Meadowhall Interchange
Meadowhall Interchange   | |
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| First TransPennine Express 185 149 at Meadowhall; June 2011 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Sheffield |
| Local authority | City of Sheffield |
| Coordinates | 53°25′00″N 1°24′51″W / 53.4167°N 1.4141°WCoordinates: 53°25′00″N 1°24′51″W / 53.4167°N 1.4141°W |
| Grid reference | SK390912 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MHS |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms |
National Rail - 4 Sheffield Supertram - 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 1.289 million |
| 2005/06 |
 1.305 million |
| 2006/07 |
 1.233 million |
| 2007/08 |
1.221 million |
| 2008/09 |
1.695 million |
| 2009/10 |
1.812 million |
| 2010/11 |
1.934 million |
| 2011/12 |
2.057 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Travel South Yorkshire |
| Zone | Sheffield & Rotherham |
| History | |
| 1990 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Meadowhall Interchange from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Meadowhall Interchange to the north of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England is a railway station, a Sheffield Supertram stop, and bus station. It is close to junction 34 on the M1, and serves Meadowhall Shopping Centre. There is direct access to the shopping centre via a covered footbridge over the River Don.
The railway station has four platforms: Platforms 3 and 4 for the Penistone and Hallam Lines, from Sheffield to Huddersfield and Leeds respectively via Barnsley, and platforms 1 and 2 for the lines towards Rotherham Central and Doncaster:
- to Sheffield, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Airport and Lincoln Central
- to Doncaster, Leeds via Wakefield Westgate, Cleethorpes, Scunthorpe, York, Goole, Hull, Bridlington and Scarborough
- to Sheffield, Chesterfield and Nottingham;
- to Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield Kirkgate and Barnsley.
The station is in the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving. Meadowhall is in the same zone as Sheffield station.
The bus station is served by buses from all over South Yorkshire and beyond.
The Supertram stop is the north eastern terminus of the yellow route, and is served by trams from the city centre, Middlewood, and Herdings Park (limited purple route service).
The station allows onward commuting to Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster with free parking.
The station is covered by a Ditra Systems Public Address System (PA), voiced by Phil Sayer.
Layout
| ⇒ | Platform 4 | Northern towards Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield Kirkgate and Barnsley | |
| ⇐ | Platform 3 | Northern towards Chesterfield, Sheffield and Nottingham | |
| ⇒ | Platform 2 | TP/Northern towards Cleethorpes, Rotherham and Doncaster | |
| ⇐ | Platform 1 | TP/Northern towards Manchester Airport, Sheffield | |
Sheffield Supertram services
Meadowhall is the eastern terminus of the yellow route on the Sheffield Supertram. During the daytime trams operate to Sheffield city centre and Hillsborough with some additional services on the purple route to Herdings Park via the city centre.
Bus and coach services
Coach services operated by National Express Coaches and Megabus serve the bus station, offering services to destinations including London, Leeds, Newcastle, and various airports. Megabus use Stand M1 at the interchange for the following routes:[1]
- M12 - Newcastle upon Tyne - London (Victoria)
- M20 - Inverness - London (Victoria)
- M20 - Newcastle upon Tyne - London (Victoria)
Other stations named Meadowhall
Other stations in the area have had the name Meadowhall.
- Wincobank and Meadowhall station of the Sheffield & Rotherham Railway and later Midland Railway
- Meadow Hall and Wincobank station of the South Yorkshire Railway, later M.S.& L.R. and Great Central Railway
Services
TransPennine Express services between Cleethorpes and Manchester Airport call hourly each way, as do the Sheffield to Hull and Nottingham to Leeds trains operated by Northern Rail. There is an additional Sheffield to Leeds via Barnsley fast service each way every hour during the day on weekdays and Saturdays. The station used to be served a single train to and from London St Pancras each weekday, but this was withdrawn in September 2008.
Northern also provide a half-hourly local service to Doncaster (and beyond) via Rotherham Central and hourly local links with Leeds via Barnsley and via Wakefield Westgate, to Huddersfield and to Lincoln Central via Sheffield and Retford. There are also two daily trains to York via Moorthorpe. These all combine to provide a frequent service to Sheffield (up to eight trains per hour for much of the day), which is further augmented by the Yellow line tram route and First South Yorkshire bus service X78.
Most of the listed routes run every two hours on Sundays, although there is a more frequent service to Doncaster (hourly local and half-hourly express), Cleethorpes and Hull (both hourly) and only a limited service to and from Lincoln. There are also two trains to York - one in the afternoon and a second in the evening.
Services operated by CrossCountry and East Midlands Trains regularly rush through the station, but do not stop.
High Speed 2, upon opening, will serve Meadowhall,[2] on a high-level viaduct station adjacent and parallel to the M1 motorway viaduct. As a result of the new viaduct, the platforms on the Sheffield to Hull Line (1 and 2) and Supertram platforms will be relocated. [3] A new Supertram line serving Meadowhall will be built to improve connectivity to HS2.[4]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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Sheffield
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First TransPennine Express South TransPennine |
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| Northern Rail | Barnsley
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| Northern Rail Leeds-Nottingham |
Barnsley
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| Northern Rail Sheffield-Hull Line |
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| Terminus | Yellow Line | Meadowhall South/Tinsley towards Middlewood or Herdings Park | ||
| Purple Line (Peak Hours Only) |
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| East Midlands Hub | TBA High Speed 2 |
Leeds New Lane | ||
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meadowhall Interchange. |
- ↑ "National Express Coach Timetables for Sheffield". Travel Search/National Express Coaches. Carl Berry. March 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-21231458
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69019/hs2-arp-lr0-dr-rt-55151_3-0.pdf
- ↑ http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/new-sheffield-supertram-line-in-transport-revolution-1-5359408
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