Nils Pratley (Euston is a problem without a good solution, 7 October) endorses the blindingly obvious reality that HS2 must reach central London if it is to avoid being an expensive white elephant, but he still doubts the investor benefits.
The answer is don’t go to Euston, the worst-connected of all the major London terminals. Instead, construct a new station under Euston Road – let’s call it London Central – with travelator links to Kings Cross/St Pancras (a far better rail hub), Euston Square and, of course, the present-day Euston station itself. Not a terminus but a through station, with the tracks emerging somewhere around Stratford and connecting into HS1.
