Tag: Euston

HS2 Hits the Buffers as Inflation Forces Government to Delay Network’s Crewe and Euston Legs

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has announced that “inflationary pressures” will cause delays to the construction of key parts of the high-speed railway HS2. In a written ministerial statement, Harper said the Birmingham to Crewe line will be delayed by two years and the final stretch from Old Oak Common in west London to Euston in…


Struggle Between Euston Tunnel Protesters and HS2 Spills into Courts

The struggle between protesters and bailiffs in Euston Square is spilling out from a muddy 100-foot tunnel under London’s streets to the courts. When bailiffs moved in on the long-standing tree-top blockade of construction for the HS2 high-speed rail hub last Wednesday, protesters fled to a tunnel that they had constructed over several months, claiming…