The Sheffield Supertram is a tram and tram-train network covering Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire,England. The infrastructure is owned by the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE),with Stagecoach responsible for the operation and maintenance of rolling stock under a concession until 21 March 2024,under the brand name Stagecoach Supertram.
Sheffield station is a combined railway station and tram stop in Sheffield,England;it is the busiest station in South Yorkshire,and the third busiest in Yorkshire &the Humber. Adjacent is Sheffield station/Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield Supertram stop.
The Wakefield line is a railway line and service in the West Yorkshire Metro and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive areas of northern England. The Wakefield line is coloured yellow on maps and publications by West Yorkshire Metro. The line was electrified in 1989,between Leeds &Wakefield Westgate,as part of the programme to electrify the East Coast Main Line.
The Dearne Valley line is the name given to a railway line in the north of England running from York to Sheffield via Pontefract Baghill and Moorthorpe. The route was built over several years and consists of lines built by several railway companies.
Meadowhall Interchange is a transport interchange located in north-east Sheffield,consisting of a combined heavy rail station,tram stop and bus and coach station. The second-busiest heavy rail station in the city in terms of passenger numbers,Meadowhall Interchange provides connections between National Rail services,the Sheffield Supertram light rail network,intercity coach services and the city bus network.
The North Midland Railway was a British railway company,which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham (Masbrough) and Leeds in 1840.
The Sheffield and Rotherham Railway was a railway line in England,between the named places. The North Midland Railway was being promoted but its route was planned to go through Rotherham and by-pass Sheffield,so the S&RR was built as a connecting line. It opened in 1838. In Sheffield it opened a terminal station at Wicker,and in Rotherham at Westgate. When the NMR opened in 1840 a connecting curve was made between the two routes.
Parkgate is a suburb of Rotherham,South Yorkshire,England. It has since been consumed by its neighbour,Rawmarsh and is in the ward of Rawmarsh from which it has been indistinguishable since the early 20th century.
Swinton railway station is a railway station in Swinton,South Yorkshire,England. It has three platforms and a small bus station,and lies at the junction of the former North Midland Railway main line between Rotherham Masborough and Leeds via Cudworth and the former South Yorkshire Railway line to Doncaster.
Barnsley Interchange is a combined rail and bus station in the centre of Barnsley,South Yorkshire. It was first opened in 1850 as Barnsley Exchange railway station and is 16 miles (26 km) north of Sheffield. It is on the Hallam and Penistone Lines,both operated by Northern Trains. On 20 May 2007,the new bus station and refurbished railway station were officially opened by Travel South Yorkshire,with the combined facility renamed to Barnsley Interchange.
Mexborough railway station serves the former mining town of Mexborough,South Yorkshire,England. It is a station on the Sheffield to Doncaster Line 7 miles (11 km) south west of Doncaster.
Sandal and Agbrigg railway station serves the Wakefield suburbs of Sandal and Agbrigg in West Yorkshire,England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and is operated by Northern.
Rotherham Westgate railway station was the eastern terminus of the five-mile-long Sheffield and Rotherham Railway,the first passenger-carrying railway in the Sheffield/Rotherham area. In central Rotherham on the eastern bank of the River Don,it was a single-platform terminus that opened on 31 October 1838 and closed on 4 October 1952.
Rotherham Masborough railway station was the main railway station for Rotherham,South Yorkshire,England from the 1840s until 1987,when most trains were rerouted via Rotherham Central. It had four platforms,with a large sandstone station building on the eastern Platform Four,large iron and glass platform canopies,a fully enclosed footbridge and wooden waiting rooms on the other platforms. It closed in 1988,except for a few football specials.
South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) was the passenger transport executive for South Yorkshire. It was responsible for public transport policies,infrastructure and operation from its formation in 1974 until its dissolution in 2023,when its assets and duties were transferred to the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.
Kilnhurst Central was a railway station in Kilnhurst,South Yorkshire,England,one of two railway stations serving the village,the other being Kilnhurst West,situated on the North Midland Railway line. Kilnhurst Central was on the former Great Central Railway's (GCR) Sheffield Victoria - Doncaster line,between Parkgate and Aldwarke and Swinton Central.
The Sheffield District Rail Rationalisation Plan was a series of linked railway civil engineering projects,station and line closures and train route changes that took place in and around Sheffield,South Yorkshire. The majority of these changes took place in the 1960s and early 1970s,however the plan,by now much modified in the face of rapidly dwindling freight traffic,was not fully realised until the 1980s.
Aldwarke Junction at Parkgate near Rotherham,South Yorkshire,England is a major railway junction. It was constructed in 1965 as a part of the Sheffield district rail rationalisation plan.
Parkgate is a tram-train stop on the Sheffield Supertram network. It opened on 25 October 2018,following the opening of the extension from Meadowhall to Rotherham Parkgate,and serves the suburb of Parkgate,Rotherham in South Yorkshire.
Public transport in South Yorkshire mainly consists of three modes:bus,tram and train.
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