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The 'porte cochère' (a porch where vehicles stop to set down passengers) of Newcastle Central Station designed by John Dobson was never built as money ran out. 10 years later, in 1863, Thomas Prosser shortened and simplified Dobson's design to what locals call the 'Portico' NZ2463 : Portico, Newcastle Central Station, Neville Street. Previously traversed by a congested roadway, in constant use by taxis and passenger drop-offs, it has now been totally pedestrianised and the 10m high arches internally enclosed with glass. The £8 million project by East Coast and Network Rail was also designed to increase retail space reflecting similar changes within the station itself. Four copper-clad boxes set on the stone floor of the Portico are for letting to cafés and shops, with smaller units for ticket machines and digital billboards.

Resiting of the taxi rank and providing alternative access to the newly developing Stephenson Quarter to the south of the tracks are problems still under consideration.
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