[Pingk]

Maybe, but it was already public knowledge:

> In September 2023 the government regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), had issued an improvement notice to Network Rail about overcrowding at the station, warning: “You have failed to implement, so far as reasonably practicable, effective measures to prevent risks to health and safety of passengers (and other persons at the station) during passenger surges and overcrowding events at London Euston Station.”

It's concerning to me that Hendy was the chair of Network Rail from 2015 before becoming Transport Minister, and here he is sacking someone after a comment about his former workplace. Should definitely be an investigation into his motives/incentives IMO

[londons_explore]

"public" via a set of documents hidden deep on an official webpage is very different to "public" as a news headline.

[Doctor_Fegg]

Here's the news headline from the time for you:

https://news.sky.com/story/network-rail-failing-to-stop-unac...

[rcxdude]

But it is presumably the "Correct internal channels"?

[prmoustache]

Irrelevant.

[pastage]

I wonder if there are still overcrowding at that station, or if it really was fixed in 2023.

A bit of a Streisand effect going on here.

[luke-stanley]

Well, when I was in Euston rail station a few weeks ago, it was very overcrowded. It seemed worse in the day than the night. Seems like the minister is missing the necessity of acting with integrity and transparency, a lesson they frequently need reminding of. Surely there must be better person the PM could find for the job, that don't feel a need write harassing letters, bullying train companies into firing staff?