A new beginning for New Street Station

• Mar. 11 by Claire Latham (0)

Birmingham’s New Street Station is now in the process of being redeveloped into a world class focal point for the city.

The plans received the final stamp of approval by the council in February and the redevelopment is due to start at the end of this year until 2015.

The ambitious redevelopment project will aim to lure people away from the not so eco friendly cars that reap the city with carbon emissions and create a happy network with links all across the city, not just in the centre.

The new station will give passengers an all together more comfortable experience as well as reaping £2bn economic benefits for the city.

Disagreements

It’s not all sweetness and light though, before the final stamp of approval the development faced these issues from the council committee, they felt the positioning of a new footpath that would lead up the moor street station needed to be looked into as it would block the rear entrance of some local businesses.

Despite this rumble the process continued and the planning permissions were approved.

Support

Network Rail, Birmingham City Council, Centro, Advantage West Midlands and the department of transport are all working as part of the Redevelopment.

Jo Kaye, route director for Network Rail, said:

“New Street station will be transformed into a a 21^st century transport hub. With the backing of the planning authority we are one step closer to realising this vision.

We will continue to refine our plans so that we five New Street the new start it deserves and keeps the impact on peoples journeys to a minimum.”

The new station is not only boasting start of the art new technologies but also all together better links and pedestrian links all across the city.

Benefits

For the well travelled people of Birmingham this will mean better connections and ease to their working day.

Leader of Birmingham City Council Mike Whitby said:

“The redeveloped New Street Gateway will provide a focal point for far winder regeneration of the entire city over the next 10-15 years, and is one of the main components of the city’s £6 billion worth of publicly funded regeneration projects currently on our books.”