Subway car No. 39T, 1898 MTEMP.6097
“As I got to the foot of the stairs at Buchanan Street Station a car came in. I asked him to allow me inside and was informed I was too late."
Complaint letter to Glasgow District Subway Company, 1906
The girls in the boxes are practically idle all day reading penny dreadfuls; and should be supplied with a cloth and instructed to go out occasionally and clean the iron turnstiles. They are frequently very greasy and dirty, and are only kept clean by passengers’ coats and ladies’ dresses.
How would you describe the smell of the subway? Should the subway cover more of the city?
The first train yesterday left Govan Cross at 5 o’clock in the morning running by way of Partick, a second leaving Copland Road and running by way of Kinning Park. The early cars were largely taken advantage of by work-men, and from eight o’clock there was a great rush of all classes, the various outlying stations especially being fairly besieged.
