Underfunding of concessionary travel hits Translink finances

Public Transport

Underfunding of Northern Ireland’s concessionary travel scheme is a major cause of the financial crisis at state-run public transport operator Translink, the Northern Ireland Assembly has heard.

The recent restoration of devolved government at Stormont is shining a light on aspects of Northern Ireland’s governance in the three years after the previous power-sharing agreement collapsed. 

Last month, the Assembly’s infrastructure committee quizzed three Department for...

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