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Default Redeveloped Birmingham New Station Street officially opens!

The revamp includes a new concourse for passengers and a glass atrium allowing natural light into the interior for the first time since the city centre station was redeveloped in the 1960s.


New escalators and lifts have also been installed on platforms.
The station's facelift is part of the larger Grand Central shopping centre development.


170,000 passengers a day use Birmingham New Street, nearly triple the 60,000 a day it was designed for when it was last rebuilt in the 1960s
The new station can now handle 300,000 passengers per day


New Street is the busiest station outside London, with a train leaving every 37 seconds

36 new escalators and 15 lifts, serving every platform, have been installed
About 60% of rainwater "harvested" from the new-look building's facade will be used to flush the station's toilets


About 1,000 workers were on site, 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the five-year revamp - increasing to 3,500 in its final months



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