dutch Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 5 hours ago, primemover70 said: Got turned round from the scene involving a Bradwell Skips lorry shortly after the occurrence just after midday Friday . . . Missed the resulting chaos . . . However, after recording and speed scanning state TV's Look North and so-called Independent TV's puerile Calendar prog some 5 hours later, Hey Presto ! - ABSOLUTELY ZERO COVERAGE of an extremely serious and relevant LIGHT RAIL occurrence at a busy, light controlled city junction . . . This is a junction where there are NO PEDESTRIAN INDICATORS and road traffic frequently ignores (or gets confused with) the in-situ protocols . . . Let us hope that the Rail Accident Investigation Branch is able to prevail upon the relevant authorities to initiate the relevant SAFETY PROCEDURES at this very dangerous Light Rail / Road Traffic / Foot Traffic interface in order to obviate the likelihood of possible future fatalities . . . You look all over the telly but did not notice there was already a topic started here about that crash. There are people who put their money on who will win. And there are people who gamble on other things. Personally I had a medical black out behind the wheel ones and something similar happened you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl1 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 18 hours ago, GleadlessLad said: Yes, those dot matrix "customer information" displays at the tram stops rarely seem to be updated to advise people when there's a severe service disruption. Not helpful. Anybody know why that is? yes I do . It is the fault of the PTE who did not know what they were doing (or in money saving mode) and bought what might work for the buses and hoped would work for the tram. They have demonstrated right from the start of the programme to introduce them a marked contempt for the public and they take the view that they are a benefit to the public because they are sometimes right. They have never understood that the starting point for an information system is that it should be designed for when thing go wrong with the service. Stagecoach simply did not want to rock the boat and so were happy for the dot matrix to be a work of fiction and was not their fault. You may have noticed that sometimes the thing is in countdown mode (but even that is a joke) but others it shows an actual time for the next tram. When it is showing the actual time it means they have no idea of when or where the next tram is and are showing the timetabled time even if the tram is not running the big problem is that you never know if the display is accurate and you can rely on it - a fact the PTE do not appreciate and on many occasions when the service has been suspended you will see the displays showing the times of the non existent trams and IF you are lucky they may have added a note on the rolling message that the tram service is suspended but often even this is not done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl1 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Possibly no longer news when a tram crashes into something on a level crossing I wonder if we will get the denials that there are any safety issues at the crossing (all the fault of the road vehicle jumping the lights?) and then we see a major redesign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Put some concrete blocks on Bernard rd like they do with rest of sheffield, solves all problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 27 minutes ago, dan_999uk said: How many accidents have there been at this location? 3 slight accidents according to Crashmap. None involving Supertram according to RAIB. Because a rail vehicle was involved and an injury to a person there will be a full RAIB inquiry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Trams stuck at cathedral today. Points have broke. No accident but they reckon it's going to take few hours to get it fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron99 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) Shouldn't this thread be attached to the earlier existing 'Tram Crash' thread. It can't have been that bad as even Radio Sheffield hasn't mentioned it as far as I know yesterday? One woman taken to hospital with minor injuries. There will have been more turned up at hospital doing chores around the house & in the garden yesterday. Edited July 24, 2021 by Baron99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) They had to break a broomstick and ram it in the points at cathedral to keep it in position for trams to drive again. For every problem is a solution. Edited July 24, 2021 by dutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 hour ago, dan_999uk said: That's interesting, and the tram network opened 25 years ago didn't it. My answer was unclear, it should have read: 3 slight road accidents in 5 years according to Crashmap. None involving Supertram -ever- according to RAIB. Because a rail vehicle was involved and an injury to a person there will be a full RAIB inquiry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butlers Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Lively weekend for Supertram Tram- train services also got troubles, ,only serving Meadowhall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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