⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Glasgow's Tiny Subway - Exploring "The Clockwork Orange"

[@dustin6804]

I love the Glasgow subway! So interesting! Fun fact: Local University students do a Subcrawl. They buy an all day ticket, disembark at each of the 15 stations and have a drink in the nearest bar. During the journey between stations, participants are usually required to stand in the train and not hold onto any supports, known as Subsurfing. A subcrawl usually takes a whole day, and completing a crawl (drinking in the same pub one started in) is regarded as quite an achievement.

[@DJHTransport]

That sounds incredibly fun! The Glasgow culinary and pub scene is REALLY good.

[@lil5713]

Subway surfing has a whole different meaning back in NYC

[@V3RGE0FD34TH]

@@lil5713 in nyc it means getting your arm ripped off

[@thedestiny326]

@@DJHTransport its not when you get a bunch of drunk men start acting crazy while trying to get to a wedding

[@hellcat9405]

I subsurf on the TTC. It's fun

[@grahamdeamer128]

I travelled on this before the 1970s rebuild. The old Victorian era stock visibly twisted as they sped around curves and on one memorable occasion I was flung (from a seated position) clear across the car!

[@thedestiny326]

Yeah i see those stock in the transport mueseum

[@bizmen81]

This is a unique system! Crazy how small everything is! Shame that its not handicap accessible.

[@robertwhelan9132]

I miss the Clockwork Orange :) Loved riding it while I'm Glasgow (even though we were only going from Patrick to Govan to see pals). It was a treat for us when we visited family

[@libbywhitney6846]

I really enjoyed riding on the Clockwork Orange last summer

[@AlanMckinley-v8n]

Wish they could have made it bigger to cover the whole of Glasgow and the outskirts to and there needing a crossrail tunnel from queen street low level to central low level

[@davidpanton3192]

I keep being told how small this system is. I'm over six feet tall and I wouldn't have otherwise noticed!

[@DJHTransport]

It’s VERY small - many people have to duck when boarding/alighting 🤣

[@JohnNashvilleProductions]

Now these cars are absolutely one of the smaller subway cars I ever rode before :)

[@5argetech56]

Very Clean and I like the color too! 🙂

[@TheCloakedTiger]

Glad you got to ride it and catch the older cars before the new ones go into service! It’s like a sister of the underground… only smaller… :) And no air conditioning in the cars? Ugh! No thanks! I need my A/C!

[@Xpninjadan]

This is such an interesting subway system.

[@therickychannel6292]

It's a famous metro system in scotland and its very unusual in scottish railways to use the 3rd rail method.

[@Polmaise1]

I’d have liked to see overhead power cables in the subway.. suicide dream

[@lazrseagull54]

Around the world, 3rd rail is mostly used on subways, overhead cables are mostly used on mainline railways and for trams and light rail.

[@epender]

Third rail is very popular on Metro systems, especially with bored tunnels, only on mainlines is it rare, pretty sure the only place that happens is Southern England.

[@gabrielstravels]

​@@ependerSouthern England, Liverpool & Cheshire (Merseyrail)* in the UK, New York's Metro North Railroad (MNR) & Long Island Railroad (LIRR) in the USA, and Hamburg & Berlin S-Bahn systems in Germany are the only mainline railways in the world to use third rail electrification.

[@scottyerkes1867]

Very interesting system. Two circles operating in opposite directions. Thanks DJH Trains.💚😀

[@TBF_1J]

Now this is what i call fabulous. 4ft track gauge is kinda wild though. The average person is literally taller than that

[@DJHTransport]

Thanks for watching and so glad you enjoyed!

[@williamerazo3921]

No it’s not. Toyko runs on narrow gauge

[@TBF_1J]

@@williamerazo3921 Cool.

[@paulwarner5395]

@@williamerazo3921 Most likely 3'6"

[@toddoddity3976]

lol - standard gauge is 4ft 8.5in - the average person is taller than that too!

[@biancasenisi3900]

I was delighted by the Glasgow subway when I visited. Really neat system.

[@dathpo]

Great video. Thank you!

[@thomascook578]

Only change that happened was the closure of Merkland Street in 77, re-opened as Partick in 79, if you travel from Partick to Govan, sit on the right hand side of the train in direction of travel, and look closely out the window, you'll see the oldmplatforms maybe about 50ft I to the tunnel. Station name changes were.... Copland Rd > Ibrox Govan Cross > Govan Partick Cross > Kelvinhall Merkland St > Partick Also the drivers only drive the trains to/from the depot, once at their starting station, it becomes automatic

[@dont_give_a_flying_f]

I love the clockwork orange. Rode it so many, many times. Such a shame it was never expanded as was the original plan. Really think it should be. A couple of spurs maybe out to the hospital and one out to the east end etc.

[@baconroblox5555]

I love this I will like

[@tonymanzo3766]

Very claustrophobic compared to the nyc subway that I am used to riding on. I rode the outer or inner loop years ago. I went to the museum of transport. I have some video of the interior of the museum before they moved to another location.

[@Tsurnari]

You never mentioned the lost station, Merklin Street. Glasgow is the 3rd (THIRD) oldest underground system in the world.

[@lazrseagull54]

And the oldest to have never been expanded.

[@nyrmetros]

Would love to see a video of the Glasgow subway on Old Firm day.

[@jamesbovington8218]

Shame that the concept wasn't developed in other British cities. Glasgow is both the most interesting provincial city in Britain and the one with the best suburban public transport system which incorporates a cross city rail tunnel.

[@lazrseagull54]

I agree. When the Belgrade metro opens its first 2 lines in 5 years, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds will be the 3 biggest European cities without a metro or a premetro (underground/tram hybrid).

[@jamesbovington8218]

@@lazrseagull54 I am afraid it's another example of the national attitude to see the cost of everything and the value of nothing. I live in Leeds and the local authority is overwhelmingly UNambitious.

[@epender]

I really like what they did with the Tyne and Wear Metro in the Newcastle area, much of that is made of old unelectrified commuter and freight railways, converted into a pretty good Metro system, which interestingly uses/used West German technology and designs, although to be fair, their U-Bahn and S-Bahn systems are great models, and more of this should've been done in the UK.

[@gabrielstravels]

​@@ependerI love the Tyne & Wear Metro, a great system that other UK cities of similar size should incorporate! I just wish the Metrocars had a more interesting sound tbh, but ah well, at least new Stadler 555s are coming in soon to replace them. There's another thing I like about the T&W Metro, and that is that the Metrocars have drivers cab that only occupy half of the front. Shame the passenger side of the front seat has been blocked off now

[@nicolasblume1046]

It will be even better with the new trains and platform screen doors!

[@maltitiabubakar830]

Magnificent

[@markbranson723]

Gosh they're so screechy!

[@kieronjohnson8834]

I love subway systems and I knew about Glasgow's 'Clockwork Orange' , but the only time I visited Glasgow I didn't have a chance to ride it. I live in Tokyo, which is at the other end of the subway scale, it's vast and complex, run by two companies. The newest line, the Oedo, is circular, has cars much narrower than those on other lines , and with really deep tunnels. It most closely resembles the London Tube, which brings back memories. Metro Cammell built the rolling stock for the Oedo line also. This looks like a fun way to spend an hour or so. The colour scheme is perfect.

[@svartmetall48]

Did they? Thought the first batch was Kawasaki heavy industries for the Oedo line. The stock is Linmo, which is a rare technology not used elsewhere really.

[@kieronjohnson8834]

@@svartmetall48 I stand corrected. I may be confusing it with other rolling stock.

[@justinhamilton497]

Nobody in Glasgow actually calls the Subway the Clockwork Orange. It's only ever seen in the press and has been picked up by tourists.

[@marvintpandroid2213]

Hello my droogs

[@nemamodgeddi5338]

Can you provide me with the music that plays in the beginning? Thanks

[@harang9759]

I wish they would extend the system. It could be the next London Underground!

[@keeganbrown9967]

This is something that American cities should be looking to for inspiration. Too many highways and traffic. These tunnels look small and compact. Hey Boring Company this is how its done

[@DDELE7]

And I thought the platforms at the Beverley Road Q station was narrow!

[@liamphilbin7256]

wwwwwwww🎬

[@pumpkindero]

the thumbnail makes it look like legos

[@TheGrowler55]

What a lot of People don't know that Glasgow also has low Level Train service, just saying 😎🇬🇧

[@cjuice9039]

Are these trains automated? With a system as simple as that it would seem pretty easy to run automated trains.

[@DJHTransport]

Yep! The trains operate between stations automatically, with the doors operated by the driver.

[@epender]

Soon they will be completely driverless, after new trains and new signalling systems are installed. They were due to be running already but the small Victorian age tunnels are causing a ton of problems.

[@wjgthatsit2357]

good day for a bit of the old ultraviolence isn't it!!

[@amiranore1707]

Will they ever expand?

[@epender]

There have been talks for a Glasgow Metro for a long time, although unsurprisingly the trains will not be anything like this, it's illegal to build such small tunnels and inaccessible trains these days.

[@epender]

Realistically, this might never happen, there was meant to be rail links to Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports being built in the 2000s...both were cancelled.

[@fredashay]

Wait! They make cows out of glass?!?!

[@therickychannel6292]

All the rest of railways in scotland use catenary.

[@lazrseagull54]

It's most common around the world for subways to use 3rd rail and for mainline railways to use catenary.

[@epender]

It's not really a railway :)

[@felipe93edition]

The British are usually tall... The engineers probably didn't think about this detail when building this subway system. haha

[@epender]

Seems common at the time, London Underground and Budapest Metro Line 1 were also built in the late 1800s and have small tunnels too!

[@macca0419]

The population of Glasgow weren't that tall back then. Poor diet, horrendous living conditions and low life expectancy, aye they had hard lives

[@undercoverneunzehn]

Tis fookin chuute.

[@Qboro66]

Looks like 3 car OPTO...

[@davidng2336]

Soon to be 4-car.

[@Qboro66]

@@davidng2336 like they used to do on the George... And now of course they're doing 5 car OPTO with R160B's I wonder how many trips on the Clockwork?🤔

[@TransitMan_123]

Is that in. Eroupe

[@lazrseagull54]

Yep, Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, the northernmost country on an island called Great Britain, a part of the UK, off the northwestern coast of Europe.

[@ELPaso1990TX]

The original livery is much better. Don’t like the orange, it’s so 1970s and dated. Also was it a sensible idea in Glasgow using the colour orange for public transport?

[@mrernestoetaernestostransi8015]

No terminals it just go around thenloop

[@marciliomathias4525]

Claustrofhobic trains.

[@booboo1178]

Not really .. LDN in rush hour is far worse.

[@nemamodgeddi5338]

Can you provide me with the music that plays in the beginning? Thanks