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Changes Stagecoach Yorkshire are making to their bus services from Sunday 19 March 2023

Last October First South Yorkshire and Stagecoach Yorkshire made significant cuts to a number of their services.

Stagecoach Yorkshire have now advised that they will be making changes to a number of their bus services in Sheffield, from Sunday 19 March, to address punctuality issues that arose from these changes.

The changes are summarised below:

What services are affected?

From Sunday 19 March there will be some changes to Stagecoach bus services in Sheffield as follows:

  • Service 1 – High Green – Jordanthorpe:
    • Timetable changes will be introduced throughout the week with extra time added around Batemoor/Hemsworth at peak times to improve punctuality
    • Better coordination with service 88 along the Firth Park to Sheffield corridor.
  • Service 2 – Sheffield – Barnsley and service 2a – Sheffield to XPO logistics
    • Timetable changes will be introduced throughout the week to allow continued interworking with services 57 and 57a and improve punctuality.
  • Services 57 and 57a – Sheffield – Stocksbridge:
    • Timetable changes will be introduced throughout the week with additional time added around Worrall and Stocksbridge to improve punctuality
  • Services 61 and 62 – Hillsborough – Bradfield (Circle)
    • Minor timetable changes will be introduced to improve punctuality.
    • Departure times from Hillsborough will remain unchanged.
  • Services 72 and 72a – Chapeltown – Manvers
    • Timetable changes will be introduced to improve punctuality
    • The route will be amended to serve ‘EVRI’ on Olympus Way at Tankersley/Hoyland as requested by SYMCA.
  • Service 83 (New) and service 83a – Chapeltown – Fulwood:
    • Service 83a will be renumbered service 83
    • Additional journey time will be included to improve punctuality
    • The route will be extended to operate from Chapeltown to Fulwood on Monday to Saturday
    • The service will only operate between Ecclesfield and Fulwood on Sunday, to allow interworking with service 86 which will have additional time added within the timetable to improve punctuality
    • Frequency will remain as current service 83a (30 minutes) but departure times will be adjusted to allow a better frequency pattern at peak times.
  • Service 86 – Chapeltown – Low Edges:
    • Additional time will be added within the timetable to improve punctuality and interworking with new service 83.
  • Service 88 – Ecclesfield – Bents Green
    • Timetable changes will be introduced to address punctuality issues, particularly on Ecclesall Road, and to better coordinate with service 1 between Firth Park and Sheffield
    • Timing points will be revised for outbound journeys so they terminate at Bents Green instead of Brincliffe Layby
  • Service 201 – Chapeltown – Stocksbridge
    • Timetable changes will be introduced to improve punctuality.

New timetables are available at travelsouthyorkshire.com/servicechanges

Passengers are advised to keep checking our web page for the latest service information.

Stagecoach is sending out their own communications about the changes they are making to their timetables. You can view this on their website at: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/regional-service-updates/yorkshire.

They are also providing information to passengers via our Travel South Yorkshire channels, where we bring together information from all of the bus and train operators:

 

Timetable information on all affected bus stops, on buses and in Interchanges, will be updated as soon as possible when all the information has been received from operators and processed.