The Glasgow Subway - A Clockwork Orange

[unclealister]

I shall be greatly honoured if you do :-) So please go ahead.

[unclealister]

@144Pacerfan To get around the copyright thing, I did it on a Roland Juno-D synth that I'd not long got at the time. Was a good way of trying out the keyboard too of course.

[JoeyDPro2009]

@unclealister this is 144pacerfan, do you mind if i use the music for an animation i'm doing?

[allinlodz]

This looks so ridiculously and claustrophobically small

[PrahaIV]

it looks so sweet :D

[booksforsaleATebid]

The platforms are tiny on the Glasgow subway. Nice Vid.

[alecahauf]

The drivers are to be sacked as all they do is press a button for the train to move, the trains stop automatically at stations and they stop in exactly the same spot. It is impossible for one train to run into another as they automatically shut off the section behind them. The trais will eventually run by computer like London's Docklands Light Railway

[EMMAWONDERLAND1]

WOW! That is different type of local underground services for clockwise orange trains!! Nice ones.

[Jesermay]

Ew, crappy LU rip off! DISGUSTING celtic engineering. Filthy.

[ShitMovies2000]

What's the name of this model of train, and the name of the model they used before this?

[macdunald1]

if they could bottle the smell o the auld glesga subway and market it I'd buy it in bulk

[Danny30011980]

Don't tell me they're playin Beethoven when a train enters, or die you put that under the clip?

[shorts]

thats the smallest platform ive ever done seen

[LondonUnderground186]

The particularity is that it's the only one subway system in the world where the only one line is circle

[CoachAlex1996]

haha stick door at 0:45

[lindsaymobil22]

the thing i hate about our clockwork oranges is that they are seriously needing refurbished, man look at London's tube system!!!!

[AppleOfGlasgow]

STFU! I love how dated the underground is.

Search glasgow underground part 1 and watch the 3 part documentary on it's refurbishment, you may gain a bit more affection for the 80's ness!

[greengoblin200]

it looks like a big orange caterpillar lol  XD

[Sugababeslover]

Will the subway cars be taken over by Scotrail, and painted Saltire livery? They done that with Tranz Clyde and SPT.

[bordercollies10]

No, the Glasgow Subway isn't part of the National Rail network. Just like the busses, it will continue to be SPT that runs the Clockwork Orange! ScotRail just take care of passenger trains on the national network, almost all scottish passenger trains that is, with the exception of Virgin and NX lol! Plus scotRail run the Caledonian Sleeper! :)

[Sugababeslover]

I had an idea that would be the case. That's rubbish. I wish they were taken over by Scotrail. The subway cars would look better that way, in Saltire livery... It would make more sense; the buses and trains used to be orange and now they aren't. It should be the same for subway!

[bordercollies10]

Nah, not unless the subway became the same gauge as the national network overnight lol! But perhaps someday ScotRail will take over the subway, but very unlikely! :)

[AppleOfGlasgow]

Different operators is it not?

Scot Rail is different from SPT

[kzbxvz]

The third oldest underground system in the world (after London and Budapest) opened 1896. I also didn't know that Glasgow have a subway until I read it on the net :))

[nickidee15]

lived in Glasgow my whole life and never been on the underground aha it doesnt go many places

[confuser69]

I was on this subway train last month. I was staying at the bluesky hostel on the great western road. the tube system in glasgow is pretty cool. I would catch the one from the north bridge to the city center in just a few minutes. Obviously the guy below who thinks everyone in glasgow is a crack head is totally clueless. glasgow is really safe and down to earth. i never had any problems at all. I never saw any bums and the tube system is clean and well run. also, the train is every 5 minutes

[roverbhoy]

@confuser69 well said, glasgow has this tarnished image that it can't shift. Its no worse than any other large city. I lived near Sheffield for a year. it was the most depressing place I've ever been to and in that 1 year I seen more violence than I ever have in 30 years in Glasgow

[Dougiesmithh]

the trains and stations are small because glasgow is not a big place, and besides there is a train every 2 minutes or something

[andyman2461]

@Dougiesmithh where do u live? cause if its smaller than glasgow u can't say anything. and actually glasgow has the 2nd biggest area in the uk so shut it

[roverbhoy]

@Dougiesmithh Have you been to Glasgow? Its certainly not small

[h0troddude]

Why are the trains and stations so tiny?

[hillendrocky]

I preferd the old tube all brass and it rockted about all over the bit, there good at changin names to make it sound more snooty, my grannie stayed just off Byers RD so a hurl on the tube every sat was the in thing nice vid m8

[001jellybee]

i didnt know glasgow have an underground station

[jonathanbain14]

yup :)

[bittenof]

dont think its glasgow,there doesnt appear to be any tramps,smackheads or big issue sellers who make up 63% of the population of glasgow.

[andyman2461]

@bittenof racist

[TheXtremeEnthusiast]

They 3 car units?

[Ldntrains]

what music is this??

[unclealister]

'Ode to Joy' from Beethoven's 9th Symphony as featured heavily in Stanley Kubrik's 1971 movie A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.

[Ldntrains]

Thanks very much unclealister

[warsawfalcon]

i knew it and a clockwork orange is one of my favorite movies, too

[60103Henry]

Do station on Glasgows Underground have ticket barriers like they do on Londons Underground?

[unclealister]

Yes. They are operated by the tickets.

[60103Henry]

Thanks and do all the stations have them?

[unclealister]

Canny say for sure. But St. Enoch, Buchanan Street and Hillhead certainly. I'm ashamed to admit that I have not visited all the stations. And they often change things...

[60103Henry]

ok, thanks for that info!

[jowiszq]

they all have them

[boybehindglasses]

HAHA. All undergrounds have them!

[60103Henry]

Thanks!

[allinlodz]

I didn't know u got underground in Glasgow :O

The train looks weird and the stations're so small :P

[dismith]

It would be great if someone could post film of the old trains.

[jpbackintown]

people wonder why the glasgow underground looks old! here is your answer. Because it is old you muppets. It's way over a 100 years old. It's best just to look like that because glasgow shouldn't need to have a modern subway because that's society-culture fahion.

[svwb93]

wow i do not want to be caught in one of those tunnels

[gigisure]

this seem like a hotdog

[leee9393]

I remember one time I was on one of these trains goin home from the Rangers game, and we had won and everyone was doin the booncy in the train!

[DJBoz07]

the ticket people in the undergound r the rudest, most ignorant twats goin, theyve got a cheek to go on strikes every year, all they do is hand over tickets!

"Do you know why you never heard me askin for a return, cos you were too fuckin busy talkin to yer pal, ignorant bitch!"

See returns have went up 30p aswell, connin bastards! Try havin both sides open all the time if it costs that much! Havin to go the long way round (13 stops) for what should be two stops, to Uni, chaps my ass!!

[dannybOMFG]

boy...it looks like one of the oldest subways

[afkamistan]

this system looks depressing. YOu should come to london!

[davidutubeuser]

Glagow underground was the first passenger carrying underground in the world. At the time London underground only carried mail.

[Chelah90]

what's the music playing on the background?

[unclealister]

It's the famous theme from Beethoven's 9th symphony as featured throughout Kubrik's movie and knocked out here on a Roland Juno D.

[Skapatee]

its  the 9th symphony of Ludwig Van

[sigur90]

awesome!

[redmilkcrate]

It must be very energy efficient. The train saves energy by running downhill away from each station and runs up hill in to each station to slow down natrurally. Ingenious!!! I've not seen it on any other underground system!!!

[whiteb89]

I have, London Post Office Railway (MailRail, Now closed down).

[trossachs2003]

@redmilkcrate

Well I can tell you that the London underground does exactly the same thing and it's such a basic bit of physics that I'd be surprised if all the others don't do the same.

I'm not sure if the London subsurface (cut and cover) trains do but the deeper 'tube' trains do.

[porgies999]

@redmilkcrate

Try the victoria line pal.

[Nanobots]

Nice wee movie Alister but C'mon - nobody in Glasgow calls it the "Clockwork Orange" - it's a myth invented by "List" and "Herald" jounalists and adopted by tourist brochures (or vice versa).

Good point about the station names though, and Francie and Josie. ;-)

[unclealister]

I've made a wee change to the script to reflect what yourself and others have said re 'A Clockwork Orange' ;-)

[RogetKing]

love it after the football at ibrox on a freezing cold afternoon when you walk down to a nice toasty warm subway lol. good times

[maggielochiel1]

It's bloody freezing down on the platforms, the wind just blows right through the tunnels and up your you know what...

Too much buckie maybe....

[pedrocooper]

Looks the same when I was there in 1985. I remember they didn't run on Sunday. Great trains-very clean and efficient.

[StillGame96]

The Underground Is Great In Glasgow Your At A Place In Like 5mins! And Yeah There Small But Good And Have Been Running Longest!

[hellobooom]

wow thats small

[lolloroma02]

bellissimo

[bronzeonion]

the trains are much smaller than here in london

[unclealister]

Yes indeed. Also - these wee trains never surface. They only travel underground.

[jpbackintown]

the trains are the same size is they r in london. been to london so i know. the stations in london are so so much bigger and deeper but like i say the trains are the same size. did you know that train train tracks stay the same size.

[bronzeonion]

they just dont look the same on the glasgow underground

[jpbackintown]

the trains look diffirent but they are the same size. just the stations are like 20 times smaller.

[bronzeonion]

cool

[stanislavmitrev]

uuuuuuuuuu 4e grozno

[beatityatube]

Slightly ironic and funny, that the viedeo maker chose Ode to Joy from the glorious 9th... ;-)

[js2001b1]

I know Birmingham needs an underground system also. I would have thought it would be a good idea finacially for the large UK ciites that need an underground ssytem or have a small one to share the same train stock and track system as the London underground but with their own liveries and signage.

[js2001b1]

They could do with their track being done in the same manner as the London underground, could do witht he ir trains aswell, don't hink they would need the same coverge area though, but certainly could do wihtt he extension that it looks like getting actually. It does have a sub surface network I know but it's not officialy part of the underground network, with an extension to the city centre areas I think it would then be under the banner of the Glasgow Underground.

[Travers54]

A great wee tube system,dinky wee train.

[hearditman]

Got it in one jspairman (are we related?). The Glasgow folk never called it The Clockwork Orange. That term was first used by some journalist hoping it would catch on. Well it hisnae.

[groinhat]

It's actually caught oan in Paisley in the context o the legendary Clockwork Orange Pub Crawl. Yis aw know it fae tourist brochures - get yirsel a day ticket, get aff at evry station fur a swift flagon. Hing is but, nane o us has ever made it, cos we've goat zone cairds an on the wey tae Glesga we dive aff the bus evry stoap fur a wee swall tae we end up blootert on the flair o a chippie in Caurdonald.

Thae bright city lights is waitin oan us, but...

[hearditman]

A chippie in CarD....probably never goat further than the Burgh Bar. Anyhows we knew it as the subcrawl. tried it wance but bored efter a few stoaps....interfered wi the bevvying.

[iceguyred123]

SPTE bought several "green" ecofriendly busses @ around £1/4 million apiece.

They never moved from the Broomloan Subway car park, sitting there for a good 5 years or more, till their batts burst and they had to be quietly scrapped.

A councillor got his pic in the paper through it all ( Costly pics if you ask me !!! )

Glaswegians paid for all this remember !

Check GoogleEarth and you'll see them parked there

[iceguyred123]

The cost of tunnelling is just too much!

More likely an excuse to raise your ( and my ) polltaxes.

The 2012 C/wealth games wouldn't justify extending the system, a Tram system would be a much better/cheaper option.

Please, please dont buy the SPTE propoganda ... Believe it only when it happens!!!

[jspairman]

Only the press called it the clockwork orange

Glasgow people continue to call it the "Underground" - what it has alwaYS BEEN CALLED

[RickyUK100]

Well, i'll be comming up to Glasgie for a visit in the summer and i'll be sure to check it out.

[623058]

East end is getting a line its due to be finshed in 2020: look on the SPT website!

[iceguyred123]

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

I've worked in the Subway since the refurbishment ( more or less)

My advice to you on this is "don't hold your breath!"

I've heard about the "Subway extensions" so many times along with the "honest this time we really, REALLY mean it!" comments

An excuse for politicians to look good in the paper, and gets dusted down whenever its forgotten.

[AB5309]

when are they going to extend it to the east end. the fucking bus is a joke

[bundlestacks]

The Glasgow subway looks so boring. I think I just saw about 2 people riding these trains

[AB5309]

well being from america you havent seen it in the morning or at night. it is very overcrouded

[maggielochiel1]

Trust me lots of people use them, they are always busy, especialy when a big game is on either at Ibrox or Parkhead.

It may just run in a circle but is essential for a lot of Glaswegians going to work and yes we do work contrary to popular belief.

[RickyUK100]

Wow, I thought Newcastle was the only other city apart from London to have an underground system!

It looks just like the tube too, apart from being orange!

[Donald161093]

no, thats between Govan and Ibrox

[baishxcore]

hahaha oh man... I used to take that train all the time and it was extremely sad. Miss the dirty Glasgow rockers a TON =[

[natronicles]

gosh the Glasgow subway feels like an embarrassing apology. its not nearly as extensive as it ought to be. why does it close so early? why doesnt it operate the same on a sunday? the underground is a public service i am frustrated that it is run like a family owned restaurant. Glasgow deserves smiles better! it needs a complete rethink, the plans to extend it to the east end must be about 100000 years overdue.

[AB5309]

you are correct. its like there are only 3 places in glasgow. the city, west end and south side. it is a joke. but dont think they will extend it as far as barlanark though.

[scottnoodle]

Glasgow Subway has got nothing on London Underground. Pft.

[junietoonstoo]

I'm homesick...

[DonStrachan]

The stations are terrible. Updating just the carriages isn't sufficient, they look pathetic. Sort it out GCC - get some cash from your speedcamera slush fund

[applemaca06]

Anyone have any video/photos of Merkland St Stn as it is today?

[johnkollor]

Its Just the same now. The Whole system hasn't changed

[fizzydick]

glasgows subway is the 3rd oldest in the world after london and instanbul?

[idfarren7]

Partick station is getting a major rebuild just now, all glass and steel. It looks horrible.

[kirpete19]

LOL What a little train! It's very funny :D:D

[maciachin]

what that video mean?

[Callumina]

Merkland Street station and Partick station are not one and the same.

If you're on the train from Partick to Govan, if you look out the window on your right you'll see a metal railing - which is the old platform from the cavern of the former Merkland Street station. Partick Station is a few hundred metres north of where Merkland Street was.

[unclealister]

An interesting piece of info and thanks for providing it.

However, the fact remains that the subway stop once known as 'Merkland Street' is now known as 'Partick', which can be accessed via a city street called Merkland Street and lies in the general locale of the old station formerly called 'Merkland Street'. This is what I meant in the blurb.

But many thanks for your invaluable input. It is most welcome.

[Donald161093]

Actually, Partick was always called Patick. Merkland Street is a bit past Partick. If you look out the train into the tunnel, somewhere, you can see the old station.

[MikeMikass]

Just Legend. iam sure it made the subway drivers happy

and i think people from all over the world might want

to try it on their subway but yours is the best

[AdrianGlasgow]

Unless your on the p**s and you do the 'clockwork orange' which means you buy an allday ticket and get off at every stop. Find the first pub you can, have a pint and back on the subway. Rinse and repeat until you cant stand

[chrisb53]

i honestly never knew glasgow had a subway either.

we got cities in canada that size, if not bigger, that don't have them.

regardless; cool video. 5/5 :)

[glaxev]

cool i never knew glasgow had a subway

[alison4]

glasgow has had a subway for 100 yrs

[macquiladora]

cool video, intereting history behind station names, your right, it should still be called partick cross, i see so many tourists getting off expecting the kelvin hall to be just round the corner and then finding they have to walk all the way back along lol

[unclealister]

Thank you for your kind comments. I am also heartened to hear that you agree with me about the old station names. 'Kelvinhall' is a terrible misnomer for this stop.