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I AM DELIGHTED TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR VISION FOR A WORLD CLASS TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE AT THE VERY HEART OF OUR CITY ALL CHANGE AT I am delighted to welcome you to The Hub our vision for a world class transport interchange at the very heart of our city. Together we intend to create something quite unique in this country a place where all the different types of transport connect. If you come to Nottingham by train, you will be able to travel onwards by tram, bus, taxi, car, bicycle or by walking. The station will become The Hub of The Big Wheel our joined-up transport system will literally revolve around it. A convenient, well thought out and visually breathtaking rail station linked to every type of public transport sends out all the right messages about a new Nottingham. The traveller will alight at an energetic, purposeful place, at the very centre of a city that is open for business. The timing of The Hub could hardly be better, for Nottingham s connections will not just be regional and national, they will be international, too. Eurostar will transform our links to the continent. By simply getting on a train at Nottingham station you will be in Paris in less than five hours. This new connection will not just be physical, it will be mental, too. We will come to think of Europe and all the business opportunities it offers in a very different way. The partners in the project East Midlands Trains, emda, Greater Nottingham Partnership, Network Rail, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County Councils, Nottingham Development Enterprise and Nottingham Regeneration Limited are all committed to The Hub. You will start to see things changing soon, in carefully planned stages. The station will be keeping up appearances, as its muchloved Edwardian façade is renovated. But it will be all change behind the scenes as The Hub starts to happen with a new car park, a new passenger concourse, a new booking hall, and a new tram stop as the NET sweeps in over the rail tracks. We want to see our transport system The Big Wheel transformed, as it reaches out around the region, the UK, and to Europe. The Hub will play a vital role in turning Nottingham around. John Watson, Chair of the Station Project Board 4
NOTTINGHAM IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY S MOST IMPORTANT CITIES. EVERY YEAR IT CONTRIBUTES 11 BILLION TO THE UK S ECONOMY SUCH A CITY NEEDS CONNECTIONS TO THE REGION, TO THE UK, TO EUROPE It is an official Science City, with half its jobs in the knowledge intensive industries. Its two universities attract an annual 90 million in research funding. It is a top retail centre, too, consistently rated among the best shopping spots in the country. And it is a city that is in the throes of a far-reaching physical transformation - where new civic squares, pleasant green places and inspiring leisure spaces will link new homes and offices. Such a city needs connections to the region, to the UK, to Europe and within its own environs. That is why The Hub, the scheme to create one of the world s finest rail stations and public transport interchanges, is of paramount importance to the new Nottingham. All of the partners in The Hub share the same vision. They want a connected Nottingham where people, their ideas, and their productivity move freely between the city, the region, the country and the continent. The Hub plays a vital part in our ambition to put Nottingham up among the major European cities. 6
WILL MAKE CRUCIAL CONNECTIONS AT MANY LEVELS. EUROPE The Hub will be Nottingham s entrance to Europe. Direct connections to Eurostar services through the futuristic London St Pancras will mean that Nottingham is less than five hours from Paris and Brussels. UK The Hub will also benefit from national rail developments. Over the next few years we can expect journeys between Nottingham and London in under 90 minutes and new services including regular direct trains to Leeds. LESS THAN 5 HOURS TO PARIS AND BRUSSELS 8
NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM TO LONDON IN UNDER 90 MINUTES In stations, as in life, first impressions count. And in Nottingham the first impressions of anyone arriving by rail have not always been favourable. All that will alter with The Hub. Passengers will alight into a glamorous yet efficient station complex that unites charming historic features with the breathtakingly new. And The Hub, as its name implies, is at the centre of The Big Wheel, the conurbation s own transport system. Now that the Government has given conditional approval for the next two lines of the Nottingham Express Transit, three tram lines will soon converge here, gliding into their own concourse directly above the train lines. This gives us the opportunity to construct an interchange where all the types of transport rail, tram, bus, coach, car, taxi, cycling and walking directly connect. Such a station would compete with the finest found in Europe, making us the envy of other UK cities. These connections would, of course, be highly attractive to property investors. The partners in the project have no doubt that The Hub will be at the centre of regeneration, too. The station is at a pivotal position between the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, soon to be redeveloped at a cost of 400 million, and the Eastside Island Quarter, a 900 million mixed use scheme. Together they are two of the country s biggest developments outside London. B The benefits will not be confined to the new homes, shops and offices that will cluster around the station. Regeneration will reach deep into the communities nearby, with new buildings, new views, new walking and cycling routes and a greater sense of connection with the prosperous city centre helping them to transform and meet their full potential. The partners have now been granted 1.5 million to put the detailed plans for the project in place. As our timelines will show you, it will not be too long before the new station and its surroundings really start to take shape. Our city s transport system - and its regeneration are set to revolve around The Hub. WILL BE AT THE CENTRE OF OUR CITY S REGENERATION, AS WELL AS ITS TRANSPORT SYSTEM. IT WILL FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF OUR CITY. Where there is a world class transport interchange, world class businesses will want to come. We have to be planning for the future now by putting in place the developments that will support more housing, shops and offices. The rail station is at The Hub of a number of key sites. It will help to enlarge the city centre, extending it southwards, along with the new Broadmarsh shopping centre. To the east it will connect with the Eastside regeneration zone, including a 900 million new development of homes and businesses built around an inspiring island water feature. To the south it will link the economically disadvantaged Meadows area to the city centre and all the opportunities it offers, particularly through the new walking and cycling routes that are planned. The two new lines of the tram, NET Phase 2, are particularly important here, curving to the south and west of the station, and passing through the Meadows to major new employment sites, such as Ng2, already home to prestige companies. Experience shows that where the tram runs, regeneration follows. Then there is the site of the station itself, where we can expect to see major new developments take advantage of such excellent and wide-reaching transport links. Already the station has proved a major attraction for international companies like Capital One, on Station Street and for hotels like Jury s Inn. We can expect many more to follow The Hub will be at the heart of the new Nottingham. Malcolm Rees, Nottingham Regeneration Ltd 10
NOTTINGHAM STATION PLAN 13
THE DETAILED PLAN HAS BEEN DRAWN Timescales Early 2008 Planning application and listed building consent fine tuned following initial consultation Early 2008 planning position resolved From now detailed business case being finalised, to be sent to Government and other potential funders Dec 2008 new East Midlands Trains timetable introduced 2009 new Hub car park built 2010 2013 new Hub concourse built and station fully refurbished 2013 NET station at The Hub stop opens Refurbished Station buildings New South Concourse NET bridge and stop New multistorey car park 16
THE DETAILED PLAN HAS BEEN DRAWN UP BY BUILDING DESIGN PARTNERSHIP, THE COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF MANCHESTER S PICCADILLY STATION. This is how Nottingham Station will turn into The Hub: The beautiful Edwardian buildings at the front of the station will be restored to their former glory The original grand Booking Hall will be reinstated A new passenger arrival concourse will be created, with shops, cafes and places to wait in comfort The much-loved historic cabman s shelter at the front of the station will become a café The façade of the Edwardian police station will be restored, including the original blue lamp The buildings on the train platforms will be renovated, with attractive glazed canopies to protect passengers The arrival concourse will be extended along Queens Road, with a direct link to the new high-level NET station It will be easy to move between the concourse, the train platforms and the NET station Bus connections to the station will be greatly improved, with new bus stops right outside the station front Carrington Street will be redesigned giving greater priority to pedestrians It will be much easier to walk from The Hub to the city centre, with clear pedestrian routes through the new Broadmarsh to the Market Square, the Castle and the Lace Market There will be much better walking routes further afield, to the Eastside Island Quarter, the Meadows,Trent Bridge and beyond There will be better cycle routes to The Hub, and safe places to leave bikes There will be convenient taxi drop off and pick up points next to the restored station street buildings Cars will be able to drop off and pick up on both Station Street and Queens Road, near to the new NET Station A spacious new long stay car park on Queens Road Nottingham s new inner ring road will have direct connections to the concourse, the booking hall, and the train and NET platforms Coach stops on Station Street A further train platform has also been planned, to increase the number of trains The Hub can handle New train signals will mean more capacity and better reliability 18
AT THE CENTRE OF NOTTINGHAM S REGENERATION IS A KEY COMPONENT OF THE NEW NOTTINGHAM, CONNECTED TO THE SOUTHSIDE, EASTSIDE AND WATERSIDE, WHICH TOGETHER FORM ONE OF THE LARGEST REGENERATION AREAS IN THE UK. The Market Square Victoria Centre EASTSIDE Regeneration zones New developments The Hub will Improve Nottingham s image, providing a fitting gateway to a proud Core City Maximise investment, from companies and the public sector, from both inside and outside Nottingham Create a vibrant new city quarter, with additional floor space for offices, shops and homes Extend Nottingham s city centre further to the south, past the exciting new Broadmarsh centre Transform the image of its surrounding area, including the disadvantaged Meadows area Greatly improve connections and create inviting public spaces, from the city centre, through the Southside, the Meadows and beyond Make Nottingham more environmentally sustainable and provide a value for money transport system, linking all the different types of transport and making it easy to change between them Make the most of the investment in NET phase 2 Create local opportunities for local people, in training, jobs, leisure, transport - and in a better quality of life Broadmarsh SOUTHSIDE WATERSIDE 20
22 Photography Martine Hamilton-Knight, David Sillitoe, Curo St John, Eurostar, East Midlands Trains, St Pancras LCR/Troika, Eastside and City Illustrations BDP Architects and Nicholas Chaffe Produced by the Big Wheel
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