Dear Mr Wilson

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request of 5^th November 2023.
Your request and our response are set out below.

 

Request

 May i please have a copy of all of the LTP unit diagrams for SX/SO/SU
(Monday to Friday and Saturday and Sunday) for Translink Northern Ireland
Railways please.  Could i please request both the current copies for the
current timetable and also new copies for any future timetable changes if
you have them already. Just to clarify exactly what i am requesting i
would like the same thing as other TOCs have published in reply to many
peoples requests and on their websites:

• Northern - [1]Link 1

• TPE - [2]Link 2

• TFW - [3]Link 3

• TFL - [4]Link 4

• South eastern - [5]Link 5

• Scotrail - [6]Link 6

• LNER - [7]Link 7

So these are just the unit diagrams that show all the services that each
unit works on each diagram. So you should have the same for the NIR
network showing all the 3000 and 4000 and De Dietrich diagrams and any
other diagrams.  But i am just requesting them for Translink Northern
Ireland Railways please. As i have been unable to find any versions for
yourself online.

 

Response

As required by section 1(1)(a) Freedom of Information Act (the “Act”), we
can confirm that we do hold the information specified in your request.  

However, the requested information is exempt from release under section 38
of the Act, ‘health and safety’. This exemption applies where disclosure
of the information would be likely to cause endangerment to the safety of
individuals. The information requested contains intricate, detailed
information on the operation of our trains and schedule of works. 

Disclosure made under the Act is deemed to be a ‘disclosure to the world
at large’ and therefore by releasing this information, we would be leaving
our network vulnerable. Whilst we make no suggestion that you would use
this information for anything other than your own personal interests, it
could be used by individuals who wish to cause harm or disruption to our
customers, staff and network. While we recognise that understanding the
workings of our network is predominantly an individual and personal
interest, the public interest in protecting individuals and infrastructure
is our upmost priority. It is asserted, therefore, that the balance of the
public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest
in disclosure.

It will be useful to point out that our non-disclosure of similar
information has already been the subject of an appeal to the Information
Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and that the regulator upheld Translink’s
decision not to disclose the information.

 

Review Procedure

If you are not satisfied with this response, you may request a review by
writing to the Translink General Counsel and Company Secretary, who has
overall responsibility for Freedom of Information and Data Protection
issues within this organisation. Correspondence should be addressed to the
above-mentioned at: Translink, 22 Great Victoria Street, Belfast BT2 7LX
or by email to [8][NITHCo / Translink request email].

 

If having exhausted the review process you are not content that your
request or review has been dealt with correctly, you have a further right
of appeal to the Information Commissioner who will make an independent
judgement. The address of the Information Commissioner is: Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The address of the Information
Commissioner’s Office for Northern Ireland is: 3rd floor, 14 Cromac Place,
Gasworks, Belfast, BT7 2JB.

 

Kind regards,

 

FOI Team - Translink

[9][email address]

 

 

[10]Website | [11]Twitter | [12]LinkedIn

 

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Journeys and more at www.translink.co.uk

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Translink is a trading name used by any one or more of the companies under
the ultimate ownership of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company
(NITHC). The Group comprises NITHC as parent company which owns Citybus
Limited (which also trades as “Metro”) (NI009039) Flexibus Limited
(NI006724) Ulsterbus Limited (NI006725), Translink (NI) Limited (NI006673)
and NIR Networks Limited (NI017638) - each of which is registered in
Northern Ireland and has its registered office at 22 Great Victoria
Street, Belfast BT2 7LX; Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited
(NI006929) which is registered in Northern Ireland and has its registered
office at 22 Great Victoria Street, Belfast BT2 7LX; and NIR Operations
Limited (NI021091) which is registered in Northern Ireland and has its
registered office at Lanyon Place Station, 47 East Bridge Street, Belfast
BT1 3NR.

 

 

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