We've talked in this blog and in press articles about the potential for using station buildings or buildings near station for community or commercial uses - in part to promote better security by having more activity going on in or around the station.
And here is a great example from Edge Hill station in Liverpool where a disused building in the station has been put to use as an art gallery: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10937574
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