HISTORICAL FACTS: 8 - Caught on Camera

Rail experts say downscaling HS2 would be ‘commercial and operational mess’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are reported to be meeting to discuss the future of the project in the coming days.

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023

HS2 was meant to unite North and South. Don’t let it become a glorified Birmingham shuttle

City Voices: Broken promises on HS2 would leave the UK’s global reputation as an attractive place to invest in tatters

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2023

Rishi Sunak ‘pushing for HS2 to stop six miles north of Euston’

PM said to want project to stop at Old Oak Common in bid to save billions

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2023

Euston station ‘chaos’ as gas leak leaves trains cancelled and delayed by up to 90 minutes

Disruption is expected until 10.30pm, says National Rail

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2023

HS2 Euston tunnellers given suspended sentences after retrial

Six activists who occupied tunnel network near London station either pleaded guilty or were found guilty

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023

Girl, 12, robbed of mobile phone at knifepoint as police release CCTV appeal

Detectives seek public’s help identifying suspect in ‘terrifying’ robbery near Euston train station

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2023

Man who stabbed wife and left her to die before trying to take his own life at Euston station jailed

The former member of the armed forces was found drunk and bleeding from multiple self-inflicted stab wounds after killing his wife, Diana

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2023

He stabbed his wife to death – then drove to Asda to buy replacement knives

Phillip Dafter stabbed himself in the stomach and travelled to London Euston where he admitted his crime to the British Transport Police

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

Cost of Euston HS2 terminus could race past £4.8bn estimate, MPs say

Overspend blamed on government indecision, despite eight years spent planning and designing project

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2023

'Build it once and built it right' plea to government over HS2 rail station in Manchester

London's Mayor has added his voice to calls for an underground station at Piccadilly as civic leaders say they fear 'permanent damage' to UK economic ambitions

Manchester Evening News · Jun 1, 2023