The slow and steady progress on the infrastructure for the tram-train project between Sheffield and Rotherham is continuing as shown in this latest pictorial update from the camera of Glyn Hill.
The slow and steady progress on the infrastructure for the tram-train project between Sheffield and Rotherham is continuing as shown in this latest pictorial update from the camera of Glyn Hill.
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Yes, well it’s good to see this progress, but what an interminable time it has taken to get this far!! Could be pigeonholed under the only-too common Oxymoron, “British competence and efficiency.” Truly pathetic.
It seems that once again unless you live in Manchester it takes forever and a day to achieve anything with second generation Light Rail in the UK. Wonder what will open first – Supertram/train to Rotherham, North Station in Blackpool or Trafford Park in Manchester? Metrolink always give a date well in advance for opening and then tend to beat it by a big margin and I would therefore not be surprised if Trafford Park opens before the Sheffield and Blackpool schemes.
Metrolink weren’t so good in the early days of ‘phase 3’ with some substantial delays in openings although they did manage to turn it round sfter a while
Of course in this instance it appears to be Network Rail who are dragging their feet and seem to have higher priorities, not to mention that initially the Sheffield/Huddersfield route was supposed to be the tram-train test route until it appeared to have been shunted into the ‘too difficult’ tray.
Supertram already have their fleet and started receiving them over 12 months ago, there isn’t much more they can do without a route to run on, although it remains a mystery why they haven’t commissioned the part of the fleet that was supposed to be for supplementing the existing fleet.
Although it’s good some progress is being made, it’s clear this project is not the number one priority of Network Rail. The long delayed and over-budget handling of the Great Western electrification shows that this one is not a priority. ‘Kicked into the long grass’ it seems.
Talk elsewhere suggests there is ‘Doomsday’ date of Sept 2017 for trails to be underway. Apparently should this be breached Stagecoach Supertram can pull out of the trail!! Id wager there’s more tails or woe to come from this story yet!
I know someone who is part of the management team at Supertram. Although there is a clause in their contract that would allow them to “walk away”, this is not something that is being considered at all….. thankfully