PLANS to build a train station at Glasgow Airport are set to be given the green light today.

PLANS to build a train station at Glasgow Airport are set to be given the green light today.

Two platforms will be created near the main terminal building ahead of the £210million rail link.

Renfrewshire planners have backed the plans and believe the station will create a "sense of arrival" for thousands of passengers.

The platforms will be sited around 30ft off the ground and will be linked to a walkway leading to the main terminal.

Last month, The Evening Times told how Strathclyde Partnership for Transport was seeking prior approval for the station in a bid to ensure the project will be completed by 2011.

A report before Renfrewshire Council's planning board states: "The station will create a sense of arrival at the airport and will substantially improve the visual appearance of the airport from the south.

"It will create a landmark within the airport campus and will importantly provide a useable transport link, vital in maintaining the viability and vitality of Glasgow Airport into the future.

"The site which has been chosen allows for minimal disruption in terms of the operation of the airport."

Four trains an hour will run between Glasgow Airport and Glasgow Central once the link is completed.

The station is expected to be built after a viaduct linking the proposed route over the M8 is finished.

The viaduct will run across the St James' playing fields in Paisley and the Murray Business Area and join the main line to the east of St James' Station.

Transport Scotland will oversee the construction of the rail link.

Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson said: "This represents the right way forward for the rail link, a nationally significant project vital for the local and wider Scottish economy.