How HS2 will transform a forlorn part of London
Euston, we have a solution
WHEN EUSTON STATION was built in 1837 it was an elegant terminus for the London and Birmingham Railway, with a much-admired Doric arch at its entrance on Drummond Street. But all that was knocked down half a century ago, to be replaced by a concrete carbuncle that destroyed the arch and chunks of nearby streets and has been making commuters miserable since 1968. Now HS2, whose terminus is at Euston, offers a chance to remedy those errors.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Euston, we have a solution”
Britain February 8th 2020
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