East Leeds Parkway railway station
Coordinates: 53°47′42″N 1°19′37″W / 53.795°N 1.327°W
East Leeds Parkway  | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Micklefield |
| Local authority | City of Leeds |
| Grid reference | SE443334 |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | N/A |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 2 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| UK Railways portal | |
East Leeds Parkway is a proposed railway station, to be sited near Micklefield in West Yorkshire, England on the Selby Line.
It will be served by trains from the west of Leeds which would normally terminate at Leeds station; by continuing eastwards to this station, it is hoped that extra capacity for through trains would be created at Leeds.[1] The station would also form the first phase of electrifying the railway line to the east of Leeds.[1] As a parkway station, the intention would be to allow for a park-and-ride service and the plans include parking for 500 cars.[1]
£20 million was allocated to the scheme by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Transport Board in April 2008.[1] It was originally hoped that construction would begin in 2011, with a completion date of 2012,[2] but the business case will not be submitted to the Department for Transport until 2011.[3] The scheme has now been put on hold due to a lack of central government funding.[4][5]
The station is likely to be made up of 2 long platforms, capable of serving inter-city trains, as well as a bay platform for terminating services.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Transport Board funding welcomed". Metro. 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ↑ "Strategic Business Plan April Update" (PDF). Network Rail. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ↑ "RailPlan Update" (PDF). West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority. 2009-11-30. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ↑ "Meeting of Calderdale Passenger Consultative Committee" (PDF). West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority. 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
- ↑ "Update on major schemes" (PDF). West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority. 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
- ↑ "Rail Working Group Strategic Update" (PDF). West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority. 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-06-27.