In a recent move, plans have been submitted for creating a new train station ahead of a £210million rail link at the Glasgow Airport. The application requests permission to construct two platforms within yards from the main terminal. BAA Scotland has agreed to sponsor the walkway for the passengers to move from the station to the centre of the airport.

Once the link is completed in 2011, four trains will be operated in an hour connecting Glasgow Airport with the Glasgow Central stations. The application has been filed by the Strathclyde Partnership for prior approval to ensure the completion of the project on time.

The construction works for the station will commence once the viaduct to link the proposed route over the M8 motorway is completed. Notably, once the new station is accomplished, the journey time to the airport from the city centre will take only 16 minutes with a brief stop at the Paisley Gilmour Street.

Councillor Alistair Watson, chairman of SPT, remarked, "Once the M74 extension, Glasgow Airport Rail Link and the Crossrail projects are built, the airport will have the best surface access of any in the UK. Every major international city has an airport rail link and Glasgow should be no different."

The viaduct is to run over the M8, right across the St James' playing fields located in Paisley in addition to the Murray Business Area to link with the main line lying to the east of St James' Station.