HS2 starts work to turn historic Birmingham station into a visitor centre

By Jordan Marshall2021-09-03T09:00:00

Source: HS2 Ltd

Old Curzon Street Station will be worked into plan for railway’s Birmingham terminus

HS2 has started a major refurbishment project to restore the grade I-listed Old Curzon Street Station in Birmingham, one of the world’s oldest surviving pieces of monumental railway architecture.

Over the next 12 months, a team will carry out intricate restoration work on the iconic building, which was designed by the architect Philip Hardwick and opened in 1838 as the Birmingham terminus for the London and Birmingham Railway Co. line that connected to Euston Station in London.

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