Following today’s decision by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority to bring the Supertram network into public control.

Louise Haigh Shadow Transport Secretary and Sheffield Heeley MP, said:

“It’s fantastic news that South Yorkshire’s Mayor Oliver Coppard and leaders across the region have made the decision to bring the running of the Supertram network into public control. This means that services, infrastructure and financing of the tram will be run for the benefit of passengers and not private operators.

“This is the first step in bringing the transport network into public control. Only by designing services that match passengers’ needs can we begin to encourage more people back onto public transport.”