DavidGrain
master brummie
I did look at the original post which showed the artist's impression from the front view and it looked to me as if the façade and the present historic buildings on the concourse would be retained. The artist's impression shown above from a different angle looks to me as if the façade might be extended in keeping with old one. You have to remember that all the buildings beyond the concourse although in keeping with the 1914 building are all new buildings erected by Chiltern Railways when they refurbished the station or by Centro when they reopened the line to Snow Hill and built the present platforms 1 & 2 as previously the Snow Hill line did not go through Moor Street Station.
The 'one station strategy' is a new term to me as I have been trying for several years now to convince people that the HS2 station will not be in Curzon Street but next door to Moor Street. Curzon Street is the name given to it by Andrew Adonis who was the transport secretary in Gordon Brown's government. I even attended one of the Metro Mayor hustings before the mayoral election and when someone said that you would be able to get a tram from New Street Station to Curzon Street, I pointed out that a tram would require you to change at Bull Street so it would be quicker to walk.
There is one point on which I do agree and that is that the walking routes between New Street and Moor Street do have to be improved.
The 'one station strategy' is a new term to me as I have been trying for several years now to convince people that the HS2 station will not be in Curzon Street but next door to Moor Street. Curzon Street is the name given to it by Andrew Adonis who was the transport secretary in Gordon Brown's government. I even attended one of the Metro Mayor hustings before the mayoral election and when someone said that you would be able to get a tram from New Street Station to Curzon Street, I pointed out that a tram would require you to change at Bull Street so it would be quicker to walk.
There is one point on which I do agree and that is that the walking routes between New Street and Moor Street do have to be improved.