2009

NS5865 : St Enoch Square

taken 15 years ago, near to Glasgow, Scotland

This is 1 of 4 images, with title St Enoch Square in this square
St Enoch Square
St Enoch Square
The Argyle Street side of the square, with the subway station entrance in the foreground and the former subway station beyond. St Enoch shopping centre is to the left.

The stainless steel structure to the left is a police help point.
The Glasgow Subway

The Glasgow Subway opened in 1896 and is the third oldest underground railway in the world, predated by the London and Budapest systems.

It is a very simple system consisting of fifteen stations arranged in a 10.4Km loop around the centre and west side of the city. There are two lines; the Inner Circle and the Outer Circle which run in parallel tunnels through each of the stations. The lines run entirely under ground and pass under the Clyde twice.

The four foot gauge is very uncommon and is due to the small tunnel size. The trains themselves are also small, even toy-like when compared with those on major metro systems around the world.

Here is a Link to a geograph article which provides more information about the subway.


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This photo is linked from: Articles: · The Glasgow Subway Automatic Clusters: · Street [1453] · Station [716] · Argyle Street [275] Title Clusters: · St Enoch Square [4] ·
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NS5865, 2302 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Thomas Nugent   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 22 August, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 31 August, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 589 650 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:51.4602N 4:15.3114W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 589 651
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