Glasgow's West Street and Kinning Park subway stations forced to close amid 'operational issues'

Two Glasgow subway stations have closed early today due to “operational issues”.

Glasgow’s subway travel Twitter account, which is operated by SPT, apologised to passengers on Friday morning and advised that West Street Station would be closed from 3pm.

The subway operator added that the nearest station is Shields Road.

A tweet read: “Apologies all, West Street Station will be closed from 3pm for the remainder of the day due to operational issues. We apologise for the inconvenience. Nearest station is Shields Road.”

Hours later, SPT announced that a second Glasgow subway station would also close early due to “operational issues”.

Apologies all, Kinning Park Station is now closed for the remainder of the day due to operational issues. We apologise for the inconvenience. Nearest station is Cessnock. pic.twitter.com/OZrNgen5pV
— GLASubwayTravel (@GLASubwayTravel) May 13, 2022

At 3.06pm a tweet advised that the Kinning Park Station would be closed for the remainder of the day, and that the nearest station is Cessnock.

The tweet read: “Apologies all, Kinning Park Station is now closed for the remainder of the day due to operational issues. We apologise for the inconvenience. Nearest station is Cessnock.”

SPT has been contacted for comment.