British Rail ; Greater Glasgow suburban services : Passenger Timetable 5 May 1975 to 2 May 1976 : Glasgow Underground diagram
A reminder of the straightforward style of the design of British Rail's post-1965 timetables; this for Greater Glasgow showing the new Passenger Transport Executive's "GG" Greater Glasgow branding and, instead of Scottish Region's blue cover, this uses a version of the PTE's mustard yellow. The timetable covers the Glasgow North and South lines of what was the busiest suburban rail network outside London. Indeed although there has been some contraction - most notably the loss of once through Kilmacolm line in 1983 although this has since been partially reopened as far as Paisley Canal station in 1990 in one of what must have been the shortest closures on the BR network - there has also been growth and continued electrification. The most obvious was the 1979 reopening of the "Argyle Line" that used the Low Level route through Glasgow Central that had been closed in 1964.
As well as the tables drawn from the National Timetable the booklet includes a series of route diagrams, including the soon to be modernised Glasgow Underground - better known as the "Subway" to many and operated directly by the PTE as successor to Glasgow Corporation Transport. This modernisation was finally completed in 1980 and included some station reconstructions, relocation and renaming.
British Rail ; Greater Glasgow suburban services : Passenger Timetable 5 May 1975 to 2 May 1976 : Glasgow Underground diagram
A reminder of the straightforward style of the design of British Rail's post-1965 timetables; this for Greater Glasgow showing the new Passenger Transport Executive's "GG" Greater Glasgow branding and, instead of Scottish Region's blue cover, this uses a version of the PTE's mustard yellow. The timetable covers the Glasgow North and South lines of what was the busiest suburban rail network outside London. Indeed although there has been some contraction - most notably the loss of once through Kilmacolm line in 1983 although this has since been partially reopened as far as Paisley Canal station in 1990 in one of what must have been the shortest closures on the BR network - there has also been growth and continued electrification. The most obvious was the 1979 reopening of the "Argyle Line" that used the Low Level route through Glasgow Central that had been closed in 1964.
As well as the tables drawn from the National Timetable the booklet includes a series of route diagrams, including the soon to be modernised Glasgow Underground - better known as the "Subway" to many and operated directly by the PTE as successor to Glasgow Corporation Transport. This modernisation was finally completed in 1980 and included some station reconstructions, relocation and renaming.