08 May 2018, 11:11 am
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(07 May 2018, 10:36 am)Tamesider Is there any update on when these are due? Also, fleet number details for forthcoming deliveries to FWY, or are there too many Streetdecks (60+ was it?) to be sure of them being numbered in a block?
ta
Believe they are slightly delayed. As for fleetnumbers for the remaining 52 - likely to start at 35322 as the 13 for Sheffield are set to be numbered 35309-35321.
Talking of South Yorkshire...
This Summer sees the Tram Track Replacement program resume after a 3 year gap following the work over the summers of 2013, 2014 and 2015.
The first phase starts on Saturday 26th May and will cover the section between Hillsborough and Middlewood Park and Ride. Buses will replace trams between the two points from Tuesday 29th May on the Y1 replacement service while 'SuperTramLink' SL1/SL1a will be extended from Middlewood to Hillsborough - the Yellow Route trams will be diverted to serve Malin Bridge alongside the Blue Trams. This work is forecast to be complete by Friday 15th June, after which they will be a week gap.
The second phase then starts on Saturday 23rd June and covers the southern tip of the network - between Birley Lane and Halfway. The remaining three phases are all at this end of the network - covering both the main Blue route to Halfway and the branch down to Headings Park (during phases 3 and 4).
Work is expected to be completed by mid September.
Full details are here:
https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/RailReplacement/
