The London-based architects scheme will modernise the 1930s station by enlarging the concourse and adding gate lines to ease congestion. Additionally, waiting areas, retail spaces, and cycle storage facilities will be upgraded and modernised.The practice also proposes adding a red brick-arched colonnade and clock tower. Enhanced accessibility features will, meanwhile, improve access to Cardiff Central for all abilities. Mott MacDonald is also on the project team.The scheme retains the existing Art Deco terminus designed by the Great Western Railways (GWR) architecture departments chief architect Percy Emerson Culverhouse.AdvertisementWW+P design director and project lead Phil Turner said: Working with Transport for Wales on such a significant station for the region has been rewarding, with our scheme acknowledging the historical fabric of the city whilst bringing it into the present day, and future-proofing the station for generations to come.The station is at the centre of the Network Rail-backed Cardiff Central masterplan. Hawkins\Brown was appointed in 2023 to lead on the design of the mixed-use masterplan, which includes housing. Source:WW+PWW+P's Cardiff Central upgrade proposals (March 2025)Previously, Foster + Partners had drawn up masterplan proposals for Cardiff Central including a 12,000m Cardiff transport interchange as part of a Cardiff City Council-backed development. However, the proposals were scrapped in 2018 and Holder Mathias Architects later replaced the AJ100 top practice on the bus station transport hub.The train station is among the last sites on the earlier Foster + Partners masterplan to come forward for development.Fosters BBC Wales headquarters, with Sheppard Robson-designed broadcast facilities, completed in 2019, also sits across from Cardiff Central, as does Genslers William Morgan House, a UK government office which completed in 2020AdvertisementTransport for Wales chief commercial officer Alexia Course said: Weve revealed images which show what Cardiff Central could look like as part of plans to enhance the station. The investment of up to 140 million means we can deliver improvements to Cardiff Central to make it fit for a capital city and sustain future growth.The proposals for the station form part of a wider significant investment going into transforming transport in central Cardiff, including ambitious regeneration plans.A planning application for the stations overhaul will be submitted soon.Current view