Article: Grand Central was snubbed by council 'half-wits'.(News)

Article: Letter: Only a Grand Central will solve the problems.(Letters)
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 19, 2007 ;     307 words ......should we go for the New Street Development or Grand Central. As a regular user...beyond by using both New Street and Grand Central As a transport professional...remodernisation of New Street. We need Grand Central to solve all of the...

Article: PERSPECTIVE: Grand vision must be turned into a reality; ARUP As Birmingham waits for the redevelopment of New Street Station, Colin Stewart, from Ove Arup & Partners, fears that time is running out for the Grand Central Station dream.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 13, 2007 ;     680 words ......to the current New Street redevelopment...Once Birmingham Grand Central Station is open, New Street would be reduced...constraints at New Street cannot be overcome...compare Birmingham Grand Central Station with the...rushing through New ...

Article: A pounds 550m sticking plaster? The refurbishment of New Street Station is within our grasp, but critics say the pounds 550 million scheme is only a sticking-plaster approach. Public Affairs Editor Paul Dale reports.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Paul Dale Grand Central Station is New Street's elephant in...term plans for Grand Central at Eastside...million revamp of New Street. All political...firm behind Grand Central, that the refurbished New Street will not have...

Article: Letter: New Street project is just the same old story.(Letters)
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ......the 'new face' of New Street station, emblazoned...encapsulates the problem with New Street station: 'Initially...state that the 1960s New Street station was designed...25 per cent above New Street station's design capacity...awaiting trains at New ...

Article: Letter: Gateway to the past - or a Grand Central for the future.(Letters)
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 1, 2008 ;     631 words ......or so has seen the Grand Central rise again, showing...for removal of the New Street blot not with a Gateway...by a replacement a Grand Central at the heart of the...the 21st century is New Street (Gateway) plus Moor...terminals when one Grand Central ...

Article: United Kingdom: Who is fighting for us and who is just in New Street for the money.
TendersInfo;  August 21, 2008 ;     444 words ......Rail Link could go Under New Street, said the report by Paul...subterranean station under New Street. Any of these options will...exclude the best option i.e. Grand Central. Grand Central has potential for full modal...disruption to rail travellers. Grand ...

Article: New Street stays as rail hub - Byrne.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England);  September 23, 2008 ;     201 words ......Minister for the West Midlands has ruled out a new rail station in Birmingham, arguing that New Street will remain the heart of the city's rail network...described the planned pounds 600 million makeover of New Street as a cosmetic project which would not solve Birmingham...the debate about ...

Article: NEW STREET STATION: DECISIONS AND DELAYS; RAILWAYS.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England);  July 21, 2008 ;     316 words ......Government to scrap the New Street Gateway plan in favour of Birmingham Grand Central scheme at Eastside...new Birmingham Grand Central Station to take the strain off New Street April 19, 2006...wish to build a Grand Central hub at Eastside...what a ...

Article: Call to kill New Street plan.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 12, 2007 ;     483 words ......redevelopment of New Street Station. Ove Arup...promoting a rival Grand Central station scheme...described the New Street Gateway project...business case for New Street Gateway because...money , while Grand Central would provide...The chances of ...

Article: Letter: Grand Central site must be preserved.(Letters)
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 9, 2008 ;     233 words ......advocates of a revamped New Street Gateway station have clearly...now welcomed prospect of a new high speed rail link. Some...redevelop the upper levels of New Street Station but with a reduced...for the still available Grand Central site. The city and Network...costs and ...

Article: NEW STREET IN pounds 150m REVAMP; Railtrack vow to end crisis.(News)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  May 8, 2002 ;     319 words ...A REVAMP of New Street Station is being planned by Railtrack to combat...is hoping to get the green light to build a new station at Proof House Junction, one mile out of the city centre from New Street. The 17-platform Birmingham Grand Central Station would operate in conjunction ...

Article: Five years on and upgrade is no nearer; Transport Correspondent Campbell Docherty looks at the history of Birmingham's New Street Station which carries the unenviable title of the country's worst rail bottleneck.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  December 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ......billion tunnel underneath New Street to take local trains...plan for a Birmingham Grand Central Station - a new hub that...capacity problems and keep New Street open as a central city...Although it appears Grand Central specifically is not being...As plans for ...

Article: Letter: Who is fighting for us and who is just in New Street for the money? This morning, The Post offers its letters page to one reader. Mr HT Harvey obviously has in-depth knowledge of the rail set-up in the Midlands. But essentially, he is a reader and his well-argued views mean he is welcome to put his case.(Letters)
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Rail Link could go Under New Street, said the report by Paul...subterranean station under New Street. Any of these options will...exclude the best option i.e. Grand Central. Grand Central has potential for full modal...disruption to rail travellers. Grand ...

Article: Letter: Gateway shopping cathedral or Grand Central transport hub?(Letters)
The Birmingham Post (England);  October 15, 2008 ;     653 words ......They would choose a Grand Central solution to take their...less than Liam Byrne New Street will remain at the...Sir Bernard. I submit Grand Central would meet all of his...handle compared with New Street? How much the journey...