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Dist:0.1km<br/>The temporary terminus of Sheffield's initial tram service was at the junction of Park Grange Road and City Road, referred to on the cars as 'Spring Lane'. Here car 17 has just arrived.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.1km<br/>When trams returned to Sheffield after an absence of some 34 years, the initial service was from Meadowhall to a temporary terminus at the junction of City Road with Park Grange Road. It was officially referred to as Spring Lane. Here car 17 is seen at this point about to return to Meadowhall.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.1km<br/>Spring lane is actually the road ahead in the distance, climbing up to the tower block on the left. Supertram No. 17 (now numbered 117) is at the stop, which when photographed was the temporary terminus on this line. Park Grange Road winds its way through large areas of social housing. In 1994 the area looked pretty run down. Maybe it has improved since then. The tram was routed this way to help with regeneration. [[1705517]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.1km<br/>A pub becomes a local store, a far better prospect than it sitting derelict.City Road, Manor.
©Peter Barr
Dist:0.1km<br/>The Travellers Rest, seen on the left, was a long established pub at 525 City Road. It was acquired by the former Punch Taverns, but had some problems in its last years, and eventually it closed around 2006. The signs outside indicate it sold Tetley's beers. The building still exists, but is now a shop. The pub's car park, on the right of the pub, has been acquired by Sheffield City Council, to provide a new entrance to a rejuvenated public park at the rear. The two yellow and red buses belonged to Sheffield Mainline, who were for a few years the major bus operator in Sheffield. The Mainline Group were purchased by First in 1998, and the livery then disappeared, to be replaced by the corporate one of First. In the roadway can be seen recently laid tram lines. These were for South Yorkshire (now Sheffield) Supertram. This part of the system was not open when this photograph was taken, the main missing element being the overhead power lines. In the meantime, trams had to terminate around the corner at the Spring Lane stop.
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>The road works were in connection with a further stage of the Supertram system along City Road, which was awaiting its overhead power lines. The pub on City Road is The Travellers Rest, which closed around 2006, and is now a shop. [[1705357]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>The tram, (since numbered 116 and in a different livery), was stopped at the temporary terminus at Spring Lane tram stop. In the distance is City Road. Once the line was extended, the trams continued by turning right into this road. [[1705380]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>The stop is actually in Park Grange Road, very near its junction with City Road. Spring Lane is the road in the background, heading up to the multi-storey block of flats. These trams are probably the most powerful in the UK at present. All the axles are powered so that they can cope with the steep hills on the route, some of which have a gradient of 10%. This tram is now numbered 117 and in the latest Stagecoach livery. Another view:- [[1705478]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>The tramway was opened as far as this stop on the 22nd August 1994. It was several months before the whole of this line was open. Since Stagecoach took over the system, this tram has been renumbered 117. It has also had two more different liveries since this photograph was taken in 1994.
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>In the Red? You probably will be after borrowing from here; using your car as security.
©Peter Barr
Dist:0.2km<br/>A community park recently opened up, off City Road, Manor. A notice is asking for support from local people to become Friends of Manor Fields Park.
©Peter Barr
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©JThomas
Dist:0.3km<br/>A catering shop on City Road, Manor, Sheffield.
©Peter Barr
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©JThomas
Dist:0.4km<br/>Energy efficient housing on the recently reopened Guildford Walk.
©Martin Speck

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