Public transport over the Christmas holidays

[Andy C]

Services are available in Sheffield every day except Christmas day, although some days see revised timetables and/or shorter operating hours.

 

A PDF "leaflet" is now available at https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/en-gb/LandingPage/Christmas

 

In summary 

- 23 December: generally a Saturday timetable 

- 24 December (Christmas Eve) : Saturday timetable with early finish 

- 25 December (Christmas day): no service 

- 26 December (Boxing day): skeleton bus network operating daytime only. Trams operating from Meadowhall to Middlewood and Halfway 7am to 9pm.

27 and 28 December: Saturday timetable 

29 December: normal Sunday service 

30 December: Saturday timetable 

31 December (New Years Eve): Saturday timetable with early finish 

1 January (New Years Day): skeleton bus network operating daytime only. Trams running to Halfway, Middlewood, Meadowhall and Rotherham Parkgate during daytime. 

[Gormenghast]

Are the skeleton services for no-bodies or can anyone use them?

[Resident]

Don't forget the £2 fare cap also ends Dec 31st

[Andy C]

On 12/12/2024 at 16:26, Resident said:

Don't forget the £2 fare cap also ends Dec 31st

 

Yes, the annual fare change also comes in on 1 January. Generally an increase in ticket prices reflecting the ongoing increases in the cost of providing the service, there are also some ticket types withdrawn as part of a simplification drive although that doesn't impact Sheffield much. Note First bus usually do their pricing around March/April so their changes may come later.

 

PUBLISHED SO FAR:

Stagecoach Yorkshire info: Changes to fares from 1st January 2025 | Stagecoach

Travelmaster info: 2025 Ticket Changes | TravelMaster

 

New tram fares not published yet, we do know the South Yorkshire Mayor has chosen to end funding for the tram single fare cap (currently set at £2.80) so the longer distance single will return to full price.

 

ADULT SINGLES

The government subsidised fare cap (ie the maximum single fare special offer) increases from £2 to £3. (This is a cap not a flat fare so if the normal price is less than £3 then the normal price will be charged). Note with the single fare not being so super cheap anymore it is more likely an unlimited travel pass will work out cheaper if taking multiple rides or commuting regularly.

 

CHILD SINGLES

The Zoom card holder fare for under 18s that are subsidised by the South Yorkshire Mayor remains at just £1

 

YOUTH SINGLES

The fare for Zoom Beyond (18-21) cards will be £1.70 on Stagecoach buses. On buses this fare is also available to University students.

 

STAGECOACH DAYRIDER & MEGARIDER - unlimited travel passes for Stagecoach buses only

 

Silver tickets include all Stagecoach buses in South Yorkshire, Dronfield and Chesterfield

1 day: adult £6.50, child £4, group £20

evening rider: £4

flexi5 (pack of 5 day tickets):  adult £28

7 day: adult £22.50, child £11.90

28 day or xtra pay monthly: adult £81, child £42

 

TRAVELMASTER - unlimited travel passes that include all operators, with options that include tram and train

You can buy these tickets online at sytravelmaster.com, on the Travelmaster app or from the vending machines in bus interchanges. Weekly or longer tickets are loaded onto a smart card. Day tickets are also available from bus drivers and tram conductors as a paper ticket, weekly tickets can be loaded to a smart card by a bus driver or tram conductor but this is at a higher price than buying in advance and buses are cash only for weekly tickets (exact change may be required).

 

Citybus - all buses in Sheffield

1 day £5.90

flexi5 £25

7 day £22.70 (£21.50 in advance)

28 day £80.80

annual £931.10

 

Citywide - all buses in Sheffield plus Supertram

1 day £6.70

flexi5 £28.40

7 day £25.10  (23.10 in advance)

28 day £86.90

annual £1002.30

 

SY Bus - all buses in South Yorkshire

1 day £6.60

flexi5 £28

7 day £24.90 (£22.90 in advance)

28 day £86.40

annual £995

 

SY Connect - all buses in South Yorkshire plus Supertram

1 day £9.20

flexi5 £39.10

7 day £34.50 (£31.10 in advance)

28 day £116.80

annual £1333.40

 

SY Connect Plus - all buses, trams and local trains in South Yorkshire

also available to buy from the ticket office at staffed railway stations with day tickets sold by Northern's vending machines  at unstaffed stations too.

1 day £11.40

7 day £40.40

28 day £151.90

annual £1702.90

 

Getabout for Zoom card holders (child version of SY Connect)

1 day £3.30

7 day £12.50 (£11.20 in advance)

28 day £44.70

 

Getabout+ for Zoom card holders (child version of SY Connect+)

1 day £5.10

7 day £18.40

£28 day £74.20

[Stannington Lad]

I thought the £2 cap ended weeks ago?  I believe I've seen people paying £2.40 etc 

[RollingJ]

1 minute ago, Stannington Lad said:

I thought the £2 cap ended weeks ago?  I believe I've seen people paying £2.40 etc 

Nope - it ends on 31/12/2024. Which operators/services did you supposedly see this on?

[northernboy]

Thank you Andy C for the info, as always. It will be interesting to see what the single fares are. I was assuming that most £2 fares would go up to £3 but that would mean that a CityBus day ticket will cost less than two single fares, so maybe the increase will be less?

[RollingJ]

1 minute ago, northernboy said:

Thank you Andy C for the info, as always. It will be interesting to see what the single fares are. I was assuming that most £2 fares would go up to £3 but that would mean that a CityBus day ticket will cost less than two single fares, so maybe the increase will be less?

Don't quite see how you come to that conclusion - before the artificial cap was introduced, most 'multi-ride' tickets gave you a discount against buying the tickets singly?

[northernboy]

I seem to remember a day ticket being priced somewhere between 2 and 3 singles, but that might just be my error. Return tickets used to exist didn't they? 

[RollingJ]

19 minutes ago, northernboy said:

I seem to remember a day ticket being priced somewhere between 2 and 3 singles, but that might just be my error. Return tickets used to exist didn't they? 

As I have been using an ENTCS pass for over three years I haven't looked at ticket prices, but they are still listed on individual operators sites, and TSY (for 'all operator' ones), so you can check.

Yes, 'returns' did use exist, but day tickets kind of replaced them.