Roseberry Parkway railway station explained

Roseberry Parkway
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough
Country:England
Coordinates:54.524°N -1.1452°W
Manager:Northern (Proposed)
Platforms:1

Roseberry Parkway railway station (also known as Nunthorpe Parkway)[1] is a proposed railway station which would be between and 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".

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.[3] 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.[4] 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,[5] a name applied to the gridlock along the A-roads (A172 and A171) leading northwards into Middlesbrough.[6]

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 would run half-hourly, with the prospect of trains to being doubled.[7] [8] Local opinion on the proposals was mixed, with some suggesting a revamp of the station at as a preferred option for a rail and bus interchange.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Jones . Samuel . Could rail park and ride be the answer to the Marton Crawl? . 21 August 2019 . Gazette Live . 10 March 2019.
  2. News: UK railway news round-up . 22 August 2019 . Railway Gazette . 22 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Park and Ride Schemes: Middlesbrough - Hansard . hansard.parliament.uk . 21 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Tees Valley Metro: Phase 1 . egenda.stockton.gov.uk . Tees Valley Unlimited . 21 August 2019 . 8 . PDF . May 2010.
  5. News: Brown . Mike . Plans for brand new railway station and park and ride . 21 August 2019 . Gazette Live . 20 August 2019.
  6. News: Jones . Samuel . 'Bigger and longer-term solution' for Marton Crawl woes on the way . 21 August 2019 . Gazette Live . 24 July 2019.
  7. Web site: New station to revitalise Tees rail network . www.middlesbrough.gov.uk . 21 August 2019 . 20 August 2019.
  8. News: Scott . Jim . "Fantastic news": Park and ride railway station proposed on Teesside . 21 August 2019 . The Northern Echo . 21 August 2019.
  9. News: Blom . Lois . 'Great to see ambition' but new station plan raises questions . 22 August 2019 . Gazette Live . 21 August 2019.