Subway today

[sds]

Price increases. Anybody surprised?

Even the higher price, though, is a drop in the ocean of what could be spent on improving the subway and other public transport interconnections.

[allyharp]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7383983.stm

Track walk for subway passengers

Passengers were forced to walk between stations on the Glasgow subway after a fault on one of the trains closed the outer circle.
Thirty eight people had to walk on train tracks through the tunnel at Hillhead at about 0930 BST on Monday.
It is understood there was a problem in the connection between the carriages and the electric rail.
A spokesman for Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) said efforts to repair the fault were ongoing.

That's twice in 2 months.

Walking through the tunnel! Sounds like great fun, I want to be on one of those trains.

[lynnski]

Mon 9th June, 8:43am

Ibrox subway station getting it's glass barrier installed, part of the big refurb. Sorry about the colour, camera phone!

[sds]

Mon 9th June, 8:43am

Ibrox subway station getting it's glass barrier installed, part of the big refurb. Sorry about the colour, camera phone!

That's good to see! I really appreciate that glass wall at Buchanan Street; glad it's being rolled out to other stations.

[MotoMad]

Those barriers are really needed!

[cupcake]

awe i think those barriers are horrible

[viceroy]

awe i think those barriers are horrible

Maybe so, but the live rail is just below the edge of the platform. I'm amazed this hasn't been done before, especially considering how busy Ibrox Subway Station gets on match days.

[cupcake]

yeh i suppose someone could fall over, am i missing something here the barrier dosent cover whole platform so u could still get frazzelled or squashed

[viceroy]

Likewise, I wonder why the barrier doesn't go all the way down the platform as it does at Queen Street. Seems to defeat the whole purpose. Maybe it's not finished yet. Or perhaps they've run out of money

[cupcake]

thank god somebody else sid that i thought i was a bit stupid there :)

[sds]

yeh i suppose someone could fall over, am i missing something here the barrier dosent cover whole platform so u could still get frazzelled or squashed

Ehh, it's not finished yet. They put the Buchanan Street one together slowly also; started at one end and worked their way up. They do it at night, presumably because it's difficult to do while trains are running past!

[lynnski]

Eh yeah...quite. And the point of a barrier that short would be....?? Jeezo....... Another 4 panels were added yesterday.

[cupcake]

i still think they are ugly. where they get the designers nowdays i dont know

[sds]

i still think they are ugly. where they get the designers nowdays i dont know

What would you suggest as a replacement? I actually like the barriers; it's the rest of the decor I don't have any time for.

[cupcake]

Hi
To be honest I dont know, I just think there are big ugly sheets of perspects,
and when I go on subway I love the fact I can look down the tunnel something
quite scary about it, I am just stuck in the past.
and I havent fell of the platform yet touch wood
cupcake