Important service update regarding Supertram services - Saturday 26 October

On Saturday 26th October, Sheffield Wednesday FC host Leeds United, a fixture which last year saw serious incidents including vandalism and damage to trams, and more seriously intimidation to Supertram staff with physical and verbal assaults. This resulted in tram services having to be suspended due to safety concerns.

Following this, Supertram jointly met with Sheffield Wednesday FC and South Yorkshire Police to discuss how safety could be improved for fans, regular tram users and Supertram employees in order to avoid similar conflicts occurring in future matches.

Recommendations were made in terms of how potentially difficult fixtures could be managed including reduced away tickets and options to manage the transport of away fans, but unfortunately for the above fixture none of these have been supported by Sheffield Wednesday FC.

In light of this, and following discussions with South Yorkshire Police, Supertram has regretfully had to take the difficult decision to suspend tram services between the city centre and Hillsborough (Blue and Yellow route) for a period of time prior to the game and after the game.

We appreciate the inconvenience this may cause to both tram users unconnected to football and those fans who travel with consideration for others, but this decision is taken in the best interests of the safety for all involved.