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===Future=== Meadowhall Interchange was selected as the initial site for Sheffield's [[High Speed 2]] station, with a high-level viaduct station planned to be constructed parallel to the [[M1 motorway]]'s [[Tinsley Viaduct]] adjacent to the mainline station.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-21231458 "Meadowhall to get Sheffield's HS2 high-speed rail station"] ''[[BBC News]]'' 28 January 2013</ref><ref>{{Cite map|year=2012|title=Route HSL15 and HSL28 Plan and Profile Sheet|scale=1:5000|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69019/hs2-arp-lr0-dr-rt-55151_3-0.pdf}}</ref> However, these plans were eventually dropped, with plans for High Speed 2 services to instead serve Sheffield station in the city centre.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-sheffield-and-south-yorkshire-report-2016 "HS2: Sheffield and South Yorkshire Report 2016 (Research & Analysis)"]''High Speed 2 Ltd'' 7 July 2016; Retrieved 19 July 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-36716526 "HS2 South Yorkshire route change threatens new estate"] ''BBC News Sheffield & South Yorkshire'' news article 7 July 2016; Retrieved 19 July 2016</ref> As part of the plans for High Speed 2, proposals were put forward for the construction of a new [[Sheffield Supertram|Supertram]] line from Meadowhall Interchange to [[Dore & Totley railway station|Dore & Totley station]] in the south-west of the city.<ref>[http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/new-sheffield-supertram-line-in-transport-revolution-1-5359408 "New Sheffield Supertram line in ‘transport revolution’"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416063758/http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/new-sheffield-supertram-line-in-transport-revolution-1-5359408 |date=16 April 2015 }}''The Star'' news article 28 January 2013</ref>
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