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Sunday, 13 April 2014

The Independent

• An Independent Scotland 'would lose its HS2', warns ministerExpensive plans to speed rail commuters from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh in under three hours would be scrapped if Scotland votes for independence, a cabinet minister has warned. The Department for Transport agency overseeing High Speed Two is currently examining options for a third phase of the much criticised railway, which would pour billions more on to a budget that has already topped £40bn.

Derby Telegraph

• 'Give us a pick-up point at Derby railway station, you money-grabbersI SEE the greedy council mandarins are trying to get even more money out of motorists ("Drivers blocking bus stops will be caught on camera", April 1).

Other Regional Press

• Huddersfield criminologist studies crime on London UndergroundNew study of rail crime by Huddersfield expert

Airportwatch

• Call for used Borders-bound diesel trains to be upgradedCampaigners have called for the used Class 158 diesel trains earmarked for the new Borders railway to be refurbished to a high standard.

Other News Sources

• There's a time and a place to watch TV - and it's not on the trainThe other day I had a dreadful journey home on the train. Right in front of me a heavily armed women wielded a machete and burrowed it into another woman's skull. This was accompanied by spurting blood and terrible screams. No one in the carriage said anything, of course, and I certainly wasn’t going to cause any trouble so I kept reading my book.