New Start in Motion - New Street Station switchover
While Sunday marked the switchover of concourses at New Street Station, which seems to have been a huge success not least through the efforts of station champions pointing people to the new entrances, Monday 29 April provided a key test with the arrival of commuters through the new concourse.
With the help of the volunteers with fingers pointing the way to the new entrances and exits commuters will have used the station for the first time on Monday.
With the focus on the new concourse and helping people acquaint themselves with the new layout there's no rest for the project and construction professionals behind the hoardings where Phase Two will start with the soft strip demolition of the remaining former rail concourse. Work will begin on this soft strip demolition and service diversions while cladding to the perimeter and work for the atrium roof continues.
For those who've noticed that new fresh and not quite finished look to the new concourse there is a 100 day plan to close out all the remaining works associated with phase one of the project, http://www.macegroup.com/media-centre/a-bright-new-start-for-new-street
The following pictures were taken on Monday 29 April to try and capture how the station with it's new entrances and routes provides a beating transport heart to the city.
More pictures on my flickr set: New Street Motion
The facility was handed over to the station management team at 06:30am on Sunday morning. In preparation for the first train arrival at 08:30am, the doors to the newly transformed station then opened at 07:30am with 130,000 people expected to use the new ticket, retail and station concourse each day.http://www.macegroup.com/media-centre/a-bright-new-start-for-new-street
With the help of the volunteers with fingers pointing the way to the new entrances and exits commuters will have used the station for the first time on Monday.
With the focus on the new concourse and helping people acquaint themselves with the new layout there's no rest for the project and construction professionals behind the hoardings where Phase Two will start with the soft strip demolition of the remaining former rail concourse. Work will begin on this soft strip demolition and service diversions while cladding to the perimeter and work for the atrium roof continues.
For those who've noticed that new fresh and not quite finished look to the new concourse there is a 100 day plan to close out all the remaining works associated with phase one of the project, http://www.macegroup.com/media-centre/a-bright-new-start-for-new-street
The following pictures were taken on Monday 29 April to try and capture how the station with it's new entrances and routes provides a beating transport heart to the city.
More pictures on my flickr set: New Street Motion
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