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In 2012, it was announced that the aging railway station would see a major overhaul, slated to be finished by 2014, but eventually delayed to 2016. This reconstruction effort aimed to only to modernize the platform sheds, platforms and the station itself, ignoring the surrounding parts of the complex
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which included infrastructure such as the numerous underpasses, elevators, underground car parking and the plaza of the statue located immediately outside the building's entrance. The renovations cost about 56 Million leva (~28.6 million euro).
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