Northern Ireland Railways NIR (NI Railways) Reviews

It's only been in the last year or so that I have started to use the train on a semi regular basis. I suppose that in itself is an indication that things have been getting better on NI Rail; new rolling stock better customer information in transit makes for a more positive experience. On my local line, the Belfast -Carrickfergus route we still get ...  Read the complete review

I like NIR or northern ireland railway, I really do. On the days that i have to take a train due to car difficulties or I want a drink after work I find this the most de-stressful way to travel. I only started using the train within the past year and was almost nervous as to how to even use it but it couldn't have been easier. And I ...  Read the complete review

If you're not local to Northern Ireland, you may not know that there still exists in the UK a non-privatised passenger railway. And it's one of NI's best kept secrets. Years... no, decades of severe underinvestment and infrastructural issues caused by the Troubles lead to NIR being in a very bad state at the start of the nineties. The ...  Read the complete review

It had been a long day in the big smoke and I was looking forward to the journey home. My feet were aching, I was tired and hungry and the train was due to leave at 21:15. According to the timetable I would arrive home at 22:55 just in time for bed but somehow I knew that it would be after eleven before I did. I?m not psychic by any means; I just ...  Read the complete review