Gleadless Townend

Gleadless Townend
Gleadless Townend
	Gleadless Townend Location within South Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough	Sheffield;
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sheffield
Postcode district	S12
Dialling code	0114
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Sheffield South East;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°20′42″N 1°25′12″W / 53.345°N 1.42°W

Gleadless Townend is an outer city district of Sheffield centred on the junction of the ring road, White Lane (B6054) and Gleadless Road (B6388).

Transport[edit]

Gleadless Townend is served by several bus routes and two routes of the Sheffield Supertram light rail network, forming a minor transport interchange.

Bus routes serving Gleadless Townend include First South Yorkshire's 18 and 51 routes and TM Travel's 252 service.

Gleadless Townend tram stop is a Supertram stop on both the Blue and Purple routes. It was opened on 5 December 1994, with a full service on all lines launched from 3 April 1995.

On 20 September 2008, a 75-year-old woman was seriously injured when she fell and was struck by a tram arriving at the tram stop.^[1] She was transferred to the Northern General Hospital, suffering from head injuries and a fractured pelvis and leg.

Preceding station		Sheffield Supertram		Following station
Hollinsend towards Malin Bridge		Blue Line		White Lane towards Halfway
Hollinsend towards Cathedral		Purple Line		Herdings / Leighton Road towards Herdings Park

References[edit]

^ "Woman badly hurt in tram accident". BBC News. 20 September 2008.

[1] "Woman badly hurt in tram accident". BBC News. 20 September 2008.

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