Bus Service over Christmas Eve, is it normal?

Hi

Was just wondering, does anyone know if there is a bus service on christmas eve? I have been told there maybe is a very limited one, but i dont see any reason why they would do this.

Cheers

John

Normal until finish at 7 ish is the norm.

Usually services stop running at around 6.00 pm on Xmas Eve and wont start running again untill 27th Dec.

Cant see First altering it this year

Originally posted by unners

Normal until finish at 7 ish is the norm.

Don't forget this xmas eve is a saturday so the services will be limited by that before you even start with the xmas stuff!

No doubt it'll be advertised on buses soon, would guess it'll be sunday service though.

will be a saturday service as normal i would imagine, but with an earlier finish

Is usually a Saturday service with buses having to be back in garage by 7pm so don't expect a bus after 6ish. Also as Christmas day is Sunday I should think the buses won't be running normally again until 28th cos 27th will probably be a bank holiday.

thanks - didn't get much help when I called them direct

The buses on christmas eve will be late/missing driving past full and when you do get on one there will be a couple of drunks on the back seat..............yep, its a normal bus service i think.

For both buses and trams expect a Saturday service with an early finish between 1800 & 2000. The same will happen on New Years Eve.

Christmas & new year bus information for all operators serving Derbyshire: (Derbyshire County Council website)

http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/Images/Summary%20Xmas2005_tcm2-85823.pdf

Christmas & new year bus information for Stagecoach bus services: (Stagecoach website)

http://www.stagecoachbus.com/chesterfield/serviceinfo_1438.html

Christmas & new year bus information for all operators in South Yorkshire: (SYPTE website)

not yet available - http://www.sypte.co.uk

Christmas & new year bus information for First bus (Firstgroup website)

not yet available - http://www.firstgroup.com

Christmas & new year tram information (Stagecoach website)

not yet available - http://www.supertram.com

Christmas & new year train information (National Rail website)

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk

Based on info from past years and information on Derbyshire CC and West Yorks PTE web sites ( as usual SYPTE has no info)this is the Likely provision Of services over the festive period:

CHRISTMAS EVE - SATURDAY DECEMBER 24th 2005

BUSES : SATURDAY SERVICE WITH AN EARLIER FINISH BY 1900 HOURS

TRAMS : SATURDAY SERVICE WITH AN EARLIER FINISH BY 2000 HOURS

LOCAL TRAINS: SATURDAY SERVICE WITH AN EARLIER FINISH BY 2000 HOURS

CHRISTMAS DAY - SUNDAY DECEMBER 25th 2005

NO TRAMS - BUSES - TRAINS

BOXING DAY - MONDAY DECEMBER 26th2005

BUSES - NO SERVICES

TRAMS - LIMITED SERVICE 1100 TO 1800

LOCAL TRAINS - NO SERVICES

PUBLIC HOLIDAY TUESDAY - DECEMBER 27th 2005

A SPECIAL HOLIDAY SERVICE TIMETABLE IS LIKELY TO OPERATE

BUSES and TRAMS - A SUNDAY TIMETABLE

LOCAL TRAINS - A SPECIAL HOLIDAY TIMETABLE

WEDNESDAY 28th DECEMBER 2005

THURSDAY 29th DECEMBER 2005

FRIDAY 30th DECEMBER 2005

BUSES - LIKELY TO BE A SATURDAY SERVICE TIMETABLE ON MOST ROUTES

TRAMS/TRAINS - A NORMAL WEEKDAY SERVICE

NEW YEARS EVE - SATURDAY 31stDECEMBER 2005

AS CHRISTMAS EVE

NEW YEARS DAY SUNDAY JANUARY 1st 2006

NO BUS SERVICE

TRAMS AND LOCAL TRAINS LIKELY TO BE A LATE START AROUND 1000 THEN SUNDAY TIMETABLES

PUBLIC HOLIDAY MONDAY - JANUARY 2nd 2006

LIKELY TO BE AS SERVICE ON DEC 27th

NORMAL SERVICE RESUMES TUES JANUARY 3rd 2006

EXAMPLE for a 1900 hours Bus Service FINISH

For Bus services to be in Garage by 1900 Hrs the last DEPARTURES from TOWN CENTRES to SUBURB’S will be fall between 1700 to1800

Detailed timetable information unlikely to appear from SYPTE and public transport providers until W/C DECEMBER 12th 2005