The First Translink Van Hool Glider Bendy Bus on display to the public 13/12/17 & 14/12/17

A New Era For Public Transport in Belfast
On the 13/12/17 & 14/12/17 Translink put the first Van Hool Glider Bendy Bus on display to the public in Belfast City Centre ( Custom House Square ) The bus used for the event was 3201 she is the first of 30 Glider buses.
Here is links to UTV & BBC NI news reports about the introduction of the Glider buses
www.itv.com/news/utv/update/20...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern...
Here is links to Translink's Glider page on their website and their promotional video for the buses.
www.translink.co.uk/also-on-ou...

[@jakestevens3788]

If a bus and a tram had a drunken nite together this would be the result

[@norwayspotter26]

We have hybrid exquicities (24M) here in Trondheim very Nice buses

[@TomMcClean]

Well done Nirtrainman! I videoed it today at connswater for my channel but I missed out on filming it moving.

[@irishrailvideos9303]

It's like a cross-over of a bus and a tram. Belfast should've opened a tram system instead of getting rid of the older buses.

[@RailVideosNI]

I agree

[@eirugsiongriffiths8563]

Spot on, agree.

[@davey9955]

Tried it today seems okay

[@stephenh4965]

MAN thats both beautiful and modern

[@RailVideosNI]

Bit too modern for my liking

[@trainsinireland5063]

Good Video Matty!😃.Prefer the old ones!.

[@RailVideosNI]

Thanks i agree i prefer the old bused

[@anonymous-vo2rd]

Wow cool Vanhool cool glider bendy bus she is a beauty to look at

[@RailVideosNI]

Shes ok I still prefer the old Goldline bendy coaches

[@belfastbusfan]

You see me and hear me loads in the second part of this video lol

[@RailVideosNI]

You will be getting famous with all these video appearances lol

[@torchlight493aviationandwe2]

These bus come in September 2018

[@danielcresswell7477]

It looks like some sort of wierd crossbreed of a bus and a tram.

[@Tehgoat]

It's essentially a tram but without the need for the infrastructure (Overhead Power lines, platforms) required

[@torchlight493aviationandwe2]

Is this video going to be on your bus channel soon

[@AndalusianIrish]

It looks great but it is just a tram with wheels.

[@susandhifaoui]

is this going to replace the current local bus system? (I can't remember...are they green, or blue, pink, and white?)

[@sampepper6242]

Susan Dhifaoui no it’s just replacing some of the pink metro routes👍

[@miaumiau115]

Susan Dhifaoui it’s pink for metro
Purple for glider
Blue for the railways
Light blue for ulsterbus
Gold for goldliner
Dark green for enterprise
I think lol

[@interestedErvini]

@@miaumiau115 the Enterprise was green but now it's more silver.

[@davidlois6055]

Where is there?

[@muntasirmahmood4374]

This looks just like the Swansea Wright bendybus. Probably going to be a complete failure like that one as well.

[@greek9244]

Glider isn’t a failure. I agree bringing back the trams would’ve been better but gliders are much cheaper to maintain and build. The on,y thing that’s bad about gliders is that there are bus lanes and stupid drivers complain that that is causing traffic even though it’s the cars that cause traffic

[@BusesInDublin]

Nice vid,Looks like a tram 😂

[@RailVideosNI]

Thank you it does look like a tram it is defo one of the most odd looking buses I have seen

[@bss6854]

Sir, is there any bacon soup here?

[@eirugsiongriffiths8563]

A proper tram or trolleybus system would be better.

[@mikedrown2721]

👍😊❤️🇺🇸

[@fergusalex]

its only a bus for fs

[@Tehgoat]

It'll operate fine in the bus lane ... until some clown illegally parks in it

[@RailVideosNI]

And I would say it won't take long for that to happen

[@neilt4264]

Shit

[@hilldoggydogg635]

Translink? Why you biting VanCities shit?

[@normanhughedicko4076]

Waste of space at the front

[@sampepper6242]

It’s just a bendy bus

[@belfastbusfan]

TescoNI ah but this is the future

[@danielsellers8707]

Ftr2?

[@LW_-sm4ok]

Ngl it looks like a shit ftr