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The Glasgow Subway is an underground light metro system in Glasgow, Scotland. Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the third-oldest underground rail transit system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro. [2] It is also one of the very few railways in the world with a track running gauge of 4 ft (1,219 mm).
Glasgow has a well developed network of park and ride sites operated by SPT [7] or Scotrail. These exist at railway and subway stations across the greater Glasgow area. The Glasgow Subway has three park and ride sites with a total of 1,109 spaces with at least 10,000 further spaces spread out across the local rail network.
Upon withdrawal car 128 was preserved by Glasgow's Riverside Museum, owners of three First Generation subway cars. 128 was moved on display during June 2024. [ 23 ] The final day of operation for the second generation stock was June 28 2024 with cars 106, 207 and 120 performing the final service for inner, And 119, 203 and 103 performing the ...
Dating from 1886, it was originally part of the Glasgow City and District Railway, the first underground railway in Scotland.The station was built using the cut and cover method, with the original walls being visible on the open air section at the western end of the platforms.
The Glasgow subway opened in 1896 and was renovated with the well-known orange carriages in the 1970s. They were officially introduced to passenger service on 16 April 1980.
Glasgow: Glasgow Subway: 14 December 1896 10.5 km 1 15 600 V DC third rail: An underground light metro line in Glasgow. It is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro, and the only underground metro system in the British Isles outside England.
Originally built as a separate station, there were two island platforms making four platform faces, and a siding to the north. The station was built to serve the underground Glasgow Central Railway, authorised on 10 August 1888 and opened on 10 August 1896. [4] [12] The Glasgow Central Railway was taken over by the Caledonian Railway in 1890.
The glass St Enoch Centre on the site of the old St Enoch mainline station in 2005, with the former St Enoch Subway station (now converted into a café) on the right. Located on St Enoch Square in the city centre, it was opened by the City of Glasgow Union Railway in 1876.