Glasgow Metro

The line was fully opened on December 14, 1896 and has not expanded since. Initially, cable traction was used, a single cable was driven by one steam engine. In 1935, the line, which became the property of the city due to unprofitability, was electrified, and from March to October, the counterclockwise direction was electrified, and clockwise remained on cable traction. In 1977 - 1980, the system was completely closed for reconstruction. One station ( Merkland Street ) was closed, it was replaced by the new Partik station , tunnels and stations were rebuilt. After the announcement by the city authorities that from now on the metro (historically, and now officially called Subway , unlike Underground in London ) will work “like a clock”, it has received the nickname “ clockwork orange ”, due to the orange color of the compositions, which also indicate the line on the city plan. Thus, the Glasgow Metro has never expanded since it was opened (over 110 years). There are plans to expand the network, but construction work has not begun.

The stations are located on both banks of the Clyde River: 8 on the north, 7 on the south. All stations are underground, 12 stations have island platforms, side platforms only at Partik , Govan and Saint-Enoch stations . The platforms at the stations are narrow: about 3 m (10 ft) wide. Length about 40 m, designed for 3 cars. The height of the platforms above the rails is 65 cm. There are three transfers on the line to the railway stations of the same name: Partik, Buchanan Street and St. Enoch stations.

At the opening, the rolling stock consisted of 20 separate cable cars built by Oldbury Railway Carriage and Wagon Company , a year later 10 more of them were added. Since 1898, a trailer car was added to each. First, the trailed cars were much shorter than the head ones, then they were made of equal length. One trailed wagon in its original form has been preserved and is located at Buchanan Street station.

Some of the original cars continued to serve until 1977, already on an electrified road.

All cars have two doors on each side. Entrance to the two-car trains is through two central doors, and the exit is through two extreme doors.

The metro is open from 6:30 to 23:30 with an interval of 4-8 minutes on all days except Sunday. On Sundays, working hours are limited to 11: 00-18: 00, intervals of 8 minutes.

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  Carriage interior

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  Sign at Partik station (bilingual name: English and Gaelic )

• John Wright, Ian Maclean. Circles under the Clyde: A history of the Glasgow Underground. - Harrow Weald, Middlesex: Capital Transport, 1997 .-- 240 p. - ISBN 1-85414-190-2 .
• Gordon Casely, Bill Hamilton. I belong to Glasgow: the human history of the Glasgow Underground. - Glasgow: Nexus Press, 1975 .-- 96 p.
• Brian Pask. Tickets of the Glasgow Underground. - Luton: Transport Ticket Society, 1971. - 22 p. - ISBN 0903209004 .
• George Watson. Glasgow Subway album: a collection of photographs of the old Glasgow Subway taken before and during closure for modernization. - Chetwode: Adam Gordon, 2000 .-- 64 p. - ISBN 1874422311 .
• David Barzilay. Glasgow Underground: the end of an era: a photographic record of 'Glasgow's Victorian toy'. - Belfast: Century Books, 1977 .-- 47 p.
• Underground centenary 1896-1996. - Glasgow: Strathclyde Passenger Transport, 1996 .-- 15 p.
• Paul J Kelly, MJD Willsher. Glasgow Subway 1896-1977. - London: Light Railway Transport League, 1979.- 28 p. - ISBN 0900433701 .

• Official website
• Glasgow Metro on urbanrail.net
• Metro on Glasgow Transport Website
• Devi Williams Page on Glasgow Metro
• Glasgow Metro History and Information in Russian
• Worldcat