A MAJOR train station in the UK is getting a multi-million pound renovation.
Cardiff Central is the busiest train station in Wales, and opened in 1850.
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It was nearly completely rebuilt in the 1930s, however, with the same team being Leamington Spa station, Bristol Temple Meads station and Bath Station.
However, it is now set to undergo a huge £140million makeover.
New images revealed by Transport for Wales (TfW) show a modernised station, with improved shops and lobby areas.
The main concourse will be made much wider to allow easier traversing between platforms and reduce congestion.
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Many of the Art Deco designs will be retained, Weston Williamson + Partners (WWP) confirmed
TfW chief commercial officer Alexia Course said: “The proposals for the station form part of a wider significant investment going into transforming transport in central Cardiff, including ambitious regeneration plans.
“We’ve submitted the full business case for the scheme and we’ll soon be submitting the planning documents, and if this is approved, we can progress with the delivery of the enhancements.”
WW+P design director and project lead Phil Turner added that they would be “acknowledging the historical fabric of the city whilst bringing it into the present day, and future-proofing the station for generations to come”.
The planning application will be submitted in the next few weeks, with a decision likely to be made later this year.
An official works start date and opening date are yet to be confirmed.
Cardiff Central is the busiest train station in Wales with as many as 12million passengers a year.
Having opened as just Cardiff Station, it was renamed to Cardiff General before coming Cardiff Central in 1973.
Routes from Cardiff travel across Wales as well as to London, Nottingham and Birmingham.
Another new train station is set to open in Cardiff as well.
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St Mellons in Cardiff is set to get the go-ahead to open, which will eventually have routes to London and Manchester.
Also dubbed Cardiff Parkway Station, it is expected to cost £120million when built.
And Cardiff Bay Railway Station is one of the tiniest in the UK, but is getting new routes.
A new train statin in the UK will be the first of its kind in the country in 130 years.
Birmingham Curzon Street Station is being built as part of the HS2 rail project.
Set to cost £460million, it hopes to open by 2028.
Here are six other pretty train stations around the UK.
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