Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard)
28th July 2019
Branch Line Society
Steel City Special
| Trams Used | 108 & 399202 (formed: 999002+999102+999204) |
Route :
| Tram(s) | Route |
| 108 | Cricket Inn Road - Sheffield Station / Hallam University - Spring Lane - Gleadless Townend - Herdings Park - Herdings Park overrun |
| 108 | Herdings Park overrun - Herdings Park - Gleadless Townend - Gleadless Townend X-over |
| 108 | Gleadless Townend X-over - Gleadless Townend - Birley Lane - Donetsk Way - Beighton / Drake House Lane |
| 108 | Beighton / Drake House Lane - Donetsk Way - Birley Lane - Birley Lane X-over |
| 108 | Birley Lane X-over - Birley Lane - Donetsk Way - Crystal Peaks |
| 108 | Crystal Peaks - Donetsk Way - Donetsk Way X-over |
| 108 | Donetsk Way X-over - Donetsk Way - Crystal Peaks - Halfway - Halfway overrun |
| 108 | Halfway overrun - Halfway - Crystal Peaks - Gleadless Townend - Spring Lane - Sheffield Station / Hallam University - Fitzalan Square / Ponds Forge - Shalesmoor |
| 108 | Shalesmoor - Cricket Inn Road - Nunnery Depot West Entrance - Nunnery Depot Road 5 - Nunnery Depot Loop - Nunnery Depot Road 7 (Carriage Washer Road) - Nunnery Depot West End |
| 108 | Nunnery Depot West End - Nunnery Depot Road 7 (Carriage Washer Road) - Nunnery Depot East Entrance - Arena / Olympic Legacy Park - Meadowhall South / Tinsley - Meadowhall (non-preferred East Platform) |
| 399202 | Meadowhall (non-preferred East Platform) - Arena - Nunnery Depot East Entrance - Nunnery Depot Road 10 (Shed Door) |
| 399202 | Nunnery Depot Road 10 - Nunnery Depot East Entrance - Arena / Olympic Legacy Park - Meadowhall South / Tinsley - Meadowhall (preferred West Platform) |
| 399202 | Meadowhall (preferred West Platform) - Meadowhall South/ Tinsley - Arena / Olympic Legacy Park (in-bound plat) |
| 399202 | Arena / Olympic Legacy Park - Arena X-over (out-bound track) |
| 399202 | Arena X-over - Arena / Olympic Legacy Park (in-bound plat) |
| 399202 | Olympic Legacy Park - Meadowhall South / Tinsley - Tinsley North Jn - Rotherham Central Jn - Rotherham Central - Parkgate Jn - Parkgate - Parkgate Stop Board |
| 399202 | Parkgate Stop Board - Parkgate - Rotherham Central - Tinsley North Jn - Meadowhall South / Tinsley - Arena / Olympic Legacy Park - Nunnery Depot East Entrance - Nunnery Depot Shed Road 9 - Nunnery Depot West Entrance - Cricket Inn Road - Sheffield Station / Hallam University |
| 399202 | Sheffield Station / Hallam University - Cricket Inn Road |
Notes:
(1) A joint venture between Stagecoach Supertam and The Branch Line Society
raising funds for the
Railway Benefit
Fund and the
Railway Children charities.
(2) Reversals at Arena / Olympic Legacy Park were to allow other trams to pass.
(Crossed to O/B line to allow 399206 to pass I/B, then reversed back to I/B
Platform to allow 399201 to pass O/B followed by 118 to pass O/B).
Sources : Alan Sheppard & Jim Sellens (both on the tour throughout)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard)
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Cricket Inn Road | 09.00d | 09.05d |
| Sheffield Station / Hallam University | ? | 09/09 |
| Gleadless Townend | ? | 09.21½ ~ 09.22 |
| Herdings Park | 09.33 ~ | 09.26½ ~ 09.27 |
| Herdings Park overrun | ?? ~ ?? | 09.27½ ~ 09.44 |
| Herdings Park | ~ 09.45 | 09.44½ ~ 09.45½ |
| Gleadless Townend | ? | 09.52 ~ 09.55 |
| Gleadless Townend X-overr | 09.49 | 09.56 ~ 09.57½ |
| Gleadless Townend | ? | 09.58 ~ 10.00 |
| Birley Lane | 09.59 | 10.03 ~ 10pu03d |
| Donetsk Way | ? | 10/08 |
| Beighton / Drake House Lane | 10.04 | 10.12 ~ 10.14 |
| Donetsk Way | ? | 10.18 ~ 10.18½ |
| Birley Lane | ? | 10.23 ~ 10.23½ |
| Birley Lane X-over | 10.16 | 10.24 ~ 10.26½ |
| Donetsk Way | 10.21 | 10/33 |
| Crystal Peaks | 10.31a ~ 11.01d | 10.34½a ~ 11.07d |
| Donetsk Way | ? | 11.09 ~ 11.09½ |
| Donetsk Way X-over | ?? ~ ?? | 11.10 ~ 11.12 |
| Crystal Peaks | ? | 11/15 |
| Halfway | ? | 11/21 |
| Halfway overrun | 11.15 | 11.21½ ~ 11.23 |
| Halfway | ? | 11/23½ |
| Crystal Peaks | ? | 11/28 |
| Donetsk Way | ? | 11.30 ~ 11.30 |
| Birley Lane | ? | 11/35 |
| Sheffield Station / Hallam University | ? | 11.53 ~ 11.53½ |
| Fitzalan Square / Ponds Forge | ? | 11.55½ ~ 11.56 |
| Castle Square | ? | 11sd58a ~ 11.59 |
| Shalesmoor | 12.02 | 12.08 ~ 12.09 |
| Castle Square | ? | 12.17½ ~ 12pu18d |
| Cricket Inn Road | ? | 12.22½ ~ 12.23 |
| Nunnery Depot West Entrance | 12.22 | 12/24 |
| Nunnery Depot | [Road 6] | 12/27 [Road 5] |
| Nunnery Depot Loop | ? | 12.27½ ~ 12.29 |
| Nunnery Depot | [Road 8] | 12c30 ~ 12c33 [Road 7] |
| Nunnery Depot West End | ?? ~ ?? | 12.35 ~ 12.36 |
| Nunnery Depot | ? | 12.38 ~ 12.41 [Road 7] |
| Nunnery Depot East Entrance | 12.40 | 12/42 |
| Arena / Olympic Legacy Park | ? | 12/46 |
| Meadowhall | 12.52a [East Plat] | 12.54a [East Plat] |
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Meadowhall | 13.52d [East Plat] | 13.52d [East Plat] |
| Arena / Olympic Legacy Park | ? | 13/58 |
| Nunnery Depot East Entrance | 14.02 | 14/02 |
| Nunnery Depot East Points | ? | 14.02½ ~ 14.04 |
| Nunnery Depot | ? | 14.04½ ~ 14.07 [Road 10] |
| Nunnery Depot East Entrance | 14.08 | 14/08 |
| Arena / Olympic Legacy Park | ? | 14/12 |
| Meadowhall South / Tinsley | ? | 14.14 ~ 14.17 |
| Meadowhall | 14.20 ~ 14.32 [West Plat] | 14.20 ~ 14.31 [West Plat] |
| Arena / Olympic Legacy Park | ?? ~ ?? | 14.37 ~ 14.44 [IB Plat] |
| Arena X-over | ?? ~ ?? | 14.41½ ~ 14.45½ [OB] |
| Arena / Olympic Legacy Park | 14.42 | 14.46 ~ 14.53 [IB Plat] |
| Meadowhall South / Tinsley | ? | 14.58 ~ 14.59 |
| Tinsley North Jn | ? | 15.00 ~ 15.02 |
| Rotherham Central Jn | ? | 15/06½ |
| Rotherham Central | ? | 15.07 ~ 15.07½ [P4] |
| Parkgate Stop Board | ? | 15.12 ~ 15.13 |
| Parkgate | 15.05 ~ 15.18 | 15.14 ~ 15.18 |
| Rotherham Central | ? | 15.20 ~ 15.20½ |
| Rotherham Central Jn | ? | 15/21 |
| Tinsley North Jn | ? | 15.25½ ~ 15.26 |
| Meadowhall South / Tinsley | ? | 15/27 |
| Nunnery Depot East Entrance | 15.36 | 15.36 ~ 15.39 |
| Nunnery Depot | [Road 7] | 15.40 ~ 15.41 [Shed Road 9] |
| Nunnery Depot West Entrance | 15.40 | 15/43½ |
| Sheffield Station / Hallam University | 15.46 | 15.47½a ~ 15.51d |
| Cathedral | 15.52 | DIV |
| Cricket Inn Road | 16.01a | 15.54a |
Mileage table from Jim Sellens.
| From | To (I/B = inbound; O/B = outbound) | Km |
|
Tram 108 : (53.92km)
|
||
| Cricket Inn Road I/B Plat | Herdings Park overrun | 8.36 |
| Herdings Park overrun | Gleadless Townend O/B line | 1.22 |
| Gleadless Townend O/B line | Beighton/Drake House Lane O/B Plat | 5.85 |
| Beighton/Drake House Lane O/B Plat | Birley Lane Crossover I/B line | 3.86 |
| Birley Lane Crossover I/B line | Crystal Peaks O/B Plat | 3.19 |
| Crystal Peaks I/B Plat | Donetsk Way Crossover I/B line | 1.14 |
| Donetsk Way Crossover I/B line | Halfway overrun | 3.47 |
| Halfway overrun | Shalesmoor O/B Plat | 16.38 |
| Shalesmoor O/B Plat | Nunnery Depot West Entrance line | 4.82 |
| Nunnery Depot West Entrance line | Meadowhall Interchange East Plat | 5.63 |
|
Tram 399202 : (35.73km)
|
||
| Meadowhall Interchange East Plat | Nunnery Depot Road 10 | 5.33 |
| Nunnery Depot Road 10 | Meadowhall Interchange West Plat | 5.33 |
| Meadowhall Interchange West Plat | Arena/Olympic Legacy Park I/B Plat | 3.26 |
| Arena/Olympic Legacy Park I/B Plat | Arena Crossover O/B line | 0.15 |
| Arena Crossover O/B line | Arena/Olympic Legacy Park I/B Plat | 0.15 |
| Arena/Olympic Legacy Park I/B Plat | (Rotherham) Parkgate Stop Board | 7.88 |
| (Rotherham) Parkgate Stop Board | Sheffield Station O/B Plat | 12.07 |
| Sheffield Station O/B Plat | Cricket Inn Road O/B Plat | 1.56 |
Associated E.C.S. Workings
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Nunnery Depot | 08.55d | 08.55 [Road 3C] | ? | 16.05a [Road 4A] | |
| Nunnery Depot Loop | ? | 08.56 ~ 08.56½ | ? | 16.03 | |
| Nunnery Depot | ? | 08.57 ~ 09.02 [CW/Road 7] | ? | 15.58 ~ 16.00 [CW/Road 7] | |
| Cricket Inn Road | 09.00a | 09.04 | ? | 15.57d |
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Crystal Peaks | [O/B] | ? | 10+55 [I/B] | ? | |
| Beighton / Drake House Lane | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Halfway | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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