First tram-train gets go-ahead for Sheffield to Rotherham [BBC News]





Date: 17/05/2012

Tram-trains which run on street tracks and railway lines are to be piloted in South Yorkshire in a scheme worth £58m, the government has confirmed. Starting in 2015, the newly-built tram-trains will run on local tram routes and Network Rail lines between Sheffield, Meadowhall and Rotherham. The two-year pilot scheme will be the first of its kind in the UK.


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The UK's first tram-train scheme will be piloted in a £58m scheme in South Yorkshire, the government confirms.

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Looking towards Rotherham from the glass footbridge at Meadowhall as Sheffield Supertram 114 arrives at the interchange. The line of white poles denotes the tram route which turns sharp right just in front of the M1 Tinsley Viaduct to loop back towards the city centre.
Location: Meadowhall
Company: Sheffield and Rotherham Railway
19/03/2011 Mark Bartlett
Wet and miserable-looking 'Stagecoach Supertram' no 122, running through Sheffield city centre on 9 April 2012.
Location: Castle Square [SYPTE]
Company: South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
09/04/2012 Bruce McCartney


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