As our collection of photos taken in 1995 in Sheffield continues as part of “Picture in Time” we take a look at the second lowest numbered tram in the fleet at a time when trams ran no further than Gleadless Town End.
When Tony Sullivan visited Sheffield on 9th March 1995 not all of the Supertram network had opened with three more phases of the original system still to see their first public trams in operation. At this point the network consisted of the sections between Shalesmoor and Meadowhall and from the delta junction to Gleadless Townend with the lines to the outlying termini not following until later in the year. This meant that both Shalesmoor and Gleadless Townend were acting as temporary termini.
In this first photo of 02 we see it as it runs along Ridgeway Road heading to Gleadless Townend. Note the manual destination board at the bottom of the drivers windscreen with the roller blind just showing South Yorkshire Supertram.
We then see 02 again. This time its at Gleadless Townend from where it will soon head back towards the city centre.
Both Photographs by Tony Sullivan, 9th March 1995