2019
NS5864 : St Enoch Subway entrance
taken 6 years ago, near to Glasgow, Scotland
This is 1 of 20 images, with title starting with St Enoch in this square
St Enoch Subway entrance
The south entrance to St Enoch's Subway Station on St Enoch's Square. This entrance along with its north counterpart replaced the original entrance which still stands behind this new structure.
The Glasgow Subway
The Glasgow Subway opened in 1896 and is the third oldest underground railway in the world, pre-dated 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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- Grid Square
- NS5864, 1493 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Philip Halling (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 27 June, 2019 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 1 July, 2019
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NS 5893 6497 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:51.4331N 4:15.3194W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NS 5892 6496
- View Direction
- NORTH (about 0 degrees)
