£1m invested at New Street Station to monitor air quality

Toxic fumes from trains is a major contribution to poor air quality. New Street station is taking serious steps to monitor toxic fumes from trains.

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This action follows a University of Birmingham study earlier this year.  The study found that on 26 days out of 68 days, Nitrogen Oxides exceeded the recommended 15-minute exposure limit.

As well as monitoring the emissions, the 98 fans at the station will also be adjusted to make them more reactive to harmful gases and platform supervisors will alert train drivers who leave their engines running for too long.