A podcast will be launched to celebrate the past, present and future of Glasgow's Subway.

Titled Glasgow Subway Journeys, the programme launches Monday, May 8. 

The six-part series comes ahead of a modernisation programme with new trains expected to enter the system before the end of the year.

Launched by SPT, the podcast will celebrate the Subway and its key role in Glasgow’s public transport network. 

Episodes one and two transport you back to 1896 as we get a unique insight from Riverside Museum curator John Messner on the history of the Subway and how it has developed and changed over the last 126+ years. 

It will also include an interview with the first female Subway driver Ruth Mather, now 91 years old, who became a driver during the last modernisation in the late 1970s, transporting the workers down into the tunnels.

Episodes three and four will cover working life and will include chats with Subway colleagues working in the system, as well as passengers.

Episodes five and six will look ahead to the future, through a conversation with the director of Subway Antony Smith on sustainability plans and the modernisation journey. 

SPT chief executive Valerie Davidson will also share her thoughts on why the Subway is an important part of Glasgow and why it remains so popular with users.

The show will be presented by Capital Scotland Breakfast show host Fat Brestovci, who said: “Presenting the Subway podcast has been an absolute pleasure. I’ve had a chance to meet some brilliant people who really love the Subway and I think that really comes through in the podcasts. 

"You really get an understanding of what the Subway means to Glasgow and all the people who travel on it every day.  Have a listen and just hear for yourself.”

Listen out for a new episode every Monday, available to download from Apple, Google Podcasts and Spotify.