New lease of life for one of the world's oldest surviving train stations

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What happens to old railway buildings when they are no longer needed?

Many old waiting rooms, parcel offices and station pubs have fallen into disrepair - but now a new scheme has been launched to restore these listed buildings and give them a new lease of life.

The BBC's Susannah Streeter visited Edge Hill in Liverpool, one of the oldest surviving stations in the world - where one of the disused platform buildings has been transformed into an art gallery and creative space.

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