Hi there,
There are two practical options for unlimited travel around here.
The first is the £9 Sunday only train ticket.
This is great value but if you look at a map you'll see that the NI railway system is pretty limited. It's effectively four branches coming out of Belfast - easy to plan "out and back" trips along but impossible to get creative with. It's OK but it's on Sunday's only...
The second is the £16.50 Zone 4 iLink card. That covers you for every bit of public transport in NI. (It's far simpler here - there's none of that privatisation, franchises or competition. All trains, buses and coaches are operated by the State through Translink.)
With this you can get to many of the places that the railway doesn't go using the Goldline coaches. Or get the train one way and the coach across to somewhere else.
Oh, there's no peak restriction on this - use it as soon as wake up and wander to the station.
Personally I'd recommend the Zone 4 iLink card. It's great value, easy to use and lets you get pretty much anywhere. I suggest this to anyone who comes to visit me who wants to get about without a car.
If it's sunny (it does occasionally happen!) come to Bangor and get a Maud's ice-cream. Well worth it!
Cheers,
Mr Toad
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Oh - I forgot a really important tip:
If you ever find what you are looking for on the Translink website, print it or bookmark it immediately!
That website is amazing in it's ability to prevent you from ever finding the same information twice.
Mr Toad
