Trams

Sheffield Supertram operates 25 trams, numbered 101–125 (originally numbers 01–25).

Sheffield's trams were built by Duewag, Germany (now part of Siemens). The units have three articulated sections with a total length of 35m (114ft). There are four powered bogies—one under each outer section and two under the centre section. The centre section has no doors, and is high-floor: low-floor access is confined to the middle of the two outer sections, next to the doors. The top speed is 50mph, but the trams operate within road speed limits when running on-street.

The current livery is a variant of Stagecoach group's railway livery, as also seen on vehicles operated by South West Trains. Fourteen trams, 101, 103, 104, 105, 107, 110, 114, 115, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122 and 125 have received this livery, and it will be applied to the rest of the fleet as they undergo mid-life refurbishment. Originally trams sported an exciting two-tone grey colour-scheme, which was replaced by a version of the white-based Stagecoach bus livery. All but the six trams listed above, 106 (which carries an all-over advert for Thompsonfly.com) and 116 (which carries an all-over advert for Meadowhall), are painted in a subsequent refinement of this livery which features an additional Oxford blue skirt.

Trams were originally fitted with destination blinds at each end, with a coloured blind on the left indicating which line the tram is operating on (Blue, Yellow or Purple), and on the right a blind showing the destination. These have recently been replaced by electronic dot-matrix indicators, which relay the same information, and are supplemented by smaller side indicators.

The system uses 750vDC overhead power supply with single wire pantograph current collection.

Fleet list

Last updated: 20^th February 2008
Fleet updates are always welcome—contact TheTrams.co.uk to help keep this information up-to-date
Thanks to Gareth Prior, Blair Yates, Paul Proctor and Deborah Fox for some of the details below

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Ancillary vehicles

Supertram also operate a small number of ancillary vehicles, which include the following: