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A Glider bus in Belfast City Centre Interior of a Glider vehicle A Glider bus stop. Glider is a Bus rapid transit system in Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed to improve the efficiency of mass transit in the city by connecting East and West Belfast and the Titanic Quarter via the city centre. [1] The service is operated by Translink. [2] [3]
Metro operates 12 bus corridors (QBCs) in Belfast, plus a number of additional routes. The service began as the Belfast Corporation Transport Department. In 1973, these services were transferred to the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company as Citybus Limited, becoming part of the "Translink" integrated network in 1995.
It is expected that the service will transform the public transport system in Belfast. The route will be served by several new 18-metre Glider vehicles, specifically designed for Belfast, which will feature real time passenger information, destination announcements, CCTV, free Wi-Fi, USB charging facilities and air conditioning.
A Citybus Bristol RE branded for the Citylink service on Great Victoria Street, 1976.. Bus services began in Belfast under the Belfast Corporation Transport Department. For a time in the early 1950s, these buses ran alongside both the tram and trolleybus networks run by the corporation until these networks were eventually abandoned, [1] and like most mainland operators, Belfast Corporation ran ...
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Since the troubles ended, the public bus service has been re-introduced and expanded. Metro, a division of Translink now operates the bus service. The Falls Road is designated one of the quality bus corridors (QBCs) within the city with a variety of different routes. [132] In 2018, the Glider bus service was introduced.
Belfast, Northern Ireland: Glider: Translink: Ipswich, Suffolk: Ipswich Rapid Transit (Superroute 66) First Eastern Counties: It is a 219 yards (200 m) guided busway section. Kesgrave - Grange Farm opened in 1995, [1] it was regauged in 2005 for larger double-deck buses [2] and second stretch of busway has been abandoned. Runcorn, Cheshire ...
Belfast: Glider : The bus rapid transit system operating on Service G1 serves east–west and service G2 serves Titanic Quarter. September 2018--24.5 km (15.2 mi) No [1] Bradford-1 mile (2 km) of guided busway and a further 0.6 miles (1 km) of unguided bus lanes on Manchester Road to the city centre.----No [1] Bristol: MetroBus