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| name        = Sheffield 
| symbol      = sheffield 
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| manager     = [[East Midlands Trains]]
| locale      = [[Sheffield]]
| borough     = [[City of Sheffield]]
| platforms   = 9 
| image_name  = Sheffield Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 505325.jpg
| caption     = Sheffield station from [[Sheaf Square]]
| owner       = [[Network Rail]]
| code        = SHF
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| years3      = 1973
| events3     = Power signal box built
| years4      = 1994
| events4     = [[Sheffield Supertram|Supertram]] platforms opened
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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]], and the busiest station in [[South Yorkshire]].<ref>http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529| Office of Rail Regulation – 2008/2009 station patronage statistics. Retrieved 2010-01-02</ref> Adjacent is [[Sheffield station#Supertram stop|Sheffield station/Sheffield Hallam University]] [[Sheffield Supertram]] stop. In 2010–11, the station was the 35th-busiest in the UK, and the 11th-busiest outside London.<ref>http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529</ref>

The station is currently being considered as a stop for the [[High Speed 2]] rail project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/our-towns-and-cities/sheffield/it-hs2-be-sheffield-city-centre-say-rail-bosses-as-meadowhall-is-dropped-as-high-speed-station-site-1-7984973|title=‘It HS2 be Sheffield city centre’ say rail bosses as Meadowhall is dropped as high-speed station site|website=www.thestar.co.uk|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref>

==History==

===1870 - 1960===
[[File:Sheffield_Railway_Station.jpg|thumb|left|The stone façade of Sheffield station, added in 1905. The famous [[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 |subscription=yes }}</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]]. 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{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}.
[[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}} 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>''Railway Magazine'', August 1965, p.483</ref> 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' 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 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]], as the main [[Train operating company|TOC]] of the station, instigated a major regeneration of Sheffield station. Prior to 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 = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/3516717.stm | title = Brighter station entrance planned | publisher = [[BBC News]] | date =  24 February 2004 | accessdate = 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 [[Supertram (Sheffield)|Sheffield Supertram]] stop at the far side of the station.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2498269.stm | title = £11m facelift for city station | publisher = [[BBC News]] | date =  21 November 2002 | accessdate = 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}} 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| Sheffield City Council - Sheffield's 'Gold Route'. Retrieved 2011-01-03</ref> This Gateway to Sheffield won the Project of the Year Award in the 2006 National Rail Awards.<ref>http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/city-centre/public-spaces/sheaf-square</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| The Sheffield Star. 'Sheffield's newest bar has arrived at platform 1B' 2010-12-09. Retrieved 2011-01-02</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 2011-02-06</ref> The bar is noteworthy for its restored early 20th century interior and its 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| The Sheffield Tap. Latest News. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2011-01-03</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.
|accessdate=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 2011-01-18</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/| Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire - The Company Today - News and Press releases, updated 28.1.2011</ref>

===Station footbridge controversy===
[[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, the [[Sheffield Interchange|bus station]] 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 | accessdate=6 May 2009 }}</ref>

In November 2009, East Midlands Trains were refused planning permission for the barriers by the council,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8374527.stm | title=Rail ticket barrier plan rejected | work=[[BBC News]] | date=23 November 2009 | accessdate=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 | accessdate=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=http://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|accessdate=20 April 2010}}</ref>

From September 2010, East Midlands Trains have 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| accessdate=30 December 2010}}</ref> At the same time, [[Sheffield City Council]] explored the possibility of turning the bridge into a public [[right of way (public throughway)|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| Rail News 2011-09-14 - '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 | accessdate=2 March 2012 }}</ref>

===Future===
Ian Yeowart, former Managing Director of [[Grand Central Railway|Grand Central]], put forward in 2009 a bid for new open access [[Alliance Rail]] services operating on the [[East Coast Main Line]].<ref name="Modern Railways">{{cite web | url = http://www.modern-railways.com/latestnews/?p=86 | title = Modern Railways - Yeowart back with fresh open access proposal | publisher = Modern Railways | date =  24 September 2009 | accessdate = 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 | accessdate = 30 December 2010}}</ref> The line is currently one of the few major main lines (along with the [[Great Western Main Line]] that is not electrified west of [[Hayes and Harlington railway station|Hayes and Harlington]]) and the plan found that the project would provide significantly enhanced services and significant financial savings.<ref name="Network Rail"/>
Network Rail is planning and undertaking infrastructure improvements and a reduction of eight minutes in journey times between Sheffield and [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras]] is planned.<ref name="Network Rail"/>

[[CrossCountry]], aspiring to improve their overall network and services, aims to increase services between Sheffield and Leeds. East Midlands Trains also plans to make service improvements to its services between Liverpool and Norwich via Sheffield with two-car [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158]] trains doubling in capacity to four cars.<ref name="eastmidlandstrains.co.uk">[http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/AboutUs/News/Pages/_EastMidlandsTrainsconfirmsimprovementsforpassengersusingLiverpooltoNorwichroute_.aspx East Midlands Trains Confirms Improvements for Liverpool - Norwich Route]''EMT Press Release''</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"/> [[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>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-41277560]</ref> Four trains per hour are to serve Sheffield on the new high speed line.

==Station Masters==
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*Mr. Curtis 1870 - 1883 (formerly station master of Sheffield Wicker)
*H.L. Wheen 1883<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=District News |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/18830329/061/0007 |newspaper=Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette |location=England |date=29 March 1883 |access-date=3 September 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }}</ref> - 1905 (formerly station master at Bristol)
*Shelton Chambers 1905<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Personal Gossip |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000325/19050418/006/0003 |newspaper=Gloucester Citizen |location=England |date=18 April 1905 |access-date=3 September 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }}</ref> - 1911
*J.L. Shannon 1911<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Sheffield Station Master |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19110929/098/0004 |newspaper=Sheffield Daily Telegraph|location=England |date=29 September 1911 |access-date=3 September 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }}</ref> - 1914 (formerly station master at Nottingham, afterwards station master at Derby)
*George Preston Hegges 1914 - 1933 (formerly station master at Cheltenham Lansdown Road)
*Frederick G. Hewitt 1933<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Station Change |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001465/19330920/128/0004 |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |location=England |date=20 September 1933 |access-date=2 September 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }}</ref> - 1937 (afterwards station master of Birmingham New Street)
*F.C. O’Connor 1937<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New LMS Station Masters |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19370302/082/0004 |newspaper=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |location=England |date=2 March 1937 |access-date=2 September 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }}</ref> - ???? (formerly station master at Northampton)
{{colend}}
{{Expand list|date=September 2017}}

==Station 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]] and a [[left luggage]] facility.<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 Trains first class lounge is within the station buildings, by 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]] 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.

==Station 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.]]
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. Platforms 2c, 3, 4 and 7 can be used by terminating trains only.
The station has 9 platforms, numbered 1 to 8 and 2C. Platforms 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 platforms are generally used as follows:

*Platforms 1 and 2 - [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]] to [[Huddersfield railway station|Huddersfield]] (via [[Barnsley railway station|Barnsley]] and [[Penistone railway station|Penistone]]) and to Leeds via Barnsley (express); [[TransPennine Express]] to Cleethorpes; [[CrossCountry]] to Newcastle and Scotland
*Platform 2C - [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]] stopping trains to Manchester Piccadilly
*Platforms 3 and 4 - local stopping trains to Leeds (both routes), Lincoln, Scunthorpe/Adwick and Scarborough/Bridlington/Hull
*Platform 5 - [[East Midlands Trains]] to London, Norwich and Nottingham; [[CrossCountry]] to Birmingham, Reading and Exeter
*Platform 6 - [[CrossCountry]] to Birmingham, Reading and Exeter, [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]] to [[Nottingham Station|Nottingham]] (via [[Alfreton railway station|Alfreton]])
*Platform 7 - [[East Midlands Trains]] to London
*Platform 8 - [[TransPennine Express]] to Manchester Airport; [[East Midlands Trains]] to Manchester and Liverpool; [[East Midlands Trains]] to London.

===Supertram stop===
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'''Sheffield station/Sheffield Hallam University''' stop on the [[Supertram (Sheffield)|Supertram]] has direct interchange with Sheffield station. Built on top of a walled [[wikt:embankment|embankment]] on the station's eastern side, Sheffield station/Sheffield Hallam University also serves the City Campus of [[Sheffield Hallam University]] and the [[Park Hill, Sheffield|Park Hill estate]].

==Services==

Trains per hour:

'''East Midlands Trains'''<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2016|49 & 53}}</ref>

* 2 to [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras]] via [[Chesterfield railway station|Chesterfield]], [[Derby station|Derby]], & [[Leicester station|Leicester]] using [[British Rail Class 222|Class 222s]], departing at approximately xx:29 and xx:49. Three named passenger trains (The [[Master Cutler]], [[Sheffield Continental]] & [[South Yorkshireman]]) run on this service.
* 1 to [[Norwich station|Norwich]] via [[Nottingham station|Nottingham]] using [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158s]]
* 1 to [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]] via [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]] using [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158s]]

'''CrossCountry'''<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2016|51}}</ref>

* 1 to [[Edinburgh Waverley]] via [[Leeds City station|Leeds]] and [[Newcastle railway station|Newcastle]] using [[British Rail Class 221|Class 221s]] and [[InterCity 125]]s. Some trains continue on to [[Glasgow Central station|Glasgow Central]], [[Dundee railway station|Dundee]] or [[Aberdeen railway station|Aberdeen]].
* 1 to [[Newcastle railway station|Newcastle]] via [[Doncaster railway station|Doncaster]] and [[York railway station|York]] using [[British Rail Class 221|Class 221s]]
* 2 to [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham New Street]] via [[Derby railway station|Derby]], with alternate trains continuing to [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol Temple Meads]], [[Exeter St Davids railway station|Exeter St Davids]], [[Plymouth railway station|Plymouth]] and some extended as far as [[Penzance railway station|Penzance]]; or [[Oxford railway station|Oxford]], [[Reading railway station|Reading]] and [[Southampton Central railway station|Southampton]], using [[British Rail Class 221|Class 221s]] and (towards the South West only) [[InterCity 125]]s

'''TransPennine Express'''<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2016|29}}</ref>

* 1 to [[Manchester Airport railway station|Manchester Airport]] via [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]] using [[British Rail Class 185|Class 185]].
* 1 to [[Cleethorpes station|Cleethorpes]] via [[Doncaster station|Doncaster]] using [[British Rail Class 185|Class 185]].

'''Northern'''<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2016|31,32,33,34,78}}</ref>

* 1 to [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]] using [[British Rail Class 150|Class 150]].
* 2 to [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]] via [[Barnsley Interchange|Barnsley]] (fast) using [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158]].
* 1 to [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]] via [[Barnsley Interchange|Barnsley]] (stopping) using [[British Rail Class 144|Class 144]].
* 1 to [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]] via [[Moorthorpe railway station|Moorthorpe]] (plus 2 per day to {{rws|York}}) using [[British Rail Class 144|Class 144]].
* 1 to [[Nottingham station|Nottingham]] via Chesterfield using [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158]].
* 1 to [[Hull Paragon Interchange|Hull]] via [[Doncaster station|Doncaster]] using [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158]] (most extended to either {{rws|Bridlington}} or {{rws|Scarborough}}).
* 1 to [[Lincoln Central railway station|Lincoln]] via {{rws|Worksop}} using [[British Rail Class 144|Class 144]].
* 1 to [[Huddersfield railway station|Huddersfield]] via [[Meadowhall Interchange|Meadowhall]] and [[Barnsley railway station|Barnsley]] using [[British Rail Class 144|Class 144]] and [[British Rail Class 142|Class 142]].
* 2 to [[Doncaster station|Doncaster]] via [[Meadowhall Interchange|Meadowhall]] and {{rws|Rotherham Central}} using [[British Rail Class 142|Class 142]] and [[British Rail Class 144|Class 144]].  These are extended for most of the day to {{rws|Scunthorpe}} or {{rws|Adwick}} (alternate half hours).

'''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>[http://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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==References and notes==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/shf/details.html National Rail page on Sheffield Station]
* [http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/EMTrains/YourDestinations/Sheffield.htm Sheffield Train Station Information]
* [http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scgisa/trp6110/station/webpage/station.html Station history]
* [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]

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