Adwick Park & Ride has been extended by South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) to encourage more people to park and ride into Doncaster town centre and beyond.
An additional 112 spaces will be open to the public from Monday 19 May, taking the total number of parking spaces to 196, including 12 spaces for people with disabilities.
SYPTE has extended the site as part of its Park & Ride Strategy to meet the demands of passengers already using it. It is just one of the initiatives that SYPTE has introduced, through the Travel South Yorkshire Partnership, to encourage more people to use public transport.
The rail station offers quick, direct links to many places in South and West Yorkshire. There are half-hourly train services running to Doncaster and it is 40 minutes away from Leeds, 30 minutes from Rotherham, 50 minutes from Sheffield and 20 minutes from Wakefield.
David Brown, Director General of SYPTE, said: “We are always looking at ways to improve our Park & Ride sites for our customers and I am delighted that we are able to extend this popular facility.
“Park & Ride sites are a convenient and easy way to travel and I hope by extending Adwick more people will take the opportunity to travel hassle free on the train into Doncaster town centre and other places across Yorkshire. Our aim is to encourage more people out of their cars and onto public transport and it is by providing high quality facilities such as Adwick that we can achieve this.”
The site offers customers an attractive, safe environment to leave their vehicles. At the rail station there is a mini-interchange, a toilet and baby change facilities, an accessible lift and a Customer Service Officer will be on hand to offer bus, tram and train information as well as sell a wide range of TravelMaster tickets.
It is staffed between 0700 and 1900 and monitored 24 hours a day by CCTV cameras. It has also been awarded the Park Mark Safer Parking Award.
There are currently six Park & Ride sites in the Doncaster borough; these include Adwick, Bentley, Conisbrough, Kirk Sandall, Mexborough and Thorne North. Two additional Park & Ride sites are also being built in Doncaster, as part of the A638 Quality Bus Corridor (QBC): one is north of the town centre near Jossey Lane and the second is south of the town at Parrots Corner.
For more information about Park & Ride sites or public transport in South Yorkshire log on to travelsouthyorkshire.com or call Traveline on 01709 51 51 51.
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For more information please contact Julia Price, Senior Communications Officer on 0114 221 1413 or 07919 111361 or email juliap@sypte.co.uk