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05 November 2007:

 
Translink District Manager Sam Todd, centre,
presents the Translink Student Discount Card
to Ballymena Academy students Sam Law, left,
who came first at GCSE in Northern Ireland in
French and Helen Byers, right, who came first at
A-Level in Northern Ireland in French.
 

Translink has formally recognised the achievements of Northern Ireland's top GCSE and A Level students, rewarding them with a free Translink Student Discount Card, entitling them to cheaper travel and a range of retail discounts.

The 83 pupils from 53 schools across Northern Ireland who achieved first place in a variety of GCSE and A Level subjects, are being presented with their Translink Student Discount Cards from this week.

Translink Inspector John Murphy presents
Castlederg High School, pupil Victoria Todd,
who was first in GCSE Applied Business, with
Translink’s Student Discount Card.

Translink’s Brand Manager, Carol Marsden said: “We are delighted to reward our top students in this way. Their achievement deserves much praise with some pupils attaining first place in more than one subject, and some schools with pupils coming first, second and third in a variety of subjects.

“We recognise the importance of travel to students in terms of getting them to and from their studies and helping them make the most of student life and the student experience.  In addition, student life can by very costly and we want to help them to make their money go further”.

Translink Inspector Raymond Byrne presents
the Translink Student Discount Card to Belfast
Royal Academy student Julie Hamilton who
came first at GCSE in Northern Ireland in
Science: Physics.

The Translink Student Discount Card, which costs £7 per annum, offers:

• up to 50% on single fares on cross border Enterprise services;
• up to 33% discount on NIR adult single fares;
• up to 15% discount on Ulsterbus standard adult fares of £2 and over.
• The card also entitles students to a 10% discount on a range of products ranging from food and clothes, books and travel insurance.

The Translink Student Discount Card is available to all students on a full time course or in full time professional training in NI, Republic of Ireland and GB. School pupils in full time education are also eligible from the age of 16. The cards are valid from 1st September 2007 to 30th September 2008 and application forms are available by clicking on www.translink.co.uk/students. Students who had a card last year can also renew it online at this address.

Translink District Manager Randal Roderick,
centre, presents the Translink Student Discount
Card to Portadown College students Andrew
Spence, left and Timothy Duke, who came
first at GCSE in Northern Ireland in Science: Biology,
and Additional Mathematics respectively.

For further information about the Student Discount Card visit Translink’s website at www.translink.co.uk/students

Ends

For further information, please contact Nicola Adamson at Morrow Communications on 028 9039 3837 or email n.adamson@morrowcommunications.com

Notes to Editor

• A student living in Portadown and travelling to Jordanstown every day could save up to £11 a week based on a Rail Student Weekly Ticket. That equates to £396 a year over the academic year.
• A Student Discount Card holder living in Bangor and travelling to Queen’s University every day could save up to £342 over the 36-week academic year (based on purchasing a Rail Student Weekly Ticket). That equates to £9.50 per week.

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