Getting to grips with the ‘Euston Rush’

Responding to public criticism, and under orders from the Transport Secretary, Network Rail is changing the way Euston operates. PAUL CLIFTON finds out whether it is working

Euston station’s problems can only really be solved when HS2 arrives and the station is substantially rebuilt. On that, everyone is agreed. But for the long years until that happens, what newspapers delight in calling the ‘Euston Rush’ has to be tackled. The quick fix demanded by the now former Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has been ridiculed in some quarters - probably unfairly. But the announcement did say that “improved flows through the station have been made possible by collaboration between Network Rail and the train operating companies”. Were they not collaborating before? If not, what were they doing? Haigh ordered Network Rail to turn off the giant advertising screen that had been installed last January to replace the now-removed main departure boards. NR hinted in November that “in the…

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