What should be done about Supertram (#1) - replace buses # 40, 42, 94, 95, 120

Apologies to Fatboy Slim for the excessive correlation of "Right Here, Right Now" with the copyright detectors.

This video looks at how access could be gained by the tram to Duke Street without having to navigate the Park Square roundabout or the complicated one-way system to Shrewsbury Rd as the buses currently do.

It would make cross-city journeys from places like Walkley and Fulwood to Intake and Halfway much quicker (and would be easier for newcomers to work out than the present bus routes), whilst still giving access to Sheffield Station.

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• Supertram
• Sheffield
• Station
• Park
• Hill
• square
• roundabout
• bus
• replacement
• 40
• 42
• 94
• 95
• 120
• Duke
• Street
• Spring
• Lane
• South
• escalator
• lift

[Foxydebs2611]

where would the money come from to do this though.

[bwhugul]

@Foxydebs2611 Agreed - very problematic to do this at the moment.

The one major thing that would reduce costs is using different means of building in the track. There are two methods: "Carpet" and "LR55"

LR55 has an advantage over Carpet in that it would not need the whole road surface to be dug up - just the bits where the rails go. But there are no points for it yet.

[bwhugul]

@Foxydebs2611 For the carpet track and LR55 websites

parry (space) people (space) movers dot (com) (forward slash) holdfast (underscore) tramway (space) track dot (htm)

lr55 (dash) rail (dash) road (dash) system dot (co) dot (uk)

[bwhugul]

@Foxydebs2611 The reason for my funny typing arrangement is that it won't let me post links or even have things including a tiny bit of words like com. The brackets helped fool it though!!!!!

Carpet is what it says - the bits in between the rails are rubber, and often coloured green. The utilities don't need diverting though.

Neither Carpet or LR55 have been put into service anywhere. But the only places where conventional track would be required are Spring Lane and at Manor Top/Elm Tree.

[JoeyDPro2009]

@bwhugul and another thing, it would not be actually necessary because tram stock would have to say which route it would take and it might confuse commuters and also it would not form a bus replacement, it would form a tram loop

[JoeyDPro2009]

Escalators and lifts down to the station? that would be impossible to comission and escalator of such length from your proposed station site and also you'll have to cancel that idea because construction for walkways is underway.

[BUSFLIX]

would be watchable without the "music" or noise or whatever, just gave up.

[InterCity82]

Excellent video! Cheers for posting me the link on Facebook. The route you took on bike seemed totally perfect for a supertram route - you need to be on the council!