The New Glasgow Subway Trains Are INCREDIBLE
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- The Glasgow Subway is famous as the third oldest underground metro system in the world, and the only one to have never been expanded in the century since. Having last received new trains back in 1980, it's now time for Stadler's fully modern third generation rolling stock to take over operations around the 16-station inner and outer Subway circle.
In April, I visited Glasgow to ride the old units for the last time, but more importantly to try out these new trains for myself.
When Scotland’s tube looks more like the tube than “the tube”
I really wish they would expand the metro
I logged in specifically to say - it looks shockingly like a tube - I see 57 others had the same reaction
@@ciaranReal the wont as it would cost billions to do
What a ridiculous comment.
I use it almost daily. I live only 200 yards from Govan underground station where the main terminal is based.
"it's giving sci-fi worm" got me really good and i don't know why 💀
lovely video, you get a sub
subtitle display too short, by the time you realise it's on the screen and look down it's gone, I had to replay. Hold them for a bit longer!!
Living in Byres Road in 1972/73, I just experienced the 1st generation stock. Amazing experience and character, like the glazing moving within the frames as they rolled along - loved it!
Born in 1972, never experienced them.
New Yorker here. I’ve ridden about 10 different subways around the world and only two them made me think - this is cool. Glasgow was one of them. The other was Paris.
Seoul has a terrific subway.
Try Tokyo...
@@huss1205 hopefully some day
@@huss1205 is Tokyo cool or just highly efficient? I was floored by Glasgow because it was so weird, not because it was so good (tho it was pretty decent). And the Paris one is just beautiful.
@@babbaganush9659 it's a big network, huge, on scale hard to imagine, clean, safe, and very precise, it's very well maintained. Stations, especially the big ones, you can spend the day there enjoying restaurants, coffeshops, shopping, cinema, and for the whole family.
you're so right about the interiors, they feel really spacious and clean
Love the look of the long, narrow headlights and taillights!
Look like devil teeth. 😅
@Ozzy-does-stuffYou have to be joking. They look great.
Love your 44 yr old trolleys looking absolutely space-aged compared to Boston's considerably younger fleet. And the new ones, phew. Impressive.
This is a really great video. Perfect length, clear, gentle narration, interesting video shots, high quality throughout. Excellent :D
Kelvinbridge, the stop I'd use every day of my school life in Glasgow. Imagine those platforms, rammed with people, and no safety fence. The subway is truly iconic and deserves its place as Glasgow's heart. Also, often forgotten by some, it's the third oldest metro system in the world.
I haven't been back in Scotland for years, so this is first time I've seen those safety fences. Brilliant idea!
Just imagine Ibrox station on Copland Road after a match at Ibrox, queues right and around the corner towards the stadium. I previously lived on Copland Road and could see the station entrance from my window.
@@UncleFester-zz5jjThey are due to be put on the edge of each platform when they become driverless in a few years time.
It's an underground system not a metro system. ALL underground.
I require Glasgow Subway to take a leaf out the LT Museum's book and produce socks in matching moquette
They've made socks of the previous moquette! They're very nice. Fingers crossed they get round to this one sooner rather than later
Very nice design, I love the aesthetic lighting at the front and the openings, as well as the reflective driver’s seat area. It looks clean and minimalistic.
Pleasantly surprised to see the Glasgow subway getting new subway trains. Used to live in Cowcaddens, so seeing this makes me want to visit Glasgow again! 😊
Great video! I had no idea that Glasgow _had_ a subway. Thanks for your hard work putting this together. Look forward to more of these.
It is the 3rd oldest in the world behind London and Budapest, opened in 1896. It is the most famous in the world due to being very unique and nicknamed the "Clockwork Orange".
It's one of the only ones to never have been expanded. It runs an outer and an inner line, so you can get off and go back to where you started on the opposite line .
Very unique subway cars. They have a retro modern design to them with an homage to the old model. I like it
I had to laugh a little when I saw the warning over the door to watch your head. I've never seen that on a subway car before. That must be unique to your system as well. Thanks.
I'm from Los Angeles and have been using our growing Metro network more often as of late. We're getting some cool new lines next year, including a long overdue connection to the LAX airport.
the alternative "mind you head" sign is "duck or grouse"
Glasgow resident here, great video! good info, do miss the old catterpillar looking subway faces but, can't deny this model looks cleaner
Really good vid! as someone who hasn't rode the subway in years, its nice to see what its like nowadays!
Now that looks like a cute little metro I would love to visit.
Yea, same.
great video man, love the design of these trains old and new
How cute little train :) These like come straight from Sci-Fi books. I would like them in my city too.
The new trains are indeed amazing, rode them today
What a nicely made production! Cute and compact, much like the two-thirds scale subway itself. I'm sure that digging out and shoring up those tunnels was a lot more labour intensive when they did it than it would be in this era, so that's understandable and makes your subway nicely distinctive.
They look fantastic. 👍
I'm so glad I was there during the transition period! It was fun to try both trains at the same time :)
They're my daily view of my commute and I'm proud and priviliged to be able to use them almost every day. I love how quirky it is! The new trains are definitely such a fresh new look to what a previously seen as 'kinda dilapidated' look.
Nevertheless, the old trains were nostalgic enough for me and kinda sad they didn't preserve at least a whole set as opposed to just 1 car at the Riverside Museum.
They look futuristic - but retro futuristic. As in what someone in the 1970’s thought the future would look like in a tv sci-fi.. And I don’t mean that in a negative way- think they look great. Only thing is while white looks great - only if they maintain it with frequent cleaning. White is never forgiving to any amount of dirt and it will get greasy, dusty, streaks down it.
I'm kinda baffled that this is only the third generation rolling stock for a system over 125 years old. Turns out the first generation stock had 81 years of revenue service! That's nuts!
The first gen were rope-hauled so apart there were no on-board motors etc to wear out (apart from the doors?). They were wooden bodied and aparently for the last few years overhauls consisted of banging in longer nails. What bugs me is that when staying with friends in Glasgow I was taken to see the 'wee trains' in their last week of operation and I cant believe that was more than 40 years ago.
@@andrewdarley8988 oh wow interesting, that might explain it somewhat. Thanks for sharing!
@@andrewdarley8988Electric motors on the 1st generation for around 50 years.
Wait until Scotland has experienced the South Africa / Rhodesia effect and you realize this is the last rolling stock and your grandchildren will never travel on a subway.
Not rope cable , engadeg n disengaged via a clutch fron the cab , the same rolling stock was ekectrfied in the 1930s withdrawn in 1978@@andrewdarley8988
Really good video Well done! Lots of memories of travelling to Glasgow University in the mid to late 80s
Great design. Now you have to fix the tracks. 😉
Or retouch the bogies.
such a good video. I love Glasgow. subscribed!
Very smart new trains. We have Stadlers here in East Anglia in the form of 745 and 755 units. Love the matching trainers nice video vlog👌
Nice informative video on Glasgow’s newest subway cars. As a veteran New Yorker and almost expert on our subway system, riders must get use to the bouncing and swaying of those coaches fast starts and equally fast decelerations. In fact, there is an art or almost skill on a crowded car and the angle you are standing, shifting your weight to the fast starts and stops. Anyhow, look forward to another video. Cheers my good man!! 😎
I hope the new york government either expands the subway or upgrade the old system
They should run this in Elon's stupid car tunnels, they'd fit.
FR! 😂😂😂 They should.
Not enough room, after accounting for his ego.
Send it into space with his rocket 😮
I think your comment is what is stupid. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
I swear his car tunnels were just a PR stunt and he has publicly admitted that now
Love the matching shoes!
The old ones look really good, so I hope they preserve them somehow.
They've moved one to the Transport Museum. 😊
This looks awesome. You have a great storytelling style, too. Good job.
LOVE IT. Looks super cute. Adorable color cheme of white, orange, grey, black and all in a small compact little car.
Love the Subway, but is it really ludicrously small; or is it that the rest of the world is ludicrously big?
Maybe it's a long way away.
The trains operate on a four foot gauge, compared with 4ft 8 inches for other Briitsh trains. This means they're narrower and smaller.
Very old tunnels dug with the limited technology of the time constraining size. Even London’s underground seems small compared to other systems. Don’t see how anyone over 2m in height could ride these comfortably.
I’m spoilt living on one of Tokyo’s newer lines with the cars having twice the space of these and an incredibly smooth ride, but the exterior design of these is more futuristic than anything I’ve seen in Tokyo yet.
@@MirzaAhmed89 Reminded me of David Mitchell's giant tortoise comment on QI. "They thought it was a normal train, just farther away"
Very few Glaswegians stand more than 5' tall so the Subway is perfectly adequately sized.
1:41 bro got that subway drip
Hahaha yes!!!
Their mainline trains on Anglia are, IMHO, the best regional trains in the country for ambience.
Also 2-for-2 on level boarding trains. Great for accessibility and level boarding just speeds up embarking & disembarking, meaning less dwell time
I like our in Moscow ua-cam.com/video/tTMLarvCi7E/v-deo.htmlsi=jkVmyLZbkb5a3R6n
Stadler FLIRT my beloved
I really don’t think that you should use a train as an ambulance!!
I was a student in Glasgow in the early 70's, and remember the Gen 1 coaches on the Underground ( as it was called then ). They were red. The walls of the carriages seemed to flex, and the rocking and rolling ride was unlike anything I'd experienced before, or since, really. Bit surprised that that hasn't changed throught all the decades.
nice, concise and to the point video.
These 3rd gen stadler rakes are amazing, but the 2nd gen Metro Camell rake will always be the most legendary, most beautiful and my most fav.......
UK's underground trains are such a vibe man.
Thx for sharing!!
I designed part of the control system on the orange units. It doesn’t seem 5 minutes ago that I was up there doing commissioning work.
Would that be the bit that caused them to notch up and down all the time to maintain set speeds? \m/
Lovely “Space Odyssey 2001” inspired look - retro modernist/space age style genre.
Greetings from LA. Europe is so far ahead on public amenities, it's not even funny. Those trains are among the smallest I've seen, but certainly seem to get the job done. This vid definitely puts Glasgow on my future destination list.
Greatest city in the world.
@@alastairorr6318 glasgow is good mate, but I wouldn't say "greatest in the world"
They look lovely
I'm from Switzerland and I work at Stadler!
Why isn't it shaped like a Toblerone?
Who cares?
I'm a vegan.
Thank you for your services to transportation. 🙂
And you'll never own your own home
You sound very passionate about the subway.
woah 🤯 guess I gotta visit
I’m old enough to be able to say I have travelled on all three models of our subway trains, and have the ability to see a first generation coach at my place of work.
If you think the subway trains are noisy, them you haven’t experienced the first generation trains as the were wooden bodied, and the doors were open like you’d see in old lifts with manual doors.
The power pickups were around mid way up the side of the coaches, with two wires and contacts that took power to the motors, unlike today’s third rail.
Those old coaches would rock side too side; the bodies that is, as the joints in the framing had loosened off over many years of use… those were the days!
I would use my dinner break (lunch hour) from work and have a wee hurl on the subway just for the fun of it…!
And St Enoch Station; the subway one, was what is now a Cafe Nero back then… how they bypassed that station when they built the current station was a feat of engineering! 🏴
The two wires supplied the lighting current, not the traction current. The block system was also operated Fromm the lighting circuit which was a real anachronism.
@@screwdriver5181 it was a long time ago so memory isn’t as good as it used to be 👨🦳
That's a rough ride!
Like the Stadler cars which you see occasionally here in Israel to... they are fare less ubiquitous than the Bombardiers and Siemens cars, but they have there own quirky comfort when they appear on some local and branch lines.
Those are really pretty! Suggestive of Space:1999, in a way, but more elegantly.
Now that you mention it, yes!
Nice journey!
Seems weird to me, the ones just out of service *are* the new trains, I remember travelling on the originals to and from school, before the renovation
Should be fun to try these new new ones
The subway car looks so cute.
Always a joy to hear your take on these systems - was under the impression that the Kelvin is also responsible for leakage - anyway, at least the Rangers fans will appreciate the bounciness \m/
Wow! I didnt know Glasgow had an underground system. For a small city I really never expected it. Puts to shame some of the bigger cities.
At the time (late 1800s) it was often known as the Second City of the British Empire. Not the best legacy, but it was comparatively both very big and very important
Amazing video as always, let's hope stadler go 3 for 3!
oh they will. Newcastle can bet on it.
Ah, I was in Glasgow last month. I didn’t realize these trains were brand new. They’re very nice, though the ride is still rough on those old tracks. The drivers did announce the stops as we went along. I don’t recall seeing any of the old rolling stock, though being mid-June, perhaps they’re mostly in storage even then. The lack of digital signs to show the next stop did bother me. I feel that’s a key feature for any metro.
Foreign trains on the Glasgow subway?
Incredible!
Hi, was on it daily for a week in july and can confirm that each journey they announced each stop.
But i do agree, that the screens are pointless if they are not at least displaying "next stop" etc 🙄, more for accessibility. The doors are well lit and have an audible "alarm" to alert closing of doors.
thankyou.
i cant be the only one to think light rail would complement this subway SO MUCH
OMG THE FRONT LOOKS LIKE AN ASTRONAUT HELMET!!!
I KNOW, RIGHT?! IT'S GIVING _DAFT PUNK_ VIBES!!!
I hope the seats are more comfortable than on the Merseyrail 777s, but of course the journeys are longer there and you have more time to notice!!
I’ve been in a Glasgow subway before and I knew about this
These are starting to look more and more like the old Lamson pneumatic tube systems on a larger scale.
I was terrified of them!
Loved it.
Oh dear , I seem to remember the outgoing rolling stock being new back in the day, They were supposed to have ended " the shoogle ". I also remember being taken by a family friend to see the really old trains back in the mid 1960s.
just from a visual point of view, the open gangway is sick! it feels a lot less claustrophobic.
this tube was so cool
Awesome I like thr newj subway as clean and has air conditioning and feels better Awesome review
Look up LEGO space station and the resemblance is uncanny, down to the white and orange color scheme
Is the smell still there?Thats what I want to know.Loved that aroma.A mixture of steel,oil,sparks and humanity.
Olde Glasgow
@@alastairorr6318 The tarry smell of the rope dressing had gone when I first rode on it.
@tooleyheadbang4239 I have riding it since the late 70's or early 80's when going to school. I am on it almost daily.
@precbass - See comment by - '@eunoiavision7567 23 hours ago'
I've never been to Glasgow, but they look really smart and match the existing decor so well with the white/orange proportions.
Having been to Switzerland recently and noticed the manufacturer of their trains (which were incredibly smooth and quiet, departing Locarno) I concur that Glasgow didn't skimp on the quality, and it is probably the tracks making it shaky 😅
영상 잘봤습니다 감사합니다!
Oh wow those are short! Looks like a person my height (6'0) could really only stand up in the very middle, if at all. But it also looks like widening or raising the height of the cars at all would basically require you to redo the entire system. What a unique artifact of that early age of subways.
Does automatic operation mean unmanned trains? Where I am, subway trains are fully automatic, but they still have a person in the cab.
Yes as far as I'm aware the plan is for them to be driverless in the Copenhagen/DLR style with no cab
Paris Metro also has driverless trains on some lines where you can sit in the front.
Cute train 🚉.
That looks Dope...
Were the old trains also this bouncy? Apart from that the design is truly terrific
Amazing to see how the oldest underground metro has evolved over the Years... 🙂 We like the use of orange color... it gives happiness 🤣🤣🤣
Very nice!
👍👍👍The Glasgow Sandworm 🙂
Wow ! these Glasgow Metro trains looks serene and at times explored I have never traveled to Scotland + The U.K. viewing from Seoul, South Korea.
와우! 이 글래스고 메트로 열차는 조용하고 때때로 관광을 하기도 합니다. 저는 스코틀랜드 + 한국의 서울에서 영국을 구경하러 간 적이 없습니다.
I wonder why they're so bouncy cuz Stadler did a great good job on Berlin's ring railway 'S-Bahn' with the new BR483/484 types, without any change in infrastructure. They run absolutely smooth all around. 😊
Surely they can do some track work to smooth out out the ride
Glasgow has a reputation to maintain. Long ago the trams would "shoogle" going to Auchenshuggle and the Subway has to maintain that. When the train stops "shoogling" it's stopped.😊
That bounce reminded me of the original Waterloo & City ex Southern Railway stock. I was fortunate enough to ride on them when they were still under BR control.
I do think it's a pity that the new trains are not orange so they stand out against the stations. Metallic orange would be good.
03:01 yep. Likely like the national rail system one company is probably in charge of the network and lines whilst another is in charge of the trains and carriages. People complained about that on the new high speed GWR trains running from Cardiff to Exeter, that the ride was really bumpy. But that’s what happens when the train company develops high speed trains separately from the infrastructure which doesn’t get updated to match! 😂
One bad thing is there’s no holding rail above you at the door area like there used to be
I think these trains look way better than the new Siemens trains for the Piccadilly line in London.
"How do we make subways look modern?" Subway lights: "Allow me to introduce my new feature: | | "
As an American, who is used to giant subway/train cars, and as a 6’5 guy…I could feel my breath literally catching in my chest at the size of these things. 😅 Geez they’re tiny. I’d get a bit claustrophobic at first. But beyond that that, it’s amazing how clean, well-kept, and nice every thing is. The stations are beautiful, the train themselves look very nice - even the older models were miles better than what we have over here in most of our cities with train/subway systems. Very, very nice. Our train lines could take some cues and lessons from this!
Those are nicer than we have here in the USA
Mention the accessability issue to them.
They should fix that.
I've travelled extensively on Glasgow's subway and the old MCW trains recall fond memories of childhood and youth, and of dear departed family members. The new trains are no doubt more efficient, but they seem to lack the practical approach of the industrial design of their predecessors. I'm not that keen on automatic train operation without the supervision of a driver. Both in terms of safety and in terms of jobs. One thing I really don't like are the black cab ends.
I didn't even know Glasgow had a subway. This looks great wtf