Skip to Content

News

In Pictures: Queen’s launches free late-night shuttle service for students

Queen’s University Belfast has officially launched the 'Get Home Safe' initiative - the first of two new late-night transport pilots - as part of the University’s ongoing commitment to student safety.

three men and two women in bright business clothing standing in front of a yellow bus
Pictured left to right: Queen’s Neighbourhood Engagement Officer, Ryan Rankin; Operations and Stakeholder Manager of SOS Bus NI, Caitlin McCartney; SOS Bus NI CEO, Micky Murray; Queen’s President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Ian Greer; and Queen’s Students’ Union President, Amy Smith, promote the new late-night shuttle bus service to all students.

The ‘Get Home Safe’ initiative, operated in partnership with SOS Bus NI services, will run until 30 April and offers Queen’s students a safe and reliable way to travel home from the city centre.

The service will pick up students from two key city centre locations, The Kremlin and The Limelight, two nights per week (Wednesdays and Thursdays), between 12.00am and 2.00am, transporting students safely to the Holyland area.

This initiative builds on Queen’s existing student safety measures, including the Queen’s University Belfast - PSNI drink check initiative and a series of campus safety events designed to promote a safe and welcoming campus community for students.

four people chatting in front of a yellow minibus

man in yellow jacket chatting to a young woman and checking an ID card beside a yellow minibus with people in the background

four young people - two men, two women - chatting in a friendly manner in a minibus

man in yellow jacket, left, and man in red zip-up sweater, right, framing the open door of a yellow minibus with smiling young people sitting inside

Ask for Angela poster stuck to the inside of a vehicle window

two people in yellow jackets chatting beside a minibus, with an old, Victorian, redbrick building pictured in the background

man in yellow jacket sharing a joke and laughing with others beside and seated inside a yellow minibus

This new initiative complements the range of student safety projects already in place for students at Queen’s, including:

Share