Network Rail has released an image showing what a new multimillion-pound station at Haxby in York will look like.
The images were released a few days after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited the proposed site.
Network Rail has submitted a planning application to build a new railway station at Haxby in partnership with the City of York Council and the Department for Transport.
The station will be located on Towthorpe Road on the railway line between York and Scarborough line. The town previously had a station, but that closed in 1930.
Facilities at the new station
Plans for the new station include a fully accessible footbridge with lifts and steps connecting the two platforms, bike shelters, a 154-space car park (including EV charging), taxi rank and a bus stop.
Shared-use foot and bicycle paths will be provided to connect residential areas of Haxby with the new station.
Funding for the £24m project will be provided by the Department for Transport and City of York Council, and Network Rail will be responsible for delivering the project.
The Restoring Your Railways fund, which aims to support the reinstatement of old lines and stations, has already provided £3.5m towards the project.
The submission of this planning application is a major milestone in the development of Haxby station
Iain Kelly, Network Rail's Project Sponsor for Haxby station,
Ground surveys have already been carried out at the site and subject to planning consent being granted, final detailed designs will be worked on for the rest of this year.
Construction is expected to start in spring 2025 with the station opening for service in 2026.
The planning application can be viewed under reference number 24/00325/FULM by clicking here
and comments on the application can be emailed to planning.comments@york.gov.uk or by post to Development Management, City of York Council, West Offices, York YO1 6GA.
Iain Kelly, Network Rail's Project Sponsor for Haxby station, said: “The submission of this planning application is a major milestone in the development of Haxby station. A lot of behind-the-scenes work by Network Rail and City of York Council has taken place to get the project to this stage and we are ready to press ahead with delivering a station local residents can be proud of.
“Haxby's new station will provide residents with greater connectivity and offer more sustainable transport methods which tie in with Network Rail's ambition to be simpler, better and greener.”
Councillor Pete Kilbane, Deputy Leader of City of York Council and Executive Member for Economy and Transport said: “This is a significant step towards bringing a railway station back to Haxby.
“We have been working closely with Network Rail to progress this project and look forward to making this become a reality. If approved, a new station at Haxby would greatly improve public transport in the north of the city, reducing the need for people to travel by car. This is in line with our Council Plan priority of ‘sustainable, accessible transport for all'.
“This application will now go through the independent planning process and I would urge anyone to have a look at the plans and share your comments.”
Seems odd that it’s proposed on the eastern edge of Haxby & not more in the centre or on the edge closer to the York ring road. I guess there will be housing estates built next on the green fields shown in the render
To build a station you need land adjacent to the railway (on both side) with access. The only options really are the proposed site, or, as you suggest, south-west of the level crossing on Crompton Terrace. Neither is particularly convenient, but given that Haxby is roughly triangular – broad in the north and narrowing to a point in the south – the north site is probably more accessible for the majority of residents. It could, of course, partly undermine the case for reopening Strensall, having a car park and being relatively close.
What is also needed on the Scarborough line is a half-hourly service, a second platform at Malton and Seamer island platform lengthened to accommodate 5-coach trains. Reinstatement of regular long distance services from Scarborough to Manchester, instead of the mutilated timetable we now have since December would also be desirable.
Why do so many new stations have so little shelter for passengers? A couple of bus stop style shelters is not looking after your passengers!!
This is England and rains a lot. Please try harder Network Rail and get a grip.
What a brilliant render, that appears to show a station being built in the middle of fifty miles of flat fields with not a town or any other landscape feature in sight – and a Stagecoach bus at the bus stop even though the nearest Stagecoach bus is 50 miles away from York – it doesn’t feel like they’ve put a lot of effort in with this one! I guess at least they’ve got a TPX train in the shot and not a Transport for Wales Pacer …
It is refreshing but the words train station are not an American import where it’s a railroad station. They are a lazy home-grown invention which has sadly taken root.
How refreshing to see this development referred to as a ” Railway Station ” and not the American “Train Station ”
Call me old fashioned.
You are a traditionalist- nowt wrong with that!