(11 Oct 2018, 11:15 am)Kuyoyo wrote First South Yorkshire

Reported on 'Travel South Yorkshire' Forum - Volvo B7TLs 37146-55 (YN06 UPZ, URA/B/C/D/E/F/G/H/J) and 37172-9 (SF07 FDC/D/E/G/J/K/L/M) are due from First Glasgow (Caledonia depot). This is a return 'home' for 37146-55, which were new to the now-closed Halfway depot for the old service 60 (Fulwood to City Centre - now the south western part of the 120). No details which depot yet.

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Photos of the next batch of 'Leeds City' Streetdecks complete at Wrightbus are now appearing - the entire batch have been confirmed as joining the original batch at Hunslet Park (note - for now), 9 will join the original batch as Red examples for the Headingley Corridor while the rest will be navy blue for the Dewsbury Road corridor - that being the 2 (Roundhay Park to Middleton Thorpe Lane), 3/3A (Brackenwood or Gleadhow to White Rose Centre), 12 (Roundhay Park to White Rose Centre or Middleton Circus or Middleton Thorpe Lane) and 13/13A (Brackenwood or Gleadhow to Middleton Thorpe Lane).

(30 Oct 2018, 12:52 pm)Kuyoyo wrote South Yorkshire

A consultation is currently running in relation to a revamp of the Rotherham Area network in February 2019.

https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/Feb2019/

(30 Oct 2018, 9:16 pm)Tamesider wrote As a matter of general (democratic) interest, is this consultation widely advertised in such as bus stop shelters and available to non-internet users, through paper questionnaires available in bus stations, health centres, shops, Post Offices and libraries (where they still exist!) etc?

 Also, broadening it out completely, how many local authorities or Operators up and down the country carry out such consultations? Such things ave never existed in Greater Manchester, and certainly as regards commercial services (the vast majority), being consulted about a bus service being withdrawn or re-routed is just as alien as Sainsburys consulting about withdrawing Lamb Tagliatelli or ruining Singapore Noodles by tripling the spice content - yes, both are actual examples before you ask. 

(11 Oct 2018, 11:15 am)Kuyoyo wrote First South Yorkshire

Reported on 'Travel South Yorkshire' Forum - Volvo B7TLs 37147-55 (YN06 URA/B/C/D/E/F/G/H/J) and 37172-9 (SF07 FDC/D/E/G/J/K/L/M) are due from First Glasgow (Caledonia depot). This is a return 'home' for 37147-55, which were new to the now-closed Halfway depot for the old service 60 (Fulwood to City Centre - now the south western part of the 120). No details which depot yet.

(24 Oct 2018, 9:16 pm)S830OFT wrote Are Enviro 200s allocated to the 24/26?

(12 Oct 2018, 8:27 am)Kuyoyo wrote First West Yorkshire

Photos of the next batch of 'Leeds City' Streetdecks complete at Wrightbus are now appearing - the entire batch have been confirmed as joining the original batch at Hunslet Park (note - for now), 9 will join the original batch as Red examples for the Headingley Corridor while the rest will be navy blue for the Dewsbury Road corridor - that being the 2 (Roundhay Park to Middleton Thorpe Lane), 3/3A (Brackenwood or Gleadhow to White Rose Centre), 12 (Roundhay Park to White Rose Centre or Middleton Circus or Middleton Thorpe Lane) and 13/13A (Brackenwood or Gleadhow to Middleton Thorpe Lane).

And now for the reason for some of the next batch being red examples again, 5 of the original batch are currently in the process of being rebranded for the new Thorpe Park expresses X26/X27 in a Mustard Yellow version - 35261 being one of the first done. 35266 meanwhile has gained an allover advert for 'The Springs' Shopping development on Thorpe Park. 35261-6 will be transferring to Bramley from the start of the X26/X27 at the end of this month.

(18 Nov 2018, 4:54 pm)Kuyoyo wrote More details - a member of the 'Travel West Yorkshire' forum has done some digging and it appears this second batch of 'Leeds City' Streetdecks totals 62 examples - up from the previously mentioned 60. They are numbered 35501-62 and will be registered SK68 TNX/Z, TOA/H/U/V, TPF/O/U/V/X-Z, TRV/X/Z, TSO/U/V/X-Z, TTE/F/J/O/U/V/X/Z, TUA/H/J/O/P/U-W/Y, TVA/C-F/J/L-P/T-Z, TWA/C-F.

Originally intended to increase to a combined 10 minutes frequency in December with the start of the X27, the Thorpe Park Express timetable will now remain every 15 minutes from the introduction on the 9th December, with the X26 reduced to every 30 minutes. Instead, the X27 will be extended to run between Leeds and Garforth Fairburn Drive via Thorpe Park, with the X26 also extending to Garforth at peak times.

(24 Oct 2018, 9:16 pm)S830OFT wrote Are Enviro 200s allocated to the 24/26?

(07 Dec 2018, 12:17 pm)Kuyoyo wrote The latest batch of 'Leeds City' Streetdecks have started to enter service in the last few weeks - as previously mentioned, this batch is split between the Headingley Corridor (Red branding) and the 2/3/12/13 group (the Navy Blue). The branding has been applied in a mix way - so far confirmed as Red examples are 35501/5/15-7/46-51 (the last 6 having been in use since September as replacements for 35261-6 moving onto the Thorpe Park services). So far noted as Blue examples are 35518-22. Also to note, these examples differ from the original batch delivered last year in having the glazed front pillars and Green Grab Poles internally.

Present rumours suggest Bramley depot's E400s are due to transfer to Halifax depot for use on the 'Zest' 503 between the town and Huddersfield - the current allocation of B7TLs are starting to prove unreliable. A definite transfer from Leeds to Halifax are a number of B9TLs from Hunslet Park - 37123 (YK07 AYY) already reported as transferring.

(30 Dec 2018, 4:03 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Stagecoach Yorkshire

Due to the ongoing saga with Northern Rail and the Saturday Strikes, Stagecoach will be increasing the frequency of the X10 (Leeds to Barnsley) and X17 (Barnsley to Sheffield) to half hourly on Saturdays from the 6th January. The 'extra' journeys on the X17 between Sheffield and Barnsley will NOT be 'Gold' vehicles as they will be operated by Ecclesfield depot (using 2 deckers) rather than Chesterfield. The extra journeys on the X10 will be provided by the 3 Coaches alongside the spare Enviro400MMC. This is following the growth in demand on the X10 on Saturdays which has seen deckers used on most journeys instead of the coaches.

(30 Dec 2018, 4:41 pm)Tamesider wrote As these would have needed to be registered by 23rd November (and bus station slots agreed up to 4 weeks earlier?), how did Stagecoach know the Strikes would continue through January (and beyond?) Also, I would have thought demand would be relatively low for weekend services with people having spent up for Christmas and likely poor weather.

(04 Jan 2019, 3:37 pm)Kuyoyo wrote A little something called ‘short notice’ change with support from the local authorities. Registration amended has appeared on VOSA today.

Timetables are on the Stagecoach website. One minor note is that the extra X17 journeys will depart from stand C2 in Sheffield rather than from C1 - not sure why as the only other service to use C1 is the X78 and there doesn’t appear to be a timing clash.

(17 Dec 2018, 11:33 am)Kuyoyo wrote First South Yorkshire

A pair of Wright Streetlites demonstrators are on-loan to cover for warranty work on Olive Grove's newer examples - SK68 TXM/N and the pair have gained First fleetnumbers 63389/90. Due to their non-standard Mobitec destination displays, they have been allocated to Doncaster depot as the depot already has a Mobitec destination list due to the trio of mini E200s 44925-7 being similarly fitted. To fill the void at Olive Grove, Doncaster's 63370 has transferred in place of one of the demos.

(07 Feb 2019, 10:37 pm)Malarkey wrote First Leeds Wright Streetdeck 35207 (SL16 RFF) will be the first of the batch of Streetdecks new in 2016 to be repainted into Leeds City colours - https://www.flickr.com/photos/128732924@N02/32055276117/in/faves-139456044@N03/

Also confirmed within the comments Volvo B7RLE 69348 (YJ08 CFA) will be the first single decker to receive Leeds City colours.

(07 Feb 2019, 10:37 pm)Malarkey wrote First Leeds Wright Streetdeck 35207 (SL16 RFF) will be the first of the batch of Streetdecks new in 2016 to be repainted into Leeds City colours - https://www.flickr.com/photos/128732924@N02/32055276117/in/faves-139456044@N03/

(15 Feb 2019, 5:39 pm)Malarkey wrote 32507 (SL16 RFF) is now in Leeds City livery - https://www.flickr.com/photos/128732924@N02/40138543483/in/feed

(25 Jan 2019, 11:23 am)Kuyoyo wrote South Yorkshire General

Rotherham Interchange will reopen on Sunday 3rd March following its 11 month refurbishment. This co-insides with the changes to Rotherham's town network the same day, which more-or-less follows exactly what was consulted on back in the autumn.

Some minor changes will take place, including:
- Stagecoach operated Monday to Friday only 107 (Rotherham to Swinton via Parkgate and Rawmarsh) diverted to serve Greasborough and Nether Haugh rather than Parkgate as a partly replacement for the 227 (Rotherham to Hoyland via Greasborough and Wentworth).
- First's replacement for the 227, the 136 (Hoyland to Rothertham via Thorpe Hesley) will be slightly amended - the first inbound departure from Hoyland at 0636 will run as a 236 via the 227 route
- Powells' service 87 (Maltby to Meadowhall/Sheffield) is withdrawn. In its place, Powells are re-introduting daytime journeys on the X7 (Sheffield to Maltby) at a half-hourly frequency
- An additional 'extra' trip is being added to Stagecoach's X17 - this time it's one on the northern section, with a new peak time journey added departing Barnsley at 1630, returning from Sheffield at 1740 (likely to be a Barnsley operated turn). Additionally, the Barnsley-bound stand in Sheffield Interchange changes to Stand C2 for all journeys from March (currently only the Saturday 'extra' journeys use C2, the main service uses C1).
- The X78 appears to be staying at every 15 minutes rather than the planned increase to every 12 minutes.