2012

NS5864 : St Enoch subway station

taken 12 years ago, near to Glasgow, Scotland

This is 1 of 15 images, with title St Enoch subway station in this square
St Enoch subway station
St Enoch subway station
Looking towards the escalators which lead to St Enoch Square and Argyle Street.

Note the aluminium sculpture, part of which can be seen in detail here NS5864 : Glasgow Subway sculpture.
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 [529] · Station [375] · St [93] Other Photos: · St Enoch subway station Title Clusters: · St Enoch subway station [15] ·
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NS5864, 1450 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Thomas Nugent   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 4 February, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 12 February, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 589 649 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:51.4384N 4:15.3197W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NS 589 649
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