In Pictures: More construction work for Sheffield Tram-Train pilot

between Sheffield and Rotherham to be announced it would seem that all the infrastructure isn’t actually in place just yet as the below photos shows. During a visit on Monday 24th September Mike Haddon found that there was a contractors compound around the stop at Parkgate with pedestrian access to the platform being constructed. Quite why it has taken until a mere weeks before services are anticipated to begin for this to be built it unknown!

Shadow running on the extension has been continuing seven days a week to the final timetable for a couple of weeks now but there is still no official sign of when services will commence although it is expected (hoped?) that it won’t be too far in the future that passengers will be welcomed to travel on the service between Cathedral and Rotherham Parkgate.

Tram-Train 399 202 stands at the Parkgate terminus during 'ghost' running on 24th September, with the adjacent roadway given over to a contractor's work site.

The scene outside Parkgate tram stop with construction work underway on a section of the parallel Stonerow Way. Whilst this project continues road traffic is being diverted through a section of the adjacent parking area.

A Hull to Sheffield train passes the Parkgate Tram-Train stop, the exterior of which is surrounded by a contractor's compound and work site. (All Photographs by Mike Haddon, 24th September 2018)

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