I'm trying to find out what the exact area covered by a Sheffield Zone Travelmaster is - I can't seem to find any definition on the SYPTE site... Does "Sheffield" mean only services within the city boundary? Or would it extend to Hathersage/Castleton for example? And which train services does it cover?

According to SYPTE, on http://www.sypte.co.uk/tickets/travel.html , The Zones cover the local authority areas shown except that Meadowhall is in both Rotherham and Sheffield Zones.

So guess its all within the City of Sheffield boundaries. Unless anyone has experience anything different?

Charley
http://www.gmroads.co.uk

This is he text taken from pte leaflet Sheffield zone travelmaster......
A Sheffield Zone travelmaster will take you anywhere within Sheffield Metropolitian boundary and as far as the points detail below on the following bus services that cross the Borough boundaries
1) Langsett Village YTC 23/24 First268/269
2 to 16) these boundaries cover a number of services which criss cross between Sheffield/Barnsley/Rotherham ( M1 motorway/Meadowhall area and services around Beighton/Holbrook A1/201/68/69/M92/132/X20/ x33/First 23/23A/23B
On trains its Valid on routes
Sheffield -Darnall- Woodhouse
Sheffield - Dore
Sheffield - Meadowhall
Sheffield - Meadowhall -Chapeltown
I haven't seen an updated version since this was published in May 2004!!!

Thanks for the info... it's more or less what I expected - I just hoped for more extensive coverage :)

If you wish to travel into Derbyshire your options are restricted to Day tickets either SY Peak Explorer£6.75 covers All Sy (bus/tram only)and buses only in Northern Peak area(Homfirth,Glossop,Chinley,Buxton.Baslow,Bakewe ll,Edale,Castleton) or DCC have the Derbyshire wayfarer At £7.90 and covers all trains and buses within Derbyshire and you can travel on trains/buses from Sheffield