Category Archives: South Yorkshire Supertram

South Yorkshire Supertram seems not to be able to catch a break at the moment; we have already seen the discovery of a well at Birley Lane causing major disruption and now at Hillsborough Corner the failure of a set … Continue reading →

Herdings Park has never had it so good! Ever since the discovery of a collapsed well at Birley Lane on the Blue route to Halfway all services using heading that way have been diverted to Herdings Park – giving it … Continue reading →

Tomorrow (Thursday 27th August) should see the resumption of South Yorkshire Supertram services across the delta junction following the early conclusion of the major engineering works which started back on Saturday 8th August. In preparation for the return of services … Continue reading →

It would appear that after good news that planned engineering works are going to end early it has to be tempered by some bad news as it has been confirmed that trams will be unable to run on South Yorkshire … Continue reading →

As we have seen over the past couple of weeks there is major rail replacement work taking place on the South Yorkshire Supertram network for most of August and with this being at the delta junction traversed by all services … Continue reading →

We’re all used to the dreaded term “overrunning engineering works” and its not very often you hear “underrunning engineering works” but that is what we’re set to see in Sheffield with the major works at the delta junction due to … Continue reading →

The rail replacement work on the Park Square delta junction at the core of the South Yorkshire Supertram network is continuing to progress with a little over 10 days to go before it is all due to be finished. Latest … Continue reading →

The renewal works around Park Square delta junction in Sheffield are now into their second week (with two more to come) with good progress having been made. This is a major project which will see a lot of the track … Continue reading →

As we saw in a recent article, preparation work for the major renewal work around the Park Square delta junction on the South Yorkshire Supertram network was well underway at the start of a three week closure. Barely 24 hours … Continue reading →

The South Yorkshire Supertram network has been split into three parts for the rest of August (work started Saturday 8th August) as major work to renew the delta junction at Park Square has got underway.

The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) are launching a consultation to get the views of the public on what the new tram fleet for the Supertram network should have. It will be asking views on everything from accessibility and … Continue reading →

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) have made three recommendations following an incident where two pedestrians were hit by a tram at Staniforth Road on the South Yorkshire Supertram network.

Whilst the government announced earlier this year that they would be funding free travel for children (aged 5-15) during August this didn’t extend to trams (as funding of this type never does!). But the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) … Continue reading →

Major engineering works will take place on the South Yorkshire Supertram network between Saturday 8th and Monday 31st August 2026 which will lead to changes to services on all four routes. The reason for the major disruption is that the … Continue reading →

During the enhanced service operated by South Yorkshire Supertram during the Tramlines Festival at the end of July, 399 206 made a rare appearance in service. Presumably with more trams than usual needed to operate the service it was pressed … Continue reading →

The first phase of the summer holiday engineering works on the South Yorkshire Supertram network started on Monday 27th July (almost as soon as an enhanced service for Tramlines came to an end). This will see work taking place over … Continue reading →

Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July 2026 saw the annual Tramlines Festival take place at Hillsborough Park. With the tramway running close to the venue it is ideally placed to transport the large number of people heading to the event … Continue reading →

South Yorkshire Supertram 111 is now carrying a new advert following the application of vinyls for Monzo. This advert replaces its previous design for Sumup.