Network Rail opened Birmingham New Street station after a five-year, £750 million (EUR 1 billion) transformation.
Five times the size of London Euston’s – the station has been rebuilt while trains continued to run as normal for the 170,000 passengers a day who use it.
The new station will feature 43 shops at concourse level and above it sits the new Grand Central shopping complex, including one of the UK’s largest John Lewis department stores.
The 450,000 sq ft shopping destination will create more than 1,000 jobs and is expected to attract more than 50 million visitors a year.
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