THE hunt is on to find a man who repeatedly hit a teen girl on the face in Glasgow Queen Street station.

The incident is reported to have happened on platform 8 in broad daylight at 1pm on Saturday, February 16.

A man is reported to have hit a teenage girl in the face “two to three times.”

He then pushed her into a wall.

The girl was with three other children at the time of the assault.

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The suspect is described as white with a heavy build, short dark hair and was wearing a black jacket, grey jumper, a lilac shirt and grey trousers.

British Transport Police officers would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident, especially the “good samaritan” who intervened.

Contact the BTP by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference 295 of 16/02/2019.

Alternatively, can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.