Tram Track Broken At Manor Top — No Trams To Halfway Or Herdings Park

[SheffieldForum]

Just now, RollingJ said:

That is a really, really, close up picture and doesn't indicate the location either side of it - you don't just replace that tiny section.

Indeed!

 

THe statement from Stagecoach Supertram was:

 

"We expect the tramway to fully re-open on or around Friday 23 February. We'll provide updates nearer the time to confirm when services will resume.

 

"The work requires specialist third party welders and external preparation of the rail. The materials used to undertake the works on site can also be affected by wet weather conditions."

[hackey lad]

The 8/8a runs through the Moorthorpe way estate . About 1 an hour when/if  it turns up and it finishes about 5.00 pm . No service on Sunday .

[Irene Swaine]

1 minute ago, hackey lad said:

There was a small bus that ran through the Rainbow estate and it was a godsend for the elderly /infirm , to get them near the shops /doctors . Suppose it was taken off because of cost . 

Do you think Oliver would think about putting it back on ?   Obviously after he's made the airport a thriving financial success of course . 

That would be great. Was it the 55 by any chance? It's a fair walk in to Hackenthorpe Village from there where the medical centre is and also Hackenthorpe Tram station. Such reinstatement would give the Rainbow estate a link to shops, bars and bus and tram services in to town and beyond, making more people use public transport. I think Mr Coppard is in cloud cuckoo land though if he has more interest in Doncaster Airport.

[RollingJ]

1 minute ago, SheffieldForum said:

Indeed!

 

THe statement from Stagecoach Supertram was:

 

"We expect the tramway to fully re-open on or around Friday 23 February. We'll provide updates nearer the time to confirm when services will resume.

 

"The work requires specialist third party welders and external preparation of the rail. The materials used to undertake the works on site can also be affected by wet weather conditions."

In other words - there is more to the job than the man-in-the-street appreciates - which is often the case.

[hackey lad]

4 minutes ago, Irene Swaine said:

That would be great. Was it the 55 by any chance? It's a fair walk in to Hackenthorpe Village from there where the medical centre is and also Hackenthorpe Tram station. Such reinstatement would give the Rainbow estate a link to shops, bars and bus and tram services in to town and beyond, making more people use public transport. I think Mr Coppard is in cloud cuckoo land though if he has more interest in Doncaster Airport.

Village to the doctors about 300 yards  on the flat . 

[RollingJ]

From an engineering point of view, that  post 68 looks an amazingly clean break - wonder if that small section had gone before, been 'hastily replaced' and failed again?

Edited February 19 by RollingJ

[hackey lad]

Just now, RollingJ said:

From an engineering point of view, that looks an amazingly clean break - wonder if that small section had gone before, been 'hastily replaced' and failed again?

Does look clean , looks like its been cut . 

[RollingJ]

1 minute ago, hackey lad said:

Does look clean , looks like its been cut . 

Don't think so,  it would take some expertise, time - and equipment - to do that.

[hackey lad]

1 minute ago, RollingJ said:

Don't think so,  it would take some expertise, time - and equipment - to do that.

I mean it looks like it has . 

[RollingJ]

It does look like it has been cut - certainly not a stress fracture - but I can't imagine someone wouldn't have been spotted making such a neat job. Very strange.