Glasgow Council leaders have set out plans to build a direct rail link between Glasgow Airport, Paisley and the city centre.
The £144m Glasgow Airport Access Project will transform journeys to and from the airport as a state-of-the-art system will carry passengers on specially designed tram-trains using both the existing railway network and a new light rail spur from Paisley to the airport.
The plans are set to be endorsed by the Glasgow City Region Cabinet in December after being discussed by Renfrewshire and Glasgow City councils in the coming weeks. If approved the system would be operational by 2025, with construction due to begin three years earlier.
The proposals would see up to four tram-trains per hour running in each direction taking passengers between Glasgow Central Station, Paisley Gilmour Street and the airport.
The tram-train model was chosen as the preferred option after an appraisal established it offered the greatest opportunity of encouraging people to travel to and from the airport via public transport.
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