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The redeveloped New Street Station was fully opened on 20th September 2015 after a five year project. It replaced a building dating from the 1960s which had been designed to cater for only half the 170,000 passengers who now use the station daily. Above the station the dated Pallasades shopping centre has been swept away, replaced by the impressive Grand Central incorporating its flagship store, John Lewis.

This structure was built by the special effects company Artem.
After its initial appearance at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in 2022, the ten metre high mechanical sculpture was displayed in Centenary Square for several weeks, and informally named "Raging Bull". It was intended that it would be dismantled subsequently because it was not built to withstand winter outdoor conditions. Popular opinion, and a public vote renaming it as "Ozzy" after the late Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath front man) resulted in its partial rebuilding and placing permanently in the Grand Central shopping centre over New Street railway station. About half of the original bull parts were retained. The legs and underside were rebuilt and new mechanisms installed so the bull could move its mouth, head, eyes, eyelids, and tail. Loudspeakers enable him to roar.

Every hour, the bull's head and tail are set in motion, his eyes light up and he roars several times.

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