Supertram travelling parallel to Woodbourn Road, Sheffield 9
Introduction
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Supertram travelling parallel to Woodbourn Road, Sheffield 9
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 25 Oct 2010
Following a parliamentary act in 1985 authorising the scheme, the Sheffield Supertram system was built by South Yorkshire Transport Executive at a cost of £240 million and opened in stages between 1994 and 1995. It was initially operated by South Yorkshire Supertram Ltd (SYSL), a wholly owned subsidiary company of SYPTE. After lower than expected passenger revenue, SYSL was sold to Stagecoach for £1.15 million at the end of 1997. With the sale of SYSL, Stagecoach gained the concession to maintain and operate the Supertram trams until 2024. Launched in an initial light grey livery, following the takeover by Stagecoach the trams wore the Stagecoach corporate livery from 1997. From 2006 the trams were refurbished, and a new dedicated Supertram blue based livery was launched, rolled out by 2008.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.386791
Longitude
-1.436293