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Service updates are posted on X and on the Travel South Yorkshire disruption page at https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/en-gb/newsupdates/disruptions. There should usually also be a scrolling service update message on the tram stop displays if there's significant disruption.

Correct, tram wheel profile can't go on heavy rail and tram train wheel profile can't run beyond Shalesmoor or Sheffield Station.

problem was the Killamarsh and Stannington buses didn't see many passengers. Stocksbridge a slightly difference scenario so perhaps has a better chance of coming back - well used in the daytime but loss making, however would Stocksbridge people prefer the improvements to be to the 57/57a that...

Given the Transpeak runs from Derby would many be getting a train from Derby to Matlock to connect with it? Id suggest running the local Matlock buses that serve the villages on an hourly frequency at times that connect with the trains would be more beneficial, perhaps that might be one to roll...

I'm not convinced the Edale-Castleton, Bamford-Fairholmes or Castleton-Eyam services will survive. Some might say to not bother with the 66 and instead make the Sheffield to Tideswell part of the 65 hourly. After all currently the 66 only really exists because the buses need to start and end in...

The most recent service at Fairholmes was the Sunday service on route 257 diverted off and did a double run down there, however the 257 no longer has a Sunday service! To be honest the bit to Fairholmes was never well used and regularly got delayed by parked cars and queueing traffic whilst on...

This map may be of interest to some, showing the current bus and train network in the area with pubs marked on. Current service level: 62 - a few trips a day. No evening service. 65 - every 2 hours, daytime only. 66 - once a day X66 - once a day 173 - every two hours, Monday to Saturday...

For those of us likely to use the network in question it is a game changing excellent use of funding assuming what is delivered is as proposed. I always worry about local authorities wasting money on research trips, consultants, public engagement events etc! The backbone being built on is a...

Yes, although I gather 28th onwards is contingency and there is a hope to reopen the network in time for the Rock & Roll Circus event on the evening of the 27th if testing and commissioning of the new installation is finished that morning.

The Purple was running an enhanced service extended to Malin Bridge to an increased frequency that weekend for Tramlines music festival so every serviceable tram was pressed into service! 1786037454 Next area of rail replacement works starts on Saturday 8 August and this is a big one with the...

A quick comment about the Andrew's 173 (Bakewell to Castleton), there are two trips a day that divert via Cressbrookdale instead of Wardlow between Monsal Head and Litton, that is a quirky must do!

It is worth noting that whilst TM has lost some evening and Sunday work plus the Crystal Peaks minibuses, elsewhere it has gained with additional early morning, late evening and Sunday journeys added to some existing tenders such as the 30a, 31, 32 and 71.

My example is Wardlow Mires in Derbyshire on Andrew's route 173 (Bakewell-Castleton). The stop on the B6465 appears on Google Maps and in the timetable data but isn't physically there, which can lead to an occasional incident of new drivers refusing to stop there and a negotiation with the...

I suppose this is similar to EMR cancelling all services between Sheffield and Liverpool during the hot weather the last few days, with Transpennine Express and Northern still running and becoming overcrowded as a result of having to carry EMR's passengers as well as their own! It'll just be a...

Talking of the Peak District the government have awarded them £6m for a "Little Switzerland" concept trial. Obviously being a public sector project some of that money will be frittered away on fact finding trips and consultants advising on how to tender it out but its a very positive...