Category Archives: South Yorkshire Supertram

Although the major improvement works on South Yorkshire Supertram have now been completed for this year there will still be some further works taking place which will require service changes. The next of these will be on Sunday 15th September.

105 is back in service on the South Yorkshire Supertram after an absence of over three years. The tram made its return to passenger service on Monday 8th September when it operated on the Yellow route.

Oliver Coppard, Mayor of South Yorkshire, has hailed the completion of improvement works on the Supertram network with the extension works having been completed on time and on budget. £23 million was invested in the work – the first such … Continue reading →

A woman was arrested – although subsequently released without charge – after the car she was driving collided with a tram in Hackenhthorpe, Sheffield on Wednesday 4th September 2024.

With the single line platform at Malin Bridge its not often that you get the chance to see trams passing on the short branch from Hillsborough to Malin Bridge. But with the increased frequencies currently running on what is normally … Continue reading →

We take another trip to Sheffield as we view the latest progress on the rail replacement works taking place on the Supertram system. The final 2024 phase of work is taking place along Middlewood Road with old rails being removed … Continue reading →

The track renewal works on the South Yorkshire Supertram network which are taking place along Middlewood Road until early September have been continuing over the past few days as the area seeing new rails laid increases.

The major improvement work currently taking place on South Yorkshire Supertram – a total of £5 million has been invested by he South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority  since they took control of the network again in March 2024 – is … Continue reading →

As we’ve already seen on these pages the final stage of South Yorkshire Supertram improvement works this summer is now underway with no trams able to run between Hillsborough and Middlewood. This has led the Yellow route to be being … Continue reading →

We have now reached the third (and final) major phase of improvement works on the Soutth Yorkshire Supertram network this summer with work now moving on to Middlewood Road. This is a long phase – starting off on Monday 12th … Continue reading →

With improvement works on the South Yorkshire Supertram network currently taking place around Hollinsend and at Herdings Park there is another revised service which is seeing trams not able to run all the way through on the Blue route. This … Continue reading →

The South Yorkshire Supertram network has been back under public control for over four months and during that time a number of improvements have been introduced. To mark the anniversary, the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority are celebrating the improvements … Continue reading →

The summer of improvement works on South Yorkshire Supertram will continue throughout August with service details now announced as the work moves on to Middlewood Road. This will affect trams running to Middlewood with the Yellow route instead being diverted … Continue reading →

So far this year, since SYMCA took control of the South Yorkshire Supertram system in March, there have been many different phases of improvement works on the network. Most of the more high profile works have involved rail replacement but … Continue reading →

We saw earlier this week in an article how Blue route trams on the South Yorkshire Supertram network are currently working through to Herdings Park with trackworks taking place beyond Gleadless Townend preventing them from getting to Halfway as they … Continue reading →

The South Yorkshire Supertram came into its own again over the weekend of Friday 26th to Sunday 28th July with Tramlines taking place once at Hillsborough Park. This is a music festival and is a very popular event with those … Continue reading →

The second phase of improvement works on the South Yorkshire Supertram network will get underway on Saturday 3rd August with work taking place around Hollinsend and Herdings Park leading to more service changes.

The first (of three) phase of summer rail replacement work (improvement works as the publicity tells us) on the South Yorkshire Supertram network got underway on Saturday 20th July. This part of the works is seeing track replaced on White … Continue reading →

Anyone travelling on the South Yorkshire Supertram network over the summer school holidays is being advised to check before they do with three sets of improvement works due to take place between Saturday 20th July and Sunday 1st September. This … Continue reading →