Meadowhall Interchange

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This article is about the modern station near to and serving Meadowhall Shopping Centre.

Meadowhall Interchange
Location
Place	Sheffield
Local authority	City of Sheffield
Coordinates	53°25′00″N 1°24′51″W / 53.4167, -1.4141Coordinates: 53°25′00″N 1°24′51″W / 53.4167, -1.4141
Operations
Station code	MHS
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	4
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	1.289 million
2005/06 *	1.305 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
History
1990	Opened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Meadowhall Interchange from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Meadowhall Interchange to the north of Sheffield, South Yorkshire is a railway station on the Midland Main Line, a Sheffield Supertram stop, and bus station. It is close to junction 34 on the M1, and serves Meadowhall Shopping Centre. There is direct access to the shopping centre via a covered footbridge over the River Don.

The railway station has four platforms: platforms 3 and 4 for the Penistone and Hallam Lines, from Sheffield to Huddersfield and Leeds respectively via Barnsley, and platforms 1 and 2 for the lines towards Rotherham Central and Doncaster:

1. to Sheffield, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport, and one East Midlands Trains train per day Monday to Saturdays to London St. Pancras International via Leicester;
2. to Doncaster, Leeds via Wakefield Westgate, Cleethorpes and York;
3. to Huddersfield and Leeds (via Barnsley).

The station is in the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving. Meadowhall is in the same zone as Sheffield station.

The bus station is served by buses from all over South Yorkshire and beyond.

The Supertram stop is the north eastern terminus of the yellow line, and is served by trams from the city centre, Middlewood, and Herdings Park (limited service).

The station provides excellent commuting to Leeds, Wakefield, Sheffield, Doncaster and Derby with free parking.

[edit] Trivia

Other stations in the area have had the name Meadowhall.

• Wincobank and Meadowhall station of the Sheffield & Rotherham Railway and later Midland Railway
• Meadow Hall and Wincobank station of the South Yorkshire Railway, later M.S.& L.R. and Great Central Railway

[edit] Services

Preceding station	Sheffield Supertram Lines			Following station
Meadowhall South/Tinsley		Yellow		Terminus
		Purple (peak service)
National Rail
Sheffield		East Midlands Trains Midland Main Line		Barnsley or Doncaster or Wakefield Westgate
Sheffield		First TransPennine Express South TransPennine		Doncaster
Sheffield		Northern Rail Penistone Line		Chapeltown
Sheffield		Northern Rail Dearne Valley Line		Rotherham
Sheffield		Northern Rail Sheffield-Hull Line		Rotherham
Sheffield		Northern Rail Hallam Line		Barnsley (Express) or Chapeltown
Sheffield		Northern Rail Wakefield Line		Rotherham

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