High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles NI Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways (Irish: Iarnr d Tuaisceart ireann) and for a brief period of time, Ulster Transport Railways (UTR), is the railway operator in Northern Ireland. NIR is a subsidiary of Translink, whose parent company is the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo), and is thus one of only two state-owned train operators in the United Kingdom, the other being...