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Glasgow Subway services were disrupted on 58 of the 359 days it operated last year, equivalent to around 15% of its operational time.
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Valerie Davidson chief executive of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport SPT talks about the Subway and bus and improving how we get around efficiently and affordably.
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The price increases, which for most passengers will be around 3%, come into effect from Tuesday, January 2, 2024.
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The Glasgow Subway. It's adorable. Round and round she goes, underground she goes.
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The trains have the capability to be driverless, which the operator aims to introduce in future.
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Glasgow's subway will be opening longer on certain days with closures over the festive period.
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When was the Glasgow Subway not the Glasgow Subway?
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The chief executive of SPT has said the company is 'committed to longer hours' and late services could be introduced once the current night-time testing is complete.
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The Glasgow Subway has been shoogling the city's passengers around its twin underground tunnels since it opened in 1896.
(Permalink) Glasgow District Subway  Broomloan Depot [Subway]: The Glasgow Subway depot at Broomloan in 1975, showing the access well where carriages could be transferred by gantry crane between the running lines and the workshops. See image [[58049]] |
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Thousands of passengers topping up travel cards on Glasgow's subway system have been double-charged following a 'technical issue' with the payment system, it has emerged.
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A trip down memory lane on Glasgow's underground. The Glasgow Subway has been running underneath the city streets for over 126 years and has carried millions of passengers through the years.
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Operators SPT say its new trains need to complete 2,000 miles of fault-free running in the system.
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Glasgow needs a public transport service that serves the needs of the city centre that involves trains and subway as well as buses, Susan Aitken has said.
(Permalink) Buses Glasgow Glasgow District Subway Night Public Transport SPT  Glasgow Central: 380111 waits at Glasgow Central, platform 7, with a Cathcart Circle service on 18 January 2022.  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Glasgow Queen Street station facade, in the late afternoon of 3rd November 2021.
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The inner circle of Glasgow's Subway has been suspended due to essential engineering works.
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New trains are to undergo 'fault-free' run testing during the planned closures as part of the system's £288m modernisation.
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Glasgow Subway users will not be able to travel across two dates at the end of this month and at the start of July due to 'modernisation works', it has been announced.
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Services will run from 8.30am to 9.30pm on August 6 and August 13.
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The Subway will be closed on two Sundays in July and August. The shutdown is to allow new trains to be tested before they are put into service. SPT has announced the Subway will close all day on July 30 and August 20.
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Paul Sweeney said there had been an 'acceptance of mediocrity' when it came to public transport in Greater Glasgow.
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Decision by First Bus to axe night services sparks wave of criticism at the standard of transport options in Scotland's biggest city.
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Some were reportedly close to passing out in the warm and humid tunnel.
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Glasgow Subway operators have issued a warning to revellers ahead of a major event at Glasgow Green.
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Renewed calls have been made for the Glasgow Subway to extend its Sunday operating hours for major events in the city.
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A Glasgow Subway station was closed today due to flooding.
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The advert for an Italian restaurant showed Michelangelo's naked statue of David eating pizza.
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As Subway embarks on a very exciting year ahead we wanted to bring you along on the journey with the release of our new podcast 'Glasgow Subway Journeys'.
Launching Monday 8th May, this six - part series covers the past, present and future of the world's third oldest underground system. Episodes One & Two take you back to 1896 as we get a unique insight from John Messner, the Curator at Riverside Museum, and we also talk with the first female Subway driver Ruth Mather. (Permalink) Glasgow District Subway Podcast |
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The story of Glasgow's forgotten Subway station.
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TfL has allowed London tube stations to be sponsored since 2015 to help raise billions of millions of pounds in non-fare revenue for investment in London's transport infrastructure.
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Only four Subway stations have been able to open due to a power failure causing significant disruption for morning commuters. Staff are unable to use the network to open up the stations.
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Glasgow Subway is offering free travel to youngsters under 16 for two weeks this spring.
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The old Glasgow Subway has been captured in a recently unearthed clip of Blue Peter.
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The network suffered a total of 75 days of disruption last year, which equates to around 20 per cent of the total days it operated.
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The Glasgow Subway is closed for the day as contractors on the installation of cabling and equipment within the tunnels in preparation for the introduction of the new trains.
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As a student at the Glasgow School of Art (GSA), Robert McCormack spent many hours on Glasgows subway network, to-ing and fro-ing from his art school studio.
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The closure of the Glasgow Subway due to a fault effectively integrated public transport in Glasgow on Monday.
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Glasgow Subway users have faced a day of major disruption after the underground network was forced to suspend services three times on Monday.
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Glasgow Subway services have been suspended due to a 'major' fault. Both the inner and outer circles are not running until further notice because of a signalling failure across the system.
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SPT has announced a series of upcoming closures as the Subway in Glasgow is modernised.
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Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) will not increase Subway fares in January 2023 as originally planned. This is in light of the continuing positive growth in patronage, which has seen passenger numbers return to the Subway at more than 90% pre-COVID figures. The decision also takes in to account the ongoing cost of living crisis affecting many Subway users.
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Delays are expected on the Glasgow Subway this morning due to the weather.
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Seven of the 17 new trains are currently undergoing various stages of a strict and intensive testing regime in the city.
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Before the end of the year, the Scottish Government should be publishing their delivery plan for the future transport proposals - including the vast overhaul of the metro system. We delve into the proposed changes and how they could revolutionise Govanhill's connections to the city.
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The modernisation of the crucial transport network has made another step forward with new signalling and communications system being installed behind the scenes today.
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Both inner and outer circles have been suspended while teams repair a power failure on the lines.
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Glasgow's Subway will close for a number of dates for modernisation work.
(Permalink) Glasgow District Subway  Broomloan Depot [Subway]: A close-up of new Stadler Subway units, and a Clayton shunter, outside Broomloan Depot on 3 September 2022.
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Public transport services will be affected by the bank holiday next week.
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Glasgow's historic underground transport system, the Subway, is the focus for a fun-running activity. Instead of travelling the 6.2-mile circuit by train, which takes around 24 minutes, runners aim to reach all 15 stations.
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Subway travellers can now use the Scotland Loves Local Gift Card to pay for their trips.
(Permalink) Glasgow District subway Scotland Loves Local Gift Card  -: Interior shot of a Glasgow Subway car, taken on 11 September. You don't have to be freakishly tall to find that you can only stand up straight in the central section. It has to be said that the subway ... |
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The union had received criticism for 'cynically' timing the strikes during Rangers games.
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Being the only station on the Glasgow Subway that no longer exists, the former station sadly has been somewhat erased from the collective memory of Glaswegians.
(Permalink) Glasgow District Subway Merkland Street [Subway] Partick [Subway]  Merkland Street: The way it used to be - Glasgow District Subway - Merkland Street Station (the mock-up in the former Transport Museum). See image [[30665]]
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Strike action will impact on Rangers' first home match of the season against Kilmarnock at Ibrox.
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For the third time in its rich history, Glasgow's Subway - the city's famous clockwork orange - is undergoing a significant upgrade.
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Subway workers in Glasgow could take strike action following claims of 'unfair'rosters.
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New Glasgow subway trains will run with no staff on board from 2025.
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West Street station has been shut 32 times since April 7, while Kinning Park was closed on 18 occasions.
(Permalink) Glasgow District Subway Staff Shortage  Kinning Park [Subway]: The doors are opening on an Outer Circle service at Kinning Park on the quiet morning of Tuesday 4 January 2011, a public holiday in Scotland. All the smaller stations have their own colour schemes ... |
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With Scotland's train drivers dispute costing the economy an estimated £80 million a week and throwing travel plans into chaos, arrangements are in place to ensure Glasgow's 'clockwork orange' can continue to run. [Full article requires subscription. -RS]
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Publicly-owned bus services, supporting a Clyde Metro and reducing the impact of the M8 are among the pledges made by political groups in Glasgow.
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Long before they descended to the depths of underground Glasgow on the escalators, subway commuters could buy their tickets in a little office in St Enoch square.
(Permalink) Glasgow District Subway St Enoch [Subway]  St Enoch [Subway]: John Cameron at the unveiling of the latest Transport Heritage Red Wheel, on the east side of the James Miller building, now a Caffe Nero, at St Enoch, on 18th March 2022. Also present at the ceremony ...  St Enoch [Subway]: The one time headquarters of the Glasgow District Subway company viewed from the St Enochs Centre. The rather fancy glazed covering of the southern entrance to the station can also be seen. |
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Those of us who love shoogling their bahookies round the city from A to B are in for a treat thanks to the launch of the new route on Train Simulator Classic next week.
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The Scottish Conservatives are focusing on rebuilding communities as the party says councillors will lobby the SNP Government to fund free travel for young people and pensioners on public transport links.
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Glasgow Subway announced the closure on Friday afternoon.
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The busiest Glasgow subway station had almost 20 times the number of passengers in 2021 than the quietest, new figures show.
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Public transport campaign Get Glasgow Moving say the huge cost of the new London Elizabeth Line shows just how 'chronically underfunded' Glasgow's public transport system is.
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The National Transport Trust (NTT) has recognised Glasgow's Subway system with a commemorative Red Wheel, marking it as a significant site of historical importance to transport heritage in the UK.
(Permalink) Glasgow District Subway National Transport Trust Red Wheel  Bo^ness: Glasgow Subway car 55 on display at SRPS Bo'ness on 6 April, a new exhibit.  St Enoch [Subway]: St Enoch Subway - the original building in July 2005, now a travel Centre. The glass palace on the left stands on the site of the former main line station.  Buchanan Street [Subway]: Glasgow Subway train arriving at Buchanan Street in July 2005. |
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Regional transport body Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has invested more than £125 million in Glasgow in the past five years, a new report has revealed.
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Replacement shuttle bus services has been put in place throughout Friday.
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SPT has warned it could lose up to £3 million a year if young people move to use the bus instead of the Subway.
(Permalink) Glasgow District Subway SPT  Buchanan Street [Subway]: An Inner Circle train calls at Buchanan Street on Saturday morning, 19 October 2019. Note the unusual platform arrangement, seen at two other Subway stations whereby trains in opposite directions boar ...  Buchanan Street [Subway]: Security bollards in place around the Buchanan Street Subway entrance on 11 June 2010. |
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The 125-year-old subway system has undergone a £300m upgrade and will get new trains in 2023.
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A total of 11 new lines and 50 odd stations have been proposed over the years as part of Glasgow Subway extension plans submitted in 1937, 1944, 1948, 1954, 1988 and 2010.
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Brand-new underground trains which will become the first in Britain to operate with no staff on board have made their first test runs on the Glasgow Subway.
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Brand-new underground trains which will become the first in Britain to operate with no staff on board have made their first test runs on the Glasgow Subway.
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Today marks 125 years of operation of the Glasgow subway.
(Permalink) Buchanan Street Glasgow District Subway St Enoch [Subway]: St Enoch Subway - the original building in July 2005, now a travel Centre. The glass palace on the left stands on the site of the former main line station. Buchanan Street [Subway]: Glasgow Subway train arriving at Buchanan Street in July 2005. |
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It's going to be a good trip. Well be starting in the year 1896 and the destination will be 2021. One hundred and twenty-five years in 35 minutes. Not bad. Itll be quite shoogly though so hold on and make sure you keep your ticket safe. You may also notice that we end up back where we started but worry not: this story may go round in a circle but its also the story of a city and its people and a social revolution that is still going on today.
(Permalink) Glasgow District Subway  St Enoch [Subway]: Original entrance to St. Enoch station, Glasgow Subway, on 18th May 2016. A distinctive Victorian red sandstone building in Flemish Renaissance style, dating from the 1896 opening. Preserved during th ...  St Enoch [Subway]: The impressive entrance to St Enoch subway seen on a grey January dawn. I hadn't noticed the owl at the time. It's either a remarkable sighting for this urban location or a plastic one to scare smalle ...  St Enoch [Subway]: Passengers waiting on the Inner Circle platform of St Enoch subway station on 27 November 2010. |
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There are no plans to include the Subway in a scheme which will see young people ride buses for free, despite Glasgow councillors backing the bid.
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The government is being asked to provide free travel on the Glasgow Subway to young people.
(Permalink) Glasgow District Subway  Buchanan Street [Subway]: The ticket hall of the Glasgow District Subway station at Buchanan Street, the busiest station on the system, photographed on 11 September 2010. |
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Fares on the Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams may rise after both were knocked back from being included on the free bus travel scheme for young people.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Free Bus Travel Glasgow District Subway -: Interior shot of a Glasgow Subway car, taken on 11 September. You don't have to be freakishly tall to find that you can only stand up straight in the central section. It has to be said that the subway ... |
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Glasgow City Council has extended the deadline for the public to respond to the new Glasgow Transport Strategy.
(Permalink) Glasgow District Subway  Govan [Subway]: There are no driverless trains on the Glasgow Subway yet (coming 2021?) but this train is very temporarily without a driver. An Outer Circle service pauses at Govan for a driver break on 11 January 20 ...  Partick [Subway]: The larger Subway stations make the trains look particularly small; visiting Londoners must have difficulty keeping a straight face (though of course it would be wise to try). A very busy Outer Circle ... Buchanan Street [Subway]: An Inner Circle train calls at Buchanan Street on Saturday morning, 19 October 2019. Note the unusual platform arrangement, seen at two other Subway stations whereby trains in opposite directions boar ... |
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Passengers on the Glasgow Subway will be the first in Britain to be able to make phone calls from an underground train, The Scotsman has learned. [See also Glasgow Times article of the 28th below. -RS]
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All 15 Subway stations in Glasgow will have 4G access as EE finishes rollout in time for COP26.
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Furious Glaswegians have called for the temporarySubway timetable on Sundays during COP26 to be made permanent.
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The Inner Circle of Glasgow's Subway is currently suspended.
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Glasgow Subway has trialleda new 5G network in underground tunnels in a move to 'improve passenger experience'.
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The Outer Circle of Glasgow's subway was suspended. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) said it was due to a points failure where trains enter and exit the system.
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Glasgow's infrastructure - including the underground and train network - has been put on high alert by police and security experts.
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The city council's SNP group said 'urgent discussion' is needed on 'the purpose of SPT', while the company stressed it was proud of the work it did keeping people connected.
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The closure of one of the Subway lines has sparked chaos for commuters.
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Inner circle services on Glasgow's Subway will not be running today.
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There is no set completion date for Glasgow's subway modernisation works that have been ongoing for almost a decade.
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The inner circle of Glasgow's subway is currently suspended.
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At present, trains operate between the hours of 6.30am and 11.40pm Monday to Saturday and between just 10am and 6.12pm on Sunday.
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Improvements on the city's public transport system are expected after more than £1 million was pledged.
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Glasgow Subway's new driverless trains have been delayed until 2022 amid 'confrontational' discussions with contractors, its operator revealed today.
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The volume of people using buses in Scotland also dramatically declined during the first weekend of tougher restrictions.
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A five-year contract has been awarded as part of the modernisation of Glasgow's subway system.
(Permalink) Glasgow District Subway Merkland Street: The way it used to be - Glasgow District Subway - Merkland Street Station (the mock-up in the former Transport Museum). See image [[30665]]
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