ABSTRACT
The South Yorkshire Supertram started to take fare-paying passengers at the end of March 1994. Running at six minute intervals through most of the day, from 6.00 am to 10.00 pm, a service began between the city centre in Sheffield and the Meadowhall shopping centre, a distance of 7 km. The complete 29 km network has three arms stretching north-west, north-east and south-east of the city centre. This is the initial Supertram investment, planned to be fully operational by the end of 1995. Further extensions, within Sheffield and to Rotherham, and possibly to Barnsley, are at a planning stage only. The current investment is £240m.
