Sheffield Midland station
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Image:Sheffield Midland Station - Front 07-03.jpg Sheffield Midland Station, now called simply Sheffield, is the railway station in central Sheffield, England. Services from Sheffield station are provided by Midland Mainline, Virgin Trains, Central Trains, Northern Rail and TransPennine Express (First / Keolis). The station is connected to the Sheffield Supertram network, and is linked to the city's bus station by a short covered walkway. Image:Sheffield Station General View.jpg Midland Station opened in 1870 and was the fifth and last station to be built in Sheffield's city centre. It was built by the Midland Railway to serve their new Sheffield extension Midland Main Line. This new line replaced the previous route to London, which ran from Sheffield Wicker Station via Rotherham (Masborough).
The station opened on a damp and cold day without any celebrations. Originally there were different entrances for passengers of different classes. The then station buildings are what we see standing on the island platforms 2 to 5. Pond Street goods depot opened at the same time.
The station was given two extra platforms and a new frontage in 1905 at a cost of £215,000. The enlargements consisted of creating an island platform out of the old platform 1 and building a new platform 1 as well as a new entrance. Image:Sheffield Station - Platform 5.jpg Offices were build at the north end of the 300 feet long carriage way rooftop. A large parcels office was built to the south of the main buildings. Two footbridges connected to the platforms, the one to the north for passengers, the one to the south for station staff and parcels employees. The tracks were covered by two train sheds or rooftops. One spanned platforms 5 and 6, the second platforms 1 and 2. The rooftops were removed in the autumn of 1956, and replaced by low-level awnings.
The 1960s saw the introduction of the Class 45 and Class 46 diesel-electric engines, known as Peaks. Sheaf House was built to house British Rail's Sheffield Division headquarters East of Sheaf Square. In 1984 British Rail introduced the High Speed Train to Sheffield to serve on the Midland Main Line. The Cross Country services had seen the introduction of the HSTs in 1982.
In 2002, Midland Mainline started a major re-generation work. This work included a new footbridge, a new passenger hall, new platform surface and new destination boards. Part of the renovation project was the building of a new public place outside the station, before the start of the work, archeologists and researchers were allowed to dig outside the station to study the remains of Bamford Dam. The site has now been covered and work is well under way. Construction of the new platform canopy for platform 2C is yet to start. The work is to finish in 2006-2007.
The new facilities at Sheffield Station: |  Sheffield Station destination boards on platform 5. |
 Sheffield Station concourse. |
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