{"id":13582,"date":"2016-01-06T20:53:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T19:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=13582"},"modified":"2016-01-06T20:53:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T19:53:04","slug":"tram-train-engineering-work-to-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=13582","title":{"rendered":"Tram Train engineering work to start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Essential engineering works on the Stagecoach Supertram network to fully prepare the tramlines for the Tram Train vehicles is set to take place over several weekends in January and February which will see further disruption to tram services. Until these works are completed the first of the Tram Trains \u2013 which arrived in Sheffield at the end of November \u2013 will be confined to the Nunnery Square Depot.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Works will require revised services to run on Sunday 10th January, Saturday 16th January, Sunday 17th January, Saturday 30th January, Sunday 31st January, Saturday 13th February, Sunday 14th February, Saturday 27th February and Sunday 28th February. On all these dates the Blue route will run as normal between Halfway and Malin Bridge but there will be alterations to services on the Yellow and Purple routes:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sunday 10th January<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Work is taking place near to Meadowhall with buses running between Meadowhall South and Meadowhall Interchange.<\/p>\n<p>Yellow route trams will run Middlewood to Meadowhall South<\/p>\n<p>Purple route trams will run Herdings Park to Cathedral<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th January<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Work is taking place near to Attercliffe with buses running between Fitzalan Square and Meadowhall Interchange<\/p>\n<p>Yellow route trams will run Middlewood to Cricket Inn Road<\/p>\n<p>Purple route trams will run Herdings Park to Cathedral<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday 30th &amp; Sunday 31st January, Saturday 13th, Sunday 14th, Saturday 27th &amp; Sunday 28th February<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Work is taking place around the Park Square bridge with buses running between Fitzalan Square and Meadowhall Interchange<\/p>\n<p>Yellow route trams will run Middlewood to Sheffield Station<\/p>\n<p>Purple route trams will run Herdings Park to Middlewood<\/p>\n<p>Overnight engineering work to alter the track has been taking place since the end of October to minimise disruption to passengers but these works now due to take place are of a more complex nature and cannot be completed overnight hence the weekend closures. Further work will take place over the Easter period on the current network and work will also be necessary to install the 400 metre Tinsley Chord to connect the Supertram network with the Network Rail lines. Other works to be completed include the installation of overhead lines to carry electricity to power the vehicles and building new Tram Train platforms at Rotherham Central and Parkgate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13583\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=13583\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13583\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13583\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13583\" title=\"111-sc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/111-sc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/111-sc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/111-sc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/111-sc.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Boxing Day and New Years Day a special Blue service was advertised as operating between Halfway and Meadowhall but this actually ran as the Green service. This view shows 111 at Halfway preparing to depart for Meadowhall on the very first day of 2016. (Photograph by Stuart Cooke)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essential engineering works on the Stagecoach Supertram network to fully prepare the tramlines for the Tram Train vehicles is set to take place over several weekends in January and February which will see further disruption to tram services. 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