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Brimmesfield Road, SHEFFIELD, S2 2JR

Spring lane is actually the road ahead in the distance, climbing up to the tower block on the left. Supertram No. 17 (now numbered 117) is at the stop, which when photographed was the temporary terminus on this line. Park Grange Road winds its way through large areas of social housing. In 1994 the area looked pretty run down. Maybe it has improved since then. The tram was routed this way to help with regeneration. Image

A cut steel three-dimensional sculpture depicting images from Norfolk Park's past such as the Queen's Tower and old housing stock. It also shows images of new houses and the new Supertram. The project was organized by Sheffield Wildlife Trust and was designed by teenagers at Norfolk Park Youth Club working with Campbell Design and Engineering Ltd. The Heritage Lottery Fund, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and Barclays Sitesavers funded the project.

The temporary terminus of Sheffield's initial tram service was at the junction of Park Grange Road and City Road, referred to on the cars as 'Spring Lane'. Here car 17 has just arrived.

When trams returned to Sheffield after an absence of some 34 years, the initial service was from Meadowhall to a temporary terminus at the junction of City Road with Park Grange Road. It was officially referred to as Spring Lane. Here car 17 is seen at this point about to return to Meadowhall.

Energy efficient housing on the recently reopened Guildford Walk.

A cut steel three-dimensional sculpture depicting images from Norfolk Park's past such as the Queen's Tower and old housing stock. It also shows images of new houses and the new Supertram. The project was organized by Sheffield Wildlife Trust and was designed by teenagers at Norfolk Park Youth Club working with Campbell Design and Engineering Ltd. The Heritage Lottery Fund, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and Barclays Sitesavers funded the project.

Past, Present and Future is a cut steel three-dimensional sculpture depicting images from Norfolk Park's past such as the Queen's Tower and old housing stock. It also shows images of new houses and the new Supertram. The project was organized by Sheffield Wildlife Trust and was designed by teenagers at Norfolk Park Youth Club working with Campbell Design and Engineering Ltd. The Heritage Lottery Fund, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and Barclays Sitesavers funded the project. See here Image and here Image for detail views.

The tramway was opened as far as this stop on the 22nd August 1994. It was several months before the whole of this line was open. Since Stagecoach took over the system, this tram has been renumbered 117. It has also had two more different liveries since this photograph was taken in 1994.

The stop is actually in Park Grange Road, very near its junction with City Road. Spring Lane is the road in the background, heading up to the multi-storey block of flats. These trams are probably the most powerful in the UK at present. All the axles are powered so that they can cope with the steep hills on the route, some of which have a gradient of 10%. This tram is now numbered 117 and in the latest Stagecoach livery. Another view:- Image