This particular glider is on loan from Translink in Northern Ireland, which already utilises a 34-strong fleet of gliders that have been in operation in Belfast since 2018.

May 28, 2025 at 11:20am BST Translink is planning to introduce “automatic fare capping” to bus and rail services across the north. Automatic fare limits have already been introduced on Metro ...

The new testing is seeing the vehicle - referred to by some as a 'Glider' - travelling on key commuter routes in a bid to see how such a vehicle would and could operate on our local roads. READ MORE: ...

Some residents have expressed their disappointment after it was announced that plans to extend Belfast's Glider bus service were to be scaled back. The current Glider service, a fleet of purple ...

On loan from Spanish manufacturer, Irizar, the 18-metre battery-powered vehicle, wrapped in the region’s Metro livery, follows last year’s initial trial using a Translink vehicle from Belfast.

A teenage boy has been charged in connection with an assault on a Glider in west Belfast on Easter Sunday. It happened when the Translink vehicle was in the Divis area of the city at around 6.50pm.

The glider can also carry up to 30 per cent more passengers than an average double-decker bus. Liverpool is showcasing the proposed glider, wrapped in their Liverpool City Region Metro branding, to ...