Local Train Services

[craigmason 10]

has anyone else noticed how bad the local train services are i dont no what the trains are like in the other parts of sheffield are like but in dronfield we have 3 trains a day one in the mornings one at dinner time and one in the evening

 

dronfield trains

[Andy C 86]

Dronfield is known for it's rubbish service. If you look at the history of the current station you will see why - Derbyshire County Council paid for the station to be re-opened and the current one was built thanks to their contribution - however they didn't actually pay for a local train service to be laid on, which means there is a nice local station on an Intercity line with no local trains. The entire Dronfield service consists of a few Intercity trains on the Bristol-Newcastle, London-Barnsley and Liverpool-Norwich routes stopping additionally at Dronfield at strategic times.

 

Dore station suffers a worse service than it deserves because it is on the end of a rural line (Hope Valley).

 

Other local lines don't do so bad:

Sheffield-Meadowhall-Chapeltown-Barnsley sees a half hourly service, Sheffield-Meadowhall-Rotherham every 20 mins and Sheffield-Darnall-Woodhouse-Worksop every hour.

[semerpus 10]

there's just not the demand for a more reg. service calling at Dronfield.At the most there are 5 people on the Dronf. train in an evening!

 

Its a catch 22 if there was an hourly service praps more would use it but because theres no demand the service isnt offered.

 

If there was room for park and ride at Dronfield then maybe that would change.

 

 

and as for Dore! thats a joke it's situated bang on a major junction.One things for sure it will NEVER get closed because of the 'type of residents' who live at Dore.The same ones who kicked supertram into touch

[Andy C 86]

Originally posted by semerpus

and as for Dore! thats a joke it's situated bang on a major junction.One things for sure it will NEVER get closed because of the 'type of residents' who live at Dore.The same ones who kicked supertram into touch

 

Erm, hello - are you reading from the same dodgy script as SYPTE?

 

The residents of S17 (Dore, Bradway, Totley) was keen to have Supertram, in fact even pushed for it to go all the way to Totley rather than just to Dore station.

 

The only aspect of the plan that was protested against was the idea of bulldozing the cricket pitch in Millhouses Park to make way for the tram line - they could easily have changed the alignment and perhaps had the tram joining Abbeydale Road in the Archer Road area (perhaps the un-used Tesco park and ride could have made way for the tram...?)

 

The train service between Dore and Sheffield is quite well used by commuters when you consider the poor service - if there was a train home between 5.15pm and 7.15pm many more would use it. Dore-Manchester is well used, and is more popular than Dore-Sheffield.

 

Dore-Sheffield has such untapped potential - Dore station has a sizeable catchment area, and is both faster and cheaper than the 97 bus.

[Jess 10]

Dore station had 4 platforms at one time, which meant that people were able to travel from there to Chesterfield and beyond, as well as Manchester. However, there is not much room to park cars for those wishing to commute.

[Andy C 86]

Yes, it's probably time to invest in relieving the car park problems. An overflow car park is required, plus maybe a minibus link Dore village - Dore station - Bradway to connect with trains.

 

That said I would prefer investment in improved train services to attract the extra passengers first...