One of the architects behind London’s Kings Cross station modernisation said the makeover should “act as a precedent for Central Station”.

John McAslan, whose firm John McAslan + Partners is combining with Woods Bagot to design new metro platforms and links at Central, was part of the team behind the lauded London station project.

He said extra metro platforms and concourses at Central Station could help trigger the revitalisation of the area around the station, opening new ways to traverse the southern section of Sydney’s central business district, and providing new cultural and entertainment areas.

At King's Cross, Mr McAslan helped deliver an overhaul that included an immense fluted ceiling structure, linking a new station concourse with the Victorian architecture of the original station.