Recent content by ALEMASTER

Problem Supertram has compared to "the old days" is because the whole system was built at the same time the whole system has become life expired at the same time. There's a political preference to only close lines to rail replacement during school holidays when kids aren't relying on trams to...

it isn't the same rails every time! The embedded rail replacement programme is renewing the entire network over a few years but there isn't the appetite to close down everything for a very long period to do an entire route in one go, just sections at a time during the school holidays. This time...

Rail replacement work 24-31 October 2026. Blue route to terminate at Shalesmoor with replacement buses to Malin Bridge. Yellow route to terminate at Cathedral (Shalesmoor early morning, late evening and Sunday) with replacement buses to Middlewood.

I can't help but think in the Chesterfield area what is needed now is completely tearing up the network map and redesigning the whole network from scratch looking where demand is and how places can be linked in ways that are both efficient and attractive to passengers. There seems to have been...

It appears the 15 achieved Dronfield to Coal Aston quicker on the new timetable.

It follows the tram route as far as Hollinsend then runs a kind of parrallel route via the estates at Base Green and Birley and also covers a road in Hackenthorpe that currently has bus stops but no buses, filling a gap between Birley and Crystal Peaks created when First cut their service 8 back...

They look like they are designed to give buses and drivers something productive to do between school runs

Service updates are posted on X and on the Travel South Yorkshire disruption page at https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/en-gb/newsupdates/disruptions. There should usually also be a scrolling service update message on the tram stop displays if there's significant disruption.

Correct, tram wheel profile can't go on heavy rail and tram train wheel profile can't run beyond Shalesmoor or Sheffield Station.

problem was the Killamarsh and Stannington buses didn't see many passengers. Stocksbridge a slightly difference scenario so perhaps has a better chance of coming back - well used in the daytime but loss making, however would Stocksbridge people prefer the improvements to be to the 57/57a that...

Given the Transpeak runs from Derby would many be getting a train from Derby to Matlock to connect with it? Id suggest running the local Matlock buses that serve the villages on an hourly frequency at times that connect with the trains would be more beneficial, perhaps that might be one to roll...

I'm not convinced the Edale-Castleton, Bamford-Fairholmes or Castleton-Eyam services will survive. Some might say to not bother with the 66 and instead make the Sheffield to Tideswell part of the 65 hourly. After all currently the 66 only really exists because the buses need to start and end in...

The most recent service at Fairholmes was the Sunday service on route 257 diverted off and did a double run down there, however the 257 no longer has a Sunday service! To be honest the bit to Fairholmes was never well used and regularly got delayed by parked cars and queueing traffic whilst on...

This map may be of interest to some, showing the current bus and train network in the area with pubs marked on. Current service level: 62 - a few trips a day. No evening service. 65 - every 2 hours, daytime only. 66 - once a day X66 - once a day 173 - every two hours, Monday to Saturday...

For those of us likely to use the network in question it is a game changing excellent use of funding assuming what is delivered is as proposed. I always worry about local authorities wasting money on research trips, consultants, public engagement events etc! The backbone being built on is a...