First look inside Belfast Grand Central Station ahead of opening this weekend

We're just days away from the operational opening of Northern Ireland's new state of the art transport hub this weekend.
The final bus will leave the Europa Buscentre late on Saturday night, which will then close its doors for the last time, following in the footsteps of Great Victoria Street train station, which shut in May.
Buses will move to the new Belfast Grand Central Station from Sunday with the first bus due to roll out at 5am, bound for Dublin. Rail services will begin from the new £340m integrated hub later in the autumn once rail safety checks have been completed.
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[@Prenshaw01]

Good to see a big infrastructure project like this in Belfast. A positive story and should be great for NI.

[@KennyBrown-g8y]

Thats one huge wind tunnel. . The wind flys down the platforms which are left open to the sitting area for buses.... roll on winter...

[@UKMDI]

Will the buses from laganside be moved here?

[@KennyBrown-g8y]

Aparently not. This only central for south and west

[@oldmacisback]

What's happening to the old bus and train station at Great Victoria St?

[@mar07in]

Demolished

[@roystevenson1375]

Is this new INTEGRATED bus station open for the many private bus companies or is it just translink/ulsterbus only

[@UKMDI]

I think they're still going from Glengall Street.

[@odunadhaigh]

Translink doesn't use the word "integrated" to refer to the bus 'half' of Belfast Grand Central Station. Instead "integrated" refers to the fact that the entirety is both a railway station and a bus station. That's what they mean by the word "integrated" in this context.

[@roystevenson1375]

@@odunadhaigh hmm a missed opportunity

[@danielmcfarland6116]

Waste of 340 million pounds, city buses are the worst in Europe never on time ,no buses after 11 at night, Sunday service is a joke and have watched mothers running wit children to catch bus just to reach it and rude bus driver puls away .need to get their act together, not spending 340 million on this pig in a poke

[@gerarddeegan1164]

It only serves a very small city like belfast

[@UKMDI]

Second largest on the island of Ireland

[@gerarddeegan1164]

@@UKMDI funny ye dont mention the u.k with you lot living under british rule

[@gerarddeegan1164]

@@UKMDI and theirs me thinking belfast was in the united kingdom😅🤣😆😄

[@gerarddeegan1164]

@@UKMDI how can it be the secound largest city on the island of ireland when belfast is in the united kingdom cork city is the secound largest city in ireland

[@UKMDI]

@@gerarddeegan1164Cork's political boundary is larger in size but Belfast has a considerably larger population.

[@BelfastManUtdTherapy]

The new building in effect is a glorified human rat-race filtration system, transporting thousands of us into and out of Belfast for the next 40 years.....Today's lovely new building, is tomorrows PTSD trigger!!

[@odunadhaigh]

It would trigger less PTSD than Great Victoria Street and Lanyon Place Stations, so it's a win!

[@mar07in]

What are you talking about buddy, drinking too much kool aid I'd wager!

[@mooseduck]

Alright mate, get back on your pills ffs.

[@blakeymcblakerson6816]

Screwball

[@1234smileface]

I thought thet were going fir bilingual English -Irish signs?

[@iknowyoureright8564]

Decided not to bother since 99% of people dont understand it or use it.

[@gerarddeegan1164]

Looks like a big glass shapped factory🙄

[@user-zw5tp3qn4s]

There's always someone moaning about something. Ye ungrateful human being.

[@mar07in]

It's a train station mate, not exactly meant to look like the Notre dame is it

[@gerarddeegan1164]

@@mar07in or a glass factory🙄

[@gerarddeegan1164]

@@mar07in it just looks cheap and made of glass with no charactor🙄

[@UKMDI]

​@@gerarddeegan1164oh aye. 380 million cheap

[@RandomnessTube.]

All part of the infrastructure plan to phase out certain areas someone is making a fortune.

[@UKMDI]

Wa

[@mar07in]

????