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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION THAT’S EASY TO KEEP: SIGN THE DON VALLEY RAILWAY PETITION ON-LINE – Whether or not its giving up smoking, doing more exercise, looking for a new job, sticking to your new year resolutions can be pretty … Continue reading →

By Peter Kay – Published in The Sheffield Telegraph, 25 October 2012. THE Government is being urged to con­sider granting permission for wider use of tram-trains in Sheffield. Already it has approved an experiment for the vehicles, which run on … Continue reading →

DON VALLEY RAILWAY TO LAUNCH PETITION AT STOCKSBRIDGE MEETING AS TRANSPORT EXPERTS OFFER FREE SUPPORT. Don Valley Railway are to launch a petition calling for passenger rail services to be re-introduced on  the Don Valley Line between Stocksbridge and Sheffield … Continue reading →

Stocksbridge to Sheffield City Centre in eleven minutes – can you help? A GROUP of local volunteers is looking for South Yorkshire residents to join its campaign to have rail services restored once more along the Sheffield to Stocksbridge railway … Continue reading →

Published in The Star, 26 July 2012 STOCKSBRIDGE Town Council is to revive the possibility of extending Supertram as a tram train along an existing railway track to Stocksbridge. The council has considered the idea previously but now the go-ahead … Continue reading →

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Hello all, just a quick note to say our next meeting is being held at the Harlequin pub, Sheffield, on Tuesday the 13th of December at 7pm. These meetings are open to any interested parties, so if you’re keen to … Continue reading →

Initial talks have taken place between the Don Valley Railway and Parry People Movers, manufacturers and operators of specialist Ultra-Light Rapid Transit vehicles. For some years Parry, based in Cradley Heath in the West Midlands have operated their unique rail … Continue reading →