I've just come back from Birmingham and for a change I thought I would let the train take the strain. On the whole not such a bad thing apart from the horror that is New Street Station. It is hard to credit that this is the main station for the second largest city in Britain. It is, in short, awful. Now I know that they are supposed to be redeveloping the whole station but really something should be done in interim to improve the passenger comfort actually on the platform itself. For those of you who have never had the delight of alighting at this station let me explain. The platforms are buried at the bottom of the station in a diesel fume darkness. There is little natural light and only very poor artificial lighting. Two simple solutions would suggest them self, first improve the artificial lighting and second employ some fans to try and remove the fumes.
The new station won't be completed until 2014 and it would seem that there is no real will to try and improve this hell hole in the mean time. However, it is worth pointing out that the staff at the station are universally helpful and it is just a shame that they have to work in such an environment. No wonder New Street Station was voted the worst station in Britain. 2014 can't come soon enough.
Simon Marchini
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