Translink reveals cost of providing bus substitution services during rail closures but declines to answer other questions filed under Freedom of Information
Translink has spent almost £2million renting private buses and coaches for its rail substitution services. In response to an FOI request from Belfast Live, Translink admitted that it had yet to finalise the total cost of the substitution services.
READ MORE: Translink responds to calls on tackling Belfast's traffic chaos in run-up to Christmas rush It did not reveal how many private buses and coaches were used to run the substitution services. In its response to Belfast Live, Translink said that disclosing this information "would be prejudicial to our commercial interests under section 43 of the FOIA Act".
Translink also said it could not answer Belfast Live's question about how many bus drivers were employed to operate the substitution services. It said that those drivers were "employed by the company who supplied the buses" and that Translink "does not hold this information".
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