The Glasgow Subway - A Clockwork Orange

A Glasgow underground train - sometimes called 'A Clockwork Orange' - travelling from St. Enoch Station to what is now called 'Kelvinhall' at the bottom of Byres Road. However, I shall always remember this particular stop as 'Partick Cross' because it's right on Partick Cross, and near The Kelvin Hall 'none', as my aunty might say.

Also -- calling this station 'Kelvinhall' and doing away with ' Partick Cross' altogether spoils Francie and Josie's famous song about the Glasgow underground: 'Oh there's Partick Cross and Cessnock, Hillhead and Merkland Street...' etc. Talking of which 'Merkland Street' is now called simply 'Partick'.

I just wish they'd leave things alone. The old names were hunkydory.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• clockwork
• orange
• Glasgow
• underground
• tube
• subway
• Kelvinhall
• Partick
• Cross
• Francie
• and
• Josie
• Hillhead
• Merkland
• Street

[unclealister]

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

[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.

[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!!!

[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.

[JoeyDPro2009]

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

[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.

[allinlodz]

This looks so ridiculously and claustrophobically small

[PrahaIV]

it looks so sweet :D

[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

[roverbhoy]

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

[booksforsaleATebid]

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

[porgies999]

@redmilkcrate

Try the victoria line pal.