Sheffield Supertram: Calls for trams to run to Chesterfield, Stocksbridge and all city hospitals By Finn Smith Reporter Comment Published 1st Jun 2025, 07:09 BST ...

Sheffield-born Lord Blunkett, who was home secretary from 2001 to 2004, said Yorkshire's Plan for Rail would deliver a huge boost to jobs, growth and new housing.

She said the current situation contrasts with how taxpayers across South Yorkshire funded the building of Sheffield’s Supertram network in the 1990s while £110m of £570m of transport funding ...

It has not been said when it is expected the blockage will be cleared. Supertram passengers have been unlucky to start 2025 as poor weather and infrastructure issues have plague services.

Personally, I’m Sheffield Supertram’s biggest fan. If Sheffield Supertram has a million fans, then I’m one of them. If Sheffield Supertram has one fan, then I’m that one fan.

South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard first announced that she was considering extending the Sheffield Supertram network to Chesterfield in April 2024.

Tram-train services currently run from the main Sheffield tram network to Rotherham and Parkgate Shopping Centre, in Sheffield. Similar technology would be used to extend the network to Chesterfield.

UK: Fleet renewal and network expansion are included in the ambitions South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority set out when it took over management of Sheffield Supertram following the end of ...

On Monday (18 January) Don Valley MP Nick Fletcher criticised the public funding of Sheffield’s Supertram, launching a campaign survey for South Yorkshire residents on the issue.

The Supertram network covers both Sheffield and Rotherham but I decided to travel from the centre of the city out to Meadowhall, to see how the journey compared to the drive I would usually take. Read ...