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Nikita Romanov · @nr

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Glasgow Live - Glasgow Subway to close for two Sundays for testing of new trains

#glasgow’s 17 new driverless subway trains must drive 2,000 miles (to remove any with faults) before replacing the older stock. Limited to testing when the subway is shut, #SPT will shut the Subway for 2 additional Sundays.

Easy decision as Sundays already run a reduced service of 10-18:12 compared to normal 6:30-23:40. The trains were acquired in 2019 & are yet to enter service, just another hinderance of only having a 6.5 mile long #metro. #glasgowsubway #clydemetro
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-subway-close-two-sundays-27355328.amp

#clydemetro #glasgowsubway #metro #spt #glasgow

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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow

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Powered by steam engines in this power station, a continuously moving cable ran around the circular subway track. The drivers could then use a mechanism to allow the train to grip this cable when they wanted it to move and release it when they wanted it to stop.

This was only possible because the subway consisted of a pair of circular tunnels, one for trains going in one direction and another for trains going the opposite way.

#glasgow #glasgowhistory #glasgowsubway #scotlandstreet

#scotlandstreet #glasgowsubway #glasgowhistory #glasgow

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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow

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Ghost building on the site of the original power station for the Glasgow Subway on Scotland Street. Opened in 1896, this is the third oldest subway in Europe and it was the first and only one driven by a cable and pulley system.

#glasgow #glasgowhistory #glasgowsubway #scotlandstreet #ghostbuilding

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