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The Sheffield to Huddersfield plans were later abandoned in September 2009, [58] although the Sheffield to Rotherham route was to go ahead. The initial plan was to use electric vehicles capable of operating on either 750 V DC or 25 kV 50 Hz AC , via Rotherham Central to a new station at Parkgate .
Rotherham Parkgate is part of the Sheffield to Rotherham tram-train pilot scheme, which is the first of its kind in the United Kingdom. The scheme involved extending the Sheffield Supertram network to Rotherham Central from Meadowhall (Tinsley), mostly via low-use freight lines, before continuing to the terminus at Parkgate. The scheme ended up ...
It also is responsible for the Sheffield Supertram network infrastructure. [2] [3] Travel South Yorkshire's interchanges at Sheffield, Arundel Gate in Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster, Hillsborough and Dinnington provide information and advice about public transport in South Yorkshire. From these interchanges, information can be ...
Rotherham Parkgate, the terminus of the Sheffield Supertram tram-train pilot scheme from Sheffield city centre, opened in October 2018. [ 12 ] 1983 – Silkstone Common
Rotherham Central stop opened on the local Supertram network here on 25 October 2018, and currently operates 2 tram-trains per hour northward to Rotherham Parkgate and southward to Cathedral in Sheffield city centre. [11] The trams are low-floor, meaning they have to call at their own separate low-level platforms. They are numbered 3 & 4, and ...
All 50 stations on the Sheffield Supertram network, including two tram-train stations. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The National Tramway Museum at Crich in Derbyshire holds eight Sheffield trams. [8] Sheffield Corporation Tramways car 15 is a horse tram dating from 1874; it was the first tram to be used at the museum in 1963 and still remains serviceable. Car 74 is another Victorian Sheffield tram, sold to the Gateshead tramway and ran until 1951.
In 2017, the section through Rotherham Central was adapted for use by Sheffield Supertram, the light rail network that operates within Sheffield. Supertram is operating a pilot tram-train service over the route, testing the feasibility of such an operation. This is initially intended to run for two years, with an extension of the operation ...