Trains, Trams and Buses ....

 .... At Norfolk Bridge

... and on Leaves in Street, the observant pigeon may spot this "stuff" on both sides of the tracks

This is the remnants of Attercliffe Road railway station. It opened in 1870 and hung on with a minimalist peak hour service in 1995.

Facilities were always 'limited' ...

... as above in the 1960s. It was hardly lavish in steam days.

Norfolk Bridge would have been a great place for tram spotters.

FOUR frequent Tram services passed by. Until 1954 (?), when the new road bridge over the River Don opened ...

... through trams ran between Sheffield and Rotherham, jointly operated by the two corporations.

Rotherham trams were notable as being one ended, so the route used a loop of town centre roads at rach end.

After the bridge break in service. trams ran from Sheffield to Tinsley ...

... and from Rotherham to Templeborough.

See. It is a bus on to Sheffield!

Unfortunately the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital does not provide access to a Sheffield and Rotherham tram and bus archive, but fbb's slightly unreliable memory is that trams would have run about every 4 minutes plus huge numbers of works extras.

There were also trams via Norfolk Bridge that veered off the main drag and ran to Sheffield Lane toop, further adding to the frequency.

Replacement buses were

17 to Sheffield Lane Top

24 to Tinsley

69 to Rotherham

In the 1960s the 69 bus ran every FOUR minutes Saturday daytime's, somewhat more frequent than Monday to Friday off peak.

In 2026 there are approx 8 buses an hour all the way from Sheffield to Rotherham but not all via the traditional main road.

Confused.com? Here's the tram map again.

 

 Next come the Trams to Handsworth. 

Again they would have run about every 4 mins during the day.

Replacement buses were

52 Handsworth, Ballfield & Woodhoouse

At its peak the core service ran every 6 minutes.

Running alongside the 52 as fast as Darnall were trams to Prince of Wales Road.

Again these ran at least every 4 minutes with extra works services at shift times.

Replacement buses were

71 Prince of Wales Road

At its peak, buses ran approx every 6 minutes. but there is no direct equivalent. Only service 6 runs almost the length of Prince of Wales Road.

in 2026 route 6 serves just a short part of this once busy tram and bus road with a few evening and Sunday 6a buses all the way.

The 18 is a sort of replacement for Sheffield's much loved and much lamented Outer Circle route. It does get into the city centre but a very long way round.

It is not quite the same as a tram ever 4 or a bus every 6 minutes!

How the mighty are fallen!

But overall with three tram routes at every 4 minutes plus extras you could spot approx 25 trams and hour in each direction!

WOW!

Of course, the whole area has changed out of all recognition; there a few house, fewer employment opportunities and fewer ships.

Here is a 1979s bus map of Norfolk Bridge.

Medical Report 

A bit of a setback yesterday. A repeat of last Wednesday's explosion in the waste disposal department caused by internal bleeding. The endoscopy on Thurs showed the bleeding had stopped! More tests!

Matron (NOT played by the late Hattie Jacques) defined the "event" as a "blip"

Some blip?

Ooooh Matron!