New images have been released to show how Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station could look after a multi-million pound facelift.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is bidding for up to £59.4 million of government funding to pay for a raft of transport improvements across the city.
Now the first images have been released to show what the new-look Stoke Station could look like - including new pedestrian routes, a cycle hub and a footbridge as well as new shop, food outlets and offices for businesses.
As part of the revamp, the council also wants to ban cars from driving past and turn neighbouring roads into dedicated bus routes to cut congestion.
Councillor Dan Jellyman, cabinet member for regeneration, told StokeonTrentLive that removing cars from Station Road will help to make the area more appealing for pedestrians.
He said: "We’ve found that a lot of the traffic using Station Road is rat-running it to avoid Leek Road, so Station Road would become a pedestrian and bus road. There’ll still be access to the hotel, but we cut down on the cut-through traffic.
"We’ll also have a more regular bus service from the station – there is a regular service at the moment, but it’s about making it reliable because College Road becomes a bus highway.
"We’ve seen the improvements that have happened in other cities when bus highways have been introduced, and areas have been made more pedestrian-friendly.
"We can only reduce emissions and journey times by getting more people to use public transport. So we’ve got to make radical changes, which is exactly what we’re hoping to do here. It’s the start of a process."
