Category Archives: South Yorkshire Supertram

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.

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) since they took back public control, but this summer will again see major renewal works taking place on the Supertram network. Full details have been announced of the first set of works whilst it … Continue reading →

South Yorkshire Supertram were unable to serve either Malin Bridge or Middlewood for a time on Wednesday 15th July 2026 following the failure of 125. Whilst the tram was repaired to be moved away from the scene all services on … Continue reading →

South Yorkshire Supertram are to make available two new tram ticket offers which will provide excellent value for people travelling on the network over the summer.

The annual Tramlines Festival will be taking place at Hillsborough Park between Friday 24th and Sunday 26th July 2026. This year headline acts will include Fatboy Slim, Courteeners and Wolf Alice and an estimated 10,000 people are expected to attend. … Continue reading →

It has now been a year since dogs were allowed on-board South Yorkshire Supertram and to celebrate the fact that almost 15,000 of man’s best friend have travelled on the trams since then a Dog of the Week competition has … Continue reading →

The latest social media competition from South Yorkshire Supertram is offering the chance for a family of four to see the feel-good theatre production of Summer Holiday currently showing at the Crucible Theatre.

Planned engineering works took place on the South Yorkshire Supertram network over the weekend of Saturday 27th June and Sunday 28th June which impacted services running on the Blue route. The focus of attention this time around was at Waterthorpe … Continue reading →

The latest art trail in Sheffield and the surrounding area in support of Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity has arrived with a pride of 150 lions to be discovered! And the fact there are now various lion sculptures in place means … Continue reading →