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Sheffield station plaza, known as Sheaf Square, 2 July 2024.
This station, the fifth and last to be built in the centre, together with twelve miles of new railway from Tapton Junction, Chesterfield, was opened as Sheffield New Midland on 1 February 1870, but also referred to as Pond Street.
At a time when a new facility such as this would normally have been accompanied by a major celebration, a local reporter said that they had 'witnessed more fuss over the opening of a drinking fountain'. It briefly was renamed Sheffield City in 1950/1, but carried the suffix 'Midland' from 1 February 1876 to 5 February 1970, becoming simply Sheffield following the closure of Sheffield Victoria station on 5.1.1970.
The frontage shown here dates from 1905, when the station was enlarged to the design of Charles Trubshaw. Sheaf Square, as the plaza in front of the station is known, was redeveloped from 2002 onward, winning the Railway Project of the Year award in 2006.
Sheffield station 020724 145733 2
Sheffield station plaza, known as Sheaf Square, 2 July 2024.
This station, the fifth and last to be built in the centre, together with twelve miles of new railway from Tapton Junction, Chesterfield, was opened as Sheffield New Midland on 1 February 1870, but also referred to as Pond Street.
At a time when a new facility such as this would normally have been accompanied by a major celebration, a local reporter said that they had 'witnessed more fuss over the opening of a drinking fountain'. It briefly was renamed Sheffield City in 1950/1, but carried the suffix 'Midland' from 1 February 1876 to 5 February 1970, becoming simply Sheffield following the closure of Sheffield Victoria station on 5.1.1970.
The frontage shown here dates from 1905, when the station was enlarged to the design of Charles Trubshaw. Sheaf Square, as the plaza in front of the station is known, was redeveloped from 2002 onward, winning the Railway Project of the Year award in 2006.