Date: 09/03/2011

A £290m plan to completely revamp Glasgow's ageing subway system has been given formal backing by ministers.

External links

Go-ahead for £290m subway revamp

BBC

A £290m plan to completely revamp Glasgow's ageing subway system is formally backed by ministers.

Related images

Looking more Boulevard Saint Michel than Paisley Road West. One of the stars of the Glasgow Subway system, Cessnock station, seen here on a Sunday morning in May 2007.
Location: Cessnock [Subway]
Company: Glasgow District Subway
13/05/2007 John Furnevel

Scene at Broomloan Depot in Govan during the Glasgow Subway modernisation in the 1970s, probably around 1979, showing a couple of the older cars, one of which looks like the unique centre - door unit.
Location: Broomloan Depot [Subway]
Company: Glasgow District Subway
//1979 Colin Miller

As a circular network the Glasgow Subway needs somewhere for recovery time, otherwise things can get in a mess due to the knock-on effect of just one delayed train.  The station used is Govan.  The driver of this unit on 4 January has taken advantage of the few minutes' stop to nip out. The livery is a combination of the once ubiquitous Strathclyde Red (orange to you and me) and SPT maroon and cream.  Although surface trains are gradually being painted out of SPT livery the colours still belong to SPT and I can't see the Subway livery changing anytime soon. It's certainly unthinkable that the trains shouldn't sport at least some orange!
Location: Govan [Subway]
Company: Glasgow District Subway
04/01/2011 David Panton