New images reveal what future holds for station

Birmingham residents have been given a further glimpse of what the future could hold for the old Curzon Street Station.

Opened in 1838, the station was the first direct railway line linking Birmingham to London. Earlier this year, proposals for various repairs and works to restore the historic station near the new HS2 terminus were approved.

New images have revealed how public spaces could be built around the new Curzon Street Station and what that means for the distinctive building associated with the old site.

HS2 confirmed that next to the eastern entrance, a new square is being proposed to face the disused building.

It added that a new terrace and gardens would be created to the rear of the old station "to complement the setting".

It's also being proposed that passengers pass through a paved square at the front of the new station.

HS2 Ltd's senior project manager Alistair Morgan said earlier this month that Curzon Street would be a "new landmark" for Birmingham once complete.

"[It would] provide a fitting city centre terminus for a railway that will improve journeys and free up space on the existing West Coast Main Line," he said.

The new images came as engineers working for the project completed the last of more than 2,000 concrete piles that will underpin the foundations of the station.

Focus has now turned to preparing the way for the Digbeth extension to the West Midlands Metro which will stop under the station on New Canal Street, and completion of the remaining foundation works.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations.

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