Ulsterbus JAZ 1616 in Belfast - 5 May 2004

Wednesday 5 May 2004 - Ulsterbus 1616 (JAZ 1616), a 1996 Plaxton Première 320 bodied Volvo B10M-62, was the coach which brought me from the Belfast Ferry terminal to the Europa Buscentre the previous evening and this was the only daylight photo I managed to get of it! This is the view from the end of the Ulsterbus parcels building (vehicles enter the property from the right) which shows the access to Glengall Street bus garage. This is a totally private site bordered by the Northern Ireland Railways line (a train set can just be seen to the right). I think much of the bus station (behind me) had been built on what were once railway tracks and the Boyne Bridge built to carry road traffic over the site. Buses can use a private roadway (busway) to reach Westlink and the M1 Motorway and thus avoid some traffic delays. The height clearance under the bridge to the garage is about 3 feet higher than that for the busway and this has unfortunately resulted in the decapitation of a small number of double deckers in recent times.