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Belfast Central is a railway station serving the city of Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Located on East Bridge Street in the city, Central is the northern terminus of the popular inter-city Enterprise service to Dublin Connolly, which runs every two hours.As well as this service, Central is also served by Northern Ireland Railways, which operates routes to other locations in Northern Ireland, including Derry, Bangor, Portadown and Larne. Regular services also operate between Central and the City's other main stations: Great Victoria Street, Botanic and City Hospital.

Intending passengers travelling to and from Central are at present, upon presentation of a valid rail ticket, permitted to travel at no cost on Belfast's Metro service to the city centre. Despite the name of the station, it is significantly further from Belfast city centre than Great Victoria Street station. The station was opened on 26 April 1976. By the 1990's, it became clear that the facilities at Central were in need of upgrading. A major refurbishment programme started in 2000 and was completed in 2003.

The city suffered greatly during the period of disruption, conflict, and destruction called the Troubles, but latterly has undergone a return to a sustained period of calmness and growth. Black taxis are common in the city, operating on a share basis in some areas. These, however, are outnumbered by private hire taxis. Bus and rail public transport in Northern Ireland is operated by subsidiaries of Translink.

Bus services in the city proper and the nearer suburbs are operated by Translink Metro, with services focusing on linking residential districts with the city centre on twelve quality bus corridors running along main radial roads, resulting in poor connections between different suburban areas. More distant suburbs are served by Ulsterbus. Northern Ireland Railways provides suburban services along three lines running through Belfast northern suburbs to Carrickfergus and Larne, eastwards towards Bangor and south-westwards towards Lisburn and Portadown. This service is known as the Belfast Suburban Rail system.

Belfast also has a direct rail connection with Dublin called Enterprise which is operated jointly by NIR and Iarnrdireann, the state railway company of the Republic of Ireland. In April 2008, the DRD reported on a plan for a light rail system, similar to Dublin's, suggesting that investment in more modern buses would be preferable. The city has two airports: the Belfast International Airport offers domestic, European and transatlantic flights and is located north-west of the city, near Lough Neagh, while the George Best Belfast City Airport is closer to the city centre, adjacent to Belfast Lough.

In 2005, Belfast International Airport was the 11th busiest commercial airport in the UK, accounting for just over 2% of all UK terminal passengers while the George Best Belfast City Airport was the 16th busiest and had 1% of UK terminal passengers. Belfast has a large port which is used for exporting and importing goods, and for passenger ferry services.

Stena Line run regular routes to Stranraer in Scotland using its HSS (High Speed Service) vessel with a crossing time of around 90 minutes and/or its conventional vessel with a crossing time of around 3hrs 45 minutes. Norfolk line formally Norse Merchant Ferries runs a passenger/cargo ferry to and from Liverpool, with a crossing time of 8 hours and a seasonal sailing to Douglas, Isle of Man is operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.