Public Transport
- Subway
The subway is a circular route of 15 stations covering the centre and west of Glasgow. The route operates an inner circle (travels counter clockwise) and outer circle (travels clockwise), a trip round the entire circle would take only 24 minutes!
Monday-Saturday the services operates from 6.30am and from 10am on Sunday. The Subway begins to close down from 11pm (Monday-Saturday) and from 5.30pm on a Sunday. Trains run every 6-8 minutes and all trains stop at all stations.
A flat fare applies to any one journey on the subway, adult single tickets are currently priced at £1.00, £2.00 for a return. 10 and 20 multi journey tickets are available, as are seven days passes and day passes (discovery ticket).
You will need your ticket to operate the turnstile entrance to the platforms, but they are not needed to operate the exit turnstile. Tickets should however be kept for possible inspection.
All stations have a manned ticket office and tickets should be bought at the office, single and return tickets are available from the ticket machines in the station.
Subway route map - http://www.spt.co.uk/subway/images/route_map.jpg
Full information on times, fares, frequency and tickets is available at
- Low Level Trains
A low level train service operates in the city. The Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre (SECC) has its own low level station, with frequent trains running from Central and Argyle Street stations.
Tickets should be bought in advance from the ticket office at the stations. If the ticket office isn’t manned they can be bought from inspectors on the train.
- Taxis
Glasgow’s taxi drivers are known to be some of the friendliest in the world!
Black taxis are operated by Glasgow Taxi Owners Association (TOA). If their yellow light is on they can be flagged down on the street, or alternatively, they can booked by calling 0141 429 7070. Journeys should be entirely metered.
Private hire taxis are not allowed to stop and pick up in the street, they can only be phoned in advance.