I SEE that the provision of rail access to Glasgow Airport has been raised again with the emphasis on traffic congestion ("Glasgow Airport helps boost Scots economy by £1.44bn", The Herald, January 30). It would seem that those complaining always travel at peak times and could ease their problems by varying their travel pattern.

I use the airport occasionally and have only once had problems and that was In the Christmas rush two years ago. I normally use the every-15-minutes bus service from Buchanan Street bus station.

The proposed rail link may suit those only travelling to Glasgow but less so those travelling beyond the city centre. By using the bus I don't have to traverse the city to get my connections as they are all there in the bus stance.

The impressions I get from the rail advocates is that their taxi fares or parking charges are chargeable to expenses. It also seems that they consider bus travel beneath their dignity.

I have no doubt that should a rail link be built, demand for at least one first-class carriage per journey will be their next pronouncement.

All at the rest of Scotland's expense.

Drew Reid,

31 Bruce Crescent, Carronshore, Falkirk.

ONCE again we have calls from politicians and business leaders for Glasgow Airport to have a modern, efficient transport link to the centre of Glasgow. For more than three years Clyde Monorail Limited has been trying to advance a radical solution to the problem. It involves building a monorail from the airport to Glasgow using the Cart and the Clyde river systems as the main conduit for the route. In addition to a direct non-stop service to the centre of Glasgow it would provide a transport infrastructure for the communities along the west banks of the Clyde. A major advantage of the proposal is that it would be completely segregated from all other forms of transport and therefore would neither constrain nor be constrained by the ScotRail operations. It would also circumvent the lack of platform capacity at Glasgow Central Station.

Our proposal includes, as Phase 1 of the project, a single-track spur providing a shuttle service from Glasgow Airport to Gilmour Street Station. This spur could be completed within two years of a decision to proceed, with an estimated cost 30 per cent less than the cost of the proposed tram/train scheme.

We have an opportunity to build an iconic structure along the banks of the Clyde which would send a message worldwide that Glasgow is a dynamic, forward-looking city.

Surely this proposal warrants serious consideration.

James Beckett,

Clyde Monorail Ltd,

Sandholes Road, Brookfield, Johnstone.