I was looking for a bus or a tram home to Hillsbrough from the station last night (my train arrived at 00:01) and there was big queue for taxis.

Anyway, I noticed this little motto on the bottom of bus timetables. It was either by First or by the SYPTE:

"If it wasn't for us you might not get there"

Needless to say - I ended up walking all the way home as all the busses stopped shortly before 12 and the last tram left a minute before my train got in. I just wonder who thought of that motto and why..

Someone who uses their car to go everywhere they go ;)

Originally posted by ptigga
I was looking for a bus or a tram home to Hillsbrough from the station last night (my train arrived at 00:01) and there was big queue for taxis.

Anyway, I noticed this little motto on the bottom of bus timetables. It was either by First or by the SYPTE:

"If it wasn't for us you might not get there"

Needless to say - I ended up walking all the way home as all the busses stopped shortly before 12 and the last tram left a minute before my train got in. I just wonder who thought of that motto and why..

What a fantastic example of intergrated transport huh?!

It is an advertising slogan of the Transport Executive, to higjlight that many socially necessary bus services only operate thanks to Transport Executive subsidy.

You do highlight a little pet irritation of mine there - late evening/night public transport - or more specifically lack of. If you arrive in Sheffield by train or coach from a long distance and get in after 11:15pm you find there are no buses home. Also you go for a night out and go to a late bar or club and there are no buses home. Surely there must be demand.. and does this count as socially necessary.

Instead of spending millions on totally pointless mini-interchanges and unneccessary branding packages for rural-links, why not pay for buses to run later at night?

Buses run all night 7 days a week in London, special night services run in Manchester, Leeds and most other major cities, and for gods sake, even Mansfield now has a night bus network recently launched by Stagecoach - why is Sheffield not capable?

This is why there is such a fight for taxis (literally sometimes) in Sheffield on an evening.

the 52 used tio run an all night service (but that stopped when the students left for summer)

If we get 24 hr drinking then they'll have to run night busses....

The all night 52 was a god send. It wasn't just for students either. It was always busy going from town to handsworth/ woodhouse and there aren't any students around where I live.

I remember the roxy buses as well. They went all over the city when the nightclubs chucked out at around 2.30am.

Why can't sheffield have an hourly bus service that runs all night 7 days a week on all the major routes throughout the city? Its the 21st century for gods sake!

Unfortunately the 21st century also comes with drunken violence.
Do you fancy a job as a bus driver?

I remember whilst travelling somewhere in the UK I came across a Train Company's motto which read something like

"Northern Trains, we'll get you there in the end."

I wasn't sure if someone had made a sticker and put them round. Non the less I found it quite amusing as it took me 8 hours to do a 3 hours journey
:|

Originally posted by Strix
Unfortunately the 21st century also comes with drunken violence.
Do you fancy a job as a bus driver?

There are ways and means of protecting bus drivers from this. For the night buses only use the buses that have protective perspex shields between passenger and driver, and also restrict the bus to one boarding point, ideally the Interchange, with security staff supervising boarding.

This of course costs a bit extra......

What cheeses me off is that there is no bus to arrive in town on time for the 0521 train to London...
So what do I do ? I have to get up an hour earlier, and walk to town (40mins) dragging my suitcase.

i like the slogan on mainline busses that says

`do you start and finish your day with a smile'

advertising for jobs i think.


i really wanna write underneath `well you're obviously not a bus driver then' haha

Sheffield Onmibus used to have a slogan which stated:
"The Best Bus in Town".

I often wondered on what criteria that claim was based. It always seemed questionable as many of their buses were fit for the scrap yard.

Yorkshire Terrier still use;

"Sheffield's Friendly Buses". What is so friendly about them.

Most bus companies, past and present, have tried out slogans. Andrews used to say "Andrews keeps you moving" in large letters across the side of their buses. Always a good laugh when they broke down.:suspect:

Originally posted by robbie
the 52 used tio run an all night service (but that stopped when the students left for summer)

If we get 24 hr drinking then they'll have to run night busses....

Yeah, when did the 52 stop running all night? Some friends needed to get back to Woodhouse in the early hours from my flat and I said well just get the 52. They said it stopped runining though the night ages ago. (They ended up getting a taxi of course.)

I thought the 52 Crookes was First's flagship service; it was the first route with new buses, the first with the purple, pink and grey livery, etc.

Something amiss?

Yorkshire Terrier still use;

"Sheffield's Friendly Buses". What is so friendly about them.



Well, the bus always smiles at you ...

Anyone remember when the government was interfering with the South Yorkshire Transport buses - intent on stopping the council subsidies that were almost about to make the buses actually free to the passengers - a great idea which would have benefitted everyone.
The bus company added " 's" to their logo on the buses and so it read South Yorkshire's Transport - ie nowt to do with the government. Subtle

Ooh yeah the friendly Terrier bus - as if. One driver growled at me the other day :-(
And why are they now more expensive than First?
You wouldn't mind walking home from the station if Sheffield wasn't so damn hilly ;-)

I only usually use a bus at weekends If going into town to drink at night. There are loads of busses to and from woodseats for us, but where do they get the drivers from? Some of them drive so badly with last minute breaking and nearly get it on 2 wheels around the corner around homebase. I'm no wus, but these rides are like a fairground death bus. Often if there's someone a bit frail getting on they don't give them any extra time to sit down.

And another thing. The fare is £1.10. But sometimes they try to charge more, and they have usually got the location wrong on the ticket machine. If you try to argue with them most of the time they're ok about it, but sometimes they look a bit angry.

There is one chesterfield based bus company though that's fantastic, If there's only a few left on the bus, he drops you off anywhere you want in town on any bus route! and he's a right friendly bloke.

If it's a Chesterfield based bus it'll be either Stagecoach or TM Travel.

Actually I feel a bit guilty about my previous comment now - I saw a bus driver taking some real sh*t from some young lads (early teens) the other evening.
They shuffled on, trying to run upstairs without paying, swearing at the driver and taking ages to get their money out. They went upstairs shouting their heads off and running around.
Then when they got off the the bus, one pelted some coins at the driver (behind a screen) and was screaming 'f*** off you motherf*cker' over and over.
I really felt for the drivier - who needs that when they're trying to do their job?

Originally posted by christine
And why are they now more expensive than First?

Economies of scale. They're a smaller company than First (much smaller), so their fares are higher.

Overcharging:

Happened to me recently with First after the operative actually looked the fare up on his card. I asked if that meant the fares had gone up and he said "yes".
Got home and rang First who confirmed that my usual fare had not gone up and that I had been given a higher priced ticket.

It was "only" a case of 30p (£1.40 instead of £1.10) but as usual the principle kicked in.

I sent my ticket (after copying it) with a request for reimbursement of the 30p, 10p for my call and 28p for my stamp.
I named my starting and departing stops, the bus route and the time of travel.

Fair play to them. With no quibble they have sent me a Day Ticket which has a purchase value of £2.70.

So.... don't argue. Deal with "Customer Services" after the event.