An extension built onto Glasgow's Queen Street station has now been fully demolished as part of the £120 million Queen Street station facelift.
Pictures shared by Network Rail show the Millennium Hotel extension now completely removed from the skyline.
The post said: "The Millennium Hotel extension is now gone and we’re removing the remaining section of Consort House, providing lots of space for a new & expanded concourse at Glasgow Queen Street."
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Engineers have begun demolishing the redundant Consort House and the Millennium Hotel extension buildings in front of the station to make way for a new-look Queen Street.
The Millennium Hotel extension is now gone & we’re removing the remaining section of Consort House, providing lots of space for a new & expanded concourse at #Glasgow Queen Street. #behindthehoardings pic.twitter.com/UaQMpvXCLh
— NetworkRailGQS (@NetworkRailGQS) June 18, 2018
The two buildings need to be removed to make way for the new station frontage, concourse and entrances and new longer platforms being delivered.
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The project, which is due for completion in 2020, will give passengers an expanded concourse with increased capacity and circulation space, improved customer facilities and a contemporary and distinctive building both internally and externally.
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