Rotherham Parkgate railway station
Rotherham Parkgate  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Rotherham |
| Local authority | Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | (Unknown) |
| History | |
| 2017 | Projected opening |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Rotherham Parkgate railway station, is a proposed [1] combined tram stop and railway station, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. It will be situated near the Rotherham Parkgate shopping park, north east of the town centre, near the border with Rawmarsh. For nearly 30 years the town has been without long distance inter regional services since the closure of Rotherham Masborough railway station in October 1988.
Rotherham Parkgate is part of the Sheffield to Rotherham tram train pilot scheme,[2] which is a first of it's kind in the United Kingdom. The scheme involves extending the Sheffield Supertram purple line from Meadowhall to the station via Rotherham Central railway station. It is also planned that Rotherham Parkgate will be the hub for longer distance inter regional services,[3] while Central station will be the hub for local, Yorkshire based services. To cater for the tram train services, Rotherham Central will have a third platform built.
It is thought that constructing the station will cost around £14 million (£53 million including the railway service to Leeds) and deliver economic benefits worth over £100 million.[4] A study has concluded that it is not worth expanding Rotherham Central railway station because it would cost £161 million to expand the station but only deliver benefits worth £76 million.[4] This is why constructing a new station is considered more viable.
The scheme will also create 35 new jobs. The first tram train vehicle, which was manufactured by Vossloh in Spain, arrived in December 2015.
References
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| Sheffield Supertram | ||||
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| Rotherham Central towards Cathedral |
Purple Line | Terminus | ||
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
| Northern Rail | ||||
| Northern Rail | ||||
| Transpennine Express South Transpennine | ||||
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