Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company
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The Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo) is a government owned body which was established in 1967 to take over the railway and bus services of the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA), namely Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) and Ulsterbus. In 1973 Citybus took over the bus services of the Belfast Corporation Transport Department.
From 1971 until 1994 NITHCo ran Belfast International Airport through its subsidiary Northern Ireland Airports Limited (NIAL). In 1994 the government created Belfast International Airport Ltd. (BIAL), which was sold to Belfast International Airport Holdings Ltd, a management/employee buyout vehicle.
In 1996 the Translink brandname was created to integrate the services of Ulsterbus, NIR, and Citybus.