Public transport Christmas 2013

[Andy C 86]

BUSES

 

Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 2013 - A Saturday service will operate until around 1900.

 

Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 2013 - No buses will operate.

 

Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 2013 - A special service will operate in and around Sheffield between 0800 and 1800 on key routes including Stagecoach services 20A, 52, 57, 71, 79/79A, 83, 87, 88 and 120. A special £1 flat fare will also apply. The buses and fares on this day are subsidised by Sheffield City Council.

 

Friday 27th December 2013 - A Saturday service will operate.

 

Saturday 28th December 2013 - A normal Saturday service will operate.

 

Sunday 29th December 2013 - A normal Sunday service will operate.

 

Monday 30th December 2013 - A Saturday service will operate.

 

New Year’s Eve Tuesday 31st December 2013 - A Saturday service will operate until around 1900.

 

New Year’s Day Wednesday 1st January 2014 - A special service will operate in and around Sheffield between 0800 and 1800 on key routes including Stagecoach services 20A, 52, 57, 71, 79/79A, 83, 87, 88 and 120. A special £1 flat fare will also apply. The buses and fares on this day are subsidised by Sheffield City Council.

 

From Thursday 2nd January 2014 - All services will operate as normal.

 

Info from http://www.stagecoachbus.com/sheffield. Also see http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com.

 

TRAMS

 

Christmas Eve, 24th December - Saturday timetable with an early finish around 6-7pm

 

Christmas Day, 25th December - no service

 

Boxing Day, 26th December - special service 6am to 8pm from Meadowhall to Middlewood and Halfway. This service is operated commercially and normal fares apply.

 

Friday 27th December and Saturday 28th December - Saturday service

 

Sunday 29th December - Sunday service

 

Monday 30th December - Saturday service

 

New Years Eve, 31st December - Saturday timetable with early finish around 6-7pm.

 

New Years Day, 1st January - special service 9am to 6pm from Meadowhall to Middlewood and Halfway. This service is operated commercially and normal fares apply.

 

2nd January - normal service resumes.

 

See http://www.supertram.com for full details.

 

TRAINS

 

Early finish (about 8pm) Christmas Eve and New Years Eve

No service Christmas Day or Boxing Day

Some early morning cancellations on 27th December and 1st January

Some other amendments due to engineering work.

See http://www.nationalrail.co.uk for details.

[Vaati 11]

Well looks like it's going to be a pre 6am bus for me to get to work for at least 1 day during the holiday period. Has Christmas Eve always been a Saturday service?

[Guest]

Early finish (about 8pm) Christmas Eve and New Years Eve

 

Really? National Rail Enquiries says the last train from Sheffield to Chesterfield is 22:01.

[Super Hans 10]

No trains on Boxing day?

 

It's basically a normal day now, staff have to be in shops for 6am so the losers with no lives can ambush the stores to get everything that didn't tell in the last sale.

[Alien52 10]

No trains on Boxing day?

 

It's basically a normal day now, staff have to be in shops for 6am so the losers with no lives can ambush the stores to get everything that didn't tell in the last sale.

 

Some shops and their staff refer to these as "customers" i.e those people who cause the shop to stay in business and provide jobs.

[tahititwo 10]

nice to see some people still don`t work over the festive season! How do Doctors nurses shop workers bar staff shop workers etc etc get too and from work? not all drive or able to take the car

[haddy 10]

This is disgraceful. The only time quite a lot of people need public transport and they don't run!

[ECCOnoob 1,051]

God its amazing how all these people managed when transport shut down during the exact same period last year, and the year before that, and the year before that, and the year before that, and the year before that, and the year before that......

[chem1st 10]

From December 1st; FIRST;

 

£7.20 for 2 day savers at 16:59.

 

£5 for a double day saver at 17:00

[Doom 10]

No trains on Boxing day?

 

It's basically a normal day now, staff have to be in shops for 6am so the losers with no lives can ambush the stores to get everything that didn't tell in the last sale.

 

I don't think there have been trains on a Boxing Day for a few years.

 

We regularly attend the Steelers v Panthers ice hockey games over Christmas and when it's in Nottingham on Boxing Day we've had to try and arrange coach travel down, because the trains haven't been running.

 

Good to see the tram will still be running after the game has finished on Boxing Day.

 

Regards

 

Doom

[Andy C 86]

Really? National Rail Enquiries says the last train from Sheffield to Chesterfield is 22:01.

 

It varies by route, that one benefits from the depot being in Derby!

[Doom 10]

It varies by route, that one benefits from the depot being in Derby!

 

I think I can probably guess the answer, but it always gets me that the last train back on a Saturday night from Nottingham to Sheffield is 9:37pm.

 

I find that awfully early between two major cities that are only 30 miles apart.

 

From Sheffield to Nottingham on a Saturday night there are 6 trains after that time, with the last one being 11:52pm.

 

I guess it's due to where the rolling stock needs to be for the Sunday journeys, but it's annoying for us who like to spend an evening in Nottingham before coming home on the train.

 

Regards

 

Doom