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Translink warned of delays to bus services in and out of Belfast city centre due to traffic congestion on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
“Some Metro services [are] experiencing delays of approximately forty minutes,” the operator wrote on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n
Its travel app indicated that numerous Metro services were affected during the peak rush hour period.<\/p>\n
The transport provider apologised for any delays and inconvenience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
According to information provided by the DfI<\/a> (Department for Infrastructure), the greater Belfast area traffic was busy on the following routes:<\/p>\n In a statement, Translink said the traffic disruption “seems to have been caused [by] both traffic congestion and a road traffic accident”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Earlier this week, Infrastructure Minister John O\u2019Dowd, who oversees bus and rail services in Northern Ireland, urged commuters to consider public transport<\/a>, instead of driving.<\/p>\n A year-long closure of Durham Street, a busy road in central Belfast, has led to fears of more congestion in the city.<\/p>\n O’Dowd had hoped the start of rail services<\/a> on Sunday from the new Grand Central Station in the city would encourage more people to use public transport.<\/p>\n However, the redevelopment of the area surrounding the new station is blamed by many drivers for causing the traffic problems<\/a> in the first place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n