Train Timetable Changes From Dec 15.

[Fudbeer 12]

Love train travel but the last 3 times have been a disaster the northern train from York to Sheffield was cancelled at the last minute and replaced with a 3 hour bus ride and 2 trips from London to Sheffield on a Sunday were so overcrowded we spent the entire journey sat on the floor inbetween carriages, the seat reservation system failed on the train so not chance of getting reserved seat.

[Andy C 86]

The York-Sheffield local service is a bit of an obscure one - if you are travelling from York to Sheffield you would generally get the Cross Country Intercity service, Moorthorpe-Sheffield is covered by the hourly Leeds to Sheffield service and York-Ulleskelf/Sherburn is covered by the regular York-Leeds service, so you only really rely on this train for travel to/from Pontefract. It sounds like they cancelled those York trains to free up drivers to train on the new fleet.