Network Rail said the futuristic station, featuring a roof built with the same material as the Eden Project in Cornwall, will open on 13 September.

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Asbestos was once widely used as a fireproofing material and was included in roof shingles and siding for decades.

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Some may remember Konarka, a Massachusetts-based company working on creating flexible thin-film solar that could be applied to everything from tent material to clothing to the roof of a bus.

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Although it was rebuilt in the late 14th Century, with an impressive hammerbeam roof (b), the walls contain much of the original material.

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