York Station Project Moves Forward

The planned transformation of York railway station has move forward after City of York Council agreed to progress the scheme.As part of the project, Queen Street bridge is set to be removed and the whole station entrance reorganised to improve the experience for people using the station.Earlier this year, a planning application to modernise the arrival to the station was approved. This also included plans to remove the Queen Street bridge, which hasn’t been needed since trains stopped passing under it in the 1960s.The project aims to keep vehicles and pedestrians apart, make it easier to change between different modes of transport, create new public spaces, and create an improved setting for the City Walls and other heritage buildings.The council’s Executive agreed to enter into funding and development agreements with LNER and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to progress a key part of the project to relocate part of the station building.The York Station regeneration project has been developed by the council in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Network Rail and LNER.The full scheme which is valued at more than £25.73m, is funded by the West Yorkshire and York Transport Fund and the Leeds City Region Transforming Cities Fund.