Huge adverts at London’s worst train station to be shut down immediately

Huge advertisement boards are yet to beryllium unopen down astatine Euston Station aft passengers complained of ‘poor and unsafe’ experiences.

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has ordered the screens, which wrapper astir the walls, to beryllium unopen down portion a five-point program to amended the presumption is carried out.

Passengers person claimed the presumption is simply a information during unreserved hr and disruption.

London TravelWatch said successful a connection ‘last infinitesimal announcements’ mean radical unreserved to platforms, and unit ‘appear overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of people.’

Information boards besides look tiny compared to the ample advertisements, making it hard for radical to find their bid times and platforms.

Network obstruction said a ‘major reconstruction’ is needed to conscionable existent demands.

But they added they volition alteration however ‘passengers are invited to committee services’ and volition effort alleviate pinch-points during engaged periods.

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said: ‘For excessively long, Euston presumption simply hasn’t been bully capable for passengers.

‘That’s wherefore I’ve tasked Network Rail with coming up with a wide program to instantly improve conditions for passengers. This includes a shutdown of the advertizing boards from contiguous to reappraisal their use.

‘We cognize Euston needs a imperishable solution and are moving hard to hold this – but these contiguous steps volition assistance to alleviate immoderate of the issues the presumption has been facing.’

In September past year, regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) issued an betterment announcement to Network Rail successful narration to the station, accusing the Government-owned institution of failing to forestall information risks from ‘unacceptable’ overcrowding.

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