Meadowhall Interchange rail platforms. The majority of intercity bus and coach services depart from row A, while city bus services depart from rows B, C and D. Current off-peak services from the interchange include (in Trains per Hour, tph): Meadowhall Interchange is located on the Sheffield Supertram network's Yellow Line and until 25 October 2018, the Purple Line during peak hours and Sundays. This stopped when the tram train between Rotherham Parkgate and Cathedral began. Current off-peak tram services from the interchange consist of six Yellow Line trams per hour to Middlewood, via the city centre. Meadowhall bus and coach station is
Retail park at households owning a car, though there are often also bus services. They are an alternative to busy city centres. Such developments have been encouraged by cheaper, more affordable land on the outskirts of towns and cities, and with loose planning controls in a number of Enterprise Zones, making planning and development very easy. In recent years, in many areas across the UK, planning controls have been tightened to preserve the countryside. This has made it more difficult for such developments to proceed, resulting in many smaller, more compact retail parks, sometimes consisting of only three or four stores being