Network Rail announces Queen Street station

[RapidAssistant]

Looks like the architects have had another crack at the design: Looking at that canopy they've taken their inspiration from the Radisson hotel a wee bit....perhaps not quite as in your face.

http://www.egip.info/projects/queen-str ... ion-part-2

http://www.egip.info/media/3242/exterio ... llerymodal

They were supposed to start tearing up the North Hanover Street car park this month, in preparation for building the first bit of the scheme - is this happening yet?

And what's happening down at the Low Level station, anyone got any pix of the improvements they've been doing down there?

[Haggis]

It looks like a giant Sainsbury store.I know the area and station does need upgrading ,But I just think it could be done better than this,

[RapidAssistant]

It looks like a giant Sainsbury store.I know the area and station does need upgrading ,But I just think it could be done better than this,

Agreed - so much of the commercial architecture that's went up in the city in the last decade has been the same old "steel and glass box" paradigm that's become awfully repetitive. Funny - yesterday, I drove past the new St Vincent Plaza office block and now that they've started to clad it and kinda went - "so what?"

[tobester]

They were supposed to start tearing up the North Hanover Street car park this month, in preparation for building the first bit of the scheme - is this happening yet?

Starting in may 2015 now due to safety issues