Glasgow Underground

The Glasgow Underground is the underground train system which takes you around Central & the West of Glasgow. It is called the Subway by just about everyone and this idea that it is known as The Clockwork Orange is complete rubbish! Nobody in Glasgow calls it that! So, here are the ins and outs of the subway! .::History::. The Glasgow Underground was opened in 1896 making it the third oldest subway after London and Budapest. It converted from steam railway to electric over a 10 year period starting in 1923. It was then closed for 3 years from 1977 as it was modernised. I couldn't imagined living without the subway for 3 years! So 113 years ...  Read the complete review

The subway in Glasgow, no not the sandwich but rather the underground system in glasgow that has been running since 1896! This fine transport system mainly serves commuters travelling between the city centre, south side and the west end of Glasgow. Personally I only use the subway when either it is raining when I am heading into, coming home university or when just being downright lazy. The subway system has a few stops that are situated beside major overgound train stations - Queen Street and Partick. This is very handy should you get the train into Glasgow and then need cheap transport to a different section of the city. A few park and ride facilities have ...  Read the complete review

Metrophiles like myself (what can I say? I like trains, I like tunnels, I like timetables...) usually say the same thing when they first step down onto a station platform of Glasgow's Underground: "It's sooooo sweeeeeeeeeet / miniature / tiny!" Opened in December 1896, the Subway (as it is commonly known) is the third oldest undergroundin the world after London and Budapest. It forms a circular route of fifteen stations with an outer (clockwise) and inner (anti-clockwise) track. A complete circle takes about twenty-five minutes, connecting the retail and commercial heart of the city with the near southern neighbourhoods of Govan and Ibrox ...  Read the complete review

A little known fact is that the Glasgow Underground is actually the 3rd oldest in the world after London & Budapest! As I live in the West End of Glasgow the underground if the form of public transport I use the most. From my local stop of Kelvinbridge to Buchanan St in the city center takes 5 minutes. I personally think the underground is brilliant as it is fast efficient clean and safe. Now to those who don't know Glasgow has an underground & are picturing the expanse of the London or Paris underground systems - you are a bit off track! The Glasgow underground consists of 2 lines which follow exactly the same 6.5mile route, one clockwise ...  Read the complete review

When I first started at Glasgow Uni, the easiest, quickest and probably cheapest way for me to get from Buchanan Street to Hillhead was by taking the Underground. I've now been using it for the best part of two years and I reckon it's about time I share my experiences of it. Unlike London, the Glasgow Underground doesn't have a confusing mass of lines. Instead it just has the Inner and the Outer Circle. They both travel to the same stops but the Inner circle moves in a clock-wise direction and the Outer in an anti-clockwise direction. Both trains stop at: Partick Kelvinhall Hillhead Kelvinbridge St. George's ...  Read the complete review