{"id":32379,"date":"2024-10-03T15:18:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T14:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=32379"},"modified":"2024-10-04T16:18:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T15:18:15","slug":"the-awful-advert-blasted-chaotic-over-commercialised-death-trap-that-is-euston-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-awful-advert-blasted-chaotic-over-commercialised-death-trap-that-is-euston-station\/","title":{"rendered":"The awful, advert-blasted, chaotic, over-commercialised death-trap that is Euston Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the absolute state of\u00a0 Euston Station in 2024, where passengers – sorry customers<\/em> – are given the stark choice of\u00a0 staying inside and being bombarded by massive video adverts, or getting\u00a0 soaked in the grim area outside.<\/p>\n

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It’s hard to imagine a worse terminal station in London. Who’s going to want to wait outside here in the rain?<\/p>\n

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Back in 2020, things looked very different.<\/p>\n

Train departures were announced above the platform entrances before some marketing genius thought it would be a better idea to replace then with a colossal, animated advertising screen running the whole length of the concourse<\/p>\n

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Now everyone has to focus on the screen in the far corner while the bright video wall does its best to distract people’s attention.<\/p>\n

During rush hours, departures are often only announced with minutes to go, prompting dangerous crushes as people desperately try to get to their trains in time.<\/p>\n

On Twitter\/X, \u00a0the Law Society\u2019s John Hyde<\/a>\u00a0 summed up people’s frustrations:<\/p>\n

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Euston is straight up dangerous. What is the logic of only showing trains on one board when you HAVE THREE? Then there is a terrifying crush once platforms announced last minute (rugby train has changed twice). It's the fucking hellmouth @TfL<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/DLdSSEvEgQ<\/a><\/p>\n

— Dr Frank (@FrankPeschier) September 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n