Birmingham New Street redevelopment in numbers

4 train operating companies run through the station 5 times more space at concourse level 5 times the size of London Euston’s concourse 7 days a week working on site, 24 hours a day during construction 12 platforms will be refurbished 13

centre courts at Wimbledon - equivalent size of the entire new passenger concourse 15 new lifts, serving every platform 36 escalators, serving every platform 37 a train arrives or departs Birmingham New Street 37 d 50 lifestyle and premium fashion brands in Grand Central shopping centre 60 pupils from local primary school toured station 60% of rain water harvested from the façade used to flush all the toilets in the station 85%

of non-hazardous waste material from the whole project to be recycled / re-used as a minimum 1,000 jobs created through John Lewis and Grand Central 1,200 workers on average on site, which increased to 3,500 at the end 1854 original station first opened 1967 redeveloped station opened 2009work began on the new station

2015 overall project completion 3,300 square metres of new atrium, the size of a football pitch 5,000 tonnes

of concrete removed from the old NCP car park to create the first half of the new concourse 7,000 tonnes of concrete removed from Stephenson Tower 10,000

lorry journeys saved off Birmingham’s roads throughout the project by using trains to transport waste material 20,000 tonnes of concrete removed to create the space for the atrium 170,000 passengers use the station daily 200,000 sqq ft of retail space i n Grand Central 250,000 sq ft of space in John Lewis