Old subway carriages go up for sale in Glasgow

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Subway carriages being sold for £5,000 each could become houses and even a sauna, it has been revealed.
Around 25 carriages from Glasgow subway's 1980s fleet are being sold and gifted after the city's 128-year-old metro system was given a £200m upgrade.
It is understood interest includes converting the carriages to cafes, offices, glamping pods and even a sauna.
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@coderider3022 Месяц назад

£5k cheap but costs to move would be horrendous.

@mattwinfield2843 Месяц назад

Wouldn't be pennies, but those carriages can fit on a trailer and lorry, and I reckon the cost of moving the carriage from the yard to wherever they have a lift/crane to plonk it onto the lorry is part of those waived scrappage fee no?

@AAZer0 Месяц назад

I was thinking the same thing.

@bumberClart1000 Месяц назад

The space?

@sun4715 Месяц назад

The class 507 preservation group payed 3k each each card so yeah

@bedfordshireeastmidlandstrains Месяц назад

@@mattwinfield2843 they are easier to transport than conventional Rolling stock and LU carriages, that's one certain thing

@usakousa Месяц назад

So glad they are not scrapped but finding new homes.

@Marcsworld2012 Месяц назад

Unsold units are getting scrapped

@Droidtopiateamofficial Месяц назад

they should give it to Africa because they have trains

@fardiacarrest Месяц назад

@@Droidtopiateamofficialalmost all African countries don’t have subways. Egypt has much bigger ones.

@Droidtopiateamofficial Месяц назад

@@fardiacarrest i mean west Africa

@fardiacarrest Месяц назад

@@Droidtopiateamofficial they just have a commuter rail

@InverhavonRailways Месяц назад

The only drawback of offering them to preserved railways is that they are not standard gauge (4ft 0in) and couldn't run there. I'm surprised a 3 car set isn't being kept in running order for special services however.

@davidty2006 Месяц назад

Hmmm probably couldn't keep them running due to how unique they are. but alot of railways got a museum soo. Even then conversion into something else does mean they can be converted back into trains later down the line.

@user-ue8nw6ln1u Месяц назад

It is a pity that one complete working train is not being preserved. In London, they have benefited from their 1938 stock vintage set. They are now used several times a year for enthusiasts days. I accept that the Glasgow Underground is very different (just one circular line), but I would have thought that something could be arranged. Alternatively, send a complete Glasgow train down to London and put it with the existing collection (even if the diameters of the Glasgow trains are smaller).

@nickbiskinis4854 Месяц назад

Absolutely right: these trains are significant in that arguably they were the only trains built by Metro Cammell for Metros outside of London that still have a substantial London Underground look (in terms of the same carriage doors and shape of the interiors) whilst being a distinctly Glasgow School of Art-influenced design. One full train should be preserved

@grahamallen1970 Месяц назад

Don't forget different gauge of track! 4ft .....standard UK is 4ft8inc and a bit😮

@user-ue8nw6ln1u Месяц назад

@grahamallen1970 Good point, I had forgotten that! Oh well, it's up to the Scots to save one full working example then. Clearly, other parts of the UK can not help. Pity.

@andrewpreston4127 Месяц назад

@@nickbiskinis4854 I agree completely. These carriages are rather beautiful.

@nickbiskinis4854 Месяц назад

@@andrewpreston4127 Just to add - the driver's cab also had the first type of joystick control rather than 'Dead Man's Handle' - later used on the Metro Cammell D78 Stock on the London Underground District Line.

@ungh8365 Месяц назад

As a Finn I approve the sauna carriage

@lmn28021992 Месяц назад

Hope they all get repurposed as they have been legendary. If I had a garden I'd buy one and build a 00 gauge model railway layout inside it!

@dee74raz Месяц назад

Is Geoff Marshall buying any? 🧐

@robtyman4281 Месяц назад

Haha, I doubt it!!😆........but Sadiq Khan should.....ahem (for the London Underground Bakerloo Line).

@davidfalconer8913 Месяц назад

@@robtyman4281 Ahh , yes that ( BROWN 💩 ) Line ... ( ? ) ....... DAVE™🛑

@bedfordshireeastmidlandstrains Месяц назад

Yes, the poop line

@snkethan Месяц назад

My exact question 😂

@MistaMatthews Месяц назад

@@robtyman4281wrong track gauge unfortunately

@bandittrainz401 Месяц назад

Reminds me of the old ‘Hitachi’ electrical multiple units. In 2006 a lot of them got retired and got sold to many private properties. A few made it to Molong Holding Yard, NSW where they await buyers and 3 of them are on top of a burger joint in Melbourne.

@Techno-Universal Месяц назад

Technically not the 1980s fleet as they actually entered service in 1978 after the subway underwent a huge redevelopment over 1-3 years which involved many stations being completely rebuilt.

@beewa8840 Месяц назад

I'd love one in my garden. But I don't have that kind of money😢

@bumberClart1000 Месяц назад

The space issue? Most peoples gardens are not that large

@daleyseaton9426 Месяц назад

I hope London underground does the same with the 1973 stock

@ronparrish6666 Месяц назад

i just ordered 1 on Amazon Prime said they could have it in my backyard in Toronto this Tuesday for the pool change room

@jamieriley3639 Месяц назад

Is this one of those things that could possibly be shipped to the states like does anyone have any experience doing that because a couple buddies and myself are interested in bringing one over for historical value.

@davidty2006 Месяц назад

If one can afford it.

@ZephodBeeblebrox Месяц назад

They'd make great offices/storage buildings for small rugby clubs.

@heli-crewhgs5285 Месяц назад

The goal posts would need to be tiny!

@ZephodBeeblebrox Месяц назад

@@heli-crewhgs5285 Smaller than the rugby players' balls?

@jeffkardosjr.3825 Месяц назад

Donate some to rail museums.

@dragonboy9506 Месяц назад

the main problem with that so I've heard is that so many (this being museums and other related heritage things) is that there is simply no room to store all they'd like to take in, exempla gratia several of the air museums I have visited have many planes that sit outside in the rain and the museum just has to accept that the rain and weather is going to ruin those planes.

@jeremywentworth1833 Месяц назад

I worked for Bombardier now Alston for years when the Switz company got the contract Bombardier & Hitachi both went to parliament to try & stop regarding taking work that could have been done in the UK . Bombardier 1st in Wakefield then Derby & Hitachi at Doncaster. ABB did the refurbishment off Glasgow's tubes in the 90s which became Bombardier now Alston when they bought the Derby plant. I worked on Manufacturer of London's Tubes & refurbishment.

@stijnVDA1994 Месяц назад

Neat, would love to get these as a part of a house, perhaps like a small pre-cabine to store packages though i would need the doors to work

@ml48963 Месяц назад

Amazing, the US would never do something so cool and practical!

@Techno-Universal Месяц назад

They might be able to still run on some narrow gauge heritage railways that are equipped with electrification on a third rail.

@user-in3ig3ur8o Месяц назад

I hope someone within Scotland buys at least one set!!!! Where people would appreciate them

@GordonDWebster Месяц назад

Would be nice to see a number of the carriages finding new use. Bone-shakers latterly, yet they actually achieved a faster journey time than the new units, which somehow take forever to open their doors at station stops.

@matthewgamingliftsetc8467 Месяц назад

I would love one of these but I would use it as a bit of decoration. DOn't know if I have 5k though.

@davidty2006 Месяц назад

well it's 5k not including transport cost or place to put it i would assume... Would make a nice shed.

@Glasgowhotel 26 дней назад

Would make a great Subway Cafe

@modelcreationz Месяц назад

I'd buy and convert into a house... If I could afford them😅

@christiankaiser7747 Месяц назад

I don’t think that these old cars will drive somewhere other since they have a unique track gauge and most likely no one will invest the money and time to convert them to an other gauge. I think most of them will end up as an cafe or kiosk. This will be interesting since the inside is quite small 😂

@Planextravel Месяц назад

Ima buy one 😊

@Modelrealtrainsplanes Месяц назад

I would really like to get one but sadly cant

@karldilkington8802 Месяц назад

I bought 5!

@Ven100 Месяц назад

Watch them pop up on Airbnb 😆

@FreeSpeech-q7v Месяц назад

Live in it.

@ilovehvv Месяц назад

i need that😭

@Andrew-rd4ig Месяц назад

The Glasgow underground won’t be the same anymore we will miss them Noting the 🟠 trains😢

@Gabrielmaragh228 Месяц назад

We should buy thosse 🇭🇺🙏

@howardbills2532 Месяц назад

I'm surprised Transport for Wales hasn't bought the lot! 😂

@Whocaresfrfrfrim Месяц назад

How many pubs are going to be spawned from this😂

@AMPProf Месяц назад

NOW WE NEED Space Cruzes .. Ehhm GLASGOW SPACE PORT to moonna

@rogerwilliams2902 Месяц назад

Bit of common sense for a change in offering them for sale !. Bit of a contrast to the state of our country ......

@andrewbeadle9168 Месяц назад

it would cost more to scrap than £5,000

@montesa35 Месяц назад

Japan still exports their old trains overseas anyway.

@j.wwilson4866 Месяц назад

Buy them give them to give to spray painters as a community project

@rockerjim8045 Месяц назад

At £5K each they would make cheap garden offices

@zulharriansyahsyamsul3970 Месяц назад

To bad British subway not design like japanese one who even the older models lot of asian country brought them just like Bangladesh and Indonesia

@user6343 Месяц назад

can I get one to mainland Europe ?

@cedarcam Месяц назад

I think a full train should of been saved to run on specials. They have become an icon of the city and are a unique train.

@GabroPlayz Месяц назад

I'd buy one if I had the money but oh well lol

@KrebsonMACROwave Месяц назад

Something tells me a specific asian country wants one..

@AR25326 Месяц назад

Ideal home for the First Minister I cant lie 😆

@user-zd9hk8im3l Месяц назад

Visa MasterCard

@theotheleo6830 Месяц назад

They could make tiny homes out of them.

@mohdfauzigsan5511 Месяц назад

Nice❤

@Inerturn Месяц назад

Let me see if I have 5k-

@ac1455 Месяц назад

Living in a subway carriage?

@michealguillen8496 Месяц назад

Poor trai it life and ages good a new subway cars

@mesiroy1234 Месяц назад

U wish pwople can live in it but it not even insulted from air

@user-zd9hk8im3l Месяц назад

Трамвай воронежа

@SmoothJamYT Месяц назад

Im buying it XD

@jeffreysetapak Месяц назад

Who want to buy???

@pato2200 Месяц назад

Sevco buying them as they are on a road to nowhere.

@brucescott4631 Месяц назад

Dae thae reek a Pish ?

@jamesdunn6636 Месяц назад

Cool scrap the Scots deserve the most modern!!!!

@user-zd9hk8im3l Месяц назад

Ктм Лондон метро чоловік спалювали кредит днипро

@user-zd9hk8im3l Месяц назад

Ктм спалювали

@Andrewjg_89 Месяц назад

At least one has been preserved at a museum rather than facing the scrap. I should think that some of them should be preserved and the rest to be scrapped. Since the new Glasgow Subway trains built by Stadler have replaced these old generation subway trains.

@davidty2006 Месяц назад

well if they are being sold off thats a good chance for preservation. Problem is glasgow subway is a unique railway which gives the issue of where to put em.. Still a NER motorcar was preserved after being turned into a holiday home for decades then converted back.

@Andrewjg_89 Месяц назад

True.

@Suliplayz5264 Месяц назад

I would buy a carriage but the only thing deterring me is having to move to Scotland

@andrewstevenson142 Месяц назад

Take them all and turn them to emergency housing I'm sure that the homeless would be very greatfull

@yaush_ Месяц назад

“Just pop it in your garden” My garden: 🚊

@Otto_M Месяц назад

Туда им и дорога

@zerohax6076 Месяц назад

Finally they got rid of that bacteria.

@KelvinRees-k6v Месяц назад

New migrant hotel 😂

@martinfloyd6891 Месяц назад

Do we have subway trains in the UK? I thought they were called underground or tube trains😊

@whenwewereseventeen Месяц назад

Glasgow Subway is called a subway and always has been, since the 19th century.

@nickbiskinis4854 Месяц назад

@@whenwewereseventeen It did go through a phase of being called Underground though

@andrewpreston4127 Месяц назад

@@whenwewereseventeen When I was a student in Glasgow in the early 70's, it was called the Underground, with a big U at the entrance to each station. And the carriages were red, dating back to the 1930's , I think.

@lazrseagull54 Месяц назад

British cities aren't that consistent with how they label their local transport. The one in Glasgow is called the "Glasgow Subway" The one in London is called "London Underground", nicknamed "the tube" The one in Newcastle/Sunderland is called the "Tyne and Wear metro" And the one in Liverpool is just called "Merseyrail" There's also no standard symbol indicating an underground station in the UK, like they have in Germany or Spain so they usually just put the logo of the local network at station entrances.

@davidty2006 Месяц назад

Glassgow has 1 loop line. London has alot of them though. Tyne & wear have their metro. Meanwhile leeds desparately needs a rail metro of any kind.