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Saturday, 13 September 2014

The Guardian

• Night trains around the world: what's the best trip you've ever been on?Some night train services are being phased out across Europe, to the dismay of those who like to travel in style. Share your images and stories of your favourite night train journeys
• End of the line for Europe's iconic night trains?The sleeper service is being phased out across the continent as operators are hit by hefty taxes and rise of budget airlines Cinema's enduring love affair with the sleeper train Love the night train? Share your stories with us To their fans, night trains sum up the best of the European project. They are time efficient, environmentally sustainable, and irresistibly romantic: you go to sleep in one country and wake up in another, possibly having made friends along the way.In public at least, Europe's politicians and railway companies agree: in December 2009, many of them ceremonially boarded a ...

Birmingham Post

• Birmingham MPs unite to demand HS2 college in the city The MPs, eight Labour, one Conservative and one Lib Dem have all signed the letter in which they argue Birmingham is the only logical place for the college

Lincolnshire Echo

• Lincoln's High Street level-crossing bridge could be delayed Fears are growing that Lincoln's long-awaited bridge over the level crossing at Brayford Wharf East may yet face more delays. The bridge design was approved by the City of Lincoln council in March last year but priority has now shifted to completing the one planned for the High Street level crossing.

London Evening Standard

• 'The blind will lose out' if Waterloo ditches Tannoy Waterloo is planning to become the first major London rail terminus to switch off its Tannoy, following complaints from passengers and locals that it is making the station too noisy.

Sheffield Star

• ‘50/50 chance’ of Sheffield city centre HS2 rail stationThe chances of Sheffield’s proposed high-speed rail station being built in the city centre are now ‘50/50’, a key city councillor has said.
• Trams back to normal across Sheffield todayTram services across Sheffield return to normal today after the completion of rail replacement works – and repairs to a mysterious hole.

Yorkshire Post

• Britain's largest rail signals hub is completed in YorkA project to build the largest new rail operating centre in the country has been completed in York.

Blackpool Gazette

• Rail users kick up a stink over ageing trainsDirt-plagued rail lines and timetable changes are getting up the noses of fed-up Fylde rail users.

Burnley Express

• Campaigners angry over Burnley train station delay CAMPAIGNERS have banded together to demand answers over why Burnley’s flagship new railway station has apparently been standing idle for nearly three months.

Sleaford Standard

• VIDEO - Minister for Transport reopens Sleaford’s upgraded avoiding lineMinister of State for Transport, Baroness Kramer, visited Sleaford yesterday (Thursday) to view and officially open the completed upgrade to the town’s avoiding line.

Other News Sources

• Rail firm praised for handling of Horley station deathA man was hit and killed by a London-bound fast service through the station