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McShad wrote:I'm also sure that 'the pit' is still there... The same aluminium bars and a flash of another train today.
Modern Fossil wrote:The Kinning Park Co-Op building is directly behind it:
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Margaret wrote: I'll dig out the old photos, have a chat with my friend who also lived there, about the lay out of the Co-op buildings (we used to play there running through one building to the other until we got tossed out) see if I can dig up any more info for you
jordiemc wrote:Somebody mentioned trying to check out the old stations such as Merkland street. This probably isn't new because I think i probably read it on here somewhere, but it's possible to see the chamber where merkland street station was, from the train just before partick.
I was on the train from govan to partick this morning and i waiting by the window, it's about 25 metres before you come into partick station that the tunnel opens up to a chamber where you can see the other line.
Just to confirm to you that Merkland Street underground station is just about visible if you look sharp and sit on the correct side of the coach.
If you are travelling from Partick to Govan, you want to sit on the left side of the train, that is to say, the side that you enter the train at that station.
When the train moves off, you'll see and orange cable running along the tunnel wall... follow that with your eyes and after a few seconds, you will see an alluminum looking structure which looks abit like the stuff for holding plasterboards up. That would be the old platform or what is left of it. If you are really lucky, you'll see a train going the other way.
Similar to that, I suspect that the original 'pit' is still there in some way. Before you hit the points of the exit tunnels, you can see a similar aluminium structure (probably used for holding the communication cables). No doubt, it will be covered over at the top for safety etc.
crusty_bint wrote: i.e. they're not a bawhair away from Dickensian!
MotoMad wrote: One of the difficulties is that the Subway is still paying off the loan used to pay for the virtually complete rebuilding of the system in 1979.
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