Metro (Belfast)
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Metro is a bus company in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a subsidiary of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, also known as Translink.
Metro operates 12 quality bus corridor (QBCs) in Belfast, a number of additional routes, as well as a Nightlink service. It also operates 5 bus stations, all situated in Belfast.
The service began as the Belfast Corporation Transport Department. In 1973, these services were transferred to the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company as Citybus Limited, becoming part of the "Translink" integrated network in 1995. In 2004, Translink/NITHC announced that Citybus would be completely reorganised into 12 QBCs and integrated with Ulsterbus services in the Greater Belfast area. Citybus was relaunched as Metro on 7 February 2005. A new service similar to Metro has now been opened in Derry under the name of Ulsterbus Foyle.
