Comments on: Euston Station http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/11/24/euston-station/ Music, Photography, Railways, Games and Opinion Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:18:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Glenn Aylett http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/11/24/euston-station/comment-page-1/#comment-3724 Glenn Aylett Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:24:32 +0000 http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/11/24/euston-station/#comment-3724 The old Euston with its arch was a much more oustanding building. The current Euston is a boring building with a black, ugly trainshed. However, as a functional building, it works well. The old Euston with its arch was a much more oustanding building. The current Euston is a boring building with a black, ugly trainshed. However, as a functional building, it works well.

]]> By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/11/24/euston-station/comment-page-1/#comment-3678 Tim Hall Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:35:06 +0000 http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/11/24/euston-station/#comment-3678 Birmingham New Street, of course! Only joking :) I don't know of a modern station that manages to equal the best ones the Victorians could do; York and Bristol Temple Meads are favourites of mine. And Manchester Piccadilly is a great combination of ancient and modern; an airy modern concourse (vastly superior to the sixties grot it replaced) nicely complements the restored 19th century train shed. The new St Pancras is IMO overrated. As an international passenger you're kept in an underground holding pen until it's time to catch the train, so you don't get to see much of the station. Quite why Eurostar want to emulate all the bad elements of travelling by air I really don't understand. Overseas, the only big ones I'm familiar with are Zürich Hbf (average), Bern (awful on a BNS level of awful), and Köln Hbf (good) Birmingham New Street, of course!

Only joking :)

I don’t know of a modern station that manages to equal the best ones the Victorians could do; York and Bristol Temple Meads are favourites of mine. And Manchester Piccadilly is a great combination of ancient and modern; an airy modern concourse (vastly superior to the sixties grot it replaced) nicely complements the restored 19th century train shed.

The new St Pancras is IMO overrated. As an international passenger you’re kept in an underground holding pen until it’s time to catch the train, so you don’t get to see much of the station. Quite why Eurostar want to emulate all the bad elements of travelling by air I really don’t understand.

Overseas, the only big ones I’m familiar with are Zürich Hbf (average), Bern (awful on a BNS level of awful), and Köln Hbf (good)

]]> By: Patrick Crozier http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/11/24/euston-station/comment-page-1/#comment-3677 Patrick Crozier Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:21:11 +0000 http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/11/24/euston-station/#comment-3677 Hmm. What would you say was the best railway station in Britain? And the best in the world? Hmm. What would you say was the best railway station in Britain? And the best in the world?

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