London Euston station news, discussion, HS2 etc
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agricola
a genuine importer of owls
Literally everything that the Euston Arch wasn't.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
not worth the loss of a single council flat
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Why not? If they left them out someone would be pointing that out instead.
bi0boy
Power User
I'm sure they thought more about the people than the building.
Nobody with a guide dog, long cane, walking stick, crutches, walking frame, or assistance dog though. No small children either, and a suspicious lack of luggage.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i'm not sure you've been following the hs2 story with your usual assiduity
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
That bloke with the briefcase seems to have just got off an invisible train. Or maybe his train is so late he's got fed up waiting and changed his mind - which is much more likely.
That roof looks ghastly.
That roof looks ghastly.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Nobody with a guide dog, long cane, walking stick, crutches, walking frame, or assistance dog though. No small children either, and a suspicious lack of luggage.
I can see the bloody platform as well, that's not right. Where are all the people tottering on the edge of the platform waiting for a delayed train?
bi0boy
Power User
Is it made of gold?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
it is made of plastick dyed yellow with urine.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
A shame they're not doing the unified approach any more. This will mean grotbags West Coast station next to shiny new HS2 station (with a building site in between for 7 years).
At least they're going to link Euston Square in to the underground station.
I trust Grimshaw to do it right. They did the new Reading, which I approve of. (of which I approve?)
At least they're going to link Euston Square in to the underground station.
I trust Grimshaw to do it right. They did the new Reading, which I approve of. (of which I approve?)
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
yeh. but i don't trust the architects of this dire scheme.
SikhWarrioR
And the Worms ate into his brain
Looks better than the current effect but nowhere near as good as some of the modern stations on the continent Euston is deserving of far better than that
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Yes, most of it.
editor
hiraethified
Euston is just the worst.
From this:
To this:
www.urban75.org
From this:
To this:
The awful, advert-blasted, chaotic, over-commercialised death-trap that is Euston Station -
This is the absolute state of Euston Station in 2024, where passengers - sorry customers - are given the stark choice of staying inside and being bombarded by massive video adverts, or getting soaked in the grim area outside. It's hard to imagine a worse terminal station in London. Who's going...
www.urban75.org
Plumdaff
joy in people
The powers that be know Euston is unsafe but mostly want to get engineers who whistle blow about it sacked rather than do anything about it;
I don't have to travel through it often these days but worry it's a matter of time before there's a serious incident.
I don't have to travel through it often these days but worry it's a matter of time before there's a serious incident.
T & P
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Every time I see any article, documentary or YouTube piece showing what Euston station used to look like back in the day, I want to yell at clouds. Nothing short of a heritage crime for a major terminus on a city like London to be demolished and replaced by the steaming pile of shit we were served as its replacement.
Even though I seldom use long distance trains I’d be more than happy for my taxes to go up to finance the complete demolition of the monstrosity Euston station is and build a fitting replacement terminus.
Even though I seldom use long distance trains I’d be more than happy for my taxes to go up to finance the complete demolition of the monstrosity Euston station is and build a fitting replacement terminus.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
What did it used to look like ?
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
this has less than i was hoping for, but posting it here as it's got some 1939 colour film
some pictures in this article - including the 1930s design that might have replaced it if the war hadn't happened.
and more before / during the reconstruction here.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
There can be an argument about classical/modern architecture but the style of the building is a separate matter from the absolute abomination of the massive advertising screen. It's not design of the building that's to blame for that, it's the people at Network Rail who decided to replace a useful departures board with a revenue generating machine that actively makes the passenger experience worse.
And then there's the crowding thing which is partly connected to the information boards but also seems to be caused by a particular culture in the way the station is run, that doesn't have much interest in (again) the passenger experience.
Most of what makes the conourse unpleasant is what's been crammed into it (that wasn't part of the original design), and the way it's managed.
And then there's the crowding thing which is partly connected to the information boards but also seems to be caused by a particular culture in the way the station is run, that doesn't have much interest in (again) the passenger experience.
Most of what makes the conourse unpleasant is what's been crammed into it (that wasn't part of the original design), and the way it's managed.
For some reason, they always announce platforms for the West Coast mainline right at the last minute which invariably causes chaos as everyone tries to get right across the station. And then they have about two people checking tickets at the bottom of the slope before you can even get onto the platform.
Do they really only know which platform the Glasgow train is leaving from less than 10 mins before it goes? Of course not. And other stations somehow manage to announce platforms in good time.
