Green light for Glasgow Airport rail link work
21.12.08
Work to build a £130 million viaduct over the M8 at Paisley for the Glasgow Airport rail link will begin in 2010, it was confirmed late last week.# Seven companies will compete for the right to construct the St James Spur, one of four new bridges needed for the new route. The viaduct, which will span the St James Playing Fields in Paisley before crossing the motorway, is the biggest piece of infrastructure for the long-awaited £210 million link.
The link will be similar to those at Manchester, Heathrow and Stansted, in that journeys terminate right at the airport. A new airport station will be built south of the multi-storey car park and will feature a moving walkway connection to the hub. Both the new station's platforms will be built 30ft from ground level and will be located close to the airport's Terminal 1.
During peak times four trains will run every hour between the city and the airport. Each journey will take 16 minutes with just one stop, at Paisley Gilmour Street. The rail link is set to be operational in early 2013, well in advance of the Commonwealth Games the next year.
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