Alan P Howes wrote:
>
> LTT issue 266 has just reached me, with an interesting item about
> upgraded bus systems vs. LRT on page 7.
>
> The article concludes with the following statements -
>
> "the new Stagecoach management [of Sheffield Supertram] ... have
> raised patronage
[snip]
The July issue of "Tramways and Urban Transit" also has an article
headlined, "How well is South Yorkshire Supertram performing?".
Unfortunately the article concentrates solely on the Meadowhall line,
and it looks particularly at number of pax per tramcar. It does mention
however that "latest information (April 1999) is that traffic on the
system overall has gone up by 15 percent over the past 12 months", but
it frankly admits that reliable data for the system is very hard to
obtain. Most of the figures quoted in the article are from surveys
carried out by the author.
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Neil Worthington, Doncaster, UK
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