Half of all bus passengers in Northern Ireland ride for free…
An interesting story from Gary McDonald in today’s Irish News. From the story: Of the 60.6 million people using Translink’s Ulsterbus, Goldliner or Metro/Glider services in the 12 months to March , just 31.2 million paid a full fare, bringing in receipts of £84 million for the operators. So that left 29.4 million people using some sort of free/subsidised travel card such as the 60+ Smart Pass. But it was a different story on the railways though, where of 12.9 …