Using the Belfast Glider -How to Pay 

I'm on the Upper Newtownards Road Belfast beside new G1 Glider halt.
Unlike other local bus services you pay for your ticket at a large ticket vending machine/validator that are found at every Glider halt. You no longer pay on board. In fact you cannot communicte with the driver because he/she sits in a completely enclosed unit at the front of the bus.
Every halt has a large ticket vending machine. You simply press the screen before your glider arrives and key in your journey details. Then you pay the required amount using cash, credit/debit card or top-up smartcards. You can even pay online before your journey. This means less fuss and speedier boarding and journey times for everyone.
If you have a Smartcard then you simply need to validate your card at one of the validators which are located at every Glider halt. The screen on the validator will change colour to green, display a tick and make a sound to indicate that your Smartcard has been validated and that you are ready to board the Glider.
I have a bus pass so I just validate my pass at the Gider halt validator.
Of course this new payment system is open to people jumping on the bus without payment. Inspectors will hop on and off buses to check on tickets/payment.
( Please feel free to correct me on any of this if I have got it wrong!)