Herdings Park tram stop

Not to be confused with Herdings tram stop.
Herdings Park
South Yorkshire Supertram station
A tram at Herdings Park in 2023.
General information
Coordinates53°20′32.917″N 1°26′21.275″W / 53.34247694°N 1.43924306°W / 53.34247694; -1.43924306
Platforms1
Tram routes P 
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
Opened3 April 1995

Herdings Park is a tram stop on the South Yorkshire Supertram network, opened on 3 April 1995.[1] It is located north of Herdings Park. It is adjacent to Raeburn Road, and is the current terminus of the Herdings Park branch and the Purple Route.

History

This stop was opened along with the track section between Gleadless Townend and Herdings Park in April 1995, a week after the Halfway extension opened.[2]

Layout

Herdings Park tram stop is situated at the western end of a 500-metre long reserved tram-only section from the next stop at Herdings/Leighton Road. It has only a single low-level platform.[3]

At the centre of the platform, a passenger information display stands and shows estimated arrival times for trams.[4] This stop has step-free access.[5]

Services

The Purple route runs hourly Monday−Saturday and every 30 minutes (peak frequency) on Sundays.[6]

Preceding station South Yorkshire Supertram Following station
Herdings
towards Cathedral
 Purple Route Terminus

Connecting transport

Bus

Bus routes 1a (Jordanthorpe–High Green via Sheffield) and 11 (Herdings Park–Sheffield) operate on the nearby Raeburn Road.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tram Stops : Sheffield Supertram : TheTrams.co.uk". www.thetrams.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  2. ^ "history : Sheffield Supertram : TheTrams.co.uk". www.thetrams.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  3. ^ "Herdings Park tram stop : Sheffield Supertram : TheTrams.co.uk". www.thetrams.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  4. ^ Sheffield_Super_Tram_P1124_LED_NTI_platform_display.jpg (1260×957) (infotec.co.uk)
  5. ^ "Tram Stops : Sheffield Supertram : TheTrams.co.uk". www.thetrams.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  6. ^ "Radware Captcha Page" (PDF). www.travelsouthyorkshire.com. Retrieved 2024-08-09.