Airport
station
++ Trains
are
calling
at
the
new
station
serving
Inverness
Airport
from
today,
after
the
Scottish
Government’s
transport
minister
Jenny
Gilruth
opened
the
station
yesterday.
The
station
at
Dalcross
is
part
of
a
£42
million
Scottish
Government
investment
which
has
also
paid
for
a
950m
passing
loop
to
improve
capacity
north
of
Inverness
on
the
line
towards
Aberdeen.
Transport
Scotland
said
the
new
station
will
also
improve
transport
links
to
the
new
town
of
Tornagrain
and
to
the
growing
Inverness
Airport
Business
Park.

Welsh
upgrade
study
++
The
Welsh
Government
and
the
Department
for
Transport
have
announced
a
£2.7
million
study
into
improving
the
main
line
in
South
Wales,
and
adding
five
more
stations
to
attract
people
away
from
the
congested
M4.
Although
the
DfT
has
not
named
the
potential
station
sites,
the
contenders
could
be
Newport
Road
(Cardiff),
Cardiff
Parkway
(St
Mellons),
Newport
West,
Newport
East
(Somerton),
Llanwern
and
Magor.
Cardiff
Parkway
is
already
planned.
Wales
secretary
David
T.C.
Davies
said:
‘Good
transport
connections
between
south
Wales
and
western
England
are
essential
for
the
economy
in
Wales,
enabling
businesses
to
grow
and
flourish.
I’m
pleased
to
work
with
the
Welsh
Government
on
plans
that
could
have
a
huge
impact
on
the
many
thousands
of
people
who
use
the
transport
network
in
south
Wales
every
day.‘

Free
TfL
travel
++
The
Mayor
of
London
Sadiq
Khan
has
agreed
to
provide
free
travel
to
the
cleaning
staff
employed
by
firms
who
have
contracts
with
Transport
for
London.
Their
union
the
RMT
had
been
campaigning
for
years
on
behalf
of
the
5,800
cleaners,
and
RMT
general
secretary
Mick
Lynch
said:
‘This
is
another
step
in
the
right
direction
by
the
Mayor
of
London
and
we’re
calling
on
him
to
extend
it
to
all
TfL
sub-contracted
workers.
Sadiq
Khan’s
welcome
action
stands
in
stark
contrast
to
the
Tories
who
earlier
in
the
week
forced
legislation
through
the
House
of
Commons
that
would
remove
these
workers’
right
to
strike.
Instead
of
attacking
cleaners,
the
Tories
should
be
following
the
Mayor’s
lead
and
ensuring
all
rail
cleaners
have
free
travel.’