Category Archives: South Yorkshire Supertram

The latest update on the well/mine shaft at Birley Lane which has been impacting South Yorkshire Supertram services since the end of August has been released as work continues on rectifying the issue which will hopefully mean that trams can … Continue reading →

Any students travelling on the South Yorkshire Supertram network are now able to purchase a new Student fare both on board the trams as well as through the TSY Mobile app.

South Yorkshire Supertram are still unable to run to Halfway as a result of the discovered of a well/mine shaft at Birley Lane on the Blue route. The hole first made itself known on Sunday 23rd August and the latest … Continue reading →

Over the Summer a pride of 300 lions, lionesses and cubs has been let lose in South Yorkshire as part of a trail to celebrate 150 years of Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Ending on 8th September 2026 the lions have provided … Continue reading →

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 →