Glasgow Underground

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 ...

Before going to Glasgow the only underground train transport system that I had ever been on was the London Underground. It was therefore a bit of a surprise to find a fast and efficient underground system in Glasgow. This underground was originally opened in 1896 and is the world’s third oldest subway. In 1977 the whole system was closed for a massive modernisation and re-opened in 1980. The underground is a continuous oval circuit around the city of Glasgow, both on the north and south sides of the River Clyde, with 15 stations. On the outer circle the trains run in a clockwise direction and on the inner circle the trains run in an anti-clockwise ...

I was interested to watch the Holiday programme on BBC1 the other night in which Dougie Vipond gave Glasgow a glowing review. Among the things he praised was the Glasgow Underground, a.k.a. The Clockwork Orange. While what he said about it being cheap is true, he did not give you the full story about it. The Glasgow Underground is not something I use a great deal. The problem with it is that the circular route only runs around the city centre and the west side of the city. As I live South-East of Glasgow I would have to go really out of my way to use the Underground, and thus a lot of people do not use the Underground before they have even tried it. ...