News: Where would the new Rotherham mainline station be located?
Rothbiz details the area of land at Parkgate being looked at for the new £100m+ Rotherham mainline station.
With a potential station at Forge Way, it could see Rotherham Council buying back land that it disposed of in 2016.
The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) and the council have been developing a scheme to return mainline train services to the borough for the first time since the 1980s.
The project was one of many contained in the much-derided "Network North" document, published by the Government when it axed HS2 going beyond Birmingham.
Rothbiz revealed last year that the total project cost was £107.6m. £99.5m for the station and £7.1m for the tram-train stop when it went before SYMCA.
Rotherham Council's cabinet gave the green light for the authority to start negotiations to acquire land needed for a new mainline station in September.
The masterplan identified connections between the mainline and tram-train (which runs on the line between Rotherham Central and Parkgate), a preferred location for the station building and a layout for supporting facilities including car parking, a pick-up/drop off area and space to accommodate rail replacement bus services. Potential development plots have also been identified.
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Council minutes show that the station format for a site at Forge Way has been agreed with the masterplanners. In this area, known as Northfields, regeneration has taken place to create a large warehouse unit - occupied by Trade Centre UK - and a number of commercial units built at Kaldo Court by local developers, Waddingtons.
Also at Forge Way is the site of the former Greasbrough Road depot, disposed of by the council in 2016 and now used as storage by the Stobart Group. This land is where the two railway lines are closest.
Council minutes also shows that the authority needs to acquire land to the north of the mainline for a secondary access. Land at Mangham Way on the Barbot Hall Industrial Estate is being looked at which would be accessed via an underpass.
£1m has been secured to develop the Outline Business Case and £10m in funding has been secured for land assembly.
The council is aiming to snap up five sites and has been investigating the potential use of powers for a Compulsory Purchase or Transport and Works Act orders to acquire the necessary land, although negotiation remains the preferred option.
Wider regeneration opportunities in the area and a 15–20 year programme are also being assessed including "connections to the town centre and to the north of the site on the wider masterplan area and opportunities for regeneration."
With the development of the project business case and acquisitions set to take some time, construction is not due to start until 2026, with an opening for the new station pencilled in for Spring 2028.
Reliant on securing further Government funding, the proposals would see new direct services into York and Birmingham, with faster services to Leeds, Sheffield, and Doncaster than currently offered.
Huw Merriman MP, Minister of State for Rail and HS2, was in the region last month to see proposals for improving transport. He said on social media at the time: "Sheffield and Rotherham are now at the heart of Northern Powerhouse Rail, transforming connectivity east and west.
"In Rotherham, Network North delivers a new mainline station. I saw how SYMCA and Rotherham Council plan to capitalise on this by expanding tram-train services, driving regeneration of the local area further."
Images: Google Maps / Huw Merriman / X
With a potential station at Forge Way, it could see Rotherham Council buying back land that it disposed of in 2016.
The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) and the council have been developing a scheme to return mainline train services to the borough for the first time since the 1980s.
The project was one of many contained in the much-derided "Network North" document, published by the Government when it axed HS2 going beyond Birmingham.
Rothbiz revealed last year that the total project cost was £107.6m. £99.5m for the station and £7.1m for the tram-train stop when it went before SYMCA.
Rotherham Council's cabinet gave the green light for the authority to start negotiations to acquire land needed for a new mainline station in September.
The masterplan identified connections between the mainline and tram-train (which runs on the line between Rotherham Central and Parkgate), a preferred location for the station building and a layout for supporting facilities including car parking, a pick-up/drop off area and space to accommodate rail replacement bus services. Potential development plots have also been identified.
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Council minutes show that the station format for a site at Forge Way has been agreed with the masterplanners. In this area, known as Northfields, regeneration has taken place to create a large warehouse unit - occupied by Trade Centre UK - and a number of commercial units built at Kaldo Court by local developers, Waddingtons.
Also at Forge Way is the site of the former Greasbrough Road depot, disposed of by the council in 2016 and now used as storage by the Stobart Group. This land is where the two railway lines are closest.
Council minutes also shows that the authority needs to acquire land to the north of the mainline for a secondary access. Land at Mangham Way on the Barbot Hall Industrial Estate is being looked at which would be accessed via an underpass.
£1m has been secured to develop the Outline Business Case and £10m in funding has been secured for land assembly.
The council is aiming to snap up five sites and has been investigating the potential use of powers for a Compulsory Purchase or Transport and Works Act orders to acquire the necessary land, although negotiation remains the preferred option.
Wider regeneration opportunities in the area and a 15–20 year programme are also being assessed including "connections to the town centre and to the north of the site on the wider masterplan area and opportunities for regeneration."
With the development of the project business case and acquisitions set to take some time, construction is not due to start until 2026, with an opening for the new station pencilled in for Spring 2028.
Huw Merriman MP, Minister of State for Rail and HS2, was in the region last month to see proposals for improving transport. He said on social media at the time: "Sheffield and Rotherham are now at the heart of Northern Powerhouse Rail, transforming connectivity east and west.
"In Rotherham, Network North delivers a new mainline station. I saw how SYMCA and Rotherham Council plan to capitalise on this by expanding tram-train services, driving regeneration of the local area further."
Images: Google Maps / Huw Merriman / X
38 comments:
Nobody is interested about trains it's rotherham not London could use money on better projects it's a joke surely
But Rotherham won't get money for "better projects". It is there for this project at the moment though it is by no means certain that the government will cough up. I would have thought that it is essential for Rotherham's continued development to return to mainline train services. And to say that no-one is interested in trains is silly.
I think you mean you're not interested. A lot of people are. Faster services to Leeds for example will benefit a lot of commuters.
I was led to believe that space was been left at Parkgate where the new link road is being built
Me too, thought it was going behind The Range
It would be great if it comes off, but it wont. Even if this shower remains in power which is extremely unlikely, they have done more u-turns than a driving instructor.
Boris would have delivered. He promised and is a man of his word.
Train travel is expensive and unpredictable in the country. I'll be sticking to using my car even if this does get built.
You forgot a town centre free of people who have given up on life
Hard to believe someone got up on a Christmas morning and thought of writing that!
Or that someone would be daft enough to get up on Boxing Day to respond. Both of you need to get lives.
Says someone who also obviously as no life.
Bit rich coming from someone who also replied on the Boxing day....or is it all the same person Jez?
…or that someone would, at 6.35pm on Boxing Day, make a snide comment about the two previous comments… pot and kettle…. which make 3 (and 4 including me) people who presumably need to “get lives”… 😉
Well, let's face it you are all a little sad.
Meh
Oliver Coppard throwing out loads of money to everywhere other than doncaster as usual
Oliver Cop-out more like. Am I right guys?
…guys?
I'd guess the page owners rather like the traffic when you all start arguing between yourselves.
Jez, is your New Year’s resolution to be funny at least once?
We need a bit of traffic calming - or more cycle lanes!
I'd be happy if Jez would stop been such a blowhard and showing such contempt for anyone else's opinion.
Also a word often used in Wickersley
Plenty of people in my workplace older than me use 'guys' rather than 'folks'.
How old are you and what sort of workplace is it?
It was the same when I worked darnt pit. A chap would often say "would one of you guys pass me a shovel?"
40s and it's mixed between support and operations.
Come on Jez, we all known you don’t have it in you to be funny. Some people are just naturally funny, unfortunately you aren’t one of them. I’m sure you have other things you’re good at so don’t get too disheartened. Maybe concentrate on those?
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