Rotherham Parkgate railway station

Rotherham Parkgate railway station, is a tram-train stop, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, which opened in 2018. It is situated next to the Rotherham Parkgate shopping park, north east of the town centre, near the border with Rawmarsh.[1]

Rotherham Parkgate
Tram-train service to Cathedral
LocationParkgate, Rotherham
Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
Coordinates53.4429°N 1.3433°W / 53.4429; -1.3433
Platforms1
Key dates
2018Opened

Rotherham Parkgate is part of the Sheffield to Rotherham tram-train pilot scheme, which is a first of its kind in the United Kingdom. The scheme involved extending the Sheffield Supertram from the Yellow Line in Meadowhall to Rotherham Central, mostly via low-use freight lines, and onto Parkgate. There are 75 free parking spaces for tram-train passengers.[2] The scheme ended up going over budget and costing £75 million.[3]

It was planned that Rotherham Parkgate will be the hub for longer distance inter regional services, while Central station will be the hub for local, Yorkshire based services.[4] It was thought that constructing the station would cost around £14 million (£53 million including the railway service to Leeds) and deliver economic benefits worth over £100 million.[5] 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.[5]

Services

All services are provided by Sheffield Supertram's tram-train route. Travel times to Sheffield Cathedral are 27 minutes.[6] The current service pattern as of April 2020 is:

Preceding station   Sheffield Supertram   Following station
Rotherham Central
towards Cathedral		   Sheffield Supertram
Tram-train		   Terminus

References
  1. Sharpe, Lorna. "Sheffield-Rotherham tram-train begins passenger service". E&T. Institution of Engineering and Technology. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. "Tram Train". stagecoachbus.com. Stagecoach. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. "Sheffield-Rotherham tram-trains suspended 'on maker's advice'". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. "News: New station for Rotherham?". Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  5. "Rotherham could get new rail station". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  6. "Tram Train". travelsouthyorkshire.com. SYPTE. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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