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A London journalist has praised Glasgow’s Subway as even better and more charming than the London Underground, calling it a “tiny toy town train”. ‌

Opened in 1896, Glasgow’s Subway is the third oldest underground metro in the world, after the London Underground and Budapest’s Metró, Glasgow Live reports. ‌

While the Tube spans 250 miles over 11 lines, the Glasgow Subway covers just 6.5 miles, yet carries 13.4 million passengers annually, roughly the same number the London Underground transports in four days. ‌

The network is affectionately known as “The Clockwork Orange,” a nickname dating back to the late 1970s. When Sir Peter Parker, then Chair of British Rail, visited a mock-up of the new Subway trains, he reportedly said, “so these are the original Clockwork O

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