Stagecoach Sheffield

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parent = Stagecoach Group
founded = 2006
headquarters = Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
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service_area = Sheffield
service_type = Bus
hubs = Sheffield, Crystal Peaks, Sheffield Interchange, Meadowhall Interchange, Woodhouse, Halfway
stations = Sheffield Interchange, Meadowhall
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fleet = Optare Solo Volvo B10M Alexander Dennis Trident Alexander Dennis Pointer Volvo Olympian Leyland Olympian
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operator = Stagecoach Group
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website = [http://www.stagecoachbus.com/sheffield/ Official Website]

Stagecoach Sheffield Ltd is a bus operator based in Sheffield, England, a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group. It was formed from the Sheffield based operations of the Yorkshire Traction Group, purchased by Stagecoach in 2005. Most bus services in Sheffield are operated by Stagecoach Sheffield or First South Yorkshire.

Stagecoach Sheffield services are marketed alongside the Sheffield Supertram, operated by Stagecoach since 1997. Stagecoach Sheffield also operate the related SupertramLink bus.

History

The Yorkshire Traction Group was a large independent bus operator that had grown out of bus deregulation in the UK. The Yorkshire Traction company had been privatised in 1987 as one of the National Bus Company, and from its base in Barnsley, as the Traction Group had gone on to expand its operations across West Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Tayside, as well as buying up small operators in Sheffield.

Yorkshire Terrier was an independant post-deregulation bus company that had been formed in 1988 operating in Sheffield, and had also expanded itself with aquisition of some smaller operators within Sheffield.

In 1995, Terrier was bought by the Traction Group, and by 1998 all of their combined operations in Sheffield had been brought under the Terrier green and white identity (although trading as Andrews of Sheffield, one of Traction's Sheffield acquisitions).

On 14 December 2005 Stagecoach Group purchased the Yorkshire Traction Group, and by May 2006 the Terrier fleet was being converted into the Stagecoach Sheffield indentity. [ [http://www.stagecoachbus.com/sheffield/aboutus.html Official Stagecoach Sheffield site, About Us page, accessed 9 September 2008] ]

Fleet

In June 2006, fourteen new buses arrived in Sheffield and entered service in July. These included ten brand new Dennis Dart SLF vehicles with pink "Route 88" branding, plus four other Dart SLFs from Stagecoach Manchester. Buses on routes 52, 83 and 120 also received the new branding, in sky-blue, blue and lime green respectively.Fact|date=September 2007

Commencing in Easter 2007, a batch of 25 MAN 18.240 buses with Alexander Dennis ALX300 bodywork arrived at the Ecclesfield depot to work the 83 and 88 routes. 30 were ordered for Sheffield, to displace the 10 Darts new in June onto other routes, but the last 5 were diverted to Barnsley for the Stagecoach Yorkshire fleet (subsequently receiving branding for Service 11). Therefore the Darts remained in operation on Service 88. These allowed the ageing Volvo B6 buses to be withdrawn, making the Sheffield fleet entirely low-floor.Fact|date=September 2007

tagecoach in Sheffield

Services & Routes

*25 Woodhouse - Manor - City - Woodseats - Bradway
*29 Sheffield Interchange - Chapeltown - Penistone - Upper Denby
*43/44 Flat Street - Woodseats - Dronfield Woodhouse - Chesterfield
*50 Sheffield Interchange - Manor - Birley - Eckington - Chesterfield
*52 Woodhouse (Cross St) - Darnall - City - University - Broomhill - Hillsborough
*57/58 Sheffield Interchange - Hillsborough - Middlewood(57)/Worrall(58) - Oughtibridge - Deepcar - Stocksbridge - Holmfirth
*83 Ecclesfield Common - Parson Cross - Southey Green - Pitsmoor - City - Hunter's Bar - Bents Green
*88 Bents Green - Hunter's Bar - City - Northern General Hospital - Ecclesfield Common - Chapeltown - High Green
*120 Halfway - Crystal Peaks - Manor - City - Hallamshire Hospital - Ranmoor - Crimicar Lane
*123 Crystal Peaks - Manor - City - University - Walkley Village - Walkley
*253 Flat Street - Woodseats - Dronfield - Marsh Lane - Eckington - Crystal Peaks
*265 Sheffield Interchange - Chapeltown - Barnsley
*727 Sheffield Interchange - Woodseats - Whittington Moor - Chesterfield

Stagecoach in Mansfield operates route 53 from Sheffield Interchange to Mansfield

upertramLink

Stagecoach Sheffield operates the SupertramLink bus that extends the Stagecoach Supertram yellow line northwards during the day. The service runs from the Middlewood park and ride site at the northern yellow line terminus, to Stocksbridge town approximately 5 miles away, via Oughtibridge and the A6102. It is operated as a high frequency limited stop service, using Optare Solo midibuses in Supertram livery, linked to the tram control room. [ [http://www.supertram.com/supertramlink.html SupertramLink bus official site, accessed 9 September 2008] ]

See also

* List of bus operators of the United Kingdom

References

External links

* [http://www.stagecoachbus.com/sheffield/ Stagecoach Sheffield official site]
* [http://www.supertram.com/supertramlink.html SupertramLink bus official site]