North East Buses

(18 Jul 2016, 9:34 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]Further major changes are taking place in the Rotherham and Sheffield area in early September as followed:

• The 35 (Sheffield-Wincobank-Meadowhall-Hillsborough) will be reduced from half hourly Sheffield-Wincobank (hourly to Hillsborough) to just the hourly full route journeys.
  
• The short 35s will be replaced by new service 70 which also partily replaces services 69 and certain 71 journeys. The remaining 71s are also slightly re-routed within the Meadowhall area while some journeys replace the 69 in Tinsley.
  
• The 69 is fully replaced by new service X1 between Rotherham and Sheffield, which also extends to Maltby replacing the 1/2.
  
• The X78 is reduced to every 15 minutes throughout the route. Between Rotherham and Meadowhall, the service is re-routed to replace the 22m which is withdrawn.
  
• Saturday journeys on the 31/31a (Sheffield-Loxley) will be operated by Stagecoach instead of Sheffield Community Transport
  
• The SL (Middlewood Park & Ride - Stockbridge) will be renumbered SL1/SL1a with alternative journeys operating the reverse route around the Stockbridge loop. Evening journeys on the SL1 are also revised and extended from Middlewood to Hillsborough Interchange (route to be confirmed)
  

More details have been posted on the Travel South Yorkshire Service Update list.

On top of previously posted:

• Linburg will cease service work - the Abbeydale Road Tesco services (C1/C2/C3/C4/C5/C6) are withdrawn. The 505 which runs at peaks times only will be replaced by peak time extra journeys on TM Travel's Line 6.Linburg OUI9980 by Tony Kuy, on Flickr
  
• The 'new' X1 (in reality the merger of the 69 with the 1/2) will operate every 10 minutes combined - in Maltby half the journeys will terminate at the present 1 terminus at Quailter Road Model Village (and will show 'Maltby, Quailter Road') while the other half termiante at the present 2 terminus at Salisbury Road (and will show that on the destination). The Sheffield terminus will move from the Interchange to Eyre Street to serve the Moor Market. Monday to Saturday early evening the service will operate every 20 minutes until 2100 when it reduces to every 30 minutes. Sundays will operate every 20 minutes until 1800 then every 30 minutes. Evening and Sunday journeys interwork with the Doncaster-bound 10 in Maltby.
  
• The current X13 from Sheffield to Woodlaithes is renumbered X3 (to tie-in with the X1 no doubt) with an extra AM into Sheffield leaving Woodlaithes at 0650 and an extra PM from Sheffield leaving at 1800.
  
• In Doncaster, Stagecoach's hourly extension of the X19 to Robin Hood Airport is replaced by a new First-operated X4.
  
• In the Dearne Valley, Stagecoach's services are mainly retimed to improve coordination - the 22x/222/226 between Barnsley and Wath, the 220/221 between Doncaster and Mexborough.
  
• TM Travel's 218 drops 2 weekday-only journeys - the 0630 from Sheffield to Matlock (the one and only journey along the old route that remains) plus the 1625 from Bakewell to Sheffield via Chatsworth House. The Saturday-only 0830 from Sheffield to Bakewell direct is introduced on a weekday as well.
  

The Harrogate Bus Company (Transdev Harrogate) have gained 100% funding for electric buses.

(26 Jul 2016, 9:21 am)LeeCalder wrote [ -> ]The Harrogate Bus Company (Transdev Harrogate) have gained 100% funding for electric buses.

Other successful bidders: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/sy...sv/preview

This has been a bit of a coincidence really, i was checking out Blackpool Transports twitter page and they had retweeted a link to some government link regarding funding but i didnt look through it. It wasn't until seeing the above post that i went back and had a look at the article and noticed what it was.

Main article: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gover...s-journeys

(25 Jul 2016, 1:45 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]More details have been posted on the Travel South Yorkshire Service Update list.

On top of previously posted:

• The 'new' X1 (in reality the merger of the 69 with the 1/2) will operate every 10 minutes combined - in Maltby half the journeys will terminate at the present 1 terminus at Quailter Road Model Village (and will show 'Maltby, Quailter Road') while the other half termiante at the present 2 terminus at Salisbury Road (and will show that on the destination). The Sheffield terminus will move from the Interchange to Eyre Street to serve the Moor Market. Monday to Saturday early evening the service will operate every 20 minutes until 2100 when it reduces to every 30 minutes. Sundays will operate every 20 minutes until 1800 then every 30 minutes. Evening and Sunday journeys interwork with the Doncaster-bound 10 in Maltby.
  

The new X1 timetable is now available online
http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/Work...7179874031

Of note:

• The service operates via the present 69 route from Castle Square to Sheffield Arena (via Attercliffe) then via Dunlop Street, Weedon Street. Meadowhall Way and Meadowhall Road to Meadowhall Interchange.
  
• It then operates via Meadowhall Way to the new Bus Rapid Transit road before resuming the current 69 route on Sheffield Road opposite St Lawerence Road (where the 69 currently serves).
  

More of the new South Yorkshire Timetables now available:

• 57/SL1/SL1a:  SL1 evenings are reduced to hourly (SL1a also hourly - meaning some passengers connecting off the tram will have a longer wait as the current frequency is every 20 same as the trams). Sunday daytimes - combined 20 minutes frequency of 2 SL1s and 1 SL1a an hour. The Hillsborough evening extension is via Middlewood Road following the tram tracks
  
• 70/71: combined half hourly service between Rotherham and Meadowhall with both services operating via St Lawerence Road but only towards Meadowhall/Sheffield. These services also serve the new Bus Rapid Transit road in that direction. The early morning weekday journeys from Rotherham to Sheffield operate as 71s rather than 70s. All evening and Sunday journeys between Rotherham and Meadowhall operate as 70s.
  
• 6/6a: only two am peak journeys into Sheffield and one PM return replaces the 6 am and 6 pm trips on the 505 (which all run as round trip return journeys - but currently terminate at the University of Sheffield's Western Bank Campus)
  
• 38/38a: 38a journeys run off peak only.
  
• X3: the current X13 renumbered and revised to operate via the current 69 route out of Sheffield to Brinsworth Batley Lane (towards Sheffield, it operates via St Lawerence Road and the new Bus Rapid Transit Road)
  
• X78: new frequency - every 15 minutes from each end of the route from 0700 until 1800 when it drops to every 20 (Doncaster drops to every 20 from 1745). From Sheffield it is every 20 minutes until 2030 (1930 and 2030 from Sheffield terminate in Rotherham) while Doncaster drops to half hourly from 1900. The last journeys along the full route now also leave earlier - the last departure from Doncaster to Sheffield is now half an hour earlier at 2210 arriving at 2322 (currently 2240 arriving at 2352, while the last Sheffield to Doncaster leaves at 2225 (currently 2230) arriving at 2337. The last Sheffield departure is now 2325 (currently 2355 with no 2325).
  

And in other news - which fits here as it is officially part of the Stagecoach Yorkshire operation - Chesterfield's new E200MMCs 26081-7 (YY16 YJL/M/N/O/P/R/S) are due to enter service this upcoming Monday (8th August) on the 54 (Chesterfield-Clay Cross). A number of the batch (either 3 or 4) are branded for the service in the same style used on Rawmarsh's examples on the 22x.

Chesterfield will also be having a Trident Farwell next Saturday (13th August) with their 6 non-DDA Tridents (17004/7-9/50/8) being used on services 25 (Chesterfield - New Whittington) and 84 (Royal Hospital - Holymoorside via Chesterfield Town Centre). In addition, open top Leyland Fleetline 15513 will be joining in the fun along with Stagecoach East's Tri Axle Leyland Olympian 14000. One of the vehicles will also operate Chesterfield's final 77 of the day between Chesterfield and Worksop leaving Chesterfield at 2005 and Worksop Bus Station at 2135.
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/news/yorks...ugust-2016

EYMS are due 4 ADL Enviro 200MMCs (will be numbered 506-509) and 6 more EvoSetis (to be numbered 798-803). They are due in December.

(05 Aug 2016, 3:59 pm)Kuyoyo wrote [ -> ]And in other news - which fits here as it is officially part of the Stagecoach Yorkshire operation - Chesterfield's new E200MMCs 26081-7 (YY16 YJL/M/N/O/P/R/S) are due to enter service this upcoming Monday (8th August) on the 54 (Chesterfield-Clay Cross). A number of the batch (either 3 or 4) are branded for the service in the same style used on Rawmarsh's examples on the 22x.

26081 (YY16 YJL): https://www.flickr.com/photos/east_lancs/28842218085/

(08 Aug 2016, 7:26 am)S813 FVK wrote [ -> ]26081 (YY16 YJL): https://www.flickr.com/photos/east_lancs/28842218085/

Why can't Stagecoach make that much effort with their branding around here?

(08 Aug 2016, 7:50 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]Why can't Stagecoach make that much effort with their branding around here?

Agreed!

The branding on that E200MMC is excellent. It's eye-catching, but retains Stagecoach's corporate theme at the same time.

(08 Aug 2016, 8:05 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Agreed!

The branding on that E200MMC is excellent. It's eye-catching, but retains Stagecoach's corporate theme at the same time.

It's not just eye catching, it strongly advertises the features of the bus. Had no idea the new E400MMCs up here had any sort of charging points until big'un spotted the usb ports, awkwardly placed at the bottom of the seats in front of us.

Is the east riding council volvo olympian still in service on the bridlington park and ride,just i cant find any info on it.

First West Yorkshire4

Halifax-based B7RLE 69480-5 are in the process of being repainted into a Green-front version of Olympia 2 livery, for 'Calder Connect' services 590/592

Also presently undergoing repaints are Bradford's B9TL 37083 (YJ08 GVV) and Huddersfield's B7TL 32508 (YJ54 XTV)into the dark blue/Gold 'Express' livery for the revised service X63 (Bradford - Huddersfield) which is now shared between the two depot following the changes to the X6 to run between Bradford and Leeds only (but every 10 minutes) using brand new Streetdecks.
(Repaint photo @ Chris Munden, Streetdeck photo @ © Yorkshire Bus and Coach Spotter ©)

First South Yorkshire

The new E200MMCs for Sheffield are 67141-50 (YY16 YLN/O/P/R/S/T/U/V/W/X). They are for service 20 (Ecclesfield - Hemsworth via City Centre) and will replace short Streetlites 47482-90 (SN64 CNO/U/V/X/Y/Z, COA/H/J) which will return to Doncaster.

Am not sure if this right place to ask I know this is an odd question but dose anyone know what buses the north Yorkshire County council have

First South Yorkshire
Ahead of service changes next weekend, the entire batch of Streetdecks at Rotherham have had their 'X78 Steel Link' headrests replaced with plain blue leather ones as they will no longer be allocated to the X78. They will instead be used on the new X1, for which 15 will be branded as 'Steel Link' in a similar style to the 'Pulse' branding in Leeds and the 'SimpliCity' brand in Glasgow. So far treated is 35135.

Transdev Yorkshire
Metro contract changes in October will see Transdev take over operation of service 948 (Eccleshill Hospital - Apperley Bridge Rail Station), 949 (Apperley Bridge Station - Thorpe Edge Circular) and 967 (Leeds Brand Airport - Otley - Menston) from TLC (however the 948/9 are to be reduced to peak-time operation only), and services 960 (Ilkley - Ben Ryhdding), 961 (Ilkley - Hebers Ghyll), 962 (Ilkley - Otley) and 964 (Otley - Cambridge Estate Circular) from Connexions.

TLC
Despite losing the 948/9/67 to Transdev, the company retain the tenders for the Heddon Bridge and Todmorden local services for 3 years, for which new vehicles are to be acquired for.

First West Yorkshire
13 Scania L94UB/Wright Solars are transferring into the operation from elsewhere - 7 from the now-closed Lowland area of East Scotland for Bramley to replace Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400s to Halifax for school work, and the 6 ex-Reading Bus examples from Kernow also to Bramley to replace the remaining B6BLEs and one of the older Scania.

Everybody's gone surfin... surfing - erm, Sheffield.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sou...e-37198629

(27 Aug 2016, 8:35 am)Andreos1 wrote [ -> ]Everybody's gone surfin... surfing - erm, Sheffield.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sou...e-37198629

That's been a problem on Solo's for years now. This clip has been doing the rounds for weeks now.

(27 Aug 2016, 8:52 am)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]That's been a problem on Solo's for years now. This clip has been doing the rounds for weeks now.

I'd never seen that clip before.
Washington was notorious for it.

Transdev Keighley

The new Versas have now entered service:
238/9/41 (YJ16 DWE/F/K) are in a Yellow/Green version of the new Blazefield Group livery for 'Dalesway' service 66 between its home town and Skipton.
239-YJ16 DWF. Keighley Bus Company. by Rod Whitaker, on Flickr
240/2/3 (YJ16 DWG/L/M) are in 'The Keighley Bus Company' two-tone Green livery for the K7 (formerly the 717) between the town and Oakworth.
Transdev Keighley & District 0240 (YJ16 DWG) by Tony Kuy, on Flickr

Stagecoach Yorkshire

As mentioned in the Order Thread, E400MMCs 10655-63 entered service today at Barnsley depot for use on service 66. 10655-60 carry a revised version of 'Townlines' branding

Stagecoach Yorkshire 10656 YX66 WCW - Worsborough, Barnsley by JPT Photos, on Flickr

Which is now Pink, compared to the red of the original branding
Stagecoach in Yorkshire 19562 (YN59 EAO) by Tony Kuy, on Flickr

East Yorkshire

B9TL 717 (YX07 HKD) has been painted into a 90th anniversary livery. The photo does the explaining
East Yorkshire 717 YX07HKD Gandhi Way, Hull at Big Bus Day 2016 (1280x960) by dbp dearingbuspix, on Flickr

One that has been missed from the above post is B9 764s new livery too:

East Yorkshire 764 YX09GWK 'Keith Holmes' Museum Quarter, Hull at Big Bus Day 2016 (2) (1280x960) by dbp dearingbuspix, on Flickr

Arriva Yorkshire are getting a Frequenta branded route, they've started repainting some Commanders to run the service between Wakefield and Pontefract.

East Yorkshire

Scarborough-based Volvo B9TL 742 (YX08 FXD) is now in a further revised version of East Yorkshire livery, with a mainly cream front
East Yorkshire 742, YX08FXD. by EYBusman, on Flickr

Stagecoach Yorkshire

Ex-Newcastle E400 19149 has now entered service, joining fellow ex-Newcastle E400 19032/3/5/6/42 at Sheffield's Ecclesfield depot
Stagecoach Yorkshire 19149 NK07 HBJ on 265 by sambuses, on Flickr

Ex-Manchester E400 19103 (MX07 HMC) entered at Chesterfield depot, to where Ecclesfield's 19510-3 (MX09 AUL, KSE/F/J) have transferred.
Stagecoach in Chesterfield 19103 MX07 HMC on 77 (2) by sambuses, on Flickr

In exchange, Ecclesfield have received Scania N230UD/Alexander Dennis Enviro400 15689-94 (YN60 ACY/Z, ADO/U/V/X) in exchange for 19510-3, and replacing Dennis Trident/Transbus ALX400 17562/9 (LV52 HDO, HFA) and 17790 (LX03 BWD) to disposal. To replace the non-DDA Tridents at Chesterfield, Omnidekka 15411-3/5 (YN54 VKA/B/C/E) have transferred from Barnsley.

First West Yorkshire and York
Transferred from the East Scotland fleet to York is Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President 32222 (LT52 WUG) after repaint at Hunslet Park.

LOT
LOT (Ladies Only Travel) ceased trading yesterday.
Services confirmed to be covered are:

• 31/32 (Horsforth Town Street - Asda Holt Park) – Yorkshire Tiger from Weds 5 Oct
  
• 88 (Bramley - Owlcotes) – Square Peg from Thurs 6 Oct
  
• 197 (Hemsworth - Havercroft) – Watersons from Weds 5 Oct
  
• 226 (Norwood Green - Halifax) – TJ Walsh from Weds 5 Oct
  
• 635 (Bradford - Staygate Roundabout) – TLC from Weds 5 Oct
  
• 781 (Leeds - Otley) – Yorkshire Tiger from Thursday 6 Oct
  
• 933 (Meltham Local) - Yorkshire Tiger from Weds 5 Oct
  

Transdev's Unibus service 44 will end on December 4th. http://yorkbus.co.uk/news.jsp?newsID=1782

Transdev will continue to run the section of the 44 between Acomb and the city, which they operate under contract to the City of York Council – although it will no longer be called Unibus.

(07 Oct 2016, 11:15 am)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Transdev's Unibus service 44 will end on December 4th.  http://yorkbus.co.uk/news.jsp?newsID=1782

Transdev will continue to run the section of the 44 between Acomb and the city, which they operate under contract to the City of York Council – although it will no longer be called Unibus.

Well, it lasted a bit longer than I expected after First gained the university contract. Which brings Transdev's York operation to entirely contracted services within the city centre - CityZap being the only commerically operated service.

Following various contract losses and council cuts the "Transdev York" brand consists of just service 20 during the day times.

They also run the City zap, City Sightseeing, Tadfaster and Little Explorers from York depot.

Are you sending your pics to Mr Hornby at Transdev Jimmi??

(09 Oct 2016, 7:17 pm)citaro5284 wrote [ -> ]Are you sending your pics to Mr Hornby at Transdev Jimmi??

Looks like it. He has certainly been down that way:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@...3673911122

(09 Oct 2016, 7:17 pm)citaro5284 wrote [ -> ]Are you sending your pics to Mr Hornby at Transdev Jimmi??

I haven't actually, he must of got that from the Facebook group I posted it in. Oh well, at least more people will see my photo.

(09 Oct 2016, 7:27 pm)S813 FVK wrote [ -> ]Looks like it. He has certainly been down that way:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@...3673911122

Yeah, I was in Skipton and Keighley yesterday. More photos will be uploaded to my Flickr from these areas over the next week.