘭...
就算知道, 又會問:"唔係仲打緊仗咩?"


呢度係英國, 不過唔係倫敦呢個係"貝爾法斯特眼" The Big Wheel
係正City Hall隔離


唔經唔覺小弟到左北愛爾蘭一個多月, 係時候同大家分享下呢度既見聞其實小弟宜家所在位置係佢離貝爾法斯特(Belfast)以北約個多鐘車程既Coleraine (唔知中文點叫..),
不過以前已經去過Belfast兩次(唔計落機)
見italk甚至網上都好少貼北愛既巴士相, 於是同大家分享下

其實Belfast雖然係北愛爾蘭首府, 但其實市中心範圍唔大,
真係旺既downtown頂多都係中上環咁大倒...
所以好快行晒

市既中心點係City Hall, 隔離亦都有bus terminal,
負責市內唯一既公共運輸機構係translink,
嚴格上係整個北愛爾蘭既公共運輸服務都係由translink(各市巴士, 火車, 城際巴士)提供...
但係最大缺點就係票務系統依然落後, 火車同巴士係分開售票...

係貝爾法斯特,市內巴士線都包裝為"Metro", 粉紅色塗裝,(最近Northcord出左模型)
前身係"Citybus"

Metro主要有12條主要幹線(METRO1 -METRO12), 仲要其餘數十條路線服務鄰近地區

不過, 今年translink正咨詢當地居民, 準備重整北愛爾蘭公共運輸服務, 包括re-branding

唔講咁多... 睇相(因為主要同朋友觀光, 邊行邊影, 相片質數一般, 請見諒...)

大會堂側巴士總站


大會堂四邊都有馬路包圍, 係名符其實貝爾法斯特既中心點


大會堂另一邊既巴士站


巴士總站


呢度同南方既愛爾蘭一樣, 都偏愛選用富豪產品, VolvoB7TL/ALX400


北愛爾蘭貴為Wright既故鄉, 當然要支持本地貨(其實我都係黎到先知..)
Volvo B9TL/Wright Gemini






Scania Wrightbus Solar



Belfast著名景點Grand Opera House with B7TL


影完上面即刻殺出利蘭一部, 急急腳影左...型號有待版友們補充...






加影
貝爾法斯特最大shopping mall, Victoria Centre, 前年才開幕


可以坐升降機上"The Dome"飽覽貝爾法斯特市全景(有D似西九龍中心個部..)







係市中心經常會見倒客機刮過長空...


如上述有資料錯誤, 歡迎提出
如果有甚麼愛爾蘭同倫敦值得去既地方更歡迎分享
小弟下個禮拜會到倫敦及蘇黎世

[ 本帖最後由 rudolflau 於 2010-3-5 03:50 編輯 ]

Thanks for your post Rudolf from Belfast and thank you for getting in touch before as well.  I really do miss home a lot.

One other point about the ticketing system.  Belfast has recently annonced the iLink which is an integral bus and rail ticket, it has 3 zones: -

Zone 1: Valid on:

    * Metro: All Metro services in Belfast.
    * NI Railways: NI Railways services between Belfast and Holywood, Jordanstown, Mossley West and Derriaghy and all stops in between.
    * Ulsterbus: Ulsterbus Town services within Zone 1 such as Holywood and Newtownabbey. All other Ulsterbus services which pick up and set down passengers within the Metro operating area.
    * Airport Express 600 services to George Best Belfast City Airport.

Zone 2: Valid on:

    * Metro: All Metro services in Belfast.
    * NI Railways: NI Railways services between Belfast and Bangor, Carrickfergus, Antrim and Lisburn and all stops in between.
    * Ulsterbus: All Ulsterbus Town services for towns within Zone 2 including those in Bangor, Carrickfergus, Antrim and Lisburn.
    * Other Ulsterbus services within the Zone 2 boundary, e.g. Bangor, Carrickfergus, Lisburn, Antrim, Comber, Newtownards, Ballygowan, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, Templepatrick and Ballyclare.

Zone 3: Valid on:

    * All Translink bus and rail services throughout Northern Ireland.
    * Airport Express 300 services to Belfast International Airport.

If there are anyone out there who is in Northern Ireland, do get in touch with me or Rudolf as there is the Bus Rally coming up in Cultra on 17 April 2010.  Maybe can go take photos together!

2207 is B9TL

In fact all the Geminis there are B9TL. Their B7TLs are have ALX400 bodywork.

話說小弟以前有間鋪係Coleraine隔來既Ballymoney~

見返佢地真係好懷念>,<
師兄有冇去Belfast間「常滿樓」飲茶？幾正的~

可惜師兄己經離開左IRE>,<唔係既話推薦幾個地方

另想問下有冇影到Ulster Bus！？好掛住D真真正正既老虎蘭>,<

p.s.想問下y1642004兄，Portadown係zone1定zone2？？

Here are some of the snap photos I took from the Bus Rally in Cultra in 2008.  Sorry as some of the angels are not great.















Hope you all enjoy these!

[ 本帖最後由 y1642004 於 2010-3-14 19:57 編輯 ]

原帖由 GNZ9068 於 2010-3-14 18:48 發表
話說小弟以前有間鋪係Coleraine隔來既Ballymoney~

見返佢地真係好懷念>,<
師兄有冇去Belfast間「常滿樓」飲茶？幾正的~

可惜師兄己經離開左IRE>,,<

p.s.想問下y1642004兄，Portadown係zone1定zone2？？ ...

常滿樓 is now the only decent restaurant left, 新記 and 錦繡中華 has all been sold to our dear 同胞 from inland china (apparently both were lost separately at casinos.... 常滿樓 is easily much much much better than any restaurant in Hong Kong la!  Food in NI is just amazing!!

Back to the question, Portadown is in Zone 3.  You can have a look in the following pdf from Translink: -

http://www.translink.co.uk/resources2007/pdfs/iLink_User_Guide_240909.pdf

I haven't really left NI, I am just in Leeds at the moment studying for my Masters, I do go back to NI a lot as I live in Lisburn now.  So hopefully when I have a chance I will go back and take some more photos too!

p.s. GNZ9068兄: So are you still in NI now?

原帖由 GNZ9068 於 2010-3-14 18:48 發表
話說小弟以前有間鋪係Coleraine隔來既Ballymoney~

見返佢地真係好懷念>,<
師兄有冇去Belfast間「常滿樓」飲茶？幾正的~

可惜師兄己經離開左IRE>,,<

p.s.想問下y1642004兄，Portadown係zone1定zone2？？ ...

邊D係老虎蘭?
題外話：小弟咁大個人第一次唔係香港過年就係係常滿樓過
係幾好食, 不過貴過LONDON既唔少...
仲有影相

原帖由 y1642004 於 2010-3-14 19:45 發表


常滿樓 is now the only decent restaurant left, 新記 and 錦繡中華 has all been sold to our dear 同胞 from inland china (apparently both were lost separately at casinos.... 常滿樓 is easily much much  ...

Lisburn!? You went to Newtownbreda college??
I used to live in Ireland. I went back to Hong Kong because of the Financial Crisis>,<.
I lived in Monaghan, so when we restore our fridge, we usually go to Armagh/Craigavon/Belfast.

Miss 「熙記」菠蘿包...=[ Even it's so expensive...

I went to Lisburn once only. It's whenever the M1 Motor way got "Diverted Traffic"

p.s. I used to go to the Chinese school in Belfast on Sunday~

原帖由 rudolflau 於 2010-3-16 21:06 發表


邊D係老虎蘭?

冇記錯我係NI見過Leyland Tiger=]

p.s.我有次去飲茶送紅豆糕=P