Glasgow Underground

Glasgow Underground

The Glasgow Underground is a Metro system which has a circular two track layout. Trains on one track run clockwise and anticlockwise on the other. It is nicknamed the Clockwork Orange because the rolling stock is painted orange. The track is a circular route 10.4 km long, and travels both north and south of the Clyde. It was built in 1896, making Glasgow's system the third oldest underground rail system in the world after London and Budapest. Originally it was a clutch and cable powered system. The modern system is electrically powered from a third rail following a three year closure for refurbishment and modernisation in 1977-1980. The system is run by Strathclyde Passenger Transport.

Table of contents

1 Connections
2 Stations
3 External links

Connections

The underground has passenger links to the main rail system at Central and Queen Street Stations.

Stations

The stations on the underground running clockwise from the northmost are:

Buchanan Street - connects to Queen Street Station

St. Enochs - connects to Central Station

Cessnock
Ibrox
Govan
Partick
Kelvinhall

External links

Strathclyde Passenger Transport