Straight answers to practical questions about driving, travelling, parking and getting around Northern Ireland.
No. NI Railways does not operate a reservation system for full-size bicycles.
Up to four full-size bicycles can be carried in the designated bicycle space, subject to the conductor’s discretion.
No. Translink’s rail conditions do not permit full-size bicycles on trains before 9.30am, Monday to Friday.
Yes. NI Railways carries permitted bicycles without an additional bicycle fare.
Yes. Tell the driver you are buying a paper ticket for another passenger before tapping your contactless card.
Yes. Glider ticket vending machines at stops accept cash as well as cards.
No. For ordinary Glider travel, buy a valid ticket at a halt ticket machine or use a valid card or mobile ticket before boarding.
Yes. NI Railways passengers can pay a conductor on the train, including by contactless card, where that sales arrangement applies.
Yes. Translink operates a daily price cap for eligible Metro contactless journeys.
Yes. Translink accepts contactless bank cards and compatible phones or watches on Ulsterbus and Goldliner services.
The official TrafficWatchNI camera list includes Caw Roundabout on the Derry road network.
TrafficWatchNI includes Craigavon Bridge in its A2-area camera directory.
TrafficWatchNI lists Ballykelly among its A2 camera locations.
TrafficWatchNI lists the A37 Coleraine Mountain camera, which is particularly relevant when comparing an inland road over higher ground with the A2 corridor nearby.
Yes.
TrafficWatchNI lists “A6 Toome”, giving drivers a named view of the A6 corridor near the Toome area.
There is an A28 Markethill camera in the TrafficWatchNI road directory.
TrafficWatchNI includes an “A1 – Fiveways” camera among its Newry-area A1 views.
The “A1 – Hillsborough South” entry appears on TrafficWatchNI’s cameras-by-road list.
TrafficWatchNI identifies an “A1 – Dromore” camera.
The official traffic-camera list includes “M2 Sandyknowes”.
TrafficWatchNI lists “Durham St – College Sq Nth” as a specific Belfast city-centre camera.
Shaftesbury Square appears as a named TrafficWatchNI camera location.
TrafficWatchNI lists “Saintfield Road – Primrose Hill”, covering a specific south Belfast approach on the road towards Carryduff.
The official camera listing includes “Upper Knockbreda Rd – Cregagh Rd” on the south-east Belfast side of the A55 area.
TrafficWatchNI includes a camera named “Knock Road – Upper Newtownards Road”.
TrafficWatchNI lists several views along the A2: Tillysburn, Holywood Esplanade, Holywood Exchange, Bangor Road/Old Station Road and Rathgael in the Bangor area.
Yes.
The TrafficWatchNI road directory lists M3 – Sydenham Bypass, as well as M3 – Dee Street and M3 Lagan Bridge.
TrafficWatchNI has a camera labelled “Boucher Road – Tates Avenue”, targeting that specific south Belfast junction.
