The busiest station outside London, Birmingham New Street is used by oer 140,000 passengers every day, more than double the number it was designed to cater for.

At the end of April the first half of the new station was opened, with work switching to the other half of the station. The new half alone is one-and-a-half times bigger than the old concourse and provides lifts and additional escalators to all platforms. The second half of the station will be unveiled in 2015, and will include an impressive atrium flooding the concourse with light. 

A new ticket office staffed by Virgin Trains retains the number of ticket desks and doubles the number of self-service machiones to 18. The fresh new facility has proved poular with customers - demonstrated by rising ticket sales.  

Click below to watch Network Rail's fast-track video of the re-build