Glasgow Subway enables mobile phones underground

THE GLASGOW SUBWAY is to allow its passengers to use mobile phones underground.

Travellers will be be able to make calls, send and receive text messages from the Subway platforms, following a deal announced today.

O2 and Arqiva persuaded the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) to allow them to provide a mobile phone signal to five of Glasgow's busiest Subway stations, namely Buchanan Street, St Enoch, Kelvinbridge, Hillhead and Partick.

The scheme should be operational by the end of the year, with plans to extend the service to provide coverage around the rest of the SPT underground network.

The outfit said, the deal, "Opens the door for wider Wi-fi coverage in the Underground in future."

O2 said this could provide a benchmark for the future roll-out in other underground cities such as London. µ