Leeds New Lane railway station

Leeds New Lane
Central Park, an office park which stands on the site.
Location
Place	Leeds city centre
Local authority	City of Leeds
Coordinates	53°47′24″N 1°32′42″W / 53.79°N 1.545°W / 53.79; -1.545Coordinates: 53°47′24″N 1°32′42″W / 53.79°N 1.545°W / 53.79; -1.545
Operations
Managed by	Network Rail
Number of platforms	unknown (proposed)
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	1
History
Key dates	Opening 2032 (2032)
National Rail – UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Leeds New Lane was a proposed new railway station to accommodate High Speed Two rail services in West Yorkshire, England. It was planned to be constructed on a viaduct on New Lane south of Leeds city centre, the River Aire and Leeds City station to which it would be connected by an elevated walkway. The site is occupied by Central Park, a small low-rise office park built in the 1990s and other small office buildings.

Whilst originally the preferred station option, a November 2015 review of the phase two route instead proposed that the Leeds HS2 platforms should join onto the side of the existing Leeds station. Unlike New Lane, this will provide a common concourse for easy interchange between high speed and classic rail services.

In 2009, the Labour Government created High Speed Two Ltd to examine the prospect of further high-speed rail in the United Kingdom. Later in 2010, the Coalition Government confirmed there would be a terminus in both Leeds and Manchester. In January 2013 the final route was announced with a new station being proposed for Leeds and a new station adjacent to Piccadilly station for the terminus in Manchester. Both Leeds and Manchester were to have junctions to the south of the cities allowing for connections to the East Coast Main Line and the West Coast Main Line respectively.

Publication of the proposed route on 28 January 2013 showed that the Leeds station would be a new terminus connected to Leeds City station by airport-style pedestrian walkways, possibly with moving walkways.

The configuration and design of the station has not been confirmed. New Lane is quarter of a mile south of Leeds station and is a cul-de-sac in the centre of a gyratory, containing a small business park. There is no railway infrastructure at the site. Previously there were railways to the west with a goods yard at Crown Point (see Leeds Hunslet Lane railway station) and mineral lines to transport coal to Meadow Lane Gas Works.