Fare Changes Details
13/01/2005 FirstDay Fare Change

Please be advised that from Saturday 22nd January 2005 the following price changes will be made.

FirstDay CURRENT PRICE - £2.70
FirstDay NEW PRICE - £3.00

Off-Peak FirstDay CURRENT PRICE - £2.20
Off-Peak FirstDay NEW PRICE - £2.50

The fare change on the 22nd January 2005 represents a return to the original £2.50 Off-Peak FirstDay ticket introduced in March 2004 and a minor increase of 10p on FirstDay tickets from £2.90 in March 2004 to the new price of £3.00.

The FirstDay ticket is great value if you're planning on making several trips on the same day, providing unlimited travel across South Yorkshire

are there to be any increases on single fares?

Computer says no

Another reason to convince folk to leave there cars at home and take public transport. NOT.:confused:

whoa, its going up to £3 a day? :? I am SOOOOOOOOO glad I can get a discount weekly saver for £8 with my Uni card!

Mainline are taking the **** with their prices, do they not realise that Yorkshire Terrior's seven day savers are £7? If it wasnt for the fact that I go other places than into town and its only £1 more for me I'd be catching Terriors... surely its going to start losing them money when people can catch terriors for 7 days for the price of 2 days on First? :P

I think that these prices are cheap compared to other cities. There was a trip on a bus in leeds the other week when they were talking about why they needed a tram, and the one way fare into town was about £1.70

I think we should pay a little more so our drivers can get paid properly.

What I don't understand is why they had to get rid of the return tickets? :confused:
Because of this I now have to pay £1.10 twice a day to get to work. And if I don't have the correct change the bus drivers generally just get grumpy. :loopy:

Originally posted by muddycoffee
I think that these prices are cheap compared to other cities. There was a trip on a bus in leeds the other week when they were talking about why they needed a tram, and the one way fare into town was about £1.70

I think we should pay a little more so our drivers can get paid properly.

Not true. London is cheaper than sheffield, and it's a much bigger city!

Is there still an 'all transport' pass? What is it and how much does it cost? Is there a day one, or would it have to be for a week?

i don't generally mind i just like the fact we don't have to mess around with 5p's anymore! although i do support YT's all the way. generally nicer staff too.

there still is an all operater pass its called travelmaster theres different types ie
busmaster
rail master
and all operator pass which is valid on all bus companys tram train in south yorkshire its about £15 for a weekly one pick them up at any sypte travel centre

Originally posted by muddycoffee
I think that these prices are cheap compared to other cities.

What, like in London where pensioners and disabled people use buses for free?


Originally posted by muddycoffee

I think we should pay a little more so our drivers can get paid properly.

Yes, reward them for their poor driving skills and rude attitudes.


The more things like this I read, the more glad I am that I drive everywhere.

Originally posted by _Ren
i don't generally mind i just like the fact we don't have to mess around with 5p's anymore! although i do support YT's all the way. generally nicer staff too.

I rekon that in the next few months the single fares will go up as these have not changed for over a year. If they do then it will likely be by 5p so keep those 5p's handy.

Also Briano, If you are spending £2.20 a day going to work and back you will be better off getting a monthly pass for £37.00 if you buy on line.
If you go to work 5 days a week @£2.20 per day or £11.00 Per week or £44.00 Per month you would save yourself £7.00. Giving you three days of free travel.

Glad i got my maths GCSE.

When i used to be a Driver i always tried to tell passengers who were buying a £12.00 week card to go on line and buy a monthly one ,i was always suprised at the amount of people who didnt realise that it was available. They would save £11.00 per month or nearly a weeks free travel and it is advertised on all the Buses.

Originally posted by jimmy75
there still is an all operater pass its called travelmaster theres different types ie
busmaster
rail master
and all operator pass which is valid on all bus companys tram train in south yorkshire its about £15 for a weekly one pick them up at any sypte travel centre

Thanks Jimmy. Do they do a day pass though, like they used to in Liverpool?

Originally posted by Strix
Thanks Jimmy. Do they do a day pass though, like they used to in Liverpool?

Yes they do but dont no how much they cost

Originally posted by _Ren
i don't generally mind i just like the fact we don't have to mess around with 5p's anymore! although i do support YT's all the way. generally nicer staff too.

I think that the reason staff are nicer is that they are not on such a tight timetable and have a little more time to be friendly to people.

Originally posted by muddycoffee
I think that these prices are cheap compared to other cities. There was a trip on a bus in leeds the other week when they were talking about why they needed a tram, and the one way fare into town was about £1.70

I think we should pay a little more so our drivers can get paid properly.

But Leeds' Seven-day saver tickets are much cheaper

http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/yorkhumber/leeds/fares/firstweek.php

The Green Zone (which covers as much of Leeds as you'd ever need) is just £7!

Originally posted by unners
Yes they do but dont no how much they cost
Where can I start looking? The South Yorkshire Transport site is less than useless. I can read all about their equality policies, but can find no info on transport on there.

Originally posted by Strix
Where can I start looking? The South Yorkshire Transport site is less than useless. I can read all about their equality policies, but can find no info on transport on there.

Totally agree but i have manage to find out from their site that a Day South Yorkshire travelmaster is £4.95

That's handy to know. Thanks Unners. How far away from Sheffield can you get on it? I used to have a monthly one to commute here from Doncaster (many years ago)

Originally posted by unners
Also Briano, If you are spending £2.20 a day going to work and back you will be better off getting a monthly pass for £37.00 if you buy on line.
If you go to work 5 days a week @£2.20 per day or £11.00 Per week or £44.00 Per month you would save yourself £7.00. Giving you three days of free travel.

Glad i got my maths GCSE.

And I'm glad I got my Maths Degree... which enables me to work out that I'm saving money by paying daily. Reason being I also cycle,drive and get lifts into town, and on a monthly basis it works out cheaper to pay daily due to the times I don't use the bus. :heyhey:

Originally posted by Foxxx
Not true. London is cheaper than sheffield, and it's a much bigger city!

Not true a London All Day Ticket is £3.00 and their zonal day cards range from £6.00 to £13.20 for peak periods

Originally posted by Strix
That's handy to know. Thanks Unners. How far away from Sheffield can you get on it? I used to have a monthly one to commute here from Doncaster (many years ago)
you can use it all over south yorkshire up to the relavent borders but trains is last stop in sy ie if you go on leeds train via barnsley last stop is darton

Originally posted by tango2
Not true a London All Day Ticket is £3.00 and their zonal day cards range from £6.00 to £13.20 for peak periods when i was living down there a couple years ago there i used a all zone ticket as i was living near gatwick and that is in zone 7 the card cost then £5 for the day and you could use it on everything train bus underground tram in croydon docklands rail which was a massive saving as i use to go over to inford to my m8s which is in essex it took me nearly 2 hours on bus but it was a 75 mile round trip not bad for a fiver

Originally posted by tango2
Not true a London All Day Ticket is £3.00 and their zonal day cards range from £6.00 to £13.20 for peak periods

Well it's gone up then. Not so long ago could get a day bus card for a couple of quid. Even for a single it was £1.20 (I think it still is) and took you way way further than the £1.10 fare does in sheffield.

Even though it's gone up it's now the same price as a sheffield one. Considering we earn less up here, the London one is cheaper relatively speaking.

just had a look on transport for london website and a single journey in london in 1 zone is £1.20 single if you want to travel further into another zone then it goes up by something like 60p and so on the all zone off peak day ticket is £6.00 which mention earliey you can travel a vast distance anywhere in london and the surrounding area also kids under 11 travel free

I buy the £2.20 ticket about three or four times a week and often give it to friends/neighbours and sometimes strangers who are going out for the night, when I'm finished with it.

Originally posted by _Ren
i don't generally mind i just like the fact we don't have to mess around with 5p's anymore! although i do support YT's all the way. generally nicer staff too.


just goes to show what working for another company changes your life ......90% of yt drivers are ex.....first drivers