Yorkshire Bus Operations
Yorkshire Bus Operations
South Yorkshire
Well, with September approaching, Travel South Yorkshire have posted their service change details for the new school year - which sees a major revision of services, mainly in the Sheffield area as followed:
[*]First's 1a (High Green to Herdings) is replaced by new services 11 and 11a - the 11 directly replaces the 1a between Chapeltown and Herdings every 15 minutes, while the 11a links Northern General Hospital to Herdings also every 15 minutes. Between the City Centre and Herdings, the 11a replaces the 56.
[*]First's 3/3a (Meadowhall to Nether Edge via City Centre) is withdrawn - the Meadowhall-City section is replaced by an extension of the 95 (currently Walkley to City), while the City-Nether Edge section is replaced by a diverted 56 following the replacement of the Herdings-City section of that service.
[*]The Meadowhall-Hillsborough corridor is reduced from every 30 minutes (hourly on both the 35 and 38) to hourly - with the 38 replaced by an extended 18 (City Centre to Meadowhall via Woodseats, Gleadless and Darnall) and the 35 withdrawn. The Firth Park-Meadowhall frequency will remains at 8 buses an hour with the extension of PTE-contracted service 32 (currently City Centre to Firth Park via Foxhill and Northern General Hospital) to Meadowhall which passes to First from the change.
[*]The Evening short journeys on the 57 pass to First from Stagecoach, along with the early Sunday morning journeys between Sheffield and Stocksbridge. The Sunday journeys on the 57a between Hillsborough, Oughtibridge, Worrall and Hillsborough also pass from TM Travel to First, however they are replaced by standard 57 trips between Hillsborough and Oughtibridge, running via Worrall in both directions.
[*]Chancet Wood sees their fourth route change since the 2015 Partnership recast - the current 19 service is withdrawn, with Chancet Wood served by the diversion of one 76 journey an hour to the estate as a 76a.
[*]A number of PTE contracts are withdrawn due to commercial replacements being available - the 4 (City Centre to Bents Green or Ringinglow) and the evening 4a (City Centre to Millhouses Tesco) are replaced due to the diversion of the 218 to serve Psalter Lane (Ringinglow will be served by a revised 181); the 31/31b (City Centre to Loxley via Lower Walkley and Hillsborough) are replaced between the City Centre and Hillsborough by diverted First service 135/135a, and between Hillsborough and Loxley by First's 52a every 30 minutes
[*]All contracts operated by Sheffield Community Transport have either been won by other operators or withdrawn - one of the major ones is the 268 and M92, both of which pass to Stagecoach; the 268 (Hillsborough to Wharncliffe Side) is renumbered the 58, while the M92 (currently Foxhill to Harley) is extended from Foxhill to Hillsborough replacing the 35 but on a reduced frequency of every 2 hours.
[*]Powells have drastically increased their presence in Sheffield as a result of the above - from SCT, they have won the 10/10a (the Inner Circle - Manor Top to Manor Top via Gleadless Valley, Hallamshire Hospital and City Centre) and the 5 (City Centre to Firth Park). From TM Travel, they have won the 61/62 (Hillsborough to Bradfield), and from Stagecoach the 35a (Chapeltown to Thorncliffe Industrial Estate) and the 201 (Chapeltown to Stocksbridge). However, the daytime journeys on the X7 are withdrawn - with it reverting back to a peak time only route.
