Less than two decades after it opened, plans to partially demolish and rebuild North Greenwich tube station have been unveiled.

The details released focus on the visual appearance of a massive new oversite development and replacement for the existing surface entrance to the tube station.

So at the moment, it’s all glossy images, and little detail, but the plans call for three 30-story high towers to rise above the tube station, linked by a 24-metre-high foyer, which the architects say is inspired by the Crystal Palace.

The scheme will total 1.4 million sq ft including a new tube and bus station, theatre, cinema and performance venue, bars, shops and… something they are calling “a wellbeing hub”.

A new bridge will link the development to the Thames, either replacing the existing footpath, or if you prefer, creating a segregated space where the tower dwellers can be spared the indignity of mixing with lesser folk below.

The architect handing the tube station development site is Spain’s Santiago Calatrava.

Peninsula Place by Calatrava and two buildings designed by Greenwich Peninsula’s masterplanners Allies & Morrison will provide 800 new homes, 200 of which will be “affordable”.

There is also a suggestion that North Greenwich tube station could be renamed Greenwich Peninsula, to match the name of the development above, Peninsula Place.