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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 ![]() Last edited by Will.; 20-09-2015 at 10:40 AM. |
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