Train chaos in Italy after rubbish dispute

Rail travel between northern and southern Italy was blocked for a third day as demonstrators near Naples occupied train tracks to protest against a local rubbish dump.

Train chaos in Italy after rubbish dispute

Rail travel between northern and southern Italy was blocked for a third day as demonstrators near Naples occupied train tracks to protest against a local rubbish dump.

A few hundred locals started their occupation of the Montecorvino Rovella station, about 40 miles south east of Naples, on Friday evening. Disputes over rubbish dumps around Naples have raged for years, but this disruption was felt around the nation.

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