Plans lodged for new Leeds railway station

Proposals for a new Leeds railway station have moved forward with the submission of a planning application for the development.Munroe K Luxembourg and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority have lodged plans with Leeds City Council for a new railway station at White Rose.The new station would be located in south Leeds on the Leeds to Dewsbury section of the main trans-Pennine rail line, the new station will serve the White Rose office park, including Elliott Hudson College and the White Rose Shopping Centre. It will also connect communities including Cottingley, Churwell, Middleton and Millshaw.Planning permission is sought for a two-platform station as well as associated infrastructure. The platforms would be designed for six carriage trains, with space to expand to accommodate eight car trains in the future. A minimum of two trains per hour would be provided in each direction.A pair of three-storey station buildings are proposed at either side of the railway line, together with canopy walkways, pick-up and drop-off, disabled parking spaces and cycle parking.More than 340,000 trips per year are forecast to be made through the station, with almost 180,000 of those journeys being made by new rail users. The station would also help absorb an expected 67 per cent growth in rail demand in the region by 2043.West Yorkshire Combined Authority Investment Committee approved £2.61m of funding toward the development of the station at a meeting in November.The application has been supported by Quod and ADP.