A Brief History of the Glasgow Subway | Weird History
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- We take a look at the history of the Glasgow Underground - one of the oldest (and most unchanging) underground transit systems in the world.
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Glasgow is so well connected with the low-level, the subway (that at least keeps underground), and the 180+ railway stations. Used it twice a day all through my school years, right from the reopening after modernisation. Have to admit, did take a while to get used to it.... imagine 100s of school kids on the small single platform at Kelvinbridge squeezing onto a 3 car train.
I can imagine it! Bet it was stressful at times, especially as a lot of the stations still have those narrow "island" platforms
As a Glaswegian who lives in a housing scheme far from the subway I do wish it was bigger.
But it’s so handy and simple, and that’s the beauty of it. If I’m in town, and friends want to meet for a beer I can hop along to west end or to theirs in Govan or if the roads are busy, on one to closer to a bus stop to avoid traffic. If I cba walking up Buchanan Street? One stop to the top.
Partick is a superb transport hub. I could complain about the lacking buses but they’re improving. All we need is it all integrated. And thankfully that seems to be on the horizon.
No one in Glasgow calls it ‘the clockwork orange’ It’s the ‘subway’ or the ‘underground’
The new trains are not fully in service yet (as of April 24)
Living in the Glasgow area I've heard plenty of folk say "they call it the Clockwork Orange" but never heard anyone actually call it that themselves!
I have a feeling it might well be one of those nicknames that almost nobody actually uses! 😂
It's a conversation peice though, so it might have been made up at some point specifically for that purpose 😂
@@ghostsoc It's used by precisely one group of people: Journalists from outside of Glasgow.
I was away from Glasgow from 1967 to 1996. The sounds and smells and the feeling of air pressure change with the arriving trains transported me back to my childhood.
It does have quite a lovely ambience!
I rode the old train back in the 70s when I was a child, the refurbishment was good and made it more modern and lighter. Now it looks really nice and can keep up with other subways around the world
For such a small network it's kept in extremely good condition
I loved going on the underground when I was a child in the 70s too. Have fond memories of the stained glass partitions, the red leather seating and the distinctive smell.
You didn’t mention that it closes at 18:00 on a Sunday, it really has to move forward to the 21st century 😀
Good point. Especially annoying as it ran late into the evening in the 1800s!
The worst one is the later opening on Sunday imo
Love the underground, great for soaking up the banter and such an easy way to get around different areas of the city.
It's definitely my favourite way of getting around Glasgow
interesting to hear about the first couple of days of the subway. thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Not forgetting that Glasgow also had an extensive network of tramcars , with their legendary clippies, reaching out of the City aswell as the underground.
Abandoned and overgrown trackbed and embankmentss can still be seen. There was the Kilmarnock Bogie, which had 4 wheels to get round tight curves for that route rather than the 4/ 4 wheel sets for other routes.
As a child I watched them at the interchange Gibson Street /University Ave./ from my Gt Aunts at 54 Gibson St.
Also think I recall stepping down into the car when boarding and up when alighting.on the Underground.
The inertia wheel which provided the continuously moving cable is on display.
I love trams. The big wheel from the old Edinburgh tram system is on display now on Leith Walk. Fantastic stuff!
Being in part the result of a Glaswegian great-grandfather, I'm a bit puzzled why I didn't know Glasgow had an underground line until now 🤔😅 .
Great video 🙂👍
Thank you! And, yes, it really surprised me when I learned about it, as I'd visited Glasgow before without ever noticing!
Shouldve mentioned , merkland st removal , amd copelamd rd being renamed ibrox
Great video! I LOVE Glasgows subway ❤❤
Me too!
very nice short docu.
loved the picture of the exposed st enoch square, need more like that :)
Glad you liked it!
I still haven't had a go on the fancy new trains.
Me neither, but it's on the to-do list!
I got on one, one the last times I was there. It's nice but I'm gonna miss the old ones, they had alot of character
the city has the a suburban rail network second only in size to london so the subway small as it is compliments the overall transport system of the city
Glasgow's train connections are AMAZING, to be fair!
Complements
Took me a while to decipher that.
The Clockwork Orange... 💀
Good film... even better underground transit system...
Such an interesting map at 0:51. St enoch station, Queen's dock and Princess' dock, no Kingston bridge and M8, Western infirmary...that's definitely a map of the subway when it just began its operation
If you like old maps, the national library of Scotland have some on their website
I think that map is from 1965... although it's not too different from the original map, which you can see here: maps.nls.uk/towns/rec/4269
@@trainsarecool190 If you go to the "georeferenced maps" feature on the NLS website, you can compare lots of old maps with contemporary aerial views.
Is it just me or do the new trains make anybody else think of a caterpillar cake?
Oddly, caterpillar cake makes me think of the new Glasgow Subway trains...
Footage of the overcrowding of Japanese commuters for comparison.😮
The 1970s rolling stock were technically autonomous with the driver just opening doors, closing doors and telling the train when it's ready to depart etc. the new trains operate the same currently but are supposed to be driverless at some point (my facts might be slightly wrong as my memory sucks)
I think it's definitely a phased rollout of the new driverless capabilities... but I think it should be later this year that most trains on the system are driverless
@@ghostsoc I didn't know they were going driverless so soon, I figured it was going to be a few years
I can't wait to try the new trains out.
Likewise - may post a little update once I've ridden them
@@ghostsoc
That will be a good vid. I'll probably not get into Glasgow till end of the month. Knowing my luck none of the new ones will be on line 😂
@@Bluewolfe96-r1dThey're running quite a lot, if you go on the subway a few time you'll probably end up on one
I miss the bye! at the end of each video
The bye will be back in future videos! 💪
Wait Glasgow has a subway?
It's little, but it's there!
There's also a suburban railway network (part of the "normal" railway rather than a separate system), part of which runs underground through the city centre.
14 stations?
Whoops - 15! Although that fifteen has had a few changes over the years
It's so loud and ran down. The trains are literally 40 year old and have no been refurbished
They're on the verge of being replaced, I believe!
Literally
That's not correct it's all being renewed. I've been on it a few times recently, and all been brand new trains .
it's anoying as hell that the seats do that