So there it is, High Speed 2 (HS2) will be coming to Euston after all, rather than terminating at Old Oak Common. It was rather odd timing for the story to be leaked, given that the chancellor was to make a major address on the future of the UK economy a few hours later. But it was only the biggest PR misstep since Rod Stewart called up Sky News.
On the one hand, this will come as a relief to east Londoners like myself who had to look up where Old Oak Common is. But more practically, over £1bn has already been spent on the Euston site. Large swathes of land have been cleared, properties purchased, and two large office blocks demolished.
