Yearly Archives: 2011
Glasgow Subway celebrates 115 years of service
Landmark birthday for world’s third oldest underground. The day-long celebration will see a year’s free Subway travel up for grabs for one lucky traveller.
Free Blackberry app now available
Traveline app now available to 90% of smartphone users. The app allows users to access the departure boards for all 38,000 bus stops in Scotland, Glasgow Subway departures and the timetables for all ferry services.
SPT Subway maintenance given a boost
Million pound improvement works agreed
Oh yes you can! (Get a great Subway Panto deal)
Theatre-goers in Glasgow can benefit from a welcome money saving deal this Christmas thanks to Subway operator Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and the King’s Theatre.
White tiles at Hillhead
The upgrade of Hillhead Subway station is really taking shape with the introduction of white tiles to freshen the platform. As these pictures show, the ongoing redevelopment of Hillhead, one of the busiest on the network, is rapidly progressing and is on track to be ready for its scheduled completion date of summer next year. [...]
Hillhead Subway upgrade begins
The £1.5m upgrade of Hillhead Subway station is gathering pace and the platform has now been stripped bare. After the recent removal of the ceiling, all advertising has been cleared from the walls in preparation for a full retiling of the station. Upon completion, the station will have a white tile finish to compliment the [...]
All-new Fastlink on starting block
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has submitted the final business case for Fastlink bus rapid transit scheme to the Scottish Government.
New train livery
The rollout of our new branded trains has begun! We now have a full three-carriage painted train operating on the Subway in Glasgow. It’s a dramatic change from our old ‘carmine and cream’ livery and, going on the responses from our popular @GlasgowSubway Twitter feed, passengers on the system love the change. The branding will [...]
High speed rail group invites SPT to get on board
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has been asked by the Scottish Government to help develop and support Scotland’s case for high speed rail.
What Subway modernisation means for you
July 2011 will be remembered as a key date in the history of Glasgow’s 115-year-old Subway, as work begins on Saturday 9th June and marks the beginning of a dramatic multi-million pound overhaul of the world’s third oldest Subway system.