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It's the end of an era for Belfast this weekend as the Europa Bus Centre closes its doors for the last time on Saturday night, following in the footsteps of Great Victoria Street Train Station, which shut in May. Bus services will move to Belfast Grand Central Station, which will welcome its first bus passengers on Sunday morning when the 5am service to Dublin departs from the £340million transport hub. Europa Buscentre has been operational since 1991 enabling thousands of passengers every day get to work, education, leisure, nights out, health appointments and much more.
The doors will close at 11.30pm on Saturday night, while overnight buses including the 212 Goldliner Express; X1 to Dublin, 238 to Newry and Airport 300 Express to Belfast International Airport are accessed via the night gate on Glengall Street, after which all bus services will transfer across to the Belfast Grand Central Station. READ MORE: See inside Belfast Grand Central Station ahead of opening this weekend READ MORE: Belfast's Great Victoria Street station down the years as it closes its doors A bus station has been located on the Glengall Street site in the city centre since 1962, when the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) removed platform 5 at Great Victoria Street railway station to make way for Belfast's first joint bus and rail terminus.
Originally, omnibus services operated by the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) and other bus operators served Great Victoria Street Railway Station by stopping at the front of the...
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