Steel City Derby: No trams to Hillsborough two hours before kick off between Sheffield United & Wednesday.

Sheffield’s tram services will NOT go to Hillsborough this Sunday in preparation for the Steel City Derby – here’s everything you should know.

This Sunday (November 23), Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday will face off again at Hillsborough Stadium. Hillsborough was packed with Owls preparing to greet Blades at the tram stop for the last derby on March 16 of this year.

Fans were spotted hanging from traffic lights with blue smoke flares and ready to yell, with hundreds of police officers separating the two sides.

This year, after weeks of hardship for Wednesdayites following Dejphon Chansiri’s departure and the club’s collapse into administration – which has only left fans hopeful for the future – it is expected to be an exceptionally tense Sunday for the city.

However, Supertram South Yorkshire has guaranteed that no trams would travel to Hillsborough in the two hours leading up to the event.

Are trams running on the day of the Steel City Derby in Sheffield, Sunday, November 17?

Supertram services will change prior to, during and following the Steel City Derby (Sheffield Wednesday against Sheffield United at Hillsborough Stadium) on 23 November.

Trams on the blue and yellow routes will not run to Hillsborough for two hours prior to the match, instead terminating at Sheffield Cathedral.

Supertram’s recommendations are as follows: – Sunday morning prior to 10 a.m.: Normal service on all routes. – Prior to the match (10 a.m. to about 12 p.m.), Blue and Yellow route services will end at Cathedral.

Normal service on the Purple and Tram Train routes.- Normal service on all routes will be maintained from 12pm until around 1pm throughout the match. – Following the match (1pm to around 3pm), the Blue and Yellow route services will end at Shalesmoor for Kelham Island. Normal service on the Purple and Tram Train routes.

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