Middelburg Central Station was officially opened in 1872 and has been a State Monument since the 1970s. The station building has lost its original lustre over the years and is now largely unused. This design sketch commissioned by NS Stations determines how reassignment of use and restoration of the original monumental parts and details can reinstate Middelburg Station in its original position as centre between traveller and city.
A request for a subsidy as cultural heritage from the Province of Noord Brabant has been submitted for the conservation of the Customs Hall on the railway station complex of Roosendaal. This hall was previously used by couriers Van Gend en Loos and is now rented out as private storage. The intended tasks concern the conservation of the monument and removing temporary constructions. The original characteristics and monumental quality of the roof landscape will be reinstated by restoring the original roof finish, eaves overhang, and dormers.
Update January 2015: This subsidy series was divided over a series of smaller projects, which unfortunately did not include the Customs Hall. In March of 2015, a second series of subsidies will be allotted which might still include the Customs Hall.