Great video! I bet a lot of people who travel between Edinburgh and Glasgow are glad the M8 is completed now, that section of A8 looked a right nasty bugger during its time.
Drove along it the other day from Edinburgh to see the Gallowgate twins before their demise. The M8 is unique in the UK in that it has slip lanes on the wrong side of the carriageway. 5:14 joining, 5:25 exit.
Lived in Glasgow, and worked at Ratho station edinburgh .. did this beastly journey 5 days a week .. before finally moving to edinburgh ... :) Wished the journey was as fast as yours ... would have still lived in Glasgow.
@@simoneortolani3604 Oh yes! One tiny accident and the journey would go from 50 minutes to a couple of hours... seriously painful stuff. The new m8 is so much nicer!
The weirdest and strangest motorway in the UK I've been in because of coming to the center of Glasgow after passing by the shopping centre and the gas towers and becomes normal as what M roads really look like after passing by the airport.
Loved it. I used to drive from Edinburgh to Gourock twice a week. Wish I could have crossed the Kingston Bridge at that rate of knots!
Great video!
I bet a lot of people who travel between Edinburgh and Glasgow are glad the M8 is completed now, that section of A8 looked a right nasty bugger during its time.
They should've kept it as the M8 instead of making it as the A8 at that section.
I'm not really glad about that because of Bargeddie Junction to where the cinema and where to get lunch/tea is at.
Fantastic video. If only it was possible to travel that speed.
From 3:22 to 4:14 that's the original A8 before it was upgraded to the M8 Motorway
Drove along it the other day from Edinburgh to see the Gallowgate twins before their demise. The M8 is unique in the UK in that it has slip lanes on the wrong side of the carriageway. 5:14 joining, 5:25 exit.
Lived in Glasgow, and worked at Ratho station edinburgh .. did this beastly journey 5 days a week .. before finally moving to edinburgh ... :) Wished the journey was as fast as yours ... would have still lived in Glasgow.
Traffic in rush hour i guess
@@simoneortolani3604 Oh yes! One tiny accident and the journey would go from 50 minutes to a couple of hours... seriously painful stuff.
The new m8 is so much nicer!
You can tell that it was way before 2009 because of the footbridge at the Harthill services.
Low traffic, considering it connects the most populated areas in the country, and especially for being late summer
The weirdest and strangest motorway in the UK I've been in because of coming to the center of Glasgow after passing by the shopping centre and the gas towers and becomes normal as what M roads really look like after passing by the airport.
Queen - One Vision & Brian May - Driven by You.
@killieguyno1 What exactly were you expecting a video of the M8 from Edinburgh to Glasgow to show?
One Vision
Kingston Bridge? I know that place! :)
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The airport shouldn't have been near the end of the M8 in my opinion.