The closure of Great Victoria Street station is to make way for Belfast Grand Central Station which will open this autumn
Great Victoria Street train station has been at the heart of Belfast city centre since the early 1800s, with the station closing its doors for good this week after playing a leading role in the city's history.
David Shearer's first day working for Translink was the first day the new Great Victoria Street station opened back in 1995, 29 years ago. Starting out as a porter at the station, he now works as a guard for NI Railways. "There are people coming through now who I remember coming through when they were children, and they're now bringing their own kids through. There's a girl from Carrickfergus and I remember showing her and her brother where the driver sits at the back of the train, and now I've recently shown her children the driving cab of the train. Life just goes on."
A passion for restoring buses brought Ben Simpson to Translink 18 years ago, working for NI Railways as he was then too young to get into the bus operations side. He has worked through the ranks over the years, first as a conductor, before becoming a train driver, and now finding himself in a trainee manager position.
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