The FINAL Search for the ICONIC Glasgow Subway Trains

[@RichardBrooke1971]

Thank you for sharing your day in Glasgow Simon, I have enjoyed watching. Me and my sister were in Glasgow for a couple of days early last week. We went to the Riverside museum & loved it, we were there for about 3 hours. On the Monday evening, we did the entire Glasgow underground - first the outer circle then the inner circle. On the inner circle, we were lucky enough to travel on one of the old units (No. 203). We knew that the second generation units were on borrowed time, but we didn't realise that they would be withdrawn later in the week, so we are glad we rode one of them when we did. The new units are nice but yes, we noted that they gave quite a rough ride - a bit like the big dipper at Blackpool Pleasure Beach lol.

[@Desiro360]

Cool video. Glad you got to see amd ride the legacy Glasgow subway trains one more time. 😀

[@nathanstrainsandroblox5336]

Nice one Simon

[@Sim0nTrains]

Thanks Nathan

[@SteamboatWilley]

Your video really captures just how shooglie the new trains are. I almost felt seasick on my first bash on one, which was never an issue on the old trains.

[@Sim0nTrains]

They are really rough riders! So rough that my back keeps hitting the seat from the rocking side to side

[@barrowc]

Great video, Simon! Good to know that a 2nd-generation Subway car is now on display at the Riverside Museum. It will be strange not having the old Subway cars around on the network anymore!

[@Sim0nTrains]

Thanks barrowc, it will be strange without them, when I travelled on the subway, they always been there.

[@wesleytill1629]

Well done Simon. Great video. So pleased that your perseverance paid off. 😊

[@SeanMidlandstransporthub]

Great video Simon! I missed you by a day! I rode the new and managed a short final trip on the old stock on the Wednesday

[@Sim0nTrains]

Thank you, sadly I work Wednesday, Thursday and Friday so Tuesday was my last chance to try and find one

[@SeanMidlandstransporthub]

@@Sim0nTrains ah fair enough! I'm on holiday at the moment and have been in Scotland and currently in Ireland. Not looking forward to going back to work next week 🤣

[@JenOnTheMove]

👀 nice chips!

[@Sim0nTrains]

@@JenOnTheMove suprised no one noticed apart from.yourself lol, but was watching your Leven video while having those nice Chips

[@ReubenAshwell]

Brilliant video Cyber, shame the 2nd generation Glasgow Subway trains are now gone, I never got to ride one sadly. Good to see one is preserved at the riverside museum.

[@MrGreatplum]

Fantastic stuff, Simon. Glad you got one in the end! I was surprised with two things, the dreadful ride of the new trains, and how quiet the stations seemed to be…

[@benbrist]

He was there on a Tuesday during work hours so wasn't so busy - especially with people working from home nowadays. Cessnock/Ibrox are residential stations hence not very busy, you'd find the same on the London Underground network!

[@MichaelSebastianTodd]

brilliant vlog i sampled the Glasgow Subway back in May while i was holidaying in Scotland & i was lucky to ride the old ones too even tho i think there was at least 2 in service when i visited & they are nice to ride & i like the new ones too they are quieter & the glasgow Subway is a great little network to ride

[@ElijahsTransport]

Great video and glad you got one last ride!

[@europa2000man]

Great video. I went to Glasgow from Ireland on the 1st and 2nd of June to see if I could get my first and last ride on one of the nice 2nd generation stock trains. I went to Cowcaddens station and waited for a good 20 minutes. All the trains were the new stock and I was getting really disheartened that I missed out on the last of the 2nd gen stock. Luckily one came and it was a delight to see it and ride in it. I did the full circle in it. I think that was the only set in use that day but I’m not sure. This was about 9am in the morning (I just arrived into Glasgow from Dublin). I have to agree, the 2nd gen stock feels much better built and the ride quality was excellent compared to the new stock. The seating is definitely not as comfortable as the old stock. In Dublin, a similar thing is happening with the DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) system in the next year or so. They are replacing the 1st generation of DART trains from 1983/84 and I even the newer 2nd generation stock from the early 2000s. They are supposedly getting replaced by overhead wired and battery powered trains (combined) to save on the expense of putting wires overhead from Malahide to Drogheda. The 84 stock is still almost original with its seating and exterior. A few modifications were made to them in the mid 2000s by Siemens of Germany to include screen displays and more handles to hold onto for standing passengers.

[@pammyb1972]

Me and my brother were there literally the day before you and we managed to have one last ride on the old train, we got on at St Enoch and rode the whole circuit. We also went to the riverside museum and saw the one there too. We said the same thing about the new trains, they were very very wobbly! We were only in Glasgow for a couple of days but we love the Subway, it's great for getting about 😊

[@SamsVlogstrainsmore]

Great vlog Simon, I got to ride the icon Glasgow subway trains once back in September 2017.

[@Sim0nTrains]

Thanks Sam

[@Thornaby37]

Glad your perseverance paid off I'll remember to check out The Oxford for fish and chips whenever I visit the Glasgow Subway

[@JoshHodginsTrains]

Love it

[@jacobporrett]

Thank you for sharing Simon.

[@nickbiskinis4854]

Time for the Glasgow Subway to expand - but to tunnels with main line dimensions.

[@Sim0nTrains]

I like your thinking but honestly it's not going to happen.

[@nickbiskinis4854]

@@Sim0nTrains Aye me I fondly dream...

[@henands69]

You really had great luck, Simon! 🤣🤣🤣 I hope you enjoyed the trip on board of that 2nd generation subway train. 👍

[@ljjordanscottcrawford2008]

at least i was on the last one on the last day

[@Andrewjg_89]

The new Glasgow Subway trains are so futuristic compare to the older Subway trains. Maybe Stadler should manufacture new tube trains to replace the 1972 Stock on the Bakerloo Line.

[@justinhamilton497]

Most stations looking like the Marie Celeste!

[@Mgameing123]

Why not sit at a subway station for 30 minutes? I had to wait an hour at some random rural station on my trip around Denmark.

[@cteasdale1979]

Just saw on London evening standard online London North western start service from London Euston to Manchester Victoria could Crewe been Manchester airport

[@cteasdale1979]

These could start in 2026 if gets approval

[@Sim0nTrains]

Yes I have heard about this today, saw a email that came from the press from West Midlands Trains. Using the Class 730/2s. They won't be new services but a extension of the Crewe to London Euston service. instead of terminating at Crewe would carry on to Warrington Bank Quay and then onto Manchester Victoria via Earlstown. (I would get a direct service from Rugeley to Manchester without changing at Stafford or Crewe, if they do go ahead) The Manchester Airport one is going to be a extension of the Stafford to Crewe shuttle via Stoke-on-Trent. Not sure on the rolling stock planned for that one.

[@harryelliott4310]

Glasgow Subway 🚇

[@ABTrainsYT]

Wow really 😮 never knew that

[@SeanMidlandstransporthub]

Well done Harry 😁

[@johnroberts2331]

These new Glasgow trains remind me of the old Island Line trains. They look terrible from your video. Being disabled there's limited if any stations I could board at. I'm in Glasgow later this month. Why did you alight at Preston as its no where near Crewe or Stafford for your Rugeley Train? Sorry for being nosy!

[@Sim0nTrains]

@@johnroberts2331 there some that stations that do have lifts and some that don't and the reason I got off at Preston was so I could get something to eat, if I went to Crewe would be after 9pm to get a bite to eat, was planned to do that in Glasgow but time was against me

[@Monothefox]

That's *a lot* of positioning balises along the platform tracks. What sort of ATP/ATC system are they using?

[@Sim0nTrains]

Have to look this one up as I'm not sure but The existing rolling stock of Glasgow Subway is fitted with a centralised train control system known as the Automatic Train Operation System.

[@Monothefox]

@@Sim0nTrains It's apparently an Ansaldo STS (now Hitachi) system, but the ones I'm familiar with from that manufacturer only use *two* double balises per platform track, each pair located about 1/4 of the platform length in from each platform end. (The balises are doubled for availability reasons; one balise per pair can malfunction without affecting system performance.)

[@user-nr9we2ik3u]

Like a small car