Birmingham New Street redevelopment
On Sunday the 21st of September ( 2015 ) Network Rail finally unveiled the new enlarged concourse at Birmingham New Street station. The culmination of 5 years work requiring the effort of 1000 engineers working on site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The new concourse which is the size of 13 Wimbledon centre courts is now bathed in light thanks to a new 3,300 square meter roof made from steel and ETFE ( Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene) . The new roof introduces light to the station for the first time since the Brutalist concrete station was built to replace the original station in the 1960s. The impressive roof which covers the new concourse The £600m project to refurbish the station was part of a larger £750m development which also included the redevelopment of the old Pallasades shopping centre. The shopping centre now re-branded as Grand Central contains 200,00 sq ft of retail space as well as a new 250,000 flagship John Lewis store Exterior of John Lewis and the "Me