What is recorded here
This red commemorative plaque records: Former ticket office of the Glasgow Subway. Opened 1896 and the third-oldest underground metro in the world. A 6 1/2 mile circuit; cable-hauled until electrified in 1935. Recorded plaque organisation: National Transport Trust.
The former ticket office of the Glasgow Subway marks a significant engineering achievement as part of the third-oldest underground metro system globally, originally cable-hauled and opened in 1896.
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