This impressive picture taken from the top floor of the Rotunda in Birmingham city centre shows how the new New Street Station is taking shape.
Birmingham Post photographer Jason Skarratt captured the vast building site with a rare glimpse of the central atrium which will allow natural light throughout the station and to all 12 refurbished platforms.
The atrium will be revealed in the summer of 2015.
On the top left of the image is the giant John Lewis store, which will be the anchor tenant of the when it opens next year, and will be joined by and聽20 new cafes and restaurants.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
John Lewis is investing a total of 拢35 million to launch the new 250,000 sq ft shop, which will be one of the largest outside London, stocking more than 350,000 products and creating 650 jobs.
The 拢600 million station revamp recently hit the headlines when architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo, who聽 on the station, told of his 鈥渃omplete disagreement鈥 with Network Rail over changes to its design and materials used.
