{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/676300028a7fea7b909e1125?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Euston HS2 station to have just six platforms, says government","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1734540809394-81bbb39a-9193-4ea0-b135-5085ca0a6067.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The government has confirmed London’s new HS2 station at Euston will have<a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/london-euston-hs2-station-six-platforms-b1200561.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> just six platforms</a>.</p><p>The London Standard’s transport editor Ross Lydall reports rail commentators fear this could result in a lack of capacity should HS2 ever be extended north of Birmingham.</p><p>Ross joins us to discuss what the reduced number of platforms could mean for passenger journeys and also an update on the <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/hs2-cost-highspeed-rail-link-london-birmingham-euston-b1200426.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">mega-project’s price tag</a>.</p><p>In part two, Dr Enrico Amico, assistant professor in applied mathematics at the University of Birmingham, on methods behind research that uses neuroimaging to reveal new ways of mapping the brain.</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}