{"id":3963,"date":"2024-03-20T17:30:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/sheffield-catch-up-1-16\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T17:30:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:30:17","slug":"sheffield-catch-up-1-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/sheffield-catch-up-1-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Catch-Up (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
fbb Never Knew That!<\/span><\/p>\n …with trains taking the line of the present tram tracks and tram bridge …<\/p>\n … but plunging into a tunnel where the present bridge ends. You would think that the station would have to be in the tunnel.<\/p><\/div>\n … cross Sheaf Street AND the station on a viaduct …<\/p>\n The Town Hall is top left.<\/p><\/div>\n Now look at the line map again …<\/p>\n Those arrows seem to point to the route via Sheffield Victoria (station now closed) and eastbound towards Retford.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p><\/div>\n … and folk in Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley resented the effect on their local tax bills, whist Sheffield people resented the years of disruption caused by the on-street building.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n … and later in better brighter colours …<\/p>\n Look there it is again (in the small print) “South Yorkshire’s Transport”. This tag adds salt to the wounds. Of course, there is now the tran-train at Rotherham but it is not used much by locals (by anybody?) because the bus is easier and quicker.<\/p><\/div>\n Actually, the bit of track you are looking at is on Leopold Street and latterly took trams to their beddy-byes at Tenter Street Depot.<\/p>\n Most of Sheffield tram tracks were simply resurfaced over the rails, thus proving a huge, almost eternal headache, for those who need to dig up the roads!<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n … as keeping Sheffield’s current trams going!<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n
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