Meadowhall Interchange rail platforms opened on 21 March 1994. The section of line from Meadowhall to Fitzalan Square, in the city centre, was the first phase of the network to open. Meadowhall Interchange was selected as the initial site for Sheffield's High Speed 2 station, with a high-level viaduct station planned to be constructed parallel to the M1 motorway's Tinsley Viaduct adjacent to the mainline station. However, these plans were eventually dropped, with plans for High Speed 2 services to instead serve Sheffield station in the city centre. As part of the plans for High Speed 2, proposals were put forward for
Meadowhall (shopping centre) centre was also home to the only McCafé in Yorkshire, which has been replaced with a franchise called "Love Coffee". The centre's Burger King (Formerly located on Market Street) was replaced by a small franchise called "Burger Knight" when it re-opened after the 2007 floods. The franchise later closed in May 2008. In October 2012, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) announced that the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global has bought 50 percent of the UK shopping centre Meadowhall for £348 million, or approximately 3.2 billion Norwegian kroner. In 2014, the mall "Park Lane" was refurbished in the style of a