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Station revamp is on track - council

BIRMINGHAM council bosses have insisted that the Government holds the key to an ambitious plan to renovate New Street station. Read

Let city raise funds for New Street revamp, say MPs

BIRMINGHAM should be allowed to pay for the redevelopment of New Street from local taxes, according to MPs. Read

Service changes to make New Street even busier

RAIL passenger groups today hit out at plans to make all Cross Country service passengers change at New Street, labelling them "crass". Read

New Street campaign taken to ministers

THE campaign to get New Street Station revamped took the battle to the very heart of government at a special lobby event. Read

MPs hit out at first class rail capacity

VIRGIN'S Pendolino trains came under fire in a Commons committee hearing as rail managers admitted the West Coast Main Line was running out of capacity. Read

Warning over New Street train capacity

NEW Street station will be "overwhelmed" unless a £600 million revamp goes ahead, a top rail industry figure claimed today. Read

New Street plan set for go-ahead

PLANS for a £600 million transformation of New Street Station are set to be given the go-ahead by city planners tomorrow. Read

We deliver your New Street pleas

NOW you must listen - that's the message Rail Minister Tom Harris received loud and clear when he was presented with the massive response from Birmingham Mail readers calling for New Street Station to be revamped. Read

New Street protests swamp the Mail

PETITIONS, letters and e-mails have flooded in from Birmingham Mail readers desperate to see the city's New Street station improved. Read

Stark truth over New Street overcrowding

PLATFORMS at New Street Station have been shut down 15 times in the last year because of dangerous overcrowding, it emerged today. Read

Countdown to crucial New Street call

THE future of New Street will be decided in an announcement next summer, the Government has revealed. Read

The hidden horrors of New Street

A MOTHER pushes her 10-week old baby's pram in a dimly-lit tunnel underneath the tracks - the only way she can reach her platform. Read

Wake up to the state of New Street

THIS is the picture which shames Birmingham and should embarrass Government transport bosses into coughing up...FAST. Read

What council and rail chiefs say

GEOFF Inskip, chief executive of the West Midlands public transport body Centro-PTA: "The redevelopment of New Street Station is a top priority. Read

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