SPT has said that the subway will be closed for two Sundays to allow them to test new trains on the line as part of a £288m modernisation programme.
Glasgow's Subway will be closed for two Sundays over the next month to allow for the testing of new trains.
The test gives new trains a chance to run the necessary 2000 miles on the line to allow any trains that develop a fault to be removed from the system.The subway will be closed to passengers on July 30 and August 20. "While the trains have been thoroughly tested both off-site at our dedicated train track and in the system at night, they now have to complete 2,000 miles in the system - that's about 308 times round the Subway - fault-free."
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