SHEFFIELD

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ROUTES

Operator: Stagecoach Group , on behalf of the Greater Sheffield Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE)

TRAM ROUTES (SUPERTRAM)

The lettered route designations (B, P and Y) are not in actual use.

B	Blue Line	Malin Bridge - Hillsborough - University of Sheffield - Cathedral - Park Square - Sheffield Station - Manor Top - Gleadless - Birley - Waterthorpe - Halfway
P	Purple Line	Herdings Park - Manor Top - Sheffield Station - Park Square - Cathedral [at certain times only: - Nunnery Square - Aftercliffe - Meadowhall]
Y	Yellow Line	Middlewood - Hillsborough - University of Sheffield - Cathedral - Park Square - Nunnery Square - Aftercliffe - Meadowhall

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Tramway (Supertram): 29 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.

GAUGE

• Tramway: 1435 mm.

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SOURCES

PRINT

• 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.
• Jones, B. "Sheffield: South Yorkshire's quiet success story", Tramways & Urban Transit, June-July 2007 (70:834-835), p.212-216; 253-256.
• Read, G.. "Sheffield: Double the distance?", Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2003 (66: 788), p.288-291.

WIKIS

• Rotherham Tramway [En]
• Sheffield Supertram [En]
• Sheffield Tramway [En]
• South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive [En]
• Stagecoach Group [En]
• Transport in Sheffield [En]

WEB SITES

• South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive [En]
• Stagecoach Group plc [En]
• Stagecoach Supertram [En]