Birmingham New Street station – 21st April 2013

View from platform 1, Birmingham New Street station, 21st April 2013
View from platform 1, Birmingham New Street station, 21st April 2013

iPhone drawing

Birmingham News Street station is undergoing a massive rebuilding programme. I was standing in the part of the station that still retained a fragment of its 19th-century predecessor. In amongst the ever decreasing amount of stained concrete from the 1960s, at the end of platforms 2 and 1 are brick arches that were once part of the now mostly demolished Victorian station.

These arches caught my attention on previous occasions. I sketched this drawing as I was waiting for my train to take me back to London, completing the details and adding the shading on the train journey.