(31 Oct 2016, 3:29 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Yorkshire Tiger
Noise coming from South Yorkshire is that from early January 2017, Yorkshire Tiger will be taking over a number of tendered services in the Barnsley and Rotherham area from Stagecoach and TM Travel.
Those are reportedly:All information coming from the 'South Yorkshire Transport' Forum.
- Barnsley service 7/7a (Currently Barnsley - Hoyland Common or Birdwell - Pillley Circulars)
- Service 23/23a (Barnsley - Penistone/Crow Edge)
- Service 24 (Currently Barnsley - Ingbirchworth)
- Service 72/72a (Chapeltown - Manvers)
- Service 203 (Barnsley - Wombwell - Doncaster)
- Sunday operation on service 220 (Wath - Cottonwood)
From the same source:
Tiger will additionally be taking over service 92 (Currently Barnsley - Millhouses, revised to be Barnsley - Cawthorne).
It also appears they are to open a new operating centre in the Barnsley area for this work - with a reported allocation of 19 vehicles with some work additionally being transferred from Huddersfield's Waterloo depot.