Mosborough

Mosborough ward — which includes the districts of Halfway, Mosborough village, Waterthorpe, and Westfield — is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the eastern part of the city, on the border with Rotherham, and covers an area of 8.9 km². The population of this ward in 2001 was 16,300 people in 7,000 households. It is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield South East constituency. The area is often referred to as Mosborough Townships.

Districts of Mosborough ward

Halfway

Halfway () lies in the extreme southeast of Sheffield at the end of a Sheffield Supertram line. Halfway is part of the historic county of Derbyshire but has been administered by Sheffield since boundary changes in 1967.

It used to be home to a bus garage which was operated by Booth and Fisher, a company who were merged into the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive in the mid 1970s. The garage itself passed into the hands of operator 'SYT', then to the First and has always been seen as a minor outpost garage. It serves works and school services plus buses starting early from the south side of the city. The garage was closed in 2007 as a cost cutting measure.

It is common to see public transport in Sheffield heading for "Halfway". The Blue Route Stagecoach Supertram terminates at Halfway with a large Park and Ride facility. The main frequent bus that goes to and from Halfway to and from the...
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