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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Old Sheffield Tram Footage - STD The Changing scene - Length: 21:10 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - A short tram journey through the streets of Sheffield - Length: 8:59 mins. |
PHOTOS
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL SHEFFIELD
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TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Sheffield Corporation Tramways
| 1a | Firth Park - Pitsmoor - Blonk St. Bridge - City - Sheffield Station - Queens Rd. - Heeley - Woodseats - Abbey Lane (continues as 1b) |
| 1b | Tinsley - Attercliffe - Savile St. - Lady’s Bridge - City - The Moor - London Rd. - Millhouses - Abbey Lane (continues as 1a) |
| 2 | City - Lady’s Bridge - Savile St. - Atlas - Brightside |
| 3 | Crookes (Heavy Gate Rd. at Northfield Rd.) - Northfield Rd. - Crookes Rd. - Whitham Rd. - West St. - City - Lady’s Bridge - Savile St. - Attercliffe - Darnall - Handsworth |
| 4 | Middlewood - Hillsborough - Infirmary Rd. - West Bar - City - The Moor - Ecclesall Rd. - Ecclesall |
| 5 | City - Lady’s Bridge - Savile St. - Attercliffe - Grimesthorpe - Pitsmoor - Firth Park |
| 6 | Sheffield Lane Top - Firth Park - Pitsmoor - Blonk St. Bridge - Sheffield Station - Queens Rd. - Heeley - Woodseats - Meadowhead |
| 7 | Malin Bridge - Hillsborough - Infirmary Rd. - West Bar - City - The Moor - Ecclesall Rd. - Rustlings Rd. - Fulwood |
| 8 | Walkley (Walkley Rd. at South Rd.) - Crookes Valley Rd. - South Rd. - West St. - City - Duke St. - Elm Tree - Intake |
| 9 | Walkley (Walkley Rd. at South Rd.) - Crookes Valley Rd. - South Rd. - West St. - City - Sheffield Station |
| 10 | City - Pond St. - Sheffield Station - Duke St. - Elm Tree - Prince of Wales Rd. - Darnall - Attercliffe - Savile St. - Lady’s Bridge - City [Circular route, both directions] |
| 11 | Wadsley Bridge - Penistone Rd. - West Bar - City - Pond St. - Queens Rd. - Heeley - Woodseats |
| 12 | Wadsley Bridge - Penistone Rd. - West Bar - City - Pond St. - Shoreham St. - Heeley - Woodseats |
| 13 | Rotherham - Templeborough - Tinsley - Attercliffe - Savile St. - Lady’s Bridge - City [Operated jointly with Rotherham Corporation] |
NB: Route numbers are indicative only, and were not used by the operator.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: 77 km.
HISTORY
Tramways
- Horse–powered tramway: Oct. 1873 - Nov. 1902.
- First-generation electric tramway: 5 Sept. 1899 - 8 Oct. 1960.
- Revived tramway (electric overhead): 21 March 1994 – today.
- Tram-train (electric overhead): 25 Oct. 2018 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramway: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Bett, W.H. & Gillham, J.C. Great British tramway networks. London: Light Railway Transport League, 1962.
- Bower, R. "Sheffield Corporation Tramways", The Modern Tramway, June 1948 (11: 126), p.49; 52-54.
- Carroll, R. & Coulthard, S. "Learning from the past to improve the future: The UK Tram-train pilot five years on", Tramways & Urban Transit, Dec. 2023 (72: 864), p.471-474.
- Fox, P. "Tram operation in Sheffield: Progress, problems and a crisis". In: Light Rail Review 7. London: Light Rail Transit Association, 1995 [p.63-71].
- Jones, B. "Sheffield: South Yorkshire's quiet success story", Tramways & Urban Transit, June-July 2007 (70:834-835), p.212-216; 253-256.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.40 - Sheffield Supertram, UK", Tramways & Urban Transit, Jan. 2011 (74:877), p.19-22.
- "The key is Supertram", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2024 (87: 1043), p.421-423.
- Read, G.. "Sheffield: Double the distance?", Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2003 (66: 788), p.288-291.
WIKIS
- Rotherham Tramway
- Sheffield Supertram
- Sheffield Tramway
- South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
- Stagecoach Group
- Transport in Sheffield
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