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Why doesnt Sheffield have an all night bus/tram service? I dont see why the trams for instance cant run a once an hour service along the popular routes (ie. Blue + Yellow), same with the buses really, the Circulars should run constantly.

 

Im sure there are people out there who are willing to work at this time (as they do it elsewhere!).

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All other major cities manage to run a skeleton network of all night buses at least on Friday and Saturday nights, and in fact even Mansfield now has night buses, which Stagecoach have recently launched.

 

There must be demand for them, judging by the sheer volume of revellers fighting for a taxi come about midnight....

 

Not only that, if you arrive in Sheffield by train after 11:30pm after travelling long distance with luggage, you are faced with no public transport and a shortage of taxis.

 

Finally Shift workers who finish work late or who have to be at work really early have no option other than drive.

 

Some pubs and restaurants who employ younger staff who have no car and only a modest wage often pay for staff taxis for those who work until close, so if there was public transport it would save the businesses those costs - so economic benefits.

 

I have my suspicion that the reason First do not operate all night buses is not lack of demand, it is shortage of drivers.

 

In fact when you do see a lone bus driving round late at night, on a nightclub charter service, it is often a firm like TM Travel that have the contract to operate it.

 

Shame TM can't operate the 293 service at night....

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