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it almost connects with trains, and taxis and cycles!
The new transport interchange is part of an exciting £1 billion investment that's under way to make Stockport an even better place in which to live, work, play and connect.
Key design aspects of the new development include:
The scheme will provide better and easier routes to the town centre for pedestrians and cyclists, with improved links to the rail station, Merseyway and the River Mersey. In March 2019 Stockport Council approved planning permission for the development.
it almost connects with trains, and taxis and cycles!
About the interchange https://tfgm.com/projects/stockport-interchange
TfGM is working with Stockport Council and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) on a multi-million-pound transformation of Stockport's bus station into a modern transport interchange.The new transport interchange is part of an exciting £1 billion investment that's under way to make Stockport an even better place in which to live, work, play and connect.
Key design aspects of the new development include:
- A fully accessible, covered passenger concourse in the interchange with seated waiting areas
- Cycle storage facilities
- 18 bus stands, with capacity to accommodate 164 bus departures per hour to allow for future growth in bus services
- New bus and train travel information screens, plus a Travelshop
- Fully accessible toilets with baby changing and Changing Places facilities*
- A new two-acre town centre park above the interchange, bringing more green space to Stockport town centre for everyone to enjoy
- Delivered, in collaboration with the Environmental Agency, a 'blue-roof' drainage system that will capture and store rainwater to allow control run-off into drainage outfall and watercourses mitigating any flood risk
- A new eye-catching spiral cycle and walking ramp, connecting with the new park, before oversailing the Mersey Frontage, Trans Pennine Trail and the River Mersey, then seamlessly landing on the Mersey Frontage; a height difference of 8.13m.
- Development of the river Mersey frontage, between Chestergate and Mersey Sq, incorporating the cycle and pedestrian Trans Pennine Trail route
- Stair and lift links between the new park, interchange and Trans Pennine Trail
- A new cycle and pedestrian link between the interchange and Station Rd will provide a vital link allowing for improved access from the new interchange and the rail station.
- 196 (126 Two Bedroom, 70 One Bedroom) new, high-quality residential apartments off Daw Bank.
The scheme will provide better and easier routes to the town centre for pedestrians and cyclists, with improved links to the rail station, Merseyway and the River Mersey. In March 2019 Stockport Council approved planning permission for the development.
It doesn't connect with the railway station. It is a quarter mile walk up a very long flight of steps: not suitable for anyone with mobility issues.
Macclesfield bus station is nearer to the station and taxis but doesn't presume to call itself an interchange
There's a very nice new ramp connecting the two - used by pedestrians and bicycles. And there's a lift from the Interchange concourse to the top of the Interchange. It's still a walk, although arguably much nicer than what was there before.
The Interchange also has been designed to feature a Metrolink station, so in a way, Interchange is a bit more of a statement of intent than anything.
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It's not that easy in the downhill direction. A 'Heights of Abraham' style chairlift/cable car, from Stockport bus station up to/from the railway station, might be fun!
Do it on a bicycle. It's fun!It's not that easy in the downhill direction. A 'Heights of Abraham' style chairlift/cable car, from Stockport bus station up to/from the railway station, might be fun!
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"Future-proofing" is the term I'd go for!
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There is a lift that you can use to avoid the steps, but even then the walk to the station does slope uphill a bit.
Despite the signs to a cafe, there is none there as yet (unless you count the coffee machine at the convenience store).
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