Subway tunnel terror
DOZENS of passengers were forced to walk through an underground tunnel after a Subway train broke down.
Passengers on the busy Inner Circle service were stranded after the train came to a sudden halt between St Georges Cross and Kelvinbridge stations.
After 20 minutes, the driver told the 76 passengers they would have to walk to the back of the train and along the track to Kelvinbridge station.
The fault led to the suspension of the Inner Circle for around 90 minutes yesterday afternoon.
Hundreds of people were forced to use the Outer Circle or make alternative travel arrangements.
Passenger Johnny Laff, who was travelling between Buchanan Street and Kelvin Hall, said: "After waiting for 20 minutes we were told the train had conked out.
"It took about five minutes walking in the cold and muck to get to Kelvinbridge, which wasn't very pleasant, especially as I don't like enclosed spaces.
"Some people got a bit panicky."
Mr Laff, who is starring in panto as Buttons at the Pavilion theatre, said he was disappointed at not being offered more help by Subway staff.
He added: "When we got to Kelvin we were told either we'd need to get back on the Outer Circle and travel round all the other stations, or make our own way.
"We didn't even get a refund.
"I ended up walking. What should have been a 10-minute journey took me an hour-and-a-half."An SPT spokesman said: "Due to a breakdown we had to close the Inner Circle for an hour-and-a-half.
"The priority of our staff was to get the 76 passengers safely to Kelvinbridge station and offer them advice on their onward journey.
"Services were back up and running at 3.30pm, in time for the rush-hour."
The incident came almost a year after dozens of terrified passengers were forced to flee a train and walk half-a-mile along a Subway tunnel in darkness.
Pensioners and schoolchildren were among more than 90 commuters who made the 10-minute walk to Partick after smoke filled the carriages shortly after the train left Govan in January.
Four years earlier, dozens of commuters also had to walk through a tunnel when a Subway train broke down on the Inner Circle near Kelvinbridge station.
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