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Meadowhall Interchange
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- This article is about the modern station near to and serving Meadowhall shopping centre.
| Meadowhall Interchange | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Sheffield | ||
| Local authority | City of Sheffield | ||
| Coordinates | Coordinates: | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | MHS | ||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 4 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 1.289 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 1.305 million | ||
| Passenger Transport Executive | |||
| PTE | South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive | ||
| History | |||
| 1990 | Opened | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual 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. | |||
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Meadowhall Interchange is a railway station on the Midland Main Line, Sheffield Supertram stop, and bus station located in the north of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. It is located close to junction 34 on the M1, and serves Meadowhall Shopping Centre. There is direct access to the shopping centre via a covered footbridge crossing the River Don.
The railway station has four platforms—two for the Penistone and Hallam Lines, which run from Sheffield to Huddersfield and Leeds via Barnsley respectively, and two for the other lines towards Rotherham Central and Doncaster:
- Trains to Sheffield, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport (and Monday to Saturdays one East Midlands Trains train per day to London St. Pancras International via Leicester);
- Trains to Doncaster, Leeds (via Wakefield Westgate), Cleethorpes and York;
- Trains to Huddersfield and Leeds (via Barnsley).
The station has a PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving. Meadowhall is in the same area as Midland 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 line, and is served by trams from the city centre, Middlewood, and Herdings Park (limited service).
The station provides excellent commuting to Leeds, Wakefield, Sheffield, Doncaster and Derby with free parking.
Platforms 3 and 4 provide services to Sheffield, Leeds and Wakefield Kirkgate whereas platforms 1 and 2 are on the Sheffield to Hull Line.
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
| Preceding station | Sheffield Supertram Lines | Following station | ||
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| Meadowhall South/Tinsley |
Yellow | Terminus | ||
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| National Rail | ||||
| Sheffield | East Midlands Trains Midland Main Line |
Barnsley or Doncaster or Wakefield Westgate |
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| Sheffield | First TransPennine Express South TransPennine |
Doncaster | ||
| Sheffield | Northern Rail Penistone Line |
Chapeltown | ||
| Sheffield | Northern Rail Dearne Valley Line |
Rotherham | ||
| Sheffield | Northern Rail Sheffield-Hull Line |
Rotherham | ||
| Sheffield | Northern Rail Hallam Line |
Barnsley (Express) or Chapeltown |
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| Sheffield | Northern Rail Wakefield Line |
Rotherham | ||
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| Railway lines | █ Dearne Valley • █ Hallam • █ Hope Valley • █ Midland Main Line • █ Penistone • █ Hull • █ Lincoln • █ Wakefield • Woodhead |
| Railway stations | Chapeltown • Darnall • Dore • Meadowhall • Sheffield • Woodhouse |
| Closed stations | Attercliffe • Attercliffe Road • Beauchief • Beighton • Bridgehouses • Brightside • Broughton Lane • Chapeltown • Chapeltown Central • Deepcar • Ecclesfield • Ecclesfield West • Grange Lane • Grimesthorpe Bridge • Heeley • Millhouses • Meadowhall • Wincobank (and Meadow Hall) • Neepsend • Oughtibridge • Tinsley • Tinsley West • Victoria • Wadsley Bridge • Wicker |
| Engine sheds | Darnall • Grimesthorpe • Millhouses • Neepsend • Nunnery • Tinsley |
| Transport in Sheffield • SYPTE 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 |
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