Ugly, overcrowded and undermined by dithering over HS2, the unwieldy terminus needs an urgent rethink – or at least a few less digital billboards
, is a strange, compromised mishmash of what should be a grand city avenue. A six-lane thoroughfare crammed with traffic, it is also home to the British Library, the Wellcome Collection and three major railway stations, of which by far the ugliest and least loved is the terminus that shares its name with the road: Euston.
He described it as “easily the worst main station in Western Europe” and compared the experience of waiting for delayed trains and being force-fed advertising on the giant screens that now dominate the station to “But not everyone is as circumspect. “I think it’s a shithole,” says Sean Gibbs, who regularly travels down from Blackpool. “The layout is awful, and the shops are crap and also expensive.
Network Rail, which is responsible for the UK’s railway stations, is aware of Euston’s troubles, but a spokesperson says it has taken steps to alleviate congestion by removing retail booths from the concourse, increasing “circulation space by 20-25%”. All these measures are stopgaps, however, as a major redevelopment is urgently required for the whole station and surrounding site. As a Network Rail spokesperson says: “The station was not designed for the number of people that are currently using it. It needs to be rebuilt. Everyone acknowledges that.”
The government is conducting yet another review of the rail system, including HS2, but it’s been warned that it needs to make a decision by the end of the year if tunnelling costs aren’t to escalate.
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