19-01-2019 17:00 via theguardian.com

All stations to regeneration? Work on HS2 begins in earnest

At Euston, the controversial rail route’s southern terminus, the diggers are at work. Can the project deliver what it promises?The wealthy inhabitants of 18th-century Piccadilly dug deep when choosing a resting place in the new, overflow St James burial ground in Camden: the less likely to be disturbed by later arrivals to London’s packed cemeteries. But even a stone casket eight metres down only buys you so much peace when a £56bn train line comes knocking.The first big dig on
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