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New Street Railway Station in Birmingham, West Midlands.

It is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations serving Birmingham. It is in the city centre and is a central hub of the British railway system. It is a major destination for Virgin Trains services from London Euston, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley via the West Coast Main Line, and the national hub of the Cross-Country network – the most extensive in Britain, with long-distance trains serving destinations from Aberdeen to Penzance. It is also a major hub for local and suburban services within the West Midlands, including those on the Cross-City Line between Lichfield Trent Valley and Redditch and the Chase Line to Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley.

New Street is the eighth busiest railway station in the UK and the busiest outside London, with 32 million passenger entries and exits between April 2012 and March 2013. It is also the busiest interchange station outside London, with over 5.1 million passengers changing trains at the station annually.

The original New Street station was built in the Victorian era and had, when built, the largest single-span arched roof in the world. In the 1960s, the station was completely rebuilt. An enclosed station, with buildings over most of its span and passenger numbers more than twice those it was designed for, the replacement was not popular with its users, having a customer satisfaction rate of only 52% - the joint lowest of any Network Rail major station.

In 2015 a £550m redevelopment of the station named Gateway Plus was completed. The redevelopment included a new concourse, a new exterior facade, and a new entrance on Stephenson Street. New Street also became the terminus of the city-centre extension of the Midland Metro, with a new tram stop on Stephenson Street.

Information Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station

Taken in: UK / England / Digbeth (show map)

Taken on: December 26, 2015

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Camera: Nikon D7100, f/4.5, 1/80 sec, 22mm (=33mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7100
Lens:	18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	22mm (35mm equivalent: 33mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	+0.2 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Saturation:	High
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 6.1 (Windows)
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