black & white photography

This is an entry for Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #122 and for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness…

Yesterday I set aside the day to go out on a trainspotting foray – It’s a way of making me go get some exercise🤣 Unfortunately, the weather was very grey and damp so I abandoned the idea of visiting places out in the open and decided to have a tube and termini tour instead. One of the London termini visited was Euston where I took the photo in this post.

Euston is one of the oldest stations in London, opening in 1837. However unlike its neighbours, St. Pancras and King’s Cross, it was totally rebuilt in the 1960’s. The ‘new’ station is a classic example of the ‘Brutalist’ style of architecture that was then prevalent. There are changes underway yet again at Euston with work for the HS2 project. Some changes are at odds with the original ’60’s concept. Recently the old departure boards, which dominated the wall above the platform ramps, have been replaced by new installations positioned sideways on the concourse which seems a bit illogical. A Mezzanine floor has been opened to provide a new public area too. But, despite the changes, the brutalism still makes its presence felt through the hard black marble floor and the heavy concrete roof…