Belfast: Grand Central Station opens to the public

Another passenger travelling on the first bus to Dublin from the station was Kieran Doherty.

He said he was “absolutely over the moon” to be one of the first passengers to use the station.

“I’m acutely aware that this is a really historical event. I’m surprised there aren’t more people here, but this is significant,” Mr Doherty said.

“This is history being made in Belfast, something good is happening,” he added.

Mr Doherty plans to use the station every day.

“I’m retired and every day I get the bus somewhere, to go somewhere and do something different, somewhere different. So I’ll be a regular here,” he said.

“It’s just historical, just to say that I was on the first bus out of the new station.”