Spotted a poster on A First bus today :

On Monday Dec 24th Christmas Eve: a SATURDAY service will operate with an early finish around 1900hours
Tuesday Dec 25th/Wednesday Dec 26th No First SY Services will operate
Thursday Dec 27th/Friday December 28th: a Saturday Service will operate
Saturday 29th December : Normal Service
Sunday 30th December : Normal Service
Monday 31st December: a SATURDAY service will operate with an early finish around 1900hours.
Tuesday 1st January : NO First SY services will operate
Wednesday 2nd January back to normal services

This will mean on most City services the last buses to suburbs will depart around 1800/6pm in order to be in garage for 7pm for those readers who don't understand timetables!

Usual routine then.

Usual service levels on the railway too over Christmas:

24th December - normal timetable but with some routes finishing about 8pm
25th-26th December - no service
27th December - normal service but with some early morning trains cancelled
28th-30th December - normal service
31st December - normal service but with some routes finishing about 8pm
1st January - normal service but with some trains cancelled, especially in the morning
2nd January - normal service

Note some routes will have engineering work taking place over the holiday period which may mean a revised timetable, possibly with replacement buses over part of the route.

See www.nationalrail.co.uk for full service details.

Good job Dad's off then over Christmas, I've offered to work Boxing Day on the Lunchtime request show up at the Hallamshire as Boxing Day falls on a Wednesday this year.

Supertram has been ordered to run by the PTE on Boxing Day to serve the Meadowhall shoppers as the centre is open 9-6 so expect a service approx 7am to 7pm on Boxing Day

Details of supertram and the supertram bus link over the festive season are available at:www.stagecoachsupertram.co.uk

Supertram has been ordered to run by the PTE on Boxing Day to serve the Meadowhall shoppers as the centre is open 9-6 so expect a service approx 7am to 7pm on Boxing Day

They ran boxing day last year. We are running boxing day this year but the rotas have not been organised for it yet.

so just cos the greedy owners and shopkeepers of Meadowhall (greedy b******S)have decided to open longer on Boxing day SYPTE have ORDERED supertram to run longer on Boxing day???

Why is everything beholden to Meadowhall??? Would Sheffield grind to a halt if it stayed shut for 2 whole days.Perish the thought!!

I expect tram staff and shop staff in Meadowhall will probably be working for basic rate too..maybe as Meadowhall and it's grasping owners are behind the reason the trams are running maybe they'd like to pay and enhancement to those unfortunates who have to work


Why hasn't SYPTE ordered First to run buses on Boxing day???

Nice of Meadowhall to ruin peoples Christmas by allowing them to have only the one day off over the festive period

Foxydebs...my mate who works on trams tells me it's volunteers for Boxing day on the trams,that's why there's no rota up!

suppose they wont give any more days on seven day savers then what a farce

SYPTE also orders the 707 bus route in Doncaster to run on Christmas, Boxing and New Years Day along with the frenchgate been open on all of these dates, although only the INTERCHANGE is open for the 707 bus on Christmas day.

I understand that 4 very special workers on Vhristmas day at Frenchgate will be working for £20 an hour on Christmas Day as a thank you! (where do i sign up ;))

so just cos the greedy owners and shopkeepers of Meadowhall (greedy b******S)have decided to open longer on Boxing day SYPTE have ORDERED supertram to run longer on Boxing day???

Why is everything beholden to Meadowhall??? Would Sheffield grind to a halt if it stayed shut for 2 whole days.Perish the thought!!

I expect tram staff and shop staff in Meadowhall will probably be working for basic rate too..maybe as Meadowhall and it's grasping owners are behind the reason the trams are running maybe they'd like to pay and enhancement to those unfortunates who have to work


Why hasn't SYPTE ordered First to run buses on Boxing day???

Nice of Meadowhall to ruin peoples Christmas by allowing them to have only the one day off over the festive period

Foxydebs...my mate who works on trams tells me it's volunteers for Boxing day on the trams,that's why there's no rota up!

It is volunteers as well as staé rostered to work it. We are operating a service from 07.30 to 19.30. It is double pay for boxing day.

It is volunteers as well as staé rostered to work it. We are operating a service from 07.30 to 19.30. It is double pay for boxing day.

also match at brammall lane

I am hiring a car over Christmas.

I have to go to see relatives and go to a football match. How are you supposed to do all this when there is no transport?

So much for my efforts at being green and reducing my carbon footprint.

How are hotel, pub and restaurant staff getting to work?

edit: and shop staff for that matter?

I am hiring a car over Christmas.

I have to go to see relatives and go to a football match. How are you supposed to do all this when there is no transport?

So much for my efforts at being green and reducing my carbon footprint.

How are hotel, pub and restaurant staff getting to work?

edit: and shop staff for that matter?

Bus? Tram? Walk it? Taxis even?

First will not be extending or reducing the price of their weekly tickets to account for the fact that there are no buses on Xmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.
Or to put it another way, they will charge you for something that they have no intention of providing.

Spotted a poster on A First bus today :

On Monday Dec 24th Christmas Eve: a SATURDAY service will operate with an early finish around 1900hours
Tuesday Dec 25th/Wednesday Dec 26th No First SY Services will operate
Thursday Dec 27th/Friday December 28th: a Saturday Service will operate
Saturday 29th December : Normal Service
Sunday 30th December : Normal Service
Monday 31st December: a SATURDAY service will operate with an early finish around 1900hours.
Tuesday 1st January : NO First SY services will operate
Wednesday 2nd January back to normal services
This will mean on most City services the last buses to suburbs will depart around 1800/6pm in order to be in garage for 7pm for those readers who don't understand timetables!

I hope not. Why not make a New Years resolution to organise a p*** up in a brew..... I mean run a proper bus service?

First will not be extending or reducing the price of their weekly tickets to account for the fact that there are no buses on Xmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.
Or to put it another way, they will charge you for something that they have no intention of providing.

God, have you nothing better to do than whine about everything First do?

There is no reason why they should, and having had a look at Stagecoachs website there's no mention of them doing any different.

No-one's forcing you to buy a weekly ticket - even i've seen the poster saying to think first.

In response to your latter comment, you do what you want in a brew, me i like my tea without urine.

First will not be extending or reducing the price of their weekly tickets to account for the fact that there are no buses on Xmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.
Or to put it another way, they will charge you for something that they have no intention of providing.



since when have first ever been interested in providing a public service-shareholders first, passengers a poor second is their way of thinking. I have a car so gave up on that useless bag of shysters ages ago, its more reliable and cheaper

TM TRAVEL SERVICES OVER XMAS/NEW YEAR
(info from leaflet on buses)

22nd Dec - normal Saturday service
23rd Dec - Normal Sunday service

Christmas Eve, 24th December - normal Monday service until 19:30
last buses will be:
A3 1808 Waterthorpe to Parkgate and 1917 Parkgate to Waterthorpe
A4 1917 Woodhouse to Catcliffe and 1925 Catcliffe to Woodhouse
3 1910 Sheffield to Millhouses
33 1835 City to Chancet Wood and 1901 Chancet Wood to City
43 1828 City to Jordanthorpe and 1903 Jordanthorpe to City
89 1908 Sheffield to Chesterfield

Christmas day, 25th December - no services

Boxing Day, 26th December - only service 294 will operate, this will run to a Sunday timetable.

27th to 30th Decemeber - normal service

New Years Eve 31st Dec - as Christmas Eve
New Years Day 1st Jan - as boxing day

2nd January - normal service resumes.

Service 294 (Gunstones Bakery Circular) on Boxing Day and New Years Day:

0510 from Norton Water Tower to Sheffield Interchange via Manor Top
0600 and 0700 from Dronfield to Sheffield Interchange via Norton and Manor Top
1435, 1535 and 1635 from Dronfield to Sheffield Commercial St via Norton and Manor Top

0525, 0620 and 0720 from Sheffield Interchange to Dronfield via Woodseats

Stagecoach Chesterfield and Stagecoach Mansfield - last buses to and from Sheffield on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve:

43 1850 Chesterfield to Sheffield via Dronfield Woodhouse and Woodseats
43 1950 Sheffield to Chesterfield via Woodseats and Dronfield Woodhouse
53 1720 Mansfield to Sheffield via Clowne and Mosborough
53 1740 Sheffield to Mansfield via Mosborough and Clowne
53 1900 Sheffield to Clowne via Mosborough
253 1750 Sheffield to Eckington via Meadowhead and Coal Aston

Stagecoach Sheffield last buses on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve:
http://www.stagecoachbus.com/uploads/STAGECOACHSheffieldChristmasrunningtimes.pdf