Date: 21/04/2011

The first of 28,000 panes of glass has been fitted into Edinburgh Waverley Station's new roof.

Part of a £130m project to redevelop the station, the new roof will see steelwork restored and replaced and clear glazing installed.

It should take two years to complete the work on the UK's third largest glazed structure, which covers an area the size of 14 football pitches.

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Glazing starts at train station

BBC News

The first of 28,000 panes of glass is fitted into Edinburgh Waverley's new roof as part of a revamp of the station.

Related images

Up on the roof, Waverley, 21 April 2011, showing the surviving ironwork from the old elevated walkway between Calton Road and Jeffrey Street - soon to be removed.
Location: Edinburgh Waverley
Company: North British Railway
21/04/2011 John Furnevel

Sea of glass. View from the North Bridge, showing approximately one third of the roof area of Waverley station. The roof is to have more than 24,000 (twenty four thousand) clear glass panels installed over the next 3 years '...flooding the station with natural light and totally improving the environment for passengers'. [See recent NR news item]. Photographed looking east on 29 April 2010.
Location: Edinburgh Waverley
Company: North British Railway
29/04/2010 John Furnevel