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]