Editing Meadowhall Interchange (section)

===Construction and opening===
[[File:Sheffield Supertram - Meadowhall Interchange 07-07-04.jpg|thumb|right|Supertram platforms in 2004]]
In 1989, the [[South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive]] received a [[European Regional Development Fund]] grant for 50% of the cost of Meadowhall Interchange.<ref>[https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/19th-october-1989/20/ec-backs-s-yorks EC backs S Yorks] ''[[Commercial Motor]]'' 19 October 1989</ref><ref>Intelligence ''[[Railway Gazette International]]'' November 1989 page 766</ref>

Meadowhall Interchange was constructed to serve the new [[Meadowhall (shopping centre)|Meadowhall]] shopping centre, which opened on 4 September 1990 on the former site of steelworks in the Don Valley in north-east Sheffield.<ref>Around the Regions ''[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]]'' issue 132 4 October 1990 page 20</ref> The interchange was constructed to the north of the shopping centre on the opposite bank of the [[River Don, South Yorkshire|River Don]], with a pedestrian suspension bridge linking the interchange with the shopping centre. The heavy rail and bus and coach stations opened in 1990.

The [[Sheffield Supertram]] light rail platforms opened on 21 March 1994. The section of line from Meadowhall to Fitzalan Square, in the city centre, was the first phase of the network to open.