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{{Short description|Combined railway station and tram stop in Sheffield, England}}
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| name                = Sheffield
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| symbol2             = sheffield
| image               = Sheffield Station 2022.jpg
| caption             = Sheffield station from [[Sheaf Square]]
| borough             = [[Sheffield]], [[City of Sheffield]]
| country             = England
| coordinates         = {{coord|53.378|-1.462|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|SK358869|25|SK358869}}
| owned               = [[Network Rail]]
| manager             = [[East Midlands Railway]]
| platforms           = 11 – 9 [[National Rail|train]], 2 [[Sheffield Supertram|tram]]{{efn|name=platforms|group=nav-notes|The National Rail platforms are numbered 1–8 and 2C. In addition to the two operational Supertram platforms, three disused platforms – from the previous site of the Sheffield station tram stop before it was relocated in 2002 – remain extant and are occasionally used during engineering works, but no scheduled services call at them.}}
| code                = SHF
| zone                = Sheffield
| classification      = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] B
| transit_authority   = [[South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive|Travel South Yorkshire]]
| years               = 1870
| events              = Opened as Pond Street
| years1              = 1905
| events1             = Extension
| years2              = 1956
| events2             = Rooftop removed
| years3              = 1973
| events3             = Power signal box built
| years4              = 1994
| events4             = [[Sheffield Supertram|Supertram]] platforms opened
| years5              = 2006
| events5             = Major redevelopment completed
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'''Sheffield station''' (formerly '''Pond Street'''<ref>Batty ({{cite book |title=Rail Centres: Sheffield| last=Batty| first=Stephen|year=1989 |publisher=Ian Allan Ltd |location=Shepperton, Surrey|isbn=0-7110-1366-7 |page=10 }}) refers to the station as ''Pond Street''. However, Fox ({{cite book |title=The Midland Line in Sheffield |last=Fox |first=Peter |year=1990 |publisher=Platform 5 |location=Sheffield |isbn=1-872524-16-8 |page=8 }}) notes that, although the name ''Pond Street'' appears on some Midland Railway maps, the station has never been known locally by this name, and was never referred to as such in timetables.</ref> and later '''Sheffield Midland''') is a combined [[railway station]] and [[tram stop]] in [[Sheffield]], [[England]]; it is the busiest station in [[South Yorkshire]], and the second busiest in [[Yorkshire & the Humber]], after [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Estimates of station usage |url=https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage |accessdate=23 November 2024 |work=ORR Data Portal}}</ref> Adjacent is the [[Sheffield station#Sheffield Supertram stop|Sheffield Supertram stop]].

==History==
===1870 – 1960===
[[File:Sheffield_Railway_Station.jpg|thumb|left|The stone façade of Sheffield station, added in 1905. The [[Park Hill, Sheffield|Park Hill]] flats are in the background.]]
The station was opened in 1870 by the [[Midland Railway]] to the designs of the company architect [[John Holloway Sanders]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Sheffield and Chesterfield District Railway. The New stations |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/18690413/005/0005 |newspaper=Sheffield Daily Telegraph |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=13 April 1869 |access-date=12 July 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> It was the fifth and last station to be built in Sheffield city centre.

The station was built on the 'New Line', which ran between Grimesthorpe Junction, on the former [[Sheffield and Rotherham Railway]], and Tapton Junction, just north of [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]]. This line replaced the Midland Railway's previous route, the 'old road', to [[London]], which ran from [[Sheffield Wicker railway station|Sheffield Wicker]] via [[Rotherham Masborough railway station|Rotherham]].

The new line and station were built despite some controversy and opposition locally. The Duke of Norfolk, who owned land in the area, insisted that the southern approach be in a tunnel and the land known as The Farm landscaped to prevent the line being seen. Some years later the tunnel was opened out into a cutting. [[Sheffield City Council|Sheffield Corporation]] was so concerned about the eastern side of the city being cut off from the city centre that it insisted that public access be preserved across the railway site.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1270904 |desc=Sheffield Station and attached Bridges and Platform Bridges |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
[[File:Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 505748.jpg|thumb|left|The interior stonework and iron roof on the station concourse]]
The station and Pond Street Goods Depot opened on a damp and cold day without any celebrations. There were originally different passenger entrances for each class<!-- Passenger classes not social classes! -->. The original station buildings have been preserved and are between island platforms 2 to 5.

The station was given two extra platforms and a new frontage in 1905 at a cost of £215,000 ({{Inflation|UK|215000|1905|r=-4|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}} The enlargements consisted of creating an island platform out of the old platform 1 and building a new platform 1 and a new entrance. These works were overseen by the Chief Architect to the [[Midland Railway]] [[Charles Trubshaw]].

Offices were built at the north end of the {{convert|300|ft|m}} long carriageway rooftop. A large parcels office was built to the south of the main buildings. Two footbridges connected the platforms, the one to the north for passengers, the one to the south for station staff and parcels. The tracks were covered by two overall roofs. The older and larger spanned platforms 5 and 6, and an identical structure can still be viewed today at [[Bath Green Park railway station]]; the other platforms 1 and 2. Wartime damage put the roofs beyond economic repair; hence, they were removed in the autumn of 1956 and replaced by low-level awnings.

===1960 – 2002===
The 1960s saw the introduction of the [[British Rail Class 45|Class 45]] and [[British Rail Class 46|Class 46]] diesel-electric engines, known as ''Peaks''.<ref>{{cite book | last = Montague | first = Keith | title = The Power of the Peaks | publisher = Oxford Publishing Co | year = 1978 | location = Oxford | isbn = 0-902888-99-4}}</ref> [[Sheaf House]] was built in 1965<ref>{{cite magazine |title= |magazine=[[Railway Magazine]] |issue= | date= August 1965| page=483}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=May 2023}} adjacent to the station to house [[British Rail]]'s Sheffield Division headquarters. As part of the reconstruction of the area as the "Gateway to Sheffield", it was demolished in early 2006. In 1970, Sheffield's other main station, [[Sheffield Victoria railway station|Sheffield Victoria]], was closed and its remaining services, from Penistone, were diverted until 1981 via a cumbersome reversal. The Pullman service between Sheffield Victoria and London King's Cross, including the morning and evening ''[[Master Cutler (train)|Master Cutler]]'' now ran onto the East Coast Main Line via Retford from Sheffield Midland instead. This was the third route used by the train of that name; originally it had run to [[Marylebone railway station|London Marylebone]]. The station was resignalled in 1972, and its track layout remodelled. [[British Rail]] introduced the [[InterCity 125|High Speed Train]] (HST) to Sheffield on the Midland Main Line in 1984. The cross-country services had seen the introduction of the HSTs in 1982. On 21 December 1991, the station was flooded by the [[River Sheaf]], which flows under it. A log that was part of the debris commemorates the event on platform 5. In 1991. construction of the new [[Sheffield Supertram|Supertram]] network began and by late 1994 Sheffield Midland was connected to the network, after the opening of the line between [[Fitzalan Square]] in the city centre and Spring Lane, to the east of the station.<ref>http://www.thetrams.co.uk/supertram/history.php History of the Sheffield Supertram. TheTrams.co.uk. Accessed 3 August 2011</ref>

===2002 – present===
[[File:Platform 6 and 7 sheffield station.jpg|thumb|left|[[CrossCountry]] and [[East Midlands Trains]].]]
[[File:Sheffield Station concourse.JPG|thumb|left|The station concourse, post- redevelopment.]]
In 2002, [[Midland Mainline (train operating company)|Midland Mainline]], as the main [[train operating company]] of the station, instigated a major regeneration of Sheffield station. Before this, a taxi rank was located inside what is now the main concourse and the new entrance hall. The stone [[facade|façade]] of the station was [[Abrasive blasting|sandblasted]] and its archways filled with unobstructed windows to improve views both from inside and out.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/3516717.stm | title = Brighter station entrance planned | publisher = [[BBC News]] | date =  24 February 2004 | access-date = 19 November 2008}}</ref> Other changes included the improvement of platform surfaces and the addition of a pedestrian bridge connecting the station concourse with the [[Sheffield Supertram]] stop at the far side of the station.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2498269.stm | title = £11m facelift for city station | publisher = [[BBC News]] | date =  21 November 2002 | access-date = 19 November 2008}}</ref>

To coincide with the regeneration of the station, [[Sheaf Square]] was rebuilt as part of a project designed to create the Gateway to Sheffield. The station and the square form part of a route that leads passengers through the square past the {{convert|262.5|ft|m|0}} Cutting Edge water feature, up [[Howard Street (Sheffield)|Howard Street]] and into the [[Heart of the City (development)|Heart of the City]].<ref>http://www.environment-investment.com/conference2006/downloads/session_5/Simon_Ogden.pdf|{{Dead link|date=January 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Sheffield City Council – Sheffield's 'Gold Route'. Retrieved 3 January 2011</ref> This Gateway to Sheffield won the Project of the Year Award in the 2006 National Rail Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/city-centre/public-spaces/sheaf-square |title=Sheffield City Council – Sheaf Square |access-date=10 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103020000/http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/city-centre/public-spaces/sheaf-square |archive-date=3 January 2011}}</ref>

On 11 November 2007, [[East Midlands Trains]], an amalgamation of Midland Mainline and part of [[Central Trains]], took over the management of the station.

In December 2009, following the restoration of the station, a new [[Public house|pub]], the Sheffield Tap, opened next to platform 1B.<ref name="thestar.co.uk">http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Sheffield39s-newest-bar-has-arrived.5894972.jp|{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The Sheffield Star. 'Sheffield's newest bar has arrived at platform 1B' 9 December 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011</ref> The room, located within the main station building, had been used as a store room for 35 years but was used for much longer as a bar and [[restaurant]], catering for [[First class travel|first class]] passengers since 1904.<ref>''Yorkshire Post'', 'All change as railway buffet thoroughly refreshed', 2009-12-03, Accessed 6 February 2011</ref> The bar has a restored early 20th century interior and offers a selection of quality cask ales and beers from around the world.<ref name="thestar.co.uk"/> Since opening, the bar has won the National Railway Heritage Award and the [[Cask ale|Cask Ale]] pub of the year award.<ref>http://www.sheffieldtap.com/latest-news| {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310054056/http://www.sheffieldtap.com/latest-news%7C |date=10 March 2016 }} The Sheffield Tap. Latest News. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011</ref>

In October 2010, East Midland Trains initiated £10 million worth of improvements to its stations. Sheffield received renovated waiting rooms, toilet facilities and upgraded security systems amongst its improvements.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/rail_station_gets_first_class_refit_1_2039501
|title=Rail station gets first class refit
|date=14 October 2010
|work=Sheffield Telegraph
|publisher=Johnston Publishing Ltd.
|access-date=14 November 2010}}</ref>
A new first class lounge on platform 5, part of these improvements, opened on 18 January 2011.<ref>http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/AboutUs/News/Pages/_NewFirstClassLoungeopensat.aspx| East Midland Trains: New First Class Lounge opens at Sheffield station 18 January 2011</ref> The lounge was opened by the [[Master Cutler]] Professor Bill Speirs who was joined by 50 top business leaders from Sheffield and the surrounding area.<ref>http://www.cutlers-hallamshire.org.uk/html/the-company-today/news-and-press-releases-updated-2812011/| {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320152939/http://www.cutlers-hallamshire.org.uk/html/the-company-today/news-and-press-releases-updated-2812011/%7C |date=20 March 2012 }} Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire – The Company Today – News and Press releases, updated 28 January 2011</ref>[[File:Sheffield railway station - DSC07409.JPG|thumb|left|The bridge at the centre of the controversy]]

In 2008, East Midlands Trains revealed its intention to restrict access to parts of the station by installing [[ticket barriers]] to try to prevent passengers from travelling without a ticket. This proposal met with widespread opposition from residents and Council members because the footbridge would be closed off to non-ticket holders, severing a popular [[thoroughfare]] from the [[Norfolk Park]] residential area and the Supertram stop on one side, to the station travel centre, [[Sheffield Interchange|the bus interchange]], the city centre and the city centre campus of [[Sheffield Hallam University]] on the other. On 6 May 2009, East Midlands Trains implemented its proposal, using temporary barriers and ticket inspectors to bar access to the footbridge to non-ticket holders, and local residents and Supertram passengers were forced to use longer routes around the station.<ref name=ShefT090506>{{cite news | url=http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news2/Hundreds-turned-away-as-station.5239417.jp | title=Hundreds turned away as station bridge shut | work=[[Sheffield Telegraph]] | date=6 May 2009 | access-date=6 May 2009 }}</ref>

In November 2009, East Midlands Trains were refused planning permission for the barriers by the council,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/8374527.stm | title=Rail ticket barrier plan rejected | work=[[BBC News]] | date=23 November 2009 | access-date=21 February 2010 }}</ref> but in February 2010 announced it would apply again.<ref name=ShefT100218>{{cite news | url=http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/headlines/Critics-signal-new-fight-over.6083910.jp| title=Critics signal new fight over station barriers| work=[[Sheffield Telegraph]] | date=18 February 2010 | access-date=21 February 2010 }}</ref> Transport Secretary [[Lord Adonis]] announced in April 2010 that barriers would not be installed until a second bridge was built to maintain a thoroughfare for non-ticket holders.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC News|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8617002.stm|title=Sheffield station ticket barrier plans put on hold|date=13 April 2010|access-date=20 April 2010}}</ref>

From September 2010, East Midlands Trains used uniformed staff to prevent local residents using the footbridge.<ref name="yorkshirepost.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/Rail-barrier-protesters39-anger-over.6536572.jp|title= ''Yorkshire Post'' 'Rail barrier protesters' anger over bridge move.' |date=19 September 2010| access-date=30 December 2010}}</ref> At the same time, [[Sheffield City Council]] explored the possibility of turning the bridge into a public [[right of way (transit)|right-of-way]] to resolve the matter. In late 2010, it was reported that the Deputy Prime Minister, [[Nick Clegg]], MP for [[Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hallam]], might intervene to resolve the impasse.<ref>http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/general/2010/09/14-deputy-pm-may-intervene-in.html|{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Rail News 14 September 2011 – 'Deputy PM may intervene in Sheffield barriers row'</ref>

In March 2012, Transport Minister [[Justine Greening]] offered £3 million to build a new footbridge to resolve the problem.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/station_bridge_breakthrough_1_4302832 | title=Station bridge breakthrough | work=[[Sheffield Telegraph]] | date=1 March 2012 | access-date=2 March 2012 }}</ref>

Tickets are not currently required to enter the station or to use the footbridge, which gives access to the Sheffield Station tram stop to the east.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/SHF/details.html |website=National Rail |title=Sheffield (SHF) |access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref>

===Future===
Ian Yeowart, former managing director of [[Grand Central (train operating company)|Grand Central]], put forward in 2009 a bid for new open access [[Alliance Rail Holdings]] services operating on the [[East Coast Main Line]].<ref name="Modern Railways">{{cite web | url = http://www.modern-railways.com/latestnews/?p=86 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090929014133/http://www.modern-railways.com/latestnews/?p=86 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 29 September 2009 | title = Modern Railways – Yeowart back with fresh open access proposal | publisher = Modern Railways | date = 24 September 2009 | access-date = 1 January 2011 }}</ref> As part of the scheme, four services a day would operate between Sheffield and [[London King's Cross railway station|London King's Cross]] via Alfreton, Nottingham and Grantham, meaning Sheffield would be connected to the capital by both the [[Midland Main Line]] and the [[East Coast Main Line]] routes once again. Yeowart has proposed the resurrection of the name [[Great North Eastern Railway|GNER]] for the service, which has been unused since the last franchise of that name ended in 2007. However, in 2010 these proposed Sheffield to London Kings Cross services via the East Coast Main Line were rejected. In the 2010 Rail Utilisation Strategy, it quoted that the [[Midland Main Line]] north of [[Bedford railway station|Bedford]] will be electrified in 2020.<ref name="Network Rail">{{cite web | url = http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2010/Route%20I%20-%20London%20and%20East%20Midlands.pdf | title = Network Rail – Strategic Business Plan | publisher = [[Network Rail]] | date = March 2010 | access-date = 30 December 2010 | archive-date = 29 September 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120929222047/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2010/Route%20I%20-%20London%20and%20East%20Midlands.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> The line is currently one of the few major main lines that is not electrified and the plan found that the project would provide significantly enhanced services and significant financial savings.<ref name="Network Rail"/>
In July 2017 Transport Secretary, [[Chris Grayling]], announced the electrification plan for the whole of the Midland Main Line would not go ahead as previously planned. Instead the section from Clay Cross in Derbyshire to Sheffield will be electrified by 2033 as part of the planned HS2. As an interim measure bi-mode trains, claimed to offer benefits similar to high speed electric trains were to be used. A [[National Audit Office (United Kingdom)|National Audit Office]] report said: "In the case of Midland Main Line, bi-mode trains with the required speed and acceleration did not exist when the Secretary of State made his decision." The MP for Loughborough (another area to have been served by the proposed electrification scheme) and Chair of the [[Treasury Select Committee]], [[Nicky Morgan]] said of the revised plans, "Now we see the decision to cancel it was based on fantasy trains that didn't even exist and the Midlands being a guinea pig for an untested technology".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-40669869|title=Rail electrification plans scrapped|date=20 July 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transportnottingham.com/policies/midland-mainline/|title=Impact on Nottingham – cancelled electrification of the Midland Mainline.|date=20 July 2017|website=Transport Nottingham|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/20/grayling-sparks-fury-by-scrapping-rail-electrification-plans|title=Grayling sparks fury by scrapping rail electrification plans|last=Topham|first=Gwyn|date=20 July 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=15 February 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/11bn-midland-mainline-electrification-scrapped-1396016|title=Electrification scrapped on the promise of 'fantasy trains'|last=Martin|first=Dan|date=29 March 2018|website=Leicester Mercury|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/fury-government-shortchanges-leicester-leicestershire-223310|title=Fury at Government as electrification of Midland Mainland scrapped|last=Martin|first=Dan|date=21 July 2017|website=Leicester Mercury|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emcouncils.gov.uk/Press-releases/midland-main-line-electrification-cancelled|title=Midland Main Line Electrification: Cancelled|date=20 July 2017|website=www.emcouncils.gov.uk|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref>

[[CrossCountry]], aspiring to improve their overall network and services, aims to increase services between Sheffield and Leeds. East Midlands Railway also plans to make service improvements to its services between [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool]] and [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]] via Sheffield with two-car [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158]] trains doubling in capacity to four cars.<ref>name="eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk">[https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/train-times/liverpool-to-norwich East Midlands Railway Liverpool – Norwich Route]'</ref> Coupled with newly acquired [[British Rail Class 156|Class 156]] trains, this will lead to an extra 1,500 seats being available each day on this service.<ref name="eastmidlandstrains.co.uk">[http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/AboutUs/News/Pages/_EastMidlandsTrainsconfirmsimprovementsforpassengersusingLiverpooltoNorwichroute_.aspx East Midlands Trains Confirms Improvements for Liverpool – Norwich Route] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114002052/http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/AboutUs/News/Pages/_EastMidlandsTrainsconfirmsimprovementsforpassengersusingLiverpooltoNorwichroute_.aspx |date=14 November 2010 }}''EMT Press Release''</ref> [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]], responsible for operating most local services in the Sheffield area, announced in August 2011 that extra services between Sheffield and [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]] would begin in December that year. The [[Hope Valley Line]], which will see an extra service in each direction during the peak evening period, is a key commuter route and currently has a two-hour gap in its evening schedule, which will be filled by the new services.<ref>http://www.rail.co/2011/08/01/more-rail-services-on-the-hope-valley-line/ Northern Rail announce new Hope Valley Line services, Rail.co. 1 August 2011</ref>

As part of the HS2 plans, a new platform would need to be constructed which would provide additional capacity for HS2, which approved the new route via Sheffield in July 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-41277560|title = HS2 station work may cause Sheffield five years disruption|work = BBC News|date = 15 September 2017}}</ref> Two trains per hour are to serve Sheffield on the new high speed line. The work for HS2 will see the footprint of the station expand and major reconfiguration of the tram and roads surrounding the station to accommodate the extra services.

==Facilities==
The main station entrance, facing [[Sheaf Square]], is the location of the main concourse and most of the station's facilities. The ticket office, [[ticket machine]]s, information desk and a number of retail units are located there, and [[public toilets]] and facilities such as [[cash machines]].<ref name="nationalrail.co.uk">http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/shf/details.html National Rail Enquiries page for Sheffield station. Accessed 5 August 2011</ref> There are further shops and facilities on the island platforms and in the Supertram entrance hall at the far side of the station. There are waiting rooms on the island platforms and the East Midlands Railway first class lounge is within the station buildings, on platform 5.

There is a 678-space [[car park]] situated next to the main station building (Q Park) and there is a reserved parking area for [[Disabled parking permit|blue badge]] holders in the main station building.<ref name="nationalrail.co.uk"/> There is also a [[taxi rank]] (Sheffield Taxi Group) outside the station building, next to the disabled car park. Bicycle storage is provided on platforms 1a and 3a. The whole station, including platforms, concourse and Supertram stop, is accessible to disabled passengers.

==Layout==
[[File:Sheffield Station panorama.jpg|thumb|left|A panoramic view of the station. The Supertram stop is on the left and the city centre and Sheaf Street on the right.]]
[[File:Station overview.jpg|thumb|The station from the east. In the foreground are the Supertram stop and the station entrance hall. In the distance is the city centre.]]{{Unreferenced section|date=May 2024}}{{Sheffield station}}
The station is divided into four parts: the main building/[[concourse]] and [[Railway platform|platform]]s 1a/1b; the first [[Island platform|island]] with platforms 2a-5b; the second island with platforms 6a-8b; and the adjoining Supertram stop. All sections are connected by a large [[footbridge]].

Sheffield station is designed to accommodate both through and terminating trains.

The National Rail station has 9 platforms, numbered 1 to 8 and 2C. 2C, 3, 4 and 7 can be used by terminating trains only. 1, 3 and 4 are divided into 'A' and 'B' sections to allow a brief stabling of terminating services before they are scheduled to depart. The station has four through roads which are used for through running or more commonly for stabling stock. Between platforms 5 and 6 these are known as "1-Up" and "2-Up" (they are on the "Up" or London-bound side of the station) whilst between platforms 1 and 2 are the "through road" with a direct path through the station or by a central crossover to the north end of platform 1 (1b), and "down station siding".

Prior to the 1972, multiple-aspect signalling (MAS) scheme, the southern half of the current platform 8 was called platform 9. Trains from the north from platform 9 could avoid trains stood at platform 8 via an additional through road.

The Sheffield Station tram stop on the [[South Yorkshire Supertram]] network was built on top of a walled [[wikt:embankment|embankment]] high above platform 8 on the eastern side of the station. It was connected to platform 6 of the main station by a simple staircase. 

It was rebuilt and refurbished in 2002. A new footbridge connected the tram stop with the railway station. Following the opening of the new stop and platforms, the old platforms were left in situ and are only used in times of engineering works where additional platform space is needed.

==National Rail services==

'''East Midlands Railway'''<ref>{{NRtimes|December 2018|49 & 53}}</ref>

* 2 tph to {{rws|St Pancras||London St Pancras}} via {{rws|Chesterfield}}, {{rws|Derby}}, and {{rws|Leicester}}. Three named passenger trains (The ''[[Master Cutler (train)|Master Cutler]], [[Sheffield Continental]]'' & ''[[South Yorkshireman]]'') run on this service.
* 1 tph to {{rws|Norwich}} via {{stn|Nottingham}}.
* 1 tph to {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}} via {{stn|Manchester Piccadilly}}.

'''CrossCountry'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/media-vnext/3nnfuejx/book1-v4-web-version.pdf|title=CrossCountry December 2023-June 2024 Timetable}}</ref>

* 1 tph to {{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}} via {{rws|Leeds}} and {{rws|Newcastle}}. Some trains continue on to {{rws|Glasgow Central}}, {{rws|Dundee}} or {{rws|Aberdeen}}.
* 2 tpd to {{rws|York}} via {{rws|Doncaster}}
* 4 tpd to {{rws|Newcastle}} via {{rws|Doncaster}} and {{rws|York}}.
* 1 tph to {{rws|Plymouth}} via Derby, {{rws|Birmingham New Street}}, {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}} and {{rws|Exeter St Davids}}, with some trains extending through to {{rws|Penzance}}.
* 4 tpd to {{rws|Reading}} via Derby, Birmingham New Street and {{rws|Oxford}}.

'''TransPennine Express'''<ref>{{NRtimes|December 2018|29}}</ref>

* 1 tph to {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}} via {{stn|Manchester Piccadilly}}.
* 1 tph to {{rws|Cleethorpes}} via {{rws|Doncaster}}.

'''Northern Trains'''<ref>{{NRtimes|December 2018|31,32,33,34,78}}</ref>

* 1 tph to {{stn|Manchester Piccadilly}} via {{rws|New Mills Central}}.
* 2 tph to {{rws|Leeds}} via {{rws|Barnsley}} and {{rws|Wakefield Kirkgate}} (fast).
* 1 tph to Leeds via Barnsley, Wakefield Kirkgate and {{rws|Castleford}} (stopping).
* 1 tph to Leeds via {{rws|Moorthorpe}} and {{rws|Wakefield Westgate}}.
* 1 tph to {{stn|Nottingham}} via Chesterfield.
* 1 tph to {{rws|Scarborough}} via Doncaster, {{rws|Hull Paragon}} and {{rws|Bridlington}}.
* 1 tph to {{rws|Lincoln}} via {{rws|Worksop}} and {{rws|Retford}}.
* 1 tph to {{rws|Huddersfield}} via {{rws|Meadowhall}}, Barnsley and {{rws|Penistone}}
* 2 tph to {{rws|Doncaster}} via Meadowhall and Rotherham, with one train per hour continuing to {{rws|Adwick}}.
* 3 tpd to {{rws|York}} via Moorthorpe and {{rws|Sherburn-in-Elmet}}.

'''HS2 Services'''

HS2 will see a spur south of Chesterfield branch off the Main Route, which will go via the M18, allowing trains to head into a stop at Chesterfield and also head to Sheffield via the Sheffield to Leeds Line.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-sheffield-and-south-yorkshire-report-2016 "HS2: Sheffield and South Yorkshire Report 2016"]''HS2 Ltd''</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-36716526 "HS2 South Yorkshire route change threatens new estate"]''BBC News – Sheffield & South Yorkshire'' article, 7 July 2016</ref>

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== Sheffield Supertram stop ==
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| name               = Sheffield Station<br /><span style="font-size:small";>for Sheffield Hallam University</span>
| type               = [[South Yorkshire Supertram]] station
| style              = South Yorkshire Supertram
| image              = Sheffield Station Tram Stop - geograph.org.uk - 724214.jpg
| image_caption      = The tram stop in 2008.
| address            = Granville Street, Park Hill, Sheffield
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| rebuilt            = 2002
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'''Sheffield Station''' tram stop has direct interchange with the railway station. It was built on top of a walled [[wikt:embankment|embankment]] that formerly carried Granville Street past the station, which was downgraded to a lineside public footpath when the embankment was repurposed to carry the Supertram line. The stop also serves the City Campus of [[Sheffield Hallam University]] and the [[Park Hill, Sheffield|Park Hill estate]] above the railway station.

The stop opened on 22 August 1994, and originally had three platforms – two on the northbound (inbound to the city centre) track, to allow for terminating Purple Route services prior to their extension to Cathedral in the city centre – and was connected to platform 6 of the main station by a simple staircase.

In line with the refurbishment of the rest of the station in the early 2000s, the tram stop was rebuilt in 2002 around {{Convert|150|m|round=50}} to the south of the existing platforms. As well as two new platforms, a ticket hall was constructed at the end of the main station footbridge over the top of platform 8, providing a direct connection from the tram stop to the station footbridge and the rest of the mainline station.

The Blue route has a peak frequency of 5 trams per hour (every 12 minutes), and the Purple route runs hourly Monday−Saturday and every 30 minutes (peak frequency) on Sundays.

{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y|system=South Yorkshire Supertram|line1=Blue|left1=Fitzalan Square|right1=Granville Road|line2=Purple|left2=Fitzalan Square|right2=Granville Road}}

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==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/EMTrains/YourDestinations/Sheffield.htm Sheffield Train Station Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211031940/http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/EMTrains/YourDestinations/Sheffield.htm |date=11 December 2010 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060721203921/http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scgisa/trp6110/station/webpage/station.html Station history]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110107151142/http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/schemes/completed/station-changes Parking at Sheffield Station]
* [http://www.thetrams.co.uk/supertram/stops/Sheffield_Station%3ASheffield_Hallam_University Sheffield Station/Sheffield Hallam University]
* [http://www.supertram.com/ Sheffield Supertram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716032019/http://www.supertram.com/ |date=16 July 2016 }}

{{Sheffield stations}}
{{South Yorkshire railway stations}}
{{Major railway stations in Britain}}
{{Stagecoach Sheffield Supertram}}
{{Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway}}
{{Railway stations served by Northern Trains}}
{{Railway stations served by TransPennine Express}}
{{Railway stations served by CrossCountry}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Sheffield]]
[[Category:Former Midland Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1870]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by CrossCountry]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Northern]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by TransPennine Express]]
[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in Sheffield]]
[[Category:Charles Trubshaw railway stations]]
[[Category:John Holloway Sanders railway stations]]
[[Category:1870 establishments in England]]
[[Category:DfT Category B stations]]
[[Category:South Yorkshire Supertram stops on the Blue Route]]
[[Category:South Yorkshire Supertram stops on the Purple Route]]