Meadowhall Interchange

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

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General information
Location	City of Sheffield
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	National Rail - 4 Sheffield Supertram - 2 Bus station - 16
Other information
Station code	MHS
Fare zone	Sheffield & Rotherham
Key dates
1990	Opened

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

• 6 to Sheffield
• 4 to Leeds (1 via Moorthorpe, 3 via Barnsley)
• 1 to Adwick
• 1 to Scunthorpe
• 1 to Huddersfield
• 1 to Hull (limited stop - continues to either Bridlington or Scarborough)
• 1 to Lincoln Central (via Sheffield & Retford)
• 1 to Nottingham

TransPennine Express

• 1 to Cleethorpes
• 1 to Manchester Airport

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).

High Speed 2

High Speed 2, upon opening, will serve Meadowhall 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 will be relocated. A new Supertram line from Dore to Meadowhall will be built to improve connectivity to HS2.

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 sets of track; 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:

• 6 to Middlewood (Yellow Route)
• 2 to Herdings Park via Cathedral (Purple Route) Sundays only

Future tram-train

From 2017, Meadowhall Interchange is scheduled to be the terminus for the Sheffield to Rotherham tram-train pilot, which will run on to Parkgate Shopping Centre in Rotherham via Rotherham Central railway station using dedicated vehicles.

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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Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Sheffield		TransPennine Express South TransPennine		Doncaster
		Northern Hallam Line		Barnsley
				Chapeltown
		Northern Leeds-Nottingham		Barnsley
		Northern Penistone Line		Chapeltown
		Northern Dearne Valley Line		Rotherham Central
		Northern Wakefield Line
Sheffield Supertram
	Future services
Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Sheffield		TransPennine Express South TransPennine		Rotherham Parkgate