Muse Developments and Network Rail are proposing a £150m mixed-use development at Manchester's Victoria train station by 2021.
The New Victoria development will include an eight-storey 150,000 sq ft office, two residential towers, a ground floor restaurant, plus a retail and leisure space.
The Grade II-listed Victoria Station - first opened in 1844 - was voted the UK's worst station back in 2009, but will soon become one of the North's major interchanges as part of the government's wider £560m Northern Hub project.
A detailed planning application should be submitted by Q4 2015, with work expected to begin in late-2016. The target completion date is 2021.