SPT subway carriage finds its new home at Riverside
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Next stop Riverside
Used every day by hundreds of city commuters and visitors is Glasgow Subway – fondly known as the ‘Clockwork Orange’ – so it’s fitting that one of its iconic carriages, has found a new home here at Riverside Museum. Check out Car 128, on display, below the popular bicycle velodrome now!
Four facts about car 128
- Car 128 has been in use since the opening day of the modernised Glasgow subway system in 1980.
- These trains were nicknamed ‘Clockwork Orange’, in reference to their bright paint scheme and the fact they went round and round the circular system like the hands of a clock.
- Car 128 was gifted to Glasgow Life Museums by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
- Car 128 weighs approximately 12 tonnes.