What is iLink? l Benefits l Buying & Topping-up iLink l iLink Zones
| What is iLink? |
iLink is the new integrated smartcard from Translink which provides unlimited day, weekly or monthly bus and rail travel within 3 specified zones across Northern Ireland.
iLink is available for adults and children and is ideal if you travel by both bus and train to your destination on a regular basis. It is a smartcard which you can top-up again and again, so when you need more travel you simply bring the same iLink Card back to one of our sales outlets and top-up your card with travel for a day week or month.
Please download the following leaflets for your information:
iLink User Guide >> (Adobe PDF Document 715kb)
iLink Promotional Leaflet >> (Adobe PDF Document 518kb)
Benefits
It saves you money. If you travel by bus and train within specified zones, using iLink could be better value for money than buying separate bus and train tickets. Check out the prices to see if iLink suits you.
- There are no restrictions on the number of bus or rail journeys you can make on your iLink Card within the Zone for which your card has been issued.
- It is a safer, cash free way to make your daily bus and rail journeys.
- iLink helps speed up boarding times on buses making overall journey times faster for everyone.
- If you lose your iLink Card it can be ‘hotlisted’ (electronically deactivated) to prevent anyone else from using it fraudulently.
- iLink cards can only be used be used by one person per journey, but you can pass your card to a friend or family member if they are travelling at a different time within the same zone.
You can buy your iLink card and your first top-up of day, weekly or monthly travel, within a specific zone, or at:
- Main Translink bus or train stations
- Metro Kiosk, Donegall Square West, Belfast
- Belfast Welcome Centre, Donegall Place, Belfast
- Belfast International Airport Welcome Centre
- George Best Belfast City Airport Welcome Centre
You can top-up iLink with day and weekly travel only at:
- Main Translink bus or train stations
- With the driver or conductor on board Ulsterbus and NI Railways services
- Smartlink Agents within Greater Belfast
- Metro Kiosk, Donegall Square West, Belfast
- Belfast Welcome Centre, Donegall Place, Belfast
- Belfast International Airport Welcome Centre
- George Best Belfast City Airport Welcome Centre
Monthly iLink top-ups are not available on board NI Railways and Ulsterbus services but are available at all other Translink sales locations mentioned above.
You cannot top-up your iLink Card on board a Metro service.
You can top-up with one day, one week or one month or in varying periods of validity e.g. one week top-up followed by a one month top-up.
Travel on your iLink Card is valid from the date you first use your card on a bus or train.
When you top-up iLink with any additional days the validity of the card is extended from the date you top-up e.g. if you have 3 days left on your card and you top-up with a further 7 days, your iLink Card immediately becomes valid for 10 days from the date you top-up, and not 3 days plus a further 7 days from the date you first use your newly purchased travel.
iLink is available for travel on Metro, NI Railways and Ulsterbus services within 3 Zones in Northern Ireland.
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.
Freedom of Northern Ireland tickets have been withdrawn and replaced with the Zone 3 iLink Card valid on all Translink bus and rail services throughout Northern Ireland.
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