(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 Between Rotherham and Meadowhall, the service is re-routed to replace the 22m which is withdrawn.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)
  

• Linburg will cease service work - the Abbeydale Road Tesco services (C1/C2/C3/C4/C5/C6) are withdrawn.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.
  

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

(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 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).
  

• 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).
  

(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.

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

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

(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.

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

(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.

• 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
  

(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.

(09 Oct 2016, 7:17 pm)citaro5284 wrote 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??

(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@N02/29587410084/in/feed-127059640-1476034680-1-72157673673911122