The 32nd report from the #HS2 Independent Construction Commissioner (ICC), covering October to December 2024, highlights steady complaint levels, mainly concerning noise, traffic, lighting, and site management. The ICC received 39 case approaches, with one full investigation under the Small Claims Scheme. Of 32 new claims, nine were settled. Total payments under the scheme now stand at £88,525. The Commissioner addressed local concerns in Wendover over construction access, uncertainty at #Euston, and paused works in #Camden. Progress was noted at Old Oak Common and Colne Valley. The ICC urged HS2 Ltd to improve mitigation for light pollution and welcomed progress on a long-awaited Prolonged Disruption Compensation Scheme. With this final report, the Commissioner reflected on visible project progress and ongoing challenges, urging sensitivity and timely decision-making to reduce disruption and maintain public confidence in the scheme.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-construction-commissioners-report-32
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The #Metpol #officers /were/ brave and evacuated the #hostel residents in #Euston #London from the #fire - but I'm also wondering why they were first on scene before #LFB - and why the Asian officer is in plain clothes other than hi-vis, his face is blurred from the video, and using what appears to be a civilian mobile phone rather than an Airwave set? Was it a test of ESN (Emergency Services Network?) Did CID have the place already under observation for some reason?
For some reason, @traewelling doesn't know about my 15:02 #Avanti Shinytrain service from #Euston to #Crewe, and I can't figure out what it wants from me in the manual journey-adding screen, so here's a picture of a finger puppet instead. #interrail
So much free stuff in the first class lounge at #London #Euston that I'm sad I filled up on #freestuff on the #Eurostar. #interrail
Yet when a railway engineer says exactly to this to the press the minister in question threatens their employer with withholding government contracts unless they are fired??
#doublestandards #euston #railway
Euston is not in fit condition, says rail minister https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e742j01y1o
Does this look like the new Labour minister in charge of rail is both a bully and more concerned about squashing criticism than safety?
UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns – POLITICO https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-rail-minister-peter-hendy-fired-gareth-dennis-engineer-safety-concerns-trains-london-euston-station/
UK rail minister decides to make a legitimate safety concern that Euston Station could be the next Hillsborough "go away" by ensuring the person raising the concern was fired!
#ukpol #rail #euston #HS2 #engineering #ethics #Hillsborough
@jon
From #London 
#Euston (probably not Britain’s prettiest railway station) to #Glasgow with #AvantiWestCoast. Having booked early, I am travelling on a discounted “Advance Single” fare - an affordable way to enjoy the comfort of a 1st class service (including food and drinks).
A Few Trains At Yet again on the West Coast South:
* A train has broken down departing Euston
* Train has damaged pantographs [two units, one per unit]
* Overhead wire system is damaged
* Train requires evacuation [peak train heading North, ca. 700 passengers on board]
* Significant disruption to all services into/out of Euston due to at least one line being out of action
The West Coast South route between Hanslope Junction and London Euston:
* Frequently has two tracks out of four closed weekdays at night for routine works [usually from 22:00 to 06:00]
* Frequently has two tracks out of four closed Saturdays from 20:00 to end of service for routine works
* Frequently has two tracks out of four closed Sundays from start of service until around 12:00 Noon for routine works
Given this unprecedented level of access for a busy mainline into the nation's capital, why is the infrastructure south of Hanslope Junction an absolute mess?
Loose ends in #London and #Birmingham raise new fears over #HS2’s route – and future
With its route map pruned, leaders in the #North want other options, while in the capital, questions are growing over its #Euston terminus – still a giant hole in the ground
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/24/loose-ends-in-london-and-birmingham-raise-new-fears-over-hs2s-route-and-future
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryIncompetence
#Alstom and #SLCRail speak exclusively to Rail Business UK about their plans to launch an open access #train service between #London #Euston and #Wrexham which would make use of the latest technology, seek to exploit new business opportunities and benefit from changes in the passenger market https://bit.ly/48OaQQ4
It's almost as if the Ruling Party wants #HS2 to fail so they can declare #railways dead and build more #roads
"The chief executive of Mace Group, the construction firm contracted to deliver HS2’s #Euston station, warned yesterday that the government is ignoring advice on how to drum up private sector funding to see the project through."
https://www.cityam.com/the-government-must-get-a-grip-on-hs2-eustons-private-funding-debacle/
#Euston have "upgraded" their #signs recently.
In the area that they used to show train information, it's just some pointless animation, and they have added two separate displays.
One that basically says "from today things have changed", which blocks the view for a lot of people of the display that actually displays useful information.
Well played....
Night Reflections - Euston
I couldn't resist some puddle photography outside Euston London Underground station. I love the colourful reflections of the building lights contrasted with the deep black night sky.
Hmmm... as previously noted, #JeremyHunt successfully lobbied to get #HS2 to start at #Euston, not in the suburbs (wherever it might go Northwards), but now the property development aspect of Euston station has been enlarged & is expected to cause a decade of disruption in the area.
Wait a minute, I hear you day, isn't Euston in #KeirStarmer's constituency?
Would it be too cynical to see this as a way of undermining the Labour Leader's grip on his seat in the future?
Plans for #euston cut back - number of platforms for high-speed trains cut from 11 to six
Why on earth were there EVER going to be 11 platforms!?
It looks to me like #HS2 was grotesquely over-specced in expectation a competent govt would cut it down - but that never happened
Did nobody learn from the vast new teaching hospital Atriums , "longest champagne bar in Europe" at St Pancras - and further back the over-specced stations on the Jubilee Line Extension?
#HS2 will travel all the way to #Euston - but birmingham to Manchester is scrapped
That is really going to go down like a bag of sick in #Manchester
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#levellingUp ? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!