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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. The company was established by the Transport Act (NI) 1967.
In 1973 Citybus took over the bus services of the Belfast Corporation Transport Department.
Between 1971 and 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.

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★ Translink web page