Continued disruption to public transport services in Sheffield led to an emergency meeting with operators to get firm assurance that everything is being done to resume service levels urgently.
'A damaging blow to our city': Council Leader's statement on further bus cuts
Travel South Yorkshire today announced that First Group South Yorkshire will no longer provide a number of bus services across the county because they are no longer profitable enough to run.
As a result, several routes are now under threat and there are significant timetable changes across the city and the region.
The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority is working hard to retain as many of the bus services as possible, which will need to be supported through additional funding.
In response to the news, Cllr Terry Fox, Leader of Sheffield City Council, said: “Once again the people of Sheffield and the surrounding region have been hung out to dry by Government, allowing private transport providers to reap the benefits whilst the public pick up the costs when the services are not profitable.
"When we’re working hard to implement important sustainability schemes such as Active Travel and the Clean Air Zone, cuts to public transport such as this undermine our intentions and the wider environmental and connectivity plans we're striving towards.
“The latest bus cuts deliver yet another damaging blow to our city, our economy and most importantly our residents. Buses are a crucial element to transport in Sheffield, helping people get to school, go to work, to reach our hospitals, make their important appointments, see their family members and much more. As we work towards our goal of achieving net zero carbon by 2030, it is more important than ever that there are sustainable and greener public transport choices to tackle climate change and improve air quality. This crucial work is hindered by yet more service cuts.
“As a Council we have no direct control over the bus services within our city but I wish to assure every resident that we are doing all we can to urge the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority to limit the effects this could have. The Authority has already been forced to step in and offer additional public funding this year, when school bus services were under threat just before students returned to school. And once again it is faced with another momentous challenge – keeping our county moving without appropriate support from Government. We welcome the actions of the Authority for stepping in and we will continue to discuss how to progress this matter, lobby for better bus services, and ensure the best value for money.
“I hope at some stage we reach a point where we as leaders across South Yorkshire are not expressing regret and calling for more support from the Government but instead able to confidently provide the services the people in our region deserve.”
See the Travel South Yorkshire website for the latest information about local bus services and updated timetables.
List of routes affected:
| Service | Operator | Route | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | First | Chapeltown - Sheffield - Hemsworth | From Sunday 2 October there are route and timetable changes. Will operate between Herdings (Raeburn Road) and Sheffield via Blackstock Road and East Bank Road. See service 11 for alternative services to Leighton Road & Heeley. |
| 6 | Stagecoach | Sheffield – Millhouses | From Sunday 2 October there are timetable and route changes. Service 6 is re-routed to serve Greystones and Bents Green to partially replace First service 83 (see 83 below). |
| 8 | First/ TM Travel |
Birley – Sheffield – Ecclesfield | From Sunday 2 October there are route and timetable changes. Service 8 is curtailed to Birley Tram Station. For journeys to Crystal Peaks, please see TM Travel services 8/8a.
Evening and Sunday services will be operated by TM Travel and only run Sheffield - Birley. For journeys to Parson Cross/Ecclesfield, please use Stagecoach service 7 |
| 8 | TM Travel | Crystal Peaks – Birley | From Sunday 2 October TM Travel service 8 replaces Monday - Saturday daytime First service 8 between Crystal Peaks and Birley. Will operate hourly, Mon-Sat daytimes. |
| 8a | First | Crystal Peaks – Sheffield – Ecclesfield | From Sunday 2 October service 8a is withdrawn. All journeys will now run as service 8. |
| 8a | TM Travel | Crystal Peaks – Birley | From Sunday 2 October replaces Monday - Saturday daytime First service 8a between Crystal Peaks and Birley. Will operate hourly, Mon-Sat daytimes. |
| 9 | TM Travel | Sheffield – Darnall – Littledale | From Sunday 2 October change of operator to TM Travel, with a minor route change to serve Sheffield Interchange. Monday - Saturday daytime frequency increased to every 45 minutes. |
| 9a | TM Travel | Sheffield – Darnall – Manor Top | From Sunday 2 October change of operator to TM Travel with minor changes to the timetable. |
| 10 | Operator tbc | Manor Top – Nether Edge – Sheffield – Manor Top | No operator yet found. SYMCA re-issuing contracts. Service resumption date to be confirmed. |
| 10a | Operator tbc | Manor Top – Sheffield – Nether Edge – Manor Top | No operator yet found. SYMCA re-issuing contracts. Service resumption date to be confirmed. |
| 11 | First | Sheffield – Herdings | From Sunday 2 October new service introduced, operating up to every 15 minutes Mon-Sat and 30 minutes on Sunday daytimes. Will operate from Herdings (Raeburn Road) via Leighton Road & Heeley Green. |
| 18 | First | Sheffield – Noron Lees – Meadowhall – Hillsborough | From Sunday 2 October there are timetable changes. No operator yet found for Saturday service. |
| 20 | First | Ecclesfield – Sheffield – Hemsworth | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 21 | Stagecoach/ TM Travel |
Rotherham – Harthill | From Sunday 2 October new service partially replacing services 26, 27, 29 & 29a between Rotherham, Whiston, Swallownest, Kiveton Park & Harthill. Will operate hourly, daily. Monday - Saturday daytime service will be provided by Stagecoach. Evening and Sunday service will be provided by TM Travel. |
| 24 | First | Low Edges – Sheffield – Woodhouse | From Sunday 2 October the Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will increase to every 15 minutes. Service 24 will not serve Bradway on an evening and Sundays. |
| 25 | First | Sheffield – Woodhouse | From Sunday 2 October First service 25 is withdrawn. See 25 below. |
| 25 | Stagecoach | Bradway – Sheffield – Woodhouse | From Sunday 2 October there are route and timetable changes to Monday - Saturday daytimes. All journeys will now terminate at Bradway, Old Mother Redcap - no longer serving the Longford Estate. Late evening journeys introduced between City and Woodhouse, daily. |
| 27 | First | Rotherham – Crystal Peaks | From Sunday 2 October, service 27 is withdrawn. See new service 21 for partial replacement. |
| 29a | TM Travel | Rotherham – Harthill | From Sunday 2 October, service is re-numbered to 21, with minor changes to timetable. |
| 31 | TM Travel | Sheffield – Loxley | From Sunday 2 October new service operating between Sheffield and Loxley via Upperthorpe and Hillsborough, to partially replace services 52a and 135. Will operate up to 60-70 minutes, Monday - Saturday daytimes. |
| 32 | Operator tbc | Sheffield – Firth Park |
No operator yet found. SYMCA re-issuing contracts. Service resumption date to be confirmed. For Standon Road, Wincobank and Grimesthorpe see service 137 below. |
| 35a | Operator tbc | Chapeltown – Thorncliffe Industrial Estate | No operator yet found. SYMCA re-issuing contracts. Service resumption date to be confirmed. |
| 41 | First/ TM Travel |
Sheffield – Frecheville | From Sunday 2 October some journeys will be operated by TM Travel during the daytime Monday - Saturday. No Sunday operator yet found. SYMCA re-issuing contracts. Sunday service resumption date to be confirmed. |
| 44 | Stagecoach | Sheffield – Dronfield – Chesterfield | From Sunday 2 October there is a minor route change to serve Prospect Road in Old Whittington. |
| 50/50a | Stagecoach | Sheffield – Eckington – Chesterfield | From Sunday 2 October services 50/50a will serve all stops between Sheffield and Birley. |
| 51 | First | Lodge Moor - Sheffield - Charnock | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 52 | Stagecoach | Hillsborough – Sheffield – Woodhouse | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 52a | First | Hillsborough – Sheffield – Woodhouse | From Sunday 2 October service 52a is curtailed to operate between Woodhouse and Hillsborough only. Service into Wisewood & Loxley will be partially provided by services 31, 61 & 62. Evening journeys are withdrawn. See Stagecoach 52 for partial replacement. |
| 56 | First | Nether Edge – Sheffield – Wybourn | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 57 | First | Sheffield – Stocksbridge | From Sunday 2 October First service 57 is withdrawn. See Stagecoach 57 service below. |
| 57 Stocksbridge Flyer |
Stagecoach | Sheffield – Stocksbridge | From Sunday 2 October new half hourly service, named the 57 Stocksbridge Flyer, replacing Supertram Link SL1/SL1a services, with an extension through to Sheffield City Centre. Service will no longer serve Worrall. Evenings and Sundays will operate hourly. For services to Worrall, please see new service 59 below. |
| 59 | Operator tbc | Hillsborough – Oughtibridge | No operator yet found. SYMCA re-issuing contracts. Service resumption date to be confirmed. |
| 61 | Stagecoach | Hillsborough – Bradfield | From Sunday 2 October the Monday - Saturday service will continue to be operated by Stagecoach. No Sunday operator yet found. SYMCA re-issuing contracts. Sunday service resumption date to be confirmed. |
| 62 | Stagecoach | Hillsborough – Bradfield | From Sunday 2 October the Monday - Saturday service will continue to be operated by Stagecoach. No Sunday operator yet found. SYMCA re-issuing contracts. Sunday service resumption date to be confirmed. |
| 72/72a | Stagecoach | Chapeltown – Hoyland – Manvers | From Sunday 2 October there will be minor route and timetable changes to serve Olympus Way at Hoyland Common. |
| 73 | First | Sheffield – Treeton – Rotherham | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. SYMCA re-issuing contracts for Saturday service. Saturday service resumption date to be confirmed. |
| 74a | First | Sheffield – Waverley – Rotherham | From Sunday 2 October First service 74a is withdrawn. Partially replaced by First services 73 and 208. |
| 75 | First | Shiregreen – Sheffield – Batemoor | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 76 | First | Shiregreen – Sheffield – Low Edges |
From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 80 | Stagecoach | Sheffield – Crystal Peaks – Killamarsh – Chesterfield | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 81 | First | Stannington – Sheffield – Dore | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 82 | First | Stannington – Sheffield – Millhouses | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 83 | First | Ecclesfield – Sheffield – Bents Green |
From Sunday 2 October service 83 is withdrawn. Partially replaced by Stagecoach service 83a between Ecclesfield & Hunters Bar, and Stagecoach service 6 between Sheffield and Bents Green (see service 6). |
| 83 | Stagecoach | Ecclesfield – Sheffield – Bents Green |
From Sunday 2 October service 83 is withdrawn. (see service 83a below). |
| 83a | Stagecoach | Ecclesfield – Sheffield – Fulwood | From Sunday 2 October the Monday - Saturday frequency is increased to every 30 minutes during the daytime. New Sunday service introduced, operating hourly Sunday daytimes. SYMCA re-issuing contracts for daily evening trips. Service resumption date to be confirmed. |
| 86 | First | Sheffield – Chapeltown | From Sunday 2 October service 86 is withdrawn. Replaced by additional evening trips on Stagecoach service 86. |
| 86 | Stagecoach | Sheffield – Chapeltown | From Sunday 2 October additional evening trips introduced. |
| 95/95a | First | Meadowhall – Sheffield – Walkley | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 97 | First | Hillsborough – Sheffield – Totley | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 98 | First | Hillsborough – Sheffield – Totley Brook |
From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 120 | First | Fulwood – Sheffield – Crystal Peaks – Halfway |
From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes, with late evening trips withdrawn after approx. 21:30. |
| 120 | Stagecoach | Fulwood – Sheffield – Crystal Peaks – Halfway |
From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes on late evenings and on Sundays. |
| 135 | Stagecoach | Rotherham – Chapeltown | From Sunday 2 October service curtailed to operate between Rotherham and Chapeltown only. For journeys between Sheffield and Hillsborough, see new TM Travel service 31. Service 135 will now be operated by Stagecoach and operate hourly, Monday - Saturday daytimes. The service will operate along Wortley Road rather than Ferham Road/Kimberworth Road. No Evening or Sunday operator yet found. SYMCA re-issuing contracts. Evening and Sunday service resumption date to be confirmed. |
| 135a | First | Rotherham – Chapeltown | From Sunday 2 October service 135a is withdrawn and is replaced by service 135. |
| 137 | Stagecoach | Rotherham – Blackburn – Meadowhall – Sheffield | From Sunday 2 October service 137 is extended to operate through to Sheffield via Standon Road and Grimesthorpe. The service will now be operated by Stagecoach and operate hourly, Monday - Saturday daytimes. No Evening or Sunday operator yet found. SYMCA re-issuing contracts. Evening and Sunday service resumption date to be confirmed. |
| 181 | TM Travel | Sheffield – Dore | From Sunday 2 October change of operator to TM Travel. No changes to route or timetable. |
| 208 | First | Sheffield – Meadowhall – Whiston | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 218 | TM Travel | Sheffield – Bakewell | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. Discussions ongoing with Derbyshire County Council regarding the Winter Sunday timetable provision. This change will take place on 30th October 2022. |
| 256 | Hulleys of Baslow | Sheffield – Castleton | From Sunday 2 October service 256 is withdrawn. |
| 257 | Hulleys of Baslow | Sheffield – Bakewell | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes, with Monday - Saturday daytime service increased to hourly. On Sundays buses will run between Sheffield and Bamford Station, with some journeys additionally serving Fairholmes Visitor Centre. |
| 258 | Hulleys of Baslow | Sheffield – Bakewell | From Sunday 2 October service 258 is withdrawn. |
| 271 | Hulleys of Baslow | Sheffield – Castleton | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| 272 | Hulleys of Baslow | Sheffield – Castleton | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| A1 | Cawthornes | Sheffield – Waverley – Meadowhall | From Sunday 2 October remains as present. SYMCA seeking supplier for additional journeys. |
| M17 | Operator tbc | Dore – Jordanthorpe | No operator yet found. SYMCA re-issuing contracts. Service resumption date to be confirmed. |
| SL1/SL1a | Stagecoach | Middlewood – Stocksbridge | From Sunday 2 October services SL1/SL1a are withdrawn. See service 57 Stocksbridge Flyer. |
| X1 | First | Sheffield – Meadowhall – Rotherham – Maltby | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. Service reduced to every 15 minutes Monday - Saturday combined with service X10. Most trips will now run to/from Sheffield, Moorfoot. |
| X5 | First | Sheffield – Dinnington | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
| X7 | TM Travel | Sheffield – Maltby | From Sunday 2 October new service replacing Powells, Monday - Friday commuter trips between Sheffield and Maltby via Wickersley. |
| X10 | First | Sheffield – Meadowhall – Rotherham – Maltby | From Sunday 2 October there will be route and timetable changes. Service reduced to every 15 minutes Monday - Saturday combined with service X1. Most trips will now run to/from Sheffield, Moorfoot.
Majority of journeys will no longer operate via Flanderwell or Sunnyside. Services 3 and 117 provide a partial replacement. |
| X54 | First | Sheffield – Treeton – Harthill | From Sunday 2 October there will be a change of operator to TM Travel with timetable changes. |
| X54 | TM Travel | Sheffield – Treeton – Harthill | From Sunday 2 October a Monday - Saturday hourly daytime service introduced, in addition to Sunday daytime service. |
| X55 | First | Sheffield – Dinnington | From Sunday 2 October service X55 is withdrawn. |
| X74 | Cawthornes | Sheffield – Tinsley Park – Rotherham | From Sunday 2 October change of operator to Cawthornes, with timetable changes. |
| X78 | First | Sheffield – Meadowhall – Rotherham – Doncaster | From Sunday 2 October there will be timetable changes. |
