Stadler trains enter service on Glasgow subway
Posted on 18th December 2023 at 10:44
The Glasgow subway is an underground line that provides service on a 10.5km circle around the city centre.
It was opened in 1896 using cable haulage on 4’-gauge track (1219mm) and electrified in 1935. It was modernised in 1977-79 including new Metro-Cammell built trains.
Now a comprehensive £200M modernisation has come to fruition with the entry into service of the first two of 17 new trains supplied by Stadler on 11 December.
The four-car aluminium-bodied trains are 39.2m long and collect power at 600 V dc from a third rail.
Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the third-oldest underground rail transit system in Europe after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro. It is also one of the very few railways in the world with a track running gauge of 4 ft wide.
Stadler-built train for the Glasgow subway. (Stadler)
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