Roseberry Parkway railway station (also known as Nunthorpe Parkway)[1] is a proposed railway station which would be between Nunthorpe and Great Ayton railway stations on the Esk Valley Line, in North Yorkshire, England.[2] The station was proposed in August 2019 by a joint project between Redcar & Cleveland and Middlesbrough Councils and the Tees Valley Combined Authority. The project is "aimed at easing road congestion and improving access to East Cleveland".[3]
Roseberry Parkway  | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough England |
| Coordinates | 54°31′26″N 1°08′43″W / 54.5240°N 1.1452°W |
| Managed by | Northern (Proposed) |
| Platforms | 1 |
A parkway station near Nunthorpe has been proposed since at least 2009 when central government funding was made available for studies into improving transport links in the East Cleveland area.[4] The station was listed as Nunthorpe Parkway in the Tees Valley Metro Project documentation of 2010, though this maintained that any future station would be constructed after 2014.[5] Roseberry Parkway station would serve an estimated population of 70,000 people and seek to encourage 30,000 car journeys away from the Marton Crawl,[6] a name applied to the gridlock along the A-roads (A172 and A171) leading northwards into Middlesbrough.[7]
Although an exact site is not yet proposed, it is suggested that the station is situated in the shadow of Roseberry Topping and would be a transport hub connecting pedestrians, bikes, cars and buses with trains. Trains to Middlesbrough would run half-hourly, with the prospect of trains to Whitby being doubled.[3][8] Local opinion on the proposals was mixed, with some suggesting a revamp of the station at Teesside Airport as a preferred option for a rail and bus interchange.[9]
References
edit- ^ Jones, Samuel (10 March 2019). "Could rail park and ride be the answer to the Marton Crawl?". Gazette Live. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "UK railway news round-up". Railway Gazette. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ a b "New station to revitalise Tees rail network". www.middlesbrough.gov.uk. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Park and Ride Schemes: Middlesbrough - Hansard". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Tees Valley Metro: Phase 1" (PDF). egenda.stockton.gov.uk. Tees Valley Unlimited. May 2010. p. 8. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ Brown, Mike (20 August 2019). "Plans for brand new railway station and park and ride". Gazette Live. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ Jones, Samuel (24 July 2019). "'Bigger and longer-term solution' for Marton Crawl woes on the way". Gazette Live. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ Scott, Jim (21 August 2019). ""Fantastic news": Park and ride railway station proposed on Teesside". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ Blom, Lois (21 August 2019). "'Great to see ambition' but new station plan raises questions". Gazette Live. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
External links
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