Gleadless Townend is an outer city district of

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centred on the junction of the

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, White Lane (B6054) and Gleadless Road (B6388).

Transport

Gleadless Townend is served by several bus routes and two routes of the

Sheffield Supertram The Sheffield Supertram is a tram and tram-train network covering Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. The infrastructure is owned by the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE), with Stagecoach responsible for th ...

light rail network, forming a minor transport interchange. Bus routes serving Gleadless Townend include

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's 18 and 51 routes and

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'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. She was transferred to the

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, suffering from head injuries and a fractured pelvis and leg.

References

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