In our May 2020 report, we raised our concerns over the huge uncertainty remaining for Euston station, specifically the lack of clarity around the station build. The Department and HS2 Ltd told us at the time that although the design of Euston was ready for planning consent, they were looking into more cost-effective solutions for the station. We recommended that the Department should write to us within six months of our report to provide us more detail of its plans, including how it would be...

In our May 2020 report, we raised our concerns over the huge uncertainty remaining for Euston station, specifically the lack of clarity around the station build. The Department and HS2 Ltd told us at the time that although the design of Euston was ready for planning consent, they were looking into more cost-effective solutions for the station. We recommended that the Department should write to us within six months of our report to provide us more detail of its plans, including how it would be delivered.26 When the Department responded in November 2020, it stated work was ongoing to develop an optimised design and delivery strategy to address Type: conclusion | Number: 12 | Response status: under_consideration