Secrets Of The Glasgow Subway

[@wefounddove]

My grandparents always call the subway the ‘clockwork orange’. My grandad sometimes gets on the subway at Hillhead and takes a trip the whole way round the subway route with sandwiches my granny packs for him.

[@franciswilson6226]

Why

[@MrSuperpiff4]

@@SWalkerTTU a classic

[@onetwo8932]

@@franciswilson6226 he clearly enjoys it

[@captainshakesbeard9867]

ohh. Is that your grandfather? I met him once. good guy. great sandwiches.

[@h8GW]

Is that to keep him from wandering?

[@haiironezumi]

"Hello. We're in Glasgow. It's raining" - I'm not sure why you repeated yourself?

[@NaeMuckle]

I've been to Glasgow once when it didn't rain. Global warming

[@generalphoney6237]

NaeMuckle might have been Glasgow in America you were in? Coz it can’t have been the real Glasgow if it’s dry

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

😂

[@rachelfryer4170]

Good port 😶

[@neobe195]

General Phoney actually In Glasgow, when NaeMuckle comes, the rain just disappears.

[@dpm04]

2:07 "and is the busiest station on the network". *One person walks past Geoff*

[@matthewanderson7875]

Geoff was going out the back way, towards GLQ, which is almost always pretty empty, except on bloody match days...

[@kirstywho1991]

Yup, there’s three entrances, that one is the lesser used.

[@jpbdude4223]

None of te stations are “busy”. There like “Merseyrail” busy stations.

[@kirstywho1991]

J p b Dude It gets very busy during rush hour actually. Not the first time folk have crouched to fit in the curve of the door.

[@bowlerstuff9589]

Merseyrail has lifts in all underground stations.I have used southport,liverpool central,James st

[@fionapotter6650]

Something that not many people know about the Glasgow Subway is that until the modernization programme in the 1970s, the staff were technically still in Mourning for Queen Victoria as their uniforms still had black frogging on the sleeves.

[@admiralcraddock464]

Yes, i was told that by a scots guy i worked with back in the seventies

[@chrisinnes2128]

British judges are technically still in mourning for Queen Anne who died in 1714

[@sglenny001]

Interesting

[@sglenny001]

@@chrisinnes2128 wait how come

[@degenerate703]

@@sglenny001 she died and there mourning lol

[@travelnonsense2247]

I know it's a pretty accidental easter egg, but one of my photographs appears around 3:48. Round about the time I was graduating, I did quite a lot of photographic work for SPT documenting the modernisation of many of the stations, and at 3:48 there's a shot of the newly modernised Ibrox ticket machines (alongside two "vintage" photos). I was also lucky enough to spend a day wandering around inside the maintenance depot photographing stuff for posterity, as well as in Kelvinhall when the entire inner shell of the station was ripped out.

[@ianhelps3749]

My grandfather used to be a driver on the Subway, before it was modernised. You should have seen it then. Ancient rolling stock and spooky stations with peeling paint. He took me for a ride in the cab. Amazing.

[@daeph123]

Is this subway where the title of the film A Clockwork Orange originates from? The guy in this video called it that in the end. And has the film Trainspotting any connection to it. I think it´s set in Glasgow, isn´t it?

[@Puffmac1]

@@daeph123 Clockwork Orange is indeed a local nickname for the Subway, no idea about the connection with the film as I've never seen it. As for Trainspotting, that's set in Edinburgh not Glasgow.

[@RogersRamblings]

@@daeph123 The film was 1971 whilst the name wasn't applied to the Subway until after modernisation was completed in the early eighties.

[@ufoclips1]

The amazing smell was lost after the 70s refurb.

[@ufoclips1]

@@Puffmac1 Glasgow was used to film many scenes in Trainspotting.

[@Sebastián8844]

This must probably be the cutest metro I’ve ever seen!

[@luisqsk]

I lived in Partick around 2000 and I loved it. It's been 23 years since I came back to Mexico from Glasgow. Greetings!

[@thezebrafromheaven7568]

Up the Jags!

[@tibsie]

Wearing a grey t-shirt INSIDE an orange t-shirt on the OUTSIDE. I see what you did there!!

[@countryballpoland9519]

Cuz hes a Jubilee line boii

[@no1fanofthepals]

@@countryballpoland9519 no youre wrong

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

@@countryballpoland9519 Jubilee line isnt orange. The glasgow subway is grey and orange themed.

[@frul-haque2455]

As well as the Glasgow Subway, may also be a tribute to the Overground and the Jubilee line...which for obvious reasons require being worn that way...

[@KCFreitag]

Missed that! Thank you!

[@ADRgman]

London Underground: Mind the gap Glasgow Subway: Mind your head

[@hongdaxu6169]

😂

[@KristerL]

Oh, have I been waiting for this! Always hoped that Geoff would go to a different network and do secrets of the X, but never actually thought he would do it. The mad man!

[@crunch1757]

Krister L happy little subway systems!

[@robnorth480]

Minor bit of personal trivia, I helped write the manuals for the sump pumping stations that pump out the water that leaks into the tunnels.

[@Splozy]

Good grief. How much of it leaks? That's horrifying.

[@BCCletts]

The latest work may have sorted but Sir Bob McAlpine hit running sand at Cowcaddens - which is why there's a PSR there. St George's Cross has a wonderful fresh ambience from cool water running through cable pit to sump, & water absolutely p**d through tunnel CI linings between there and Kelvinbridge. Almost every station was built as part of the housing block above, & Cessnock/Dalcross Passage (Kelvinbridge) remain. Most of the stations retain the distinctive hump required for a smooth cable hauled system and the cable pits. The original 4-wheel cars were joined together and some were still running in the 1970's until the system closed. It was known as the Shoogle as the old wooden bodies would flex and lozenge, with the loose glass floating in its quadrilateral frames. The trains shared traction kit with Glasgow trams. No mention of the way that cars were originally put on the tracks by lowering them on a crane between trains - you can still see the pit just after Govan Station, and shortly before the new tunnels up to the sidings and much larger site that that which used to operate pre 1977

[@C-MAGs]

hahaha - brilliant Rob!

[@grahamlive]

I read all of those manuals. A gripping read, real page turners. Well done! 😎

[@Spookieham]

@@Splozy the subway goes under the River Clyde twice and also at least a couple of smaller ones. All tunnels leak so you put sump pumps in at the lowest part.

[@andrewcraig5490]

Watched all the secrets of the London Underground before hand but as I just live outside Glasgow I thank you so much for coming up and doing this, very informative and extremely appreciated that you came up to do our little subway, thank you again, I hope you enjoyed your time in Glasgow!

[@HMSDaring1]

Don't you just hate it when you accidentally eat a train and ride a foot-long all the way back home -.-

[@noahmyg]

bold of you to assume i don't ride a foot-long on a regular basis

[@jamesgilvarry]

Relatable

[@bencumber4627]

ElliotGaming woooooosh

[@plaxtonpresident4629]

r/woooosh

[@joetspare2632]

HMSDaring1 Someone could make a dirty joke about the second half of that comment

[@Vares65]

6:54 32 steps? Isn't that the equivalent of a 15 story building?

[@pilotjonas8]

Vares65 no? That’s not even a 3 floor building:-)

[@GN10Gaming]

More like 2-3 story building.

[@records26]

@@GN10Gaming Nope pretty sure 32 steps is 15 stories.

[@aaronm1246]

If each step is 2m high then yeah

[@records26]

@@aaronm1246 nope, each step is 17cm high, and the number of 17cm steps equal to a 15 story building is, in fact, 32.

[@NikSargent]

My 5 year oldson and I loved this video. He doesn't live in Glasgow but we go there often just so he can ride on the Subway. We are especially grateful that you alerted us to the possible confusion between the Subway Sandwich shop and the Subway station :-) (He wants to get off at that stop!)

[@thegreatstapley]

No way! I start my first year at university in Glasgow in a few days, so this upload is perfectly timed for me to learn a bit more about their subway system. I'll be sure to check out a lot of these features once I arrive, in just a few days time. Awesome stuff!

[@prashil1512]

what you studying btw

[@mattsan70]

did you get your degree?

[@neilbinns2232]

How did it go..?

[@AnarchoMomo]

mate you can't keep us waiting here. Do you have your degree?

[@kaieden]

6:50 Kinning Park is roughly 15 storeys below ground level.

[@HighlandCall]

I went to uni in Glasgow and commuted from Stirling and for that; the Subway was an absolute lifesaver - get the train to Queen Street; jump in the Subway just outside the station and you're right there in Hillhead very quickly - from my experience outside of Football games the Subway only really tends to be very busy between St Enoch and Hillhead - perhaps also to Partick because of the bus and National Rail connections. Miles easier than the bus: the one time I took the bus I remember it being a very long walk to somewhere that wasn't Buchanan Bus Station and a much longer wait making it actually quicker to walk from the city centre to the Uni. Sure; it might be a very silly Subway system with its tiny trains and no expansion for 120 years making a few of the stations a bit useless since the houses that they were meant to serve are long gone (incidentally that's why most of the Station buildings are gone: they were often built in to Tenement blocks like at Kelvinhall and most of them were demolished just leaving the old Subway stations looking incredibly sad sat in the middle of nowhere) but those things make it incredibly unique and it'd be a shame I think if they tried to standardise it - plus its historic: the third oldest in the world and one of only two heavy rail underground systems in the UK (no points for guessing the other one). Although saying that I think that an additional circle for the East End and perhaps even a straight line (!!!) linking somewhere up with the SECC and the Hydro might make the system make a lot more sense - the latter especially is a bit of a pain to get to at times. Also I think that they really are missing a trick not integrating a link to Buchanan Street Subway into the redeveloped Queen Street Station: its a small thing really (not like its hard to get there) but it would be nice! You mention the small trains and I have a story about that. When I was at uni I had a class that tended to end early and if I ran I could catch the express train back home instead of the stopped which saved me around half an hour: one day I ran as fast as I could down the steps of Hilhead Station; towards the train... and knocked myself out running into the actual top of the train. I somehow ended up inside the thing and the next thing I remember was waking up in St Georges Cross station with a crowd of people surrounding me checking if I was OK - I had a concussion I'm sure but other than that nothing was wrong, although I was incredibly embarrassed about the whole thing and whenever I'm on the thing to this day I make a habit of ducking in a very stupid way to avoid that happening again.

[@316hicks]

Haha. Great story. Thanks for sharing

[@COYM_1908]

In the first two years of uni, I used to bang my head all the time when entering the train. Nowadays I always make an extra effort to avoid it.

[@johnmckee7640]

Don't were high shoe's.

[@hettyscetty9785]

I like how its mostly still the same, like a part of Glasgow's past that wasn't destroyed when they tried to redevelop the city in its entirety. Indecently it's also why I love going to the Merchant city, older buildings have better stories behind them.

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

Jings! What a story, haha! The phrase "a very long walk to somewhere that wasn't Buchanan Bus Station" rings home so very hard, as a Glaswegian living in the suburbs who gets free on buses.

[@althejazzman]

I always expect yet another video about train stations to be a bit boring, but I'm always fascinated by Geoff's trivia, knowledge, presentation, and editing skills, and end up wanting to know even more, and visit these places!

[@ZLDSmogless]

Things I love about the Glasgow subway: 1: there are no annoying voice announcements 2: there is just 1 line to make things simple 3: they are very reliable 4: they have a lot of history

[@amandang2357]

arguably point 2 isn't exactly a good thing

[@TDCBOI]

@@amandang2357 and also 1 like what if your blind

[@drunkweathervids9950]

Yes, although technically it is 2 lines as you have the inner and outer circle. The line is so short you could get away with trains going in one direction. Although that could mean if you want to go to a station 500 meters away it could take 20 minutes.

[@iankemp1131]

It was said that the original cable trains working inner/outer circle not only had doors on one side only but also were painted on the platform side only, to save money. The more annoying feature is that it doesn't serve either mainline station directly. That being said, Buchanan Street was the Caledonian station and is adjacent to the NBR Queen Street, while Bridge Street was the original Caledonian terminus south of the river and was still in use when the subway was built, though Central was already open and soon superseded it.

[@Leojw10]

​@@amandang2357 same with point 1

[@matsharma]

When i was doing Masters in Glasgow in 2006-07, i used to live just next to St Georges Cross station. Thanks a lot mate . Nice memories.

[@trevordance5181]

I understand that the Glasgow Subway is the third oldest underground railway system in the world after London and Budapest.

[@charonsferryold]

With the fourth one being Boston, and after that New York I believe.

[@lewis72]

I've been on the Budapest Subway !! Keleti main station is impressive to ! I took the train from the to Bratislava, stayed for 3 days, then went onto Vienna (which meant nothing to me) and then Graz. Geoff would have been proud of me.

[@graham2954]

I've been on the three of them on the same day.

[@MrBannystar]

I visited Budapest last year and loved it, but my girlfriend was freaked out by how fast the escalators were. I think we stayed near Keleti station, and when we first used the subway, we tried to buy a ticket but the machine was broke. Two lovely ladies just happened to be walking by who didn't need their tickets so they gave them to us.

[@brynerjimenez6162]

And has never expanded after its opening

[@kimmyg3483]

Loooove Glasgow, in fact love it so much I bought a flat there to use as a base for travelling (im from Australia). People are extremely friendly, weather is great (I love the cold, overcast rainy days - Australia is too damn hot). Love the subway, so convenient! If I could live there full time I would in a heartbeat.

[@rossco5409]

Welcome anytime

[@doro8856]

I miss it so much. : (

[@archiebrown7173]

Glasgow doesn't have a beach tho

[@doro8856]

@@archiebrown7173 That's a price I'm perfectly willing to pay. I can always get on a bus and go to the seaside if I want a beach. : )

[@tomasmichl4702]

Hey what a good idea.. Where in Australia, Australia is too hot or too cold, so better to come for a shower to Glasgow

[@Ulleskelf]

Cos wearing orange in Glasgow has never caused any problems

[@grahamlive]

And he visited Ibrox. Is Geoff revealing his allegiances here? I used to like him as well!! 🤔

[@clangerbasher]

Well perhaps the clock wise line can stay orange themed, and the anti-clockwise one could be themed green. The latter could be the Hoop Line. ;) :)

[@anthonyholroyd4338]

When the subway was modernised in 1977-1980 and the trains were first painted orange, they (along with the SPT operated services around glasgow) were painted in a slightly darker orange that, to avoid sectarian mirth, was technically . . . 'Strathclyde Red' :P

[@finlaycordiner3492]

Loved that old livery

[@kirstywho1991]

It doesn’t cause any problems if you’re an adult that knows how to behave.

[@mynamehappy]

What a beautiful subway system. That black marble on the station walls surrounding the tunnel entrance is simply stunning!

[@MrThirf]

Was waiting for this one after spotting you under Queens Street, wish I had had the time to stop and chat. You missed seeing the old railway tunnels running near Kelvin Bridge one running under Kelvingrove and the other running under Great Western Road. A fun feature of the paper tickets is their contactless like the plastic cards. The plastic cards can also be used to store scotrail train tickets to save on paper or battery life.

[@philiprufus4427]

Yes they once had a railway system in Glasgow that went right round the city which was standard guage unlike the underground which is narrow guage and cannot be extended. Developers have spent the last sixty years building on key infrastructure for this railway. The Glasgow Crossrail Project was the latest victim. More developments on former railway land,in this case,thanks to the grifters in Glasgow City Council. several years back. Hence more garbage about the cities North South Rail System not being connected.They are, the victorians connected them 150 years ago and the infrastructure is only used today for engine movements. Meanwhile the former St Enoch Station was closed down. Not only could(according to ralwaymen of the time)you travel to four points of the compass,it was one of Glasgows finest buildings and desighned by the same architects that desighned St Pancras. Queen St High Level should have been the candidate for closure.

[@josef27]

Fascinating video, thanks for the tour! I'm a US-based fan of UK rail and to be honest I know pitifully little about other underground systems apart from London's Tube system. I've just subscribed to your channel and I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos!

[@imaverywhere6252]

Oh the good ol' days of the Secrets of the Underground series are back. Good times, good times.

[@Christopher_175]

Get yourself on the Glasgow Central tour. Paul the tour guide is a top lad, passionate and knowledgeable.

[@Sean-D78]

My god. Love your secrets on the underground videos. Love to go to Glasgow to see the subway. You make a secrets video about the Glasgow Subway... You made my day.

[@evansisgreat]

As a Glaswegian about to move to London your videos have been really helpful to me. But you missed the best bit about the clockwork orange! A sub-crawl! A 15 pub trek where only the strong survive! All the nearest pubs to the subway stops are in on it, best thing in Glasgow!

[@kirstywho1991]

Mate the three of us would have ended up in the Queen Liz attached to a drip if we’d attempted that.

[@U235-n5c]

bumped into Geoff on Wardour Street the other day - very friendly chap - I've never realised how tall he is until I met him. Great content mate keep it up!

[@turnip5359]

I wouldn't expect any different

[@hadiyahxo]

Nice one babe!

[@U235-n5c]

@pmailkeeyI thought so, I just wanted to clarify that I'm not a fan of those bands

[@hettyscetty9785]

One time my Stepdad took my brother to a football match oddly I think it was Rangers match, they were in Burger King and just as they were leaving my Stepdad said to my brother; "Let's go and get the subway." My brother in return stated; "Great I'm starving." This is what I had to live with.

[@swededude1992]

Hahahaha my kind of humor xD

[@jockbawheid5089]

No way!! YT just random recommended this to me. During the modernisation I, my brother and a friend were rescued from a huge concrete pit they had dug at Broomloan road near Govan not long after it closed, 1977. My profile pic, altered, is from the newspaper item about it. What are the chances of that?

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

"Jock Bawheid"? Well, that supports the story if nothing else. ;) How did you get in there?

[@billfernie6908]

Great to see the Glasgow underground again and thanks for the packed commentary - no time to get bored.

[@HoDunc]

Thanks for the tour of my home city Subway Geoff, really informative and interesting ! I now live 140 miles north of Glasgow , but when I go back I usually have a ride on the "Clockwork Orange".

[@davesayswords]

I can only say good things about your content I have come to realise! I have only become aware of your channel in the last few days and do not mind admitting I have binged a large amount of your back catalogue. I work as a channel/community manager for a few channels of around 500k size and I have been on the platform for eight years or so, and I can say I've never come across a channel like yours. I mean there are many channels out there focused on trains, travel, facilities but you just bring something unique to the table. You are personable, quirky and unashamedly enthusiastic about the content you make and even little touches like the orange and grey shirt combo adds to the character of the video. You manage to make this feel like a documentary that would not be out of place on one of the British networks, while also making it feel light hearted AND informative. So overall sir bravo!

[@metrofilmsespana3880]

It's official everyone! He's made a ''secrets of...'' outside England (though still inside Britain)! Yesss.... Only the sky is the limit now! Are Paris, New York and MADRID etc. still all to come? You know we'd all love to see that Geoff! Keep the quality material coming and greetings from Madrid :)

[@andrewoakeshott-essentials6801]

Agreed, this quality of videos is unmatched. Continental Europe is waiting patiently for Geoff haha

[@S404_44]

I do wonder who large Geoff's non-British "fanbase" is

[@jpbdude4223]

Spain Metro is very simplistic with

[@ddragon8154]

Definite +1 for doing Madrid! Took my first trip to Spain in May, and fell *completely* in love with the Serie 7000 whilst exploring the Metro de Madrid! ^_^ (Sadly though, I didn't manage to find & try a Serie 5000 in the end. Maybe next time. :-) Proxima éstaçion: Sol. Correspondençia con lineas 1, 2, 3, y Cercanias. ^_^

[@bhigdaddymark]

Not only was that fun, it was interesting indeed. I was going to subscribe, and saw that I was subscribed which I didn’t remember (now I have to remember which video it was that made me subscribe to your channel), but I’m glad that I’m subscribed. Very well done and informative. As a born and raised New Yorker and a bonafide subway enthusiast (I even worked for the MTA), I really love just how efficient and CLEAN this system and the London Underground are. New York City residents and the NYCTA (New York City Transit Authority) could certainly learn something from you all in the UK regarding cleanliness and efficiency. We’ll get there soon enough as the now president of the NYCTA is a British chap who turned around the London Underground (I believe) and did superb work for the Toronto subway (Toronto Transit Commission) as it’s president, Andy Byford. He’s working on new signals system wide, modernising stations and replacing fifty-two year old trains with new ones. I think you’d like the NYCTA system and I hope that you get a chance to ride it one day. Thanks again for your terrific video!

[@anthonyholroyd4338]

I've been secretly hoping you'd do the subway ever since secrets of the underground came out! Cowcaddens also has the longest platforms on the system. Kelvinbridges island platform is the widest, as you said and it's just as well as its the busiest station on the network to retain that platform configuration. (Buchanan st., St. Enoch, Partick and Hillhead are busier but have different platform layouts). The reason Kelvinbridge station platform is so wide is that it was (historically) the only station with step free access. That emergency exit you showed that was the original entrance and exit to the station used to have both stairs and a lift down to the platform level, hence the tracks had to slew out to be wide enough to accommodate both stairs and a lift in their width and so Kelvinbridges platform is the widest. Kelvinhall used to be called Partick Cross but was renamed to avoid confusion with Partick interchange. West St. is currently the least used station on the subway with fewer than 100,000 passengers a year (some figures I've seen say 80,000 some as low as 50,000) And the original depot didn't have conventional track access like the modern one, instead there was a gap in the tunnels and a crane. Each car would drive into the gap, be uncoupled from the rest of the train, attached to the crane and then lifted vertically up out of the tunnel and into the depot. Apart from that you got all the other interesting facts I can think of about the clockwork orange. You'll need to jump on the 'low level' network of Glasgow next and do secrets of the North Clyde, Argyle and Cathcart circle lines.

[@SoulSilverIV]

Well this video was a surprise! Every time I visit Glasgow I have to go for a shoogle on the Subway - the trains are definitely some of the cutest I've ever seen!!!

[@Scott757300]

Amazing! Great to see you chose Glasgow as your first underground system out of London, considering it’s my closest city when I was growing up, I’ve only ever rode it once, in a loop like you and that was many years ago! And I appreciate the view of Ibrox ;)

[@almuir]

Great video. I don't think you mentioned that Kelvin Hall station was called Patrick Cross until 1977. There was still some Partick Cross signage at the station when I last lived there.

[@KingCharles3]

Never expected this!

[@Elliot1153]

Charlie Bunker alrighht, calm down.

[@KingCharles3]

Lol

[@metro_ken]

That you’re first? Neither did I!

[@KingCharles3]

itznathyy no, that he would make a video in Scotland 😂

[@Elliot1153]

same

[@tormid100]

My son in-law works in the maintenance department. Loved this video. Thank you.

[@pinkelephants1421]

Hadn't originally intended to watch this. Glad I did. Weirdly, really interesting & very well made.

[@K9R]

Very interesting content in this format. Quick visit to Glasgow compressed into an 8 minute video. Well done, Geoff!

[@PlainlyDifficult]

Really want to go on this before it gets new stock!

[@theMoporter]

The last renovation was only a few years ago, they're not changing out the stock anytime soon. You can see a few old historical ones at some of the stations.

[@transitvideosbayarea]

@@theMoporter They're getting new driverless trains by 2022.

[@MrBnsftrain]

3:58 There's also something similar in New York City where an old subway station now houses the fast food chain! I'd like to see someone do a cab ride video of the entire Glasgow Subway route!

[@YaoboyProd2K15]

3:53 "This is Subway", "This is the Subway" "Sandwiches here", "Trains here" "Just don't get the 2 mixed up."

[@m101ist]

Please sir where the nearest Subway? 🚇 🥪 🙄

[@RAMBLINGSMANJMB]

Interesting thing to work on... I did a couple of weeks work on the Glasgow subway... at goven and the depot.. it’s good.. also interesting fact it has a similar noise reduction scheme to the one installed for Elizabeth line /crossrail/purple line.. the bouncey track pads

[@jwb_]

Secrets of the Tyne & Wear Metro next?

[@jaffacakecraigy]

I’d love that, had been contemplating doing one myself

[@jonathanma2741]

used to study in newcastle and absolutely love it

[@mirageinthedesert5448]

JWB_Gamer YAASSS pleassseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeGEOFF

[@maxherman8383]

Already know a secret. At Wallsend station, because it's near Hadrian's Wall, the station signs are listed in English and Latin!

[@connorwatson7823]

Max Herman It’s the only station in the U.K. to have signs in English as well as Latin :)

[@donaldurquhart8092]

Notice how the line runs uphill as it enters every station, this is a remnant of the old cable system that pulled the trains. When the train approached the station it released the grip on the cable and the uphill would help slow the train as it came to the station.

[@graham2954]

Nice one donald.

[@geocachingwomble]

Geoff I'd love to see a secrets of the Tyne and Wear Metro too

[@jpbdude4223]

geocachingwomble He should do it

[@jpbdude4223]

The Morrison’s train

[@clivebroadhead4381]

Yeah, that would be great to see.

[@ronaldbayne1431]

I remember going to school in the 50’s and climbing up and down the stairs to road level at Kelvinbridge. Happy days. A great little intro to the new system. Thanks. Rmb

[@andrewholloway231]

Thank you for this, Geoff, totally unexpected. Brilliant.

[@zdavis4222]

Geoff's comments about the small size of the carriages brought a smile to my face, as it reminded me of something my father commented on to me years ago when he worked in Glasgow, i.e. how Glaswegians tended to be noticeably shorter on average than us Edinburghers.😉

[@JHA854]

I love Glasgow, I didn’t get a chance to take the train though last summer unfortunately.

[@officemanager3377]

Great video! I love the Glasgow subway. Could sit for hours in the coffee shop in the old station building. 3rd oldest underground system in the world, after London & Budapest, also has unusual track gauge of 3'.

[@Grizzly01]

6:39 Take your grubby feet off the seats, you oik!

[@dickhead8775]

Great video. I am not usually interested in trains, but I find the Glasgow underground strangely compelling.

[@AndRewUK24]

A Subway (Sandwich) in a Subway ha ha!!!! I love it!!!!

[@radagastwiz]

Already overdone here in North America, but Geoff doesn't often get the chance so I'll shut up now.

[@danielecampolo2203]

2 monts ago i eat someting in front of subway kelvingrove because i see the museum near the subway but is a celtic pub ....i'm a blu nose ,in every case the food is very good . miss glasgow too much

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

So neat, tidy and clean. I also like the way the orange trains shoot smoothly through the tunnels looking like chocolate bar wrappers.

[@JamesTilsley1]

Please Geoff do the Tyne and Wear Metro, Sheffield Supertram, Manchester Metrolink, West Midlands Metro, Nottingham Express Transit and the Blackpool tram. P.s. You are an absolute legend.

[@utleysos8203]

Great video! Loved being able to have a look into a British subway system! Great production and film work as well, very professional.

[@Revolver1981]

It's in Scotland, which is in the island of Britain.

[@philipnovis9433]

I must have lived in a cave for my 50 years. Had no idea Glasgow had a tube

[@frul-haque2455]

Not the only one says this 25 year London resident...

[@britbyname3620]

Philip Novis The subway !!!!

[@missvioletnightchild2515]

I didn't know either until I went last year and actually rode the thing! My mind was blown haha. And I had been to Glasgow before!

[@davie8906]

You haven't lived in Scotland long

[@MrMabawsaritchie]

Seriously? Glasgow's got hunners a tubes!

[@VascoRoblox-yp5rw]

4:08 "I confess we may have gone into the wrong subway" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@taru570]

Lovely weather, always drizzling, with cold. My favorite Best regards from Canada

[@mauriceminor2527]

Great little video of the Glasgow Subway. Thanks Geoff. Thing I don't understand is why has it got over 130 thumbs down? Why do people give negative votes so much on KZbin?

[@Andi090386]

Ah but if you go on the Clockwork Orange, you can't not mention the Glasgow Underground Song by Francis & Joise. "There's Partick Cross & Cessnock Hillhead & Merkland Street (St) George's Cross & Govan Cross where all the people meet West Street Shields Road The Train goes round & round You've never lived, unless you've been on the Glasgow Underground!" Great to see the Glasgow Subway featured in a Geoff Marshal video.

[@dminalba]

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[@finlaycordiner3492]

Oh my goodness, I love that song have heard it many times. I was also hoping that song would be there as well. that is honestly my favourite song

[@olivercuenca4109]

Funny how I’ve never heard that song before and yet I can guess the tune just from the lyrics.

[@intercity3733]

This video was awesome. I had heard of Scotland's Subway System, but never really thought about it, this video was very good and informative.

[@LondonTrainEnthusiastuk]

This makes me want to visit Glasgow your video was so good. Next time could you do Secrets of the Newcastle Metro, I sometimes go to that area to visit my grandparents.

[@miguelsmith5838]

I’m currently working on creating a secrets of the Tyne and Wear Metro , hosted by rail enthusiasts and directed by metro commuters and myself , u can see it on “Liberal duck transport” but I think Geoff could do better than us , so I hope he does - Miguel 👍🏻

[@Samuel-lq3gh]

Glasgow is near London right?

[@LondonTrainEnthusiastuk]

no, Glasgow is 400 miles away from London.

[@ЦзинКэ-ы5х]

Looks incredible. Well-designed, classy and colourful.

[@geoff394]

I love Glasgow! The subway is very convenient. I stubbed my toe on steps at Hillhead. Worth it though.

[@marksinthehouse1968]

They done a nice job on the modernisation ,it still looks clean and bright ,something Glaswegians can be proud of ,👍🏻😊

[@MrAlex-ej8ov]

"I confess, we *MAY* have gone into the wrong subway..."

[@charlie1872]

Hi Geoff, lived in Patrick on Vine St, just around the corner from Merkland St subway. Skipped under the kiosk a few times and often stood at the top of the tunnel smelling the air

[@3omar1402]

I love Glasgow

[@goon143]

+Me too .

[@СергійЄрмак-о9з]

Wery nice little traines and I like it. I've newer seen before narrow way subway . It seems enough for not wery big town .

[@cameronc393]

I'll miss the "shoogly trains" as they are known when they are withdrawn in a few years and replaced with driverless units!

[@violeteclipse3912]

Same

[@epender]

They will still have the shoogle, it's more of a tunnel issue than a train issue. They've tried realigning the tracks and everything, but the shoogle is here to stay.

[@kree8art395]

Really amazing stuff. I've never come across your channel before, you've gained a follower. Really good stuff. These videos really make me want to travel to places in the UK where I would not imagine going to.

[@Reptilia12]

"No reason not to use a smartcard" - Thanks Geoff, I'll remember that next time I'm in the northern hemisphere! When I was in Glasgow in July, the folks in the ticket office told me paper tickets would be cheaper.. Can attest to Ibrox going from a ghost town to a sea of people on game day too.

[@tomasmichl4702]

Their thick accent got probably confusing :-D cards are always cheaper anywhere in the world, paper is usual more expensive or at least same price...

[@epender]

Well it would be cheaper than buying a £3 anonymous smart card, so they're right! It's free only if you order online

[@Runnester]

New sub here from Malaysia. Fascinating and thank you.

[@darrelhendrie]

You never mentioned that between Govan and Ibrox you can see the tunnels going off to the depot. Before the subway was modernised the trains were lifted in and out of the tunnels by crane. You should ask the subway if you could film in the depot it's a fascinating place to visit

[@danwatson7982]

"Welcome to Ibrox!" **orange t-shirt intensifies**

[@chloemoore2367]

Dan Watson I’m a rangers fan

[@scottishtrainsandbuses2744]

I have been to ibrox stadium before when hearts were playing against rangers and rangers won

[@sofiarosel1289]

Just found your channel and honestly I can’t stop binge watching your videos 🙈

[@Albatross-365]

Will the Wallace Line have a #TartanTrain?

[@moramento22]

#PurpleTartanTrain

[@gordonmcmillan883]

You got there before me ...

[@xstugee]

What a pleasure to see such a beautiful system...so clean and well cared for; you all must feel very proud! In New York, most of our trains look like moving slums as the filth continue to paint the stations and the cars with their "high class" graffiti. Of course if you live here you could understand why...the class of many is way below low!

[@Robbins996]

Does that mean a secrets of they Tyne and Wear metro could be on its way? As a southerner who took my maiden voyage a couple of months back, I’d love to be able to show off some metro facts to my Geordie mates!

[@miguelsmith5838]

Josh Robbins , I’m currently working on creating a secrets of the Tyne and Wear Metro , hosted by rail enthusiasts and directed by metro commuters and myself , u can see it on “Liberal duck transport” but I think Geoff could do better than us , so I hope he does - Miguel 👍🏻

[@jpbdude4223]

Come ride, the Morrison’s train

[@evancortez2]

It's so clean and bright and I love the orange and gray color scheme! If you guys ever find yourselves across the pond in the Capital city of the United States, I'd be glad to take you round our Metro system

[@S404_44]

Love the hidden references to older videos. #OrangeTrain

[@andym5337]

Great video thanks for a great insight, I watched several times and used lots of the information from this video and the new train video In my Interview for a subway train driver and start later this month, thanks very much.

[@adambrett3932]

A cracking an informative video. Known by me as the Clockwork Orange. You did very well to avoid ‘colourful characters’ while filming. You have a new subscriber 👍🏻

[@rstevens7711]

Good stuff, Geoff. One quibble - Govan to Ibrox the longest distance between 2 stops? Partick to Govan surely?

[@Gorantaylis]

You still need to try out the underground trains on the Isle of Wight...

[@bfapple]

He has, there’s a bonus video from All The Stations.

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

They already have, they took the Cat over to IOW. (Catamaran stops at Ryde Pier Head, where the train starts).

[@erik_griswold]

Need a Secrets of the Hovercraft too, when they do finally go to the Isle of Wight.

[@colinvespa4709]

Just been to Glasgow last weekend and travelled on the subway over 4 days while visiting the sights, also took the opportunity to expire each stations and the area, ticked all 15 off by tapping in and out, the full circle ride took me 24 minutes. Probably the smallest subway I've ever been on, I suspect some of stations location were probably grand at one time and has since gone downhill since, since it stared operation it has never been expnded.

[@PixelWizardps]

2:27 is that queen elizabeth undercover in glasgow

[@ChoppingtonOtter]

Looks a really clean and well looked after system. .

[@TransportationONLY]

Woah I just went on it today, it’s truly interesting and I board the train from St Enoch and alighted at the same station as well.... but I took the outer line instead