SPT Subway

The SPT Subway in Glasgow first opened in 1896 as a cable-hauled system powered by steam engines.

It ran with little further change until 1977 when the new operators, Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive, closed it for major modernisation investment.

The railway in its present form reopened for operation on 16 April 1980.

The railway was hailed as the first of its type in the world and is generally recognised as the world’s third underground railway, after London and Budapest.

The railway is one of the few in the UK remaining in public ownership, operated by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

The Glasgow Subway is affectionately known as the ‘Clockwork Orange’ due to the fact that it comprises one circular line and the trains are adorned in a bright orange livery.

The Subway offers an efficient and simple way to get around the City Centre and West End of Glasgow. Running every four minutes at peak times, it takes just 24 minutes to complete a circuit of the fifteen stations.