Using iLink on the bus

4 easy steps to using your iLink Card on the bus:

1. Hold your iLink Card to the target on the ticket machine reader with the front of the card facing upwards.
2. When the card reads successfully, the machine will bleep once and the green light will light up.
3. The machine will issue you with a paper ticket showing the details of your journey.  The ticket must be retained for inspection.
4. If the red light appears, remove your iLink Card, then hold it to the target and try again.

Using iLink on the train

3 easy steps to validating your iLink Card at a train station:

Translink Platform Validators are located at several stations on the NI Railways network so you can quickly validate your iLink Card for each leg of your journey.

Where a validator machine is available you MUST use it to validate your iLink Card for each leg of your journey.  If a validator machine is not available the ticket barrier staff will validate your iLink Card for you.

1. Hold your iLink Card to the target at the bottom of the validator machine.
2. When the card reads successfully, the machine will bleep once.  A green light will light up and a ? symbol will appear on the screen at the top.
3. If a red light appears and an X symbol appears on the screen at the top, remove your iLink Card and speak to a member of staff.

The validator machine does not issue a ticket or receipt.  It simply checks that your iLink Card is valid to make a journey.

No cash is accepted or stored in a validator machine.

You are required to present your iLink Card to any authorised member of Translink staff when requested.

2easy steps to using your iLink Card on the train

1. Hand your iLink Card to the conductor.
2. The conductor will validate your iLink Card for you.  A ticket receipt will NOT be produced.

Please note that if your iLink Card does not read on a Translink ticket machine you must pay full fare for the journey and phone Translink’s SmartPass Office on 028 9075 9129 to obtain a replacement card.