Fancy buying an old Glasgow subway carriage? Yours for £5,000

Ben Denton-Cardew, a rail industry lawyer is behind the search for buyers. He told BBC Radio’s Good Morning Scotland programme there are “many, many” potential uses for the carriages.

He said: “I think they are really part of the fabric of Glasgow, they’ve been more than a train. They’ve been a cultural icon to this city.”

Mr Denton-Cardew says he already has 10 buyers interested in purchasing a carriage.

The train enthusiast warned any interested parties that there would be a substantial cost to move the carriages, but there is loads of potential.

“We’ve talked about glamping pods before, we’ve talked about reuse as cafes, as community hubs or even art studios as former train carriages have been in London before,” he said.

“They’re very easy to repurpose, the interiors can just be stripped out. And, if they are used as buildings, because they are on wheels often they don’t require planning permission. It could be quite an easy job to reuse them.

“We’d really, really like it if anyone in the Glasgow region would like to save one and keep it local. That would really be brilliant.”