Glasgow Underground

The Glasgow District Subway

By: Keith Anderson

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Paperback | 20 February 2014

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The Glasgow District Subway was second only to London and was the third underground system to be built anywhere in the world. Originally operated as a cable railway, it was later electrified and the rolling stock from that era continued to be used until it had become very dilapidated by the 1970s. Following a major modernisation programme it is now operated by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and the distinctive orange livery of the modern trains has earned it the local nickname of 'the clockwork orange'. Glasgow's underground is laid out as a circular route with the trains on a continuous loop, clockwise and anti-clockwise on the twin lines. It serves fifteen stations including the ornate St Enoch. Keith Anderson traces the development of Glasgow's Underground from construction through its modification and up to the present: Getting Around Before the Subway, Need for an Underground, Construction, Opening and Early Operation, Electrification, Decline in a Changing City, The 'Clockwork Orange', The Modern Subway - Trains and Stations.

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