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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sammy Gecsoyler

Less ‘crush and rush’? Euston changes bring air of calm but station still unloved

Passengers wait for their trains underneath the new information boards outside Euston train station.
Passengers wait for their trains underneath the new information boards outside Euston train station. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

Waiting for her train home to Glasgow, Beth Johnston expressed a sentiment familiar to those who regularly travel north out of the capital: “Euston is hell.”

The station, a dreaded entry and departure point to and from London, is synonymous with nightmarish scenes of overcrowding and passenger crushes caused by last-minute train announcements.

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