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Glasgow Subway at The Riverside Museum, Glasgow

Glasgow Subway at The Riverside Museum, Glasgow
Something from my childhood memories.
Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro. It is the only heavy rail underground metro system in the British Isles outside London.
It is also one of the very few railways in the world with a track running gauge of 4 ft (1,219 mm). Formerly a cable railway, the Subway was later electrified, but its twin circular lines were never expanded.
The line was originally known as the Glasgow District Subway, but was later renamed Glasgow Subway Railway. It was so called when taken over by the Glasgow Corporation who renamed it the Glasgow Underground in 1936. Despite this rebranding, many Glaswegians continue to refer to the network as "the Subway". I understand that that name has now officially been reinstated.

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 slgwv
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Interesting. So "subway" isn't just restricted to this side of the pond--
10 years ago.
 Bill Tennent
Bill Tennent
Thanks for the comments.
The system was totally rebuilt around 1980 - hence the need for it to appear in a museum.
10 years ago.

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