South Yorkshire Light Rail Transit Act 1989/Schedule1

by Parliament of the United Kingdom

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1^[1]

Part I
Description of works specfically authorised

Note: In the following descriptions of works:—

• "the Midland Railway" means the existing railway between Sheffield (Midland Station) and Rotherham;
• "the Great Central Railway" means the existing railway between Sheffield (Midland Station) and Retford; and
• "the Great Central Railway (Mexborough Branch)" means the existing Mexborough Branch Railway of the Great Central Railway.

(City Centre to Attercliffe).In the City of Sheffield—

• Work No. 1 A railway (2, 155 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 10 authorised by the Act of 1988 at a point (in the northern carriageway of Commercial Street to be stopped up under that Act) 27 metres from the commencement of that work, passing eastwards by a viaduct along the course of Commercial Street, across Park Square, along the south side of Sheffield Parkway and over the Midland Railway at a point 25 metres north-east of the north-eastern portal of the bridge and tunnel carrying Cricket Inn Road over that railway, then passing across Bernard Road on the level, along the northern side of Cricket Inn Road to a point 110 metres west of its junction with Aston Street, then turning north eastwards and northwards, passing over Sheffield Parkway, then eastwards and north-eastwards through the former Nunnery Sidings to a point 5 metres north-west of Woodbourn Road, then passing over the Great Central Railway and along the western side of that road and terminating at a point 27 metres south-west of the junction of that road with Worthing Road, including a viaduct (No. 3) along the northern carriageway of Commercial Street, across Park Square and over the Midland Railway, a bridge (No. 1) over Sheffield Parkway, with an approach viaduct at its north-eastern end, at a point 420 metres west of the bridge carrying that road over Woodbourn Road, and a bridge (No. 2) over the Great Central Railway at a point 5 metres north-west of the bridge carrying Woodbourn Road over that railway;
• Work No. 1A A railway (296 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. at a point 135 metres from the commencement of that work, passing southwards by a viaduct across Park Square, then passing south-westwards across part of South Street (to be stopped up) at a point near its junction with Anson Street and partly across, and partly along the line of, part of Granville Street and footpaths between Gilbert Street and Sheaf Street (to be stopped up and diverted under the Act of 1988), and terminating by a junction with Work No. 10 authorised by that Act at a point in Granville Street 12 metres south of its junction with Gilbert Street, including a viaduct (No. 4) across Park Square;}}
• Work No. 1B A railway (169 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 1A at a point 258 metres from the commencement of that work, passing southwards by a viaduct across Park Square and terminating by a junction with Work No. 1A at a point 5 metres north of the southern end of the viaduct (No. 4) forming part of that railway, including a viaduct (No. 5) across Park Square;
• Work No. 1C A widening of Cricket Inn Road on its northern side between its junctions with Bernard Road and Maltravers Road;
• Work No. 1D A widening of Cricket Inn Road on its southern sidebetween its junction with Maltravers Road and a point 100 metres west of its junction with Aston Road;

(Woodbourn Road to Attercliffe).

Work No. 2 A railway (953 metres in length) commencing at the termination of Work No. 1, passing across the junction of Woodbourn Road with Worthing Road and Stadium Way on the level to a point 7 metres east of Woodbourn Road, then northwards along the eastern side of Woodbourn Road, across Staniforth Road on the level and over the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal, then turning and passing eastwards on the northern side of that canal, across Shirland Lane on the level, and terminating at a point on the western side of the Great Central Railway (Mexborough Branch) 47 metres south of the southern end of the bridge carrying that railway over Worksop Road, including a bridge (No. 3) over the said canal at a point 55 metres east of the bridge carrying Staniforth Road over that canal;

• Work No. 2A Alteration of the level of Worthing Road between its junctions with Woodbourn Road and Ripon Street;
• Work No. 2B A new footpath and cycle track commencing by a junction with Roundel Street at its junction with Palmer Street, passing northwards over the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal and terminating at a point 4 metres south of the southern side of Chippingham Street at a point 120 metres west of its junction with Shirland Lane, including a footbridge (No. 4) across the said canal at a point 175 metres east of the said bridge carrying Staniforth Road over the canal;

(Attercliffe to Meadowhall).

• Work No. 3 A railway (2,798 metres in length) commencing at the termination of Work No. 2, passing north-eastwards partly on, and partly alongside the western side of, the Great Central Railway (Mexborough Branch), over Worksop Road, under the bridges carrying Coleridge Road and Broughton Lane over that railway, passing on the level across a railway siding on the western side of that railway at Tinsley, then under the between Lock House Road and Shepcote Lane, the bridge carrying the Midland Railway (Tinsley Marshalling Yards Branch) over the Great Central Railway (Mexborough Branch) and the bridge carrying Sheffield Road over that railway, and terminating at the junction with that railway of the former Smithywood Branch Railway, including a bridge (No. 5) over Worksop Road on the western side of the bridge carrying the Great Central Railway (Mexborough Branch) over that road.

In the City of Sheffield and the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham—

• Work No. 4 A railway (708 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 3 at its termination, passing along the course of the former Smithywood Branch Railway, crossing over the River Don by the existing railway bridge and terminating at a point 54 metres south of the bridge carrying the Midland Railway over that former branch railway;

Work No. 4A A footbridge across Work No. 4 and the Great Central Railway (Mexborough Branch) between a point 20 metres west of Work No. 4 at a point on that work 62 metres from its commencement and terminating at a point 8 metres east of the eastern side of the Great Central Railway (Mexborough Branch) at a point 67 metres north of the junction of the Smithywood Branch Railway with that railway;

• Work No. 5 A railway (522 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 4 at its termination, turning south-westwards to a point on the eastern side of the Midland Railway 160 metres north-east of the bridge carrying that railway over Blackburn Brook near Meadowhall Road, passing across that bridge and the bridge carrying that railway over Meadowhall Road, then diverging southeastwards from that railway and terminating in the intended Meadowhall Interchange at a point (National Grid reference point SK 39049 91239) 220 metres south-west of the southern end of that last-mentioned bridge;

In the City of Sheffield— (Nunnery Depot).

Work No. 6 A railway (444 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 1 at a point 150 metres north-east of the northern end of the bridge (No. 1) over Sheffield Parkway forming part of that work and terminating by a junction with that work on the south-western approach viaduct to the bridge (No. 2) over the Great Central Railway forming part of that work at a point 30 metres south-west of the southern end of that bridge, together with sidings comprising a depot for the LRT system with access thereto from Woodbourn Road.

Part II
Description of Further Works and Powers^[2]

In the City of Sheffield—

(a) The Executive may—

(i) stop up and discontinue so much of South Street, between its junction with Anson Street and its termination, as lies between the points marked A1 and A2 on the deposited plans;

(ii) stop up and discontinue—

(A) the part of the footpath crossing Park Square between the points marked A3 and A4 on the deposited plans by way of the points so marked A7 and A9, substituting therefor a new footpath between the points so marked A3 and A4 by way of the points so marked A7. A10 and A6;

(B) the part of the footpath crossing Park Square between the points marked A4 and A5 on the deposited plans by way of the point so marked A9, substituting therefor a new footpath between the points so marked A4 and A5;

(C) the part of the footpath crossing Park Square between the points marked AS and A8 on the deposited plans by way of the point so marked A9, substituting therefor a new footpath between the points so marked AS and AS by way of the points so marked A6, A10 and Al3;

(D) the part of the footpath crossing Park Square between the points marked A7 and A8 on the deposited plans, substituting therefor a new footpath between those points by way of the point so marked A13;

(iii) alter the levels of so much of the footpath across Park Square on its eastern side as lies between the points marked A11 and A12 on the deposited plans.

(b) The Executive may—

(i) stop up and discontinue so much of the footpath between Bernard Road and Aston Street on the northern side of Cricket Inn Road as lies between the points marked Bland B2 on the deposited plans, together with the steps between that footpath and the northern footway of Cricket Inn Road at the points marked B3 and B4 on the deposited plans, substituting a footpath, with vehicular access, between Cricket Inn Road and Aston Street between the points marked B5 and B6 on the deposited plans;

(ii) stop up and discontinue—

(A) so much of Aston Street near its junction with Cricket Inn Road as lies between the points marked B7 and B8 on the deposited plans;

(B) so much of Lumley Street near its junction with Woodbourn Road as lies between the points marked B9 and B10 on the deposited plans.

(c) The Executive may—

(i) stop up and discontinue so much of Roundel Street at its junction with Staniforth Road as lies between the points marked Cl and C2 on the deposited plans;

(ii) stop up and discontinue so much of the footpath, between Shortridge Street and Chippingham Street, as passes between the points marked C3 and C6 on the deposited plans by way of the points so marked C4 and C7, substituting therefor a new footpath between the said points C3 and C6 passing by way of the point so marked C5;

(iii) stop up and discontinue so much of the footpaths, between Chippingham Street and Shirland Lane, as lies between the points marked C5 and C4 and the points marked C7 and C8 on the deposited plans;

(iv) stop up and discontinue the footpath between Shirland Way and Chippingham Street lying between the points marked C9 and ClO on the deposited plans.

(d) The Executive may stop up and discontinue so much of the footpath, between Alsing Road and Blackburn Meadows, as lies between the points marked Dl and D2 on the deposited plans and remove the footbridge forming part of that footpath over the former Smithywood Branch Railway, substituting therefor a footpath between those points, passing by way of a level crossing across that railway between the points so marked D3 and D4 and a new footpath between the points so marked D4 and D2.

1. The printed version contained a margin note cross referencing Section 4 of the Act as this point
2. The printed version contained a margin note cross referencing Section 5 of the Act as this point.