Performers entertain subway users

Commuters will be joined by dancers and acrobats in the three-day event

Dancers and acrobats have gone underground to entertain city commuters as part of a public transport festival.

More than 300 events and performances will take place above and below ground in Glasgow as part of the UK's first ever Subway Festival.

The event, which will also feature medieval and space themed stations, will run from Friday until Sunday.

Subway operators Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPT) hope it will encourage more families to use the system.

On Friday, Samba dancers from Carnaval Night wore feather head-dresses and beaded costumes as they gave a colourful display in the ticket hall of the city's St Enoch station before boarding a train.

I can't wait to see everybody's reaction on the train to someone bursting into song SPT spokeswoman

Acrobats, Spinal Chord, were also there to entertain passengers.

Over the weekend, travellers will encounter roving poets, bluegrass bands and comedians performing on platforms and in carriages.

An SPT spokeswoman said: "We wanted to give something back to those passengers and get more people going underground.

"I can't wait to see everybody's reaction on the train to someone bursting into song or a poem being read out.

"I would really love it to become an annual event and we really do expect it to be a great couple of days out."