GLASGOW Subway's legacy fleet will make its final journey today after 44 years of service.
SPT announced on Twitter/X that there will be a legacy train on each circle this afternoon between 1-4pm for their final run of passenger service.
They wrote: "After 44 years of service, today marks the final day our legacy fleet will be in operation.
"There will be a legacy train on each circle this afternoon between 1 - 4pm for their final run of passenger service."
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After 44 years of service, today marks the final day our legacy fleet will be in operation 🧡
— GlasgowSubway (@GlasgowSubway) June 28, 2024
There will be a legacy train on each circle this afternoon between 1 - 4pm for their final run of passenger service. #GlasgowSubway #farewellToAnIcon pic.twitter.com/nUFtggnUpv
One car from the iconic 1980 Metro-Cammell trains will be preserved in the Transport Museum.
Labour MSP Paul Sweeney said on social media he is working "to save some of the others from the scrapyard".
This Saturday will be the last day that the iconic 1980 Metro-Cammell trains will operate on the Glasgow Subway 🚇🧡🥺
— Paul Sweeney (@PaulJSweeney) June 27, 2024
One car has been preserved in the Transport Museum, and I'm still working to save some of the others from the scrapyard pic.twitter.com/x0Ul4riTHR
It has been previously reported in April that Glasgow Subway had said goodbye to the first of its legacy fleet as the service welcomed its new fleet of trains.
The first of the new trains entered the system in December last year.
The trains are the same length and size as the legacy fleet but are a four-car set, as opposed to the previous three-car set, with open gangways to make the most of the space available.
Earlier this month The National revealed that the new trains have increased journey times on the subway.
SPT said the reasoning behind why the new trains, which are a part of its £288 million modernisation programme, are running longer than their older counterparts is because of the signalling system.
They do, however, expect to reduce journey times once the system has been fully updated.
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