Meadowhall Interchange

This article is about the modern station near to and serving Meadowhall Shopping Centre. For other uses, see Meadowhall station (disambiguation).
Meadowhall Interchange National Rail Supertram (Sheffield)

First TransPennine Express 185149 at Meadowhall in June 2011
Location
Place Sheffield
Local authority City of Sheffield
Coordinates 53°25′00″N 1°24′51″W / 53.4167°N 1.4141°W / 53.4167; -1.4141Coordinates: 53°25′00″N 1°24′51″W / 53.4167°N 1.4141°W / 53.4167; -1.4141
Grid reference SK390912
Operations
Station code MHS
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms National Rail - 4
Sheffield Supertram - 2
Bus station - 16
DfT category C2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 1.934 million
2011/12 Increase 2.057 million
2012/13 Increase 2.125 million
2013/14 Decrease 2.063 million
2014/15 Increase 2.225 million
– Interchange  47,041
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Travel South Yorkshire
Zone Sheffield & Rotherham
History
1990 Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* 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 and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Meadowhall Interchange is a transport interchange in north-east Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which consists of a railway station, tram stop and combined bus and coach station. The interchange was opened by British Rail under the Regional Railways sector in 1990 along with the adjacent Meadowhall Shopping Centre, which can be accessed by a covered suspension footbridge over the River Don. It is served by the majority of rail services heading north from Sheffield, a large range of bus and coach services and the Yellow, and at peak times Purple, Supertram lines.

Layout and services

Rail

The railway station has four platforms on two separate lines, which split just south of the station. Platforms 1 and 2 are located on the Dearne Valley Line towards Swinton, while Platforms 3 and 4 are on both the Penistone Line and the Hallam Line.

Trains per hour (off-peak basic service)

Northern

TransPennine Express

At other times of the day, there are also Northern services that terminate at Barnsley, Beverley, Goole, Manchester Piccadilly, Retford, Worksop and York (via the Dearne Valley Line, limited service only).[1]

High Speed 2

High Speed 2, upon opening, had been planned to serve Meadowhall[2] on a high-level viaduct station parallel to the existing M1 motorway Tinsley Viaduct. As a result of the new viaduct, the platforms 1 and 2 and Supertram platforms would be relocated.[3] A new Supertram line from Dore to Meadowhall would be built to improve connectivity to HS2.[4]

Following the release of the latest report from HS2 Ltd regarding possible routes for the line through South Yorkshire in July 2016, new proposals to serve Sheffield & Chesterfield separately have been put forward.[5] If adopted, the new build main line would be re-routed to the east of the city & Rotherham (via Mexborough and the M18 motorway), whilst a new connection would link into the existing Derby to Sheffield main line south of Chesterfield. This would be used to reach Sheffield Midland station, from where trains would then run via the existing line towards Leeds and then rejoin the new railway at Grimethorpe, to the east of Barnsley. This would avoid the need for the new station & associated access works at Meadowhall, alleviate potential road congestion in the area and also reduce construction costs for the route as a whole by £1 billion.[6]

Tram

Sheffield Supertram platforms at the interchange

Meadowhall Interchange tram stop, stop code MEI, consists of two platforms in an island platform layout, one of only two island platforms on the Supertram network (the other being at Netherthorpe Road). Both of the platforms are terminating platforms. Meadowhall is the only Supertram terminus station with two tracks; this is because, at off-peak times, two services terminate here rather than one.

The two platforms at Meadowhall Interchange and numbered MEI1 and MEI2, with the prefix avoiding any confusion with the National Rail platforms. Meadowhall is the terminus for the Yellow Route and, at off-peak times only, the Purple Route. Services are not allocated a platform and simply use whichever is free when they arrive, however yellow route services generally use the platform which does not involve using the pointwork at the entry to the stop.

The current peak time frequency, in trams per hour, is as follows:

Future tram-train

From 2017, the Sheffield to Rotherham tram-train pilot, which will run on to Parkgate Shopping Centre in Rotherham via Rotherham Central using dedicated vehicles is due to come into operation. This will leave the existing route to Meadowhall Interchange near the Meadowhall South stop and then join the former South Yorkshire Railway line to Rotherham Central via a new 150 m long connection between the two systems at Tinsley.[7]

Bus and coach

Bus interchange and footbridge

Meadowhall bus and coach station is located a short distance from Junction 34 of the M1 motorway, meaning it is more conveniently located for intercity coach services than Sheffield's main city centre Interchange. As a result, many coach services for Sheffield call at Meadowhall instead of the central Sheffield Interchange. To link passengers with Sheffield city centre, there are many bus services between Sheffield Interchange and Meadowhall Interchange, including the express X78 every ten minutes.

The bus station at Meadowhall Interchange is divided into four main rows - A row, closest to the shopping centre; B row; C row; and D row, closest to the rail platforms. The rows are divided into individual 'stands'; effectively bus stops integrated into the bus station. There are sixteen stands - A1 to A5; B1 and B2; C1 to C5; and D1 to D4.

Intercity coach services, operated by Megabus and National Express, usually depart from stands A1 and A2, the two stands closest to the shopping centre. Coach service destinations include London, Leeds, Newcastle, Scotland and various airports. All other scheduled bus services, to locations across South Yorkshire, have their own dedicated 'stand' which they will always depart from; there are passenger information screens throughout the bus station to help passengers find their stand.

The bus station is in the PlusBus scheme, which means that train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving. Meadowhall is in the same zone as Sheffield station.

References

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  1. ↑ GB eNRT, December 2015 Edition, Tables 29, 30, 31 & 34
  2. ↑ "Meadowhall to get Sheffield's HS2 high-speed rail station"BBC News 28 January 2013
  3. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69019/hs2-arp-lr0-dr-rt-55151_3-0.pdf
  4. ↑ "New Sheffield Supertram line in ‘transport revolution’"The Star news article 28 January 2013
  5. ↑ "HS2: Sheffield and South Yorkshire Report 2016 (Research & Analysis)"High Speed 2 Ltd 7 July 2016; Retrieved 19 July 2016
  6. ↑ "HS2 South Yorkshire route change threatens new estate"BBC News Sheffield & South Yorkshire news article 7 July 2016; Retrieved 19 July 2016
  7. ↑ "Tram Train Pilot: Sheffield - Rotherham"South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive site; Retrieved 19 July 2016
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
TransPennine Express
South TransPennine
Northern
Hallam Line
Northern
Leeds-Nottingham
Northern
Penistone Line
Northern
Dearne Valley Line
Northern
Wakefield Line
Sheffield Supertram
Terminus   Yellow Line   Meadowhall South/Tinsley
towards Middlewood or Herdings Park
  Purple Line
(Peak Hours Only)		  
Historical railways
Brightside
Line open, station closed		   London Midland Region of British Railways   Rotherham Central
Line and station open
  Future services  
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
TransPennine Express
South TransPennine
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