Birmingham New Street's grand opening
The new station at Birmingham New Street opens today after a building project that lasted five years, and together with the Grand Central shopping complex, cost around £750million to build.
New Street archive: Passenger views on the railways
As Birmingham New Street has opened after a second major rebuild, we looked back into the archives and found out what people thought of the railways back in the first half of the 20th Century.
In a documentary made by ATV in 1967, passengers who would have used the original Victorian New Street station demanded better services, improved trains and modernisation.
What they got was the demolition of that station, and the building of the New Street, which lasted until five years ago. That got plenty of criticism itself in those years.
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We catch up with travellers at New Street station
We get your views as you use New Street station for the first time
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New Street: A history of station development
From the 19th Century station likened to the St Pancras masterpiece, to the latest renovation of the 'dark and dingy' concrete building.
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Who's at Birmingham New Street station today?
We catch up with some people travelling through the station today to get their reaction.