First South Yorkshire

[YorkRailFan]

Streetdeck HEV 35319 is off for repower.

 

[YorkRailFan]

B9TL 37588 has transferred to Leeds.

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B7RLE 69507 has transferred to Leeds.

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Optare Solo SR 53864 has been repainted to Ultraviolet and returned to Glasgow.

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Optare Solo SR 53862 is also transferring to Glasgow.

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Service changes from 1st September:

47 / 48Services 47 and 48 will continue to operate between Shiregreen and Herdings, but the combined daytime frequency will reduce to every 15 minutes, with each service operating every 30 minutes.
75 / 75A / 76 / 76A / 76EService 75A will be withdrawn. Service 75 will operate every 20 minutes during the day between Jordanthorpe and Chapeltown. Together with services 76, 76A and 76E, buses will continue to provide a combined frequency of up to every 10 minutes.

Sheffield service changes - 30th August

South Yorkshire Service Changes From Sunday 30 August 2026, we'll be making changes to a number of services across Sheffield and Doncaster. These changes include frequency updates, timetable changes and route updates. Please check your service below before you travel.

www.firstbus.co.uk

 

[YorkRailFan]

First has won the tenders for the 9A & 70A starting from 26th July:

Following successful tenders, we will begin operating the following services:

9A (City Centre - Manor Top) on evenings and Sundays
70A (City Centre - Woodhouse - Meadowhall) on evenings and Sundays.

9A and 70A - new services from 26th July

Following successful tenders, we will begin operating the following services:

www.firstbus.co.uk

 

[JD2168]

B9TL 37588 has transferred to Leeds.

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B7RLE 69507 has transferred to Leeds.

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Optare Solo SR 53864 has been repainted to Ultraviolet and returned to Glasgow.

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Optare Solo SR 53862 is also transferring to Glasgow.

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Service changes from 1st September:

Sheffield service changes - 30th August

South Yorkshire Service Changes From Sunday 30 August 2026, we'll be making changes to a number of services across Sheffield and Doncaster. These changes include frequency updates, timetable changes and route updates. Please check your service below before you travel.

www.firstbus.co.uk

Regarding 47/8/75/75a what do you expect when between Shiregreen & Firth Park you charge 40p more for a single fare than Stagecoach for the same section, more similar on Shiregreen to City as the difference is only 10p. Also messing the services up by splitting the Shiregreen loop hasn’t really worked especially with the 75a mess

 

[sytransport]

Regarding 47/8/75/75a what do you expect when between Shiregreen & Firth Park you charge 40p more for a single fare than Stagecoach for the same section, more similar on Shiregreen to City as the difference is only 10p. Also messing the services up by splitting the Shiregreen loop hasn’t really worked especially with the 75a mess

Hardly a difference really, it’s essentially 1 less bus per hour on a heavily served corridor.

 

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Hardly a difference really, it’s essentially 1 less bus per hour on a heavily served corridor.

3 less buses per hour - one 47/48 and two 75as removed.

Regarding 47/8/75/75a what do you expect when between Shiregreen & Firth Park you charge 40p more for a single fare than Stagecoach for the same section, more similar on Shiregreen to City as the difference is only 10p. Also messing the services up by splitting the Shiregreen loop hasn’t really worked especially with the 75a mess

My perception is that a lot of this mess was created by First withdrawing the 1a and 95/95a in September 2024. This meant the 75 and 76 has to be rerouted to fill in the gaps, which left gaps of its own, requiring the 47/48 to be reintroduced.

It was at the same time that the 75a was introduced. Must admit it's not really clear to me what the point of it is. What significant link does it provide that the 47/48 or the regular 75 doesn't? Is it just that they want to terminate half the 75s early rather than send them all through to Chapeltown?

The 47/48 currently is a bit odd. (was the version from before 2015 any different? I don't know).
Having loops at both ends means one of them has to be split, otherwise there would be no layover time.

Perhaps in 2024 it would have been better for them to leave the 75/76 going to Shiregreen, and introduce a new service running Herdings - Highfield - Sheffield Centre - Pitsmoor Road - Firth Park - Wincobank - Meadowhall.

 

[sytransport]

3 less buses per hour - one 47/48 and two 75as removed.


My perception is that a lot of this mess was created by First withdrawing the 1a and 95/95a in September 2024. This meant the 75 and 76 has to be rerouted to fill in the gaps, which left gaps of its own, requiring the 47/48 to be reintroduced.

It was at the same time that the 75a was introduced. Must admit it's not really clear to me what the point of it is. What significant link does it provide that the 47/48 or the regular 75 doesn't? Is it just that they want to terminate half the 75s early rather than send them all through to Chapeltown?

The 47/48 currently is a bit odd. (was the version from before 2015 any different? I don't know).
Having loops at both ends means one of them has to be split, otherwise there would be no layover time.

Perhaps in 2024 it would have been better for them to leave the 75/76 going to Shiregreen, and introduce a new service running Herdings - Highfield - Sheffield Centre - Pitsmoor Road - Firth Park - Wincobank - Meadowhall.

75A was introduced to serve Parson Cross and Fox Hill but wasn’t utilised so ended up being curtailed at Shiregreen presumably to remove a PVR.

47/48 has layover mid-loop at Herdings, albeit only a few minutes with an arrival and departure at the terminus stop. 75/76 makes sense staying in Shiregreen with the 1 continuing to High Green from a franchise perspective but not while operators were competing.

 

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75A was introduced to serve Parson Cross and Fox Hill but wasn’t utilised so ended up being curtailed at Chapeltown presumably to remove a PVR.

75a does not serve Chapeltown, it starts and terminates at Butterthwaite Road on the Shiregreen loop. It's basically just a shortened 75 with a little 2-stop variation at the northern end.

75/76 makes sense staying in Shiregreen with the 1 continuing to High Green from a franchise perspective but not while operators were competing.

One significant flaw in the Bus Partnership rewrite in 2015, which created the Stagecoach 1 and First 1a, was that they set out with a stated aim of giving passengers a choice of bus operators on as many corridors as possible - a complete red herring with the entirely predictable consequence of splitting what could be a single well-planned service between separate entities who can't consider the whole picture.

Even without franchising, it could have been decided in 2015 to consolidate similar services with the same operator rather than fragmenting them.

 

[sytransport]

75a does not serve Chapeltown, it starts and terminates at Butterthwaite Road on the Shiregreen loop. It's basically just a shortened 75 with a little 2-stop variation at the northern end.

I meant Shiregreen sorry, no idea why I put Chapeltown.

One significant flaw in the Bus Partnership rewrite in 2015, which created the Stagecoach 1 and First 1a, was that they set out with a stated aim of giving passengers a choice of bus operators on as many corridors as possible - a complete red herring with the entirely predictable consequence of splitting what could be a single well-planned service between separate entities who can't consider the whole picture.

Even without franchising, it could have been decided in 2015 to consolidate similar services with the same operator rather than fragmenting them.

The partnership just wasn’t well managed. It was poorly planned from the start with the initial route changes and even if they had worked, SYPTE had very little control or money to put in to maintain it. Leicester is a good example of a working bus partnership, Sheffield unfortunately was far from it.

 

[YorkRailFan]

B7RLE 69507 has returned to Olive Grove from First Leeds.

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Streetdeck Ultroliner 35679 has received branding for South Yorkshire's People Network.

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B9TL 37535 has been withdrawn.

 

[YorkRailFan]

Streetdeck Ultroliners 35313 & 35321 have transferred to Leeds.

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Streetlite DF 47486 has transferred to Leeds.

 

[JD2168]

After a couple of years out of service undergoing repairs StreetDeck 35101 has returned to service at Olive Grove depot in Ultraviolet livery

 

[YorkRailFan]

Driver Trainer B7RLE 69303 has transferred to South Yorkshire from Manchester.

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B9TL 37519 has been withdrawn.

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B7RLE 69440 has been repainted into the pink "Join a Great Team Today" training livery.

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B9TL 36246 has been repainted to Ultraviolet.

 

[YorkRailFan]

B9TL 37264 has been withdrawn. Driver Training B7RLE 69331 has transferred to Glasgow.

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B9TL 37229 has been withdrawn.

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B9TL 37114 has transferred from Doncaster to Leeds.

 

[YorkRailFan]

B7RLE 69578 has transferred from Halifax to South Yorkshire.

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B7RLEs 69575 & 69576 have transferred from Bradford to South Yorkshire.

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B7RLE 69442 has been repainted to the Pink Driving Training livery.

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B9TLs 36243, 36244 & 36245 have transferred to Wilfreda.

 

[YorkRailFan]

B7RLE 69577 has transferred from Leeds to Sheffield and has been repainted to Ultraviolet.