Michael_N Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Yes folks the time has come again, so it's time to get used to catching rail replacement buses again or just transfer across onto the regular bus routes which won't require a change at Hillsborough/Shalesmoor/City or the Railway Station... Overview of works: Area 1 Hillsborough Corner and Middlewood Road Planned 19 April - 2 June 2019 Blue Route - Halfway to Hillsborough Purple Route - Herdings Park to Sheffield Station (connect to Blue Route for travel into city or walk through Sheffield Railway Station). Yellow Route - Meadowhall to Hillsborough TramTrain - Parkgate to Cathedral Work will take place at Hillsborough corner and along Middlewood Road towards Hillsborough Park. Buses are expected to replace trams on the Yellow Route between Hillsborough and Middlewood and on the Blue Route between Hillsborough and Malin Bridge. Alternative Buses from Hillsborough into City along the Infirmary Road: - 35 Meadowhall to City via Hillsborough - 57 Stocksbridge to City via Hillsborough - 135/135A Rotherham to City via Hillsborough - 81/82 Stannington to Dore/Millhouses via City Alternative Buses from Hillsborough into City passing Leppings Lane/Hillsborough Park: - 35 Meadowhall to City via Hillsborough - 97/98 Hillsborough to Totley/Totley Brook via City - 135/135A Rotherham to City via Hillsborough Alternative Buses from Malin Bridge into City via Hillsborough: - 81/82 Stannington to Dore/Millhouses via City Area 2 Shalesmoor towards Hillsborough Planned 3 June - 18 July 2019 Blue Route - Halfway to Shalesmoor Purple Route - Herdings Park to Sheffield Station (connect to Blue Route for travel into city or walk through Sheffield Railway Station). Yellow Route - Meadowhall to Cathedral TramTrain - Parkgate to Cathedral Work will take place between Shalesmoor and Hillsborough. Buses will replace trams on the Yellow Route between Fitzalan Square and Middlewood and on the Blue Route between Shalesmoor and Malin Bridge. Purple Route trams will operate Herdings Park - Sheffield Station. Alternative Buses from Hillsborough into City along the Infirmary Road: - 35 Meadowhall to City via Hillsborough - 57 Stocksbridge to City via Hillsborough - 135/135A Rotherham to City via Hillsborough - 81/82 Stannington to Dore/Millhouses via City Alternative Buses from Hillsborough into City passing Leppings Lane/Hillsborough Park: - 35 Meadowhall to City via Hillsborough - 97/98 Hillsborough to Totley/Totley Brook via City - 135/135A Rotherham to City via Hillsborough Alternative Buses from Malin Bridge into City via Hillsborough: - 81/82 Stannington to Dore/Millhouses via City Area 3 Shalesmoor Planned 22 July- 25 July 2019 Blue Route - Halfway to Cathedral Purple Route - Herdings Park to Sheffield Station (connect to Blue Route for travel into city or walk through Sheffield Railway Station). Yellow Route - Meadowhall to Cathedral TramTrain - Parkgate to Cathedral Work will take place around Shalesmoor. Buses will replace trams on the Yellow Route between Fitzalan Square and Middlewood and on the Blue Route between Fitzalan Square and Malin Bridge. Purple Route trams will operate Herdings Park - Sheffield Station. Alternative Buses from Hillsborough into City along the Infirmary Road: - 35 Meadowhall to City via Hillsborough - 57 Stocksbridge to City via Hillsborough - 135/135A Rotherham to City via Hillsborough - 81/82 Stannington to Dore/Millhouses via City Alternative Buses from Hillsborough into City passing Leppings Lane/Hillsborough Park: - 35 Meadowhall to City via Hillsborough - 97/98 Hillsborough to Totley/Totley Brook via City - 135/135A Rotherham to City via Hillsborough Alternative Buses from Malin Bridge into City via Hillsborough: - 81/82 Stannington to Dore/Millhouses via City Alternative Buses from University into City along West Street: - 6 Millhouses to Darnall via City - 51 Lodge Moor to Charnock via City - 52/52A Wisewood/Hillsborough to Woodhouse via City - 95 Walkley to City via Commonside - 120 Fulwood/Ranmoor to Crystal Peaks/Halfway via City Area 4 Hillsborough towards Holme Lane Planned 26 July - 9 August 2019 Blue Route - Halfway to Hillsborough Purple Route - Herdings Park to Cathedral Yellow Route - Meadowhall to Hillsborough TramTrain - Parkgate to Cathedral Work will take place at Hillsborough on Holme Lane. Buses will replace trams on the Yellow Route between Hillsborough and Middlewood and on the Blue Route between Hillsborough and Malin Bridge. Alternative Buses from Hillsborough into City along the Infirmary Road: - 35 Meadowhall to City via Hillsborough - 57 Stocksbridge to City via Hillsborough - 135/135A Rotherham to City via Hillsborough - 81/82 Stannington to Dore/Millhouses via City Alternative Buses from Hillsborough into City passing Leppings Lane/Hillsborough Park: - 35 Meadowhall to City via Hillsborough - 97/98 Hillsborough to Totley/Totley Brook via City - 135/135A Rotherham to City via Hillsborough Alternative Buses from Malin Bridge into City via Hillsborough: - 81/82 Stannington to Dore/Millhouses via City Area 5 Glossop Road (University of Sheffield Curve) Planned 25 August - 30 August 2019 Blue Route - Halfway to Cathedral Purple Route - Herdings Park to Sheffield Station (connect to Blue Route for travel into city or walk through Sheffield Railway Station). Yellow Route - Meadowhall to Cathedral TramTrain - Parkgate to Cathedral Work will take place at The University of Sheffield tram stop curve on Glossop Road. Buses will replace trams on the Yellow Route between Fitzalan Square and Middlewood and on the Blue Route between Fitzalan Square and Malin Bridge. Alternative Buses from Hillsborough into City along the Infirmary Road: - 35 Meadowhall to City via Hillsborough - 57 Stocksbridge to City via Hillsborough - 135/135A Rotherham to City via Hillsborough - 81/82 Stannington to Dore/Millhouses via City Alternative Buses from Hillsborough into City passing Leppings Lane/Hillsborough Park: - 35 Meadowhall to City via Hillsborough - 97/98 Hillsborough to Totley/Totley Brook via City - 135/135A Rotherham to City via Hillsborough Alternative Buses from Malin Bridge into City via Hillsborough: - 81/82 Stannington to Dore/Millhouses via City Alternative Buses from University into City along West Street: - 6 Millhouses to Darnall via City - 51 Lodge Moor to Charnock via City - 52/52A Wisewood/Hillsborough to Woodhouse via City - 95 Walkley to City via Commonside - 120 Fulwood/Ranmoor to Crystal Peaks/Halfway via City Full details: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/media-library/files/supertram/2019 rail replacement/supertram rrp overview leaflet 2019.pdf?la=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl1 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 am I dreaming or did they not do Middlewood Road last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 6 hours ago, amnicoll said: am I dreaming or did they not do Middlewood Road last year? They did bits of it - there’s always more to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Between 25 August - 30 August 2019 Glossop Road closure so that Blue Route, Yellow Route and TramTrain are all turning at one Cathedral (Cathedral side) platform. That appears to overload the platform. Although it might not solve the problem could they stop short at Ponds Forge would they still be allowed to turn the Blue Route trams at Ponds Forge and run wrong road back to the Station and cross over? Similarly could the TT /Yellow come in wrong road from the crossover before the triangle on Park Square and turn back at Ponds Forge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 18 hours ago, Annie Bynnol said: Between 25 August - 30 August 2019 Glossop Road closure so that Blue Route, Yellow Route and TramTrain are all turning at one Cathedral (Cathedral side) platform. That appears to overload the platform. Although it might not solve the problem could they stop short at Ponds Forge would they still be allowed to turn the Blue Route trams at Ponds Forge and run wrong road back to the Station and cross over? Similarly could the TT /Yellow come in wrong road from the crossover before the triangle on Park Square and turn back at Ponds Forge? It’s the same for Area 3 too. I guess the timetable for blue and yellow will be done around the tram train to make it all work. It’ll be a max of 15 trams an hour at peak (6x yellow, 6x blue and 3x TT). So one every four minutes. Wonder how frequently the points will fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_N Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 What we need to ask is, will Stagecoach be offering any discount to people who have monthly/yearly passes that have already been purchased through Direct Debit. Will they try and retain these customers, or risk losing them to either other bus operators who run services similar to the tram (120 between Halfway & City for example) or will people just become fed up and switch to the car? What has shocked me, is that for the Hillsborough Corner works, they haven't just simple extended the SL1/SL1A bus beyond Middlewood to Hillsborough, so customers from beyond Middlewood will have to change buses at Middlewood, to then change again at Hillsborough onto the trams. Not like Stocksbridge has much choice as apart from the hourly 57, it's a captive market with Supertram/SL1 & SL1A buses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris101 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Never know may have a problem getting the rails from Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 1 hour ago, chris101 said: Never know may have a problem getting the rails from Germany. They’re from Scunthorpe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl1 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 13 hours ago, Michael_N said: What has shocked me, is that for the Hillsborough Corner works, they haven't just simple extended the SL1/SL1A bus beyond Middlewood to Hillsborough, so customers from beyond Middlewood will have to change buses at Middlewood, to then change again at Hillsborough onto the trams. Not like Stocksbridge has much choice as apart from the hourly 57, it's a captive market with Supertram/SL1 & SL1A buses! Wish I could say I was shocked -disappointed yes that once again Stagecoach Supertram demonstrate their complete contempt for the traveling public i hope Jay will return to Middlewood to at least try and coordinate the buses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GleadlessLad Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 During the work in Area 2, Area 3 & Area 5 anybody travelling from Herdings Park to Meadowhall will need to catch 3 trams each way - Purple to the Station - where that route will be terminating - then Blue to Fitzalan Square & then Yellow to Meadowhall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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