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Sunday, 23 April 2017

BBC News

• Why Rome sends trains filled with rubbish to AustriaRome's rubbish is helping to power Austrian homes - and it gets to Austria by train.
• Why Rome sends trains filled with rubbish to AustriaRome's rubbish is helping to power Austrian homes - and it gets to Austria by train.

The Guardian

• HS2 is on its way but bid troubles and snap election could still derail projectThe new line’s progress is anything but speedy and, in light of controversy and recent political events, it could grind to a halt‘Passengers awaiting the 2026 fast train to Birmingham: your service is on its way. Honest.” If this announcement has left the public sceptical after seven years of relaunches and debate, there are signs that HS2 is starting to carve its first marks on the landscape. Is anything now stopping the £55.7bn high-speed rail scheme from becoming physical reality?Royal assent in February gave HS2 Ltd the full legal, financial and planning powers to build the first half of a...

Times Online

• Residents get up steam to halt railway extension [Subscription]A plan to link a heritage line to the national network is dividing a Sussex community

City AM

• Here's how the Elizabeth Line is shaping up with architectural ceilings for Farringdon and Liverpool Street stationsProgress on Crossrail is building up speed, with new pictures showing the completed construction of new architectural ceilings at Farringdon and Liverpool Street Elizabeth Line stations.

The Sun

• FAST RAIL AXE FOR BREXIT Tory MPs want to put halt to £100billion HS2 high-speed rail network to save money for BrexitThey have persuaded Theresa May to abandon plans to build a line linking London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.

Doncaster Free Press

• Doncaster-built Flying Scotsman to take to the tracks tomorrow morning as part of special celebrationWorld famous locomotive Flying Scotsman - built in Doncaster - will travel alongside three modern trains to celebrate the "past, present and future" of Britain's railway.

Other Regional Press

• End of an era as rail link is withdrawn to the LakesIT is now 50 years since the last railway freight services were officially withdrawn on the Lakeside branch line from Ulverston to the shores of Windermere.

Other News Sources

• PHOTOS: Striking new ceilings completed at Elizabeth line stationsPhotographs showing “striking” new architectural ceilings on some of London’s newest underground railway platforms were released on Friday, as Crossrail completed construction of the features at Farringdon and Liverpool Street stations on the under-construction Elizabeth line.