foxy lady Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I was looking at some old photographs of when there were 4 lines between Sheffield Station and Dore & Totley. There were also several stations along the route. It occured to me that trams could run along the railbed besides the trains with the old stations reopened as tram stops. There was a staion at Heeley another between the Tesco & Sainsbury stores at Millhouses. Another at Beauchief and a final one at Totley. A footbridge from the Millhouses station to the supermarkets would be a great idea and a far better way of getting into town than the current park & ride. Trams could initially be railway cars, but later an electric system installed to allow electric trams to use the route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 They appear to be putting something similar to this in, to run between Sheffield and Rotherham's park gate shopping centre, called the 'Tram-train'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 There's probably a few decent tram-train type deals they can put in. I think I read something in the news recently about extending the Middlewood Tram out to Stocksbridge using the old woodhead Manchester line, it's currently in place and still used. It'd be nice to have the park and ride abit further out, Middlewood gets abit jammed up in the mornings - the park and ride junction is really poorly designed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Surely make more sense to run trains. They should be tackling the bottleneck at Dore soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Said similar all along and up to Stocksbridge too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Trams cannot travel along railway tracks to Dore or Deepcar. They need to be electrified and each use a different electrical supply. Dore- Sheffield will be electrified soon at mainline voltage. They cannot use the same platforms. They cannot use the mainline junctions as their tyres have a different profile. The Government want a tram-train as it will make inter-urban transport cheaper. To this end they are trialing the tram- train between Sheffield and Rotherham Parkgate. There is a case for a HS2 Meadowhall to Dore fast service- this would be government funded as part of HS2. A service to Deepcar via Middlewood or Nunnery is currently not realistic as the railway route does not pass or go to the main centres of population. It would also not meet government requirements for funding and so would have to be funded by Sheffield. The Dore bottleneck will be eased shortly as a second platform on the Manchester line is due to be built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Your idea has been proposed before but not acted on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emma royd Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Trams cannot travel along railway tracks to Dore or Deepcar. They need to be electrified and each use a different electrical supply. You only need electricity if they are electric trams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 The OP isn't suggesting using the same tracks as the trains, but using to spare trackbed for trams to run alongside the railway, which was the official suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Se7enhills Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 What is Network Rail's view on the matter? Its their land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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