With work progressing at pace on the Station Gateway project there will be some changes around the front of York Station in the coming weeks.
The area around York Station is currently being transformed to create a new and improved gateway to the city. The aim of the project is to improve access to the station, by providing an easier and safer experience for pedestrians, wheelchair users, cyclists and bus users. It will also introduce welcoming new public spaces for everybody to enjoy and showcase the city’s heritage sites at their very best.
To continue progress there are a number of works on the highway in the coming weeks.
- Queen Street, near York Station, will be closed to traffic from 7pm on Saturday 24th May until 6am on Tuesday 27th May as part of ongoing works to transform the area. This will allow contractor John Sisk & Son to remove and re-lay the road surface to form the new layout.
- The pedestrian crossings around the station will be replaced by a temporary crossing in the coming weeks. The new crossing point will be at the edge of the Station Portico. The temporary footpath behind where the old bus stops were located remains in place for people to access the new bus stops. Signage will be in place to minimise disruption.
- Night-time lane closures have been requested. The work will take place overnight from Tuesday 6th May to Friday 9th May, between 9pm and 6am each night, finishing in the early hours of Saturday morning. During this time the lights at Blossom Street/Queen Street junction will be turned off and temporary 4-way lights will be in operation. Access to Queen St properties, York RI and the NCP car park will be maintained and footpaths will remain open at all times.
Councillor Kate Ravilious, Executive Member for Transport said:
“It has been great in recent months to see the area starting to take shape and get a feel for how much improved it will be once work is complete.
“We are very grateful to everyone for their patience and for adapting as work continues. We wanted to give people advanced warning of the upcoming works and we will be sharing much more information, as we have done previously, ahead of the planned road closure. York remains open for business and we hope that, as has happened with the previous closures that people will come to enjoy everything York has to offer but plan ahead when travelling to the city centre.”
Further details including travel information for those heading to the station and/or city centre over the late May bank holiday weekend will be published shortly.
City of York Council, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Network Rail, LNER and Sisk are working together to minimise disruption as we deliver this major upgrade.