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Post by tube10 on Oct 25, 2007 18:07:54 GMT
Is the glasgow underground in Scotland similar to the London Underground in terms of design,power system,tracks,cars ,signals and etc?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2007 18:12:33 GMT
Here's their page below.......I don't think it is that similar to tell the truth, I have been told the trains are much smaller and also you don't need a ticket to exit the stations!!!!! www.spt.co.uk/Subway/index.htmlSorry it's not much help, I thought I'd put the link up though  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2007 18:23:04 GMT
I think the main differences from London are the "Clockwork Orange" only uses 3rd Rail rather than 4, and is a smaller gauge - at 4ft. The network itself is just one circle line through the main parts of Glasgow mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r048.html is an interesting read. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2007 18:28:33 GMT
4ft....blimey! I used to work with a chap from Glasgow and he mentioned how much smaller the trains were, he also said the drivers also did ticket offices and cleaning!!! I don't know if that's true though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2007 19:08:19 GMT
Hehe.. being glasgow it wouldn't surprise me.. Says an Aberdonian Edit: this kinda piqued my curiosity - its been years since i've travelled on it, but the BVE route at www.codextron.btinternet.co.uk/srs/10.htm seems quite accurate, and theres a fairly decent write up there too. |
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Post by towerman on Oct 25, 2007 20:36:09 GMT
The ATO system is the same as the Victoria Line and it used to have the same AFC(Automatic Fare Collection)the thin tickets with the magnetic strip on the back.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2007 21:06:18 GMT
Ah, I've been on it only once, back in April - you do need a ticket, but only on exiting the stations.
The trains are much smaller as has been said, and it also feels much slower too.
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Post by railtechnician on Oct 30, 2007 17:01:07 GMT
The Glasgow Underground was one of LTIs projects in the mid 1980s as I recall. In those days I was a trainer and had the chief LTI consultant to the project on a training course for a few weeks but he used to leave early on Fridays to catch a plane north as he worked on the project at weekends.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 30, 2007 19:16:02 GMT
Here's their page below.......I don't think it is that similar to tell the truth, I have been told the trains are much smaller and also you don't need a ticket to exit the stations!!!!! This is indeed true - I used to commute on the SubwaY when I was a student in Glasgow (1992-ish) you need a ticket to enter a station and exit is free turnstiles. When I was ther the trainstops were all air and (stand corrected on this) the signalling was all red/green - originally there were a couple of red/yellow/green at odd points on each circle. It's quite interesting, no points at all underground until the modernisation in the late 70s/early 80s and even now there are only 6 - two facing crossovers and the points up to the depot for each line. I think that the trainstops are now all-electric and the system is controlled by ? Westrace/Westcad. Well worth a visit. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2007 21:28:07 GMT
I went on the Glasgow subway for the first time in 1987. I bought a ticket from the machine and it had the correct day and month, but the year said 1972! Other tickets were dated 1975 and 1973. If only I was there in those years, I could have seen the 1896 trains.
It is still a fascinating system. I had a cab ride round it, although my 15-year old home counties ears couldn't understand the broad Glaswegian accent of the driver.
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Post by glasgowdriver on Oct 30, 2007 22:35:57 GMT
as i am from Glasgow and only 22 thought i would leave a mention on this the ATO system is similar to the Victoria line there are no signals for the trains in the tunnels only got station starters so if there is a train ahead the front the train has to depart the station before the station starter in the station behind goes to a green.
it uses 3rd rail electricity and only travels at 33mph there are 15 stations on the route and takes 24minutes to do a round trip.
the drivers normally have the train in ATO mode but i do know of a few drivers that drive it themselves to kill the boredom i suppose the trains are allot smaller and narrower than standard londonunderground stock tho i would say the full length of a Glasgow underground train is prob the length of 2 cars on a C stock train on London underground ma-by a bit longer but not much i hope this answers your questions guys anything else you want to know about it gives a shout as i know allot about the Glasgow underground or the clockwork orange as its call as lived in Glasgow all my life only moved here in April
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Post by jswallow on Oct 31, 2007 17:29:36 GMT
The year part of the ticket was used to indicate at which station the ticket was issued. Each of them had a two digit code. Haven't been on the Clockwork Orange for ages ... it felt very tiny and dinky compared to London tubes.  |
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