Back in the early 1930s, Glasgow Subway was running at a loss and calls were being made for the system, which was still cable-hauled and had yet to be electrified, to be abandoned.
In 1931, with the annual deficit of the system reaching £30,000 - roughly £2 million in today’s money - meetings were held to decide its future.
During one meeting, the Glasgow Transport Committee said that deficits had risen to more than £150,000 (£10m) since the subway was acquired by the Glasgow Corporation in 1923.
