Supertram: Could it be extended?

[Jorge Da Silva]

Following the Completion of the tram-train project in Sheffield what other extensions could there be for Supertram.

• Stocksbridge
• Fulwood
• Dore

Possible tram-train extensions??

 

[pdeaves]

Before answering 'where', shouldn't the first question be 'Does Sheffield need a tram extension?'

 

[_toommm_]

The extension idea has flitted around for pretty much as long as I lived in South Yorkshire, and that was nearly two decades. Proposals to extend to Maltby, Ravenfield, Dore, Millhouses etc.

Dore and Millhouses is a no IMO as Abbeydale Road is already congested enough, so unless they found a place to build a new alignment, or ran a tram train when Dore is eventually redoubled, then I can't see that being feasible.

Fulwood already has First serving it every ten minutes, so that would be a waste, and some of the gradients around that area leave buses struggling, never mind metal on metal.

An extension is possible yes definitely, and once the future of Supertram is secured then it may be a possibility. But there has to be catalyst(s) in other areas, some of which I mentioned above.

 

[rg177]

I suspect an extension to Fulwood could simply follow Whitham Road and Fulwood Road via Broomhill and Ranmoor.

However the Whitham and Glossop Road corridors are completely saturated with buses and you'd have to run a rather nutty frequency to compete. (120 every 5 minutes, 52/52a every 5 minutes, 51 every 10 minutes)

That and at rush hour unless you provided a separate alignment, you'd be crawling most of the way from Brook Hill to Broomhill and beyond.

 

[SoccerHQ]

Dore and Totley really should be serving by more than one train an hour so would say that area would benefit.