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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 it has led to the system being split into three. In this article we take a look at a couple of the current termini in operation – Sheffield Station and Woodbourn Road. Stuart Cooke is the photographer.

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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 be completed a few days earlier than planned! It is hoped that this will allow a normal tram service to resume in time for the Bank Holiday weekend (originally they weren’t due to finish until Monday 31st August).

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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 photos from Stuart Cooke.

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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 through this vital junction (all journeys on a normal timetable have to use it) replaced with the aim of improving reliability of the network for many years to come. Stuart Cooke provides the latest pictorial update.

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