Sheffield City Council has announced that it has begun work to reduce congestion outside Sheffield train station.
The area around Turner Street and onto the inner ring road has suffered from an increase in traffic looking to get into and out of the train station.
Under the new plans Turner Street will become a one-way road with no route into the train station to ease congestion.
Access into the train station will instead be via Fornham Street and Cross Turner Street which will also be a one-way route with a left turn created off Suffolk Street.
Only hackney carriage taxis will be able to pick up in the area immediately adjacent to the station.
Private hire taxis and hackney carriages will be able to drop off in the area currently available to all users.
General public drop off and private hire pick up will be available on Cross Turner Street where parking will be limited to very short stay.
Throughout the process, the Council has worked with partners in the taxi industry and East Midlands Railway along with businesses in the area to ensure the plans meet everyone’s requirements.
Sheffield City Council chair of the transport, regeneration and climate policy committee, Ben Miskell, said: “We have an ambition to give Sheffield the world-class transport infrastructure it deserves, and that includes how the city links to the rest of the country via the train network.
“However, at the moment that isn’t possible and we know that, at peak times, the traffic around the station can be a nightmare. It can also result in loved ones either being left stranded at the station or missing that all important train.”
