The £750 million New Street station has welcomed ... the concourse and the platforms below. The old station had five escalators. Fifteen new public lifts will make the station fully accessible ...

The three coal-fired plants in the Birmingham area, which power homes and businesses here and beyond, are the metro area's largest producers of pollution. Because of the new controls, the volume ...

"The old building was so oppressive. Arriving and departing from New Street has been really a depressing experience." Albert Bore, leader of Birmingham ... escalators and lifts to platforms ...

opened at Birmingham's main station. Cars are now using a new entrance off Hill Street, instead of entering via Smallbrook Queensway. The changes have allowed the old station and its existing ...

5,000 tonnes of concrete removed from the old NCP car park to create the ... in John Lewis • 170,000 passengers a day use Birmingham New Street, nearly triple the 60,000 a day it was designed ...

new fire stations, street improvements, parks and Legion Field. Council President Pro-Tem Jay Roberson suggested Friday that the council include an addendum item on Tuesday's agenda to lift the ...

Is the new station a return to glory days or is it simply to dazzle the commuters? The new-look Birmingham ... and lifts have been added to platforms. When it opened in 1854, New Street featured ...

The first phase of the £700m refurbishment of Birmingham New Street completes on 28 ... steel cladding rather than drab old concrete, and a brand new station concourse complete with shops of course.

"The old building was so oppressive. Arriving and departing from New Street has been really a depressing experience." Albert Bore, leader of Birmingham ... escalators and lifts to platforms ...