I wish all concerned well with this project.

I hope however that we can move away from the dehumanizing 'functionality' of the recent past, and I shudder when polycarbonate is mentioned in this context. Can we not trust the citizens of Dalmarnock with glass?

When I was wee, railway stations were nice places to go, not just because of the anticipation. Shelters actually provided shelter and there were waiting rooms. There were even station masters. Now most small railway stations seem to be petty crime venues you want to get out of as fast as possible and every trace of civilisation that can be erased, has been. I am sorry if this seems like a call for the return of Thomas the Tank Engine, and I know they cant all be like Barters Books at Alnwick but could we not reopen some of the boarded up waiting rooms and sell coffee and second hand books? It might also personalise stations, improve security and perceived security, and create some decent jobs making peoples lives more pleasant. It might encourage more people to travel by train. Perhaps it would be preferable to be a stationmaster than an Architect!

It's a nice thought. Many of the suburban railway stations in greater london that I've been through have been staffed and usually had a wee coffee kiosk and shop or whatever on the platform. Always handy...I guess they are much busier than many of our stations though and so require station staff for safety or something. The trains there still have guards too which is something of a novelty!

Apart from the visuals and the functionals, I hope they can contain the distinctive "aroma" associated with this station. My over-riding memory of travelling through this station in the the late 80's was the dreadful honk and the chocolate brown discharge leaching through the new brick walls. I'm sure the Atkins boys are on to it...

if this is the artists impression AFTER...gee whizz!! it must have been rank rotten BEFORE...lol