GleadlessLad Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 "Stagecoach Supertram@SCSupertram Due to a points failure at Parkgate, the tram train services are currently suspended." 10:45am today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_N Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 "Stagecoach Supertram@SCSupertram Due to a points failure at Parkgate, the tram train services are currently suspended." 10:45am today.... X1 or X78 bus it is then. At least they’re more frequent than the tram-train anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest busdriver1 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I see that the PTE are proposing to extend bus 27 - which currently runs between Crystal Peaks & Rotherham - beyond Rotherham & on to Parkgate, on Monday to Fridays only. Wonder whether this might take passengers away from the Tram Train...? A cleverly disguised fact that they propose to interwork it with the 22a/22c. Beware of PTE spin. The same spin says that the 22a/22c will run through to the hospital. 2 new "links" for the price of a bit of spin. Personally I dont see a great deal of trade for the tram train once all the pensioners have had their day out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 "Stagecoach Supertram@SCSupertram Due to a points failure at Parkgate, the tram train services are currently suspended." 10:45am today.... If the problem at Parkgate do they go at least from cathedral to Meadowhall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GleadlessLad Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 If the problem at Parkgate do they go at least from cathedral to Meadowhall? I believe that they aren't bothering, as the Yellow Route serves that part of the network - at the moment, unless there's another tram failure....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl1 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 (edited) went out to Parkgate yesterday and the Pids were still not providing tram train times but instead a message suggesting that for information passengers speak to a member of staff (even though there are no staff apart from the tram crews when it is there) or use twitter - mind you did notice that there now appears to be a help point so perhaps message should have read to use the help point reliability will be a problem especially with the service frequency not being equal would hate to just miss the xx.09 at Parkgate and wait for the xx.31 only to find it is cancelled worse still if only found out when it did not appear Interesting there are plans to run tram trains in S Wales that have been announced without waiting for the results of the "experiment" Edited November 2, 2018 by amnicoll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 If you look at Real Time Trains you’ll see that this is due to tram trains being held at Parkgate due to a late running Northern service. Not sure what you expect Supertram to do about that? wait wait wait, a delay on the rail networks now affects Supertram ? Oh dear . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesserthan1 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I've been living near to the tram tracks at Hillsborough for about ten years now and I'm more than used to the noise of the trams going by- like a gentle rumble as I'm close by, but not too close. Recently I've noticed the noise from the trams has been getting much louder and it seems to be the new trams that are causing the problem. When one of the train-trams goes by it's almost like it's shaking the whole house. I can't imagine what it'd be like for the people who live closer to the tracks. Anyway, I was wondering if this was just my imagination or if anybody else has noticed the same? As a side note, I've noticed that the track beds seem to have degraded quite a lot too, lots of them seem to be cracked and have big chunks missing. I wonder if this could be linked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarniwoop Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I've been living near to the tram tracks at Hillsborough for about ten years now and I'm more than used to the noise of the trams going by- like a gentle rumble as I'm close by, but not too close. Recently I've noticed the noise from the trams has been getting much louder and it seems to be the new trams that are causing the problem. When one of the train-trams goes by it's almost like it's shaking the whole house. I can't imagine what it'd be like for the people who live closer to the tracks. Anyway, I was wondering if this was just my imagination or if anybody else has noticed the same? As a side note, I've noticed that the track beds seem to have degraded quite a lot too, lots of them seem to be cracked and have big chunks missing. I wonder if this could be linked? Do the new class 399 trams run to Hillsborough? I thought that they could only run to Cathedral due to the dual wheelprofile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissie Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Do the new class 399 trams run to Hillsborough? I thought that they could only run to Cathedral due to the dual wheelprofile. Yes I've caught the new train-trams a couple of times on the Yellow Route in Hillsborough during early trials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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