
by Gráinne Connolly
This week marks bus and train week with Translink.
It's a campaign that encourages local people to make use of their public transport instead of driving.
Sean Falls, the Service Delivery Manager says there's a number of benefits from using public transport:
Last year was the first year of the campaign and it was a complete success.
It resulted in 1 million more passengers using public transport than the year before.
Mr Falls says that people can get involved by simply trying public transport if they havn't before:
There's more information about bus and train week and how to get involved on their website:
http://www.translink.co.uk/bus-train-week/