Glider (Belfast)

[5][6] The vehicles are Van Hool ExquiCity 18 articulated buses of a so-called light tram design with three doors and approximately 18 metres (59 ft) in length.

The interior is a mixture of seating and standing, plus free WiFi, USB sockets, real-time visual and audible information and CCTV.

The diesel hybrid electrical engines emit a low level of pollution and noise, complying with environmental concerns.

Each halt has Kassel kerbs that allow Glider vehicles to align with the footpath to ensure quick and safe boarding and alighting.

The G1 service combining the planned EWAY and WWAY routes with vehicles running between McKinstry roundabout and Dundonald via the city centre.

The Comber Greenway, a section of the National Cycle Network in development along the old Belfast-Comber railway, is available to walkers and joggers.

It operates as a continual loop passing Belfast City Hall, and allowing travel between the Odyssey, Titanic Building and surrounding areas.

Bars, restaurants, cafés and places to stay are found in and around the City Centre, including the Cathedral Quarter and Golden Mile.

[33] EWAY was a proposed bus rapid transit route to be built to link Dundonald in County Down with Belfast City Centre.

[34] Both the Regional Transportation Strategy (RTS) for Northern Ireland and the BMTP recognised the value of introducing rapid transit services in Belfast.

In 2003–04 the Knock Valley Relief Sewer was laid along 4.7 miles (7.5 km) of the former BCDR trackbed, flowing from Dundonald to Ballymacarrett.

A campaign group called "Greenway to Stay" was formed to lobby for EWAY to be re-routed along Upper Newtownards Road.

A report revealed that there were not enough people in the city to justify the project, instead recommending the use of a bus network to save costs.

[38] On 26 July 2021, the Department for Infrastructure opened public consultation on "Belfast Rapid Transit Phase 2", an expansion of the Glider network.

The two directions would briefly reunite at Shaftesbury Square, before northbound services continue on Great Victoria Street and rejoin the existing route.

Rather than Botanic Avenue, the route would access the city centre by continuing through lower Ormeau, and crossing onto Great Victoria Street via the Bankmore Link, a newly-built bus-only road.