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    Sheffield Supertram & Tram Train news

    There seems to be confusion here between tram tickets and Travelmaster tickets. The new Travel South Yorkshire ticket app is to replace the Stagecoach app and website selling tram tickets and sells the same range of QR code tickets - tram only 1 day, 7 day and 28 day tickets plus one day...
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    Trivia: Are there any settlements that are served by trams but not buses?

    it depends how you are defining it but in Sheffield there are no buses operating on Park Grange Road, only the tram, however buses aren't too far away.
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    South Yorkshire Franchise Proposals

    Travelmaster stupidly expensive - you're having a laugh! A weekly Citybus ticket is £20.10 - that is just £2.87 a day.
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    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    To be fair whilst TM's fleet looks beat up and scruffy with some absolute bone shakers on the road, all are perfectly well maintained - you rarely actually see a broken down TM bus! The issue at TM seems to be not having enough buses available to run the full service - so many cancellations!
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    South Yorkshire Franchise Proposals

    I think you are right. Not only is that the way the political wind is blowing but from the operators point of view the dynamics post covid are much more difficult commercially - changed demand, rising operating costs, increasing traffic congestion, skint local authorities struggling to invest in...
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    Sheffield Supertram & Tram Train news

    The Stagecoach bus ticket structure for DayRider and MegaRider nationally is typically offering three levels - local - Silver - Gold each offering a different sized area of validity. In Sheffield Stagecoach bus don't actually offer a single operator ticket - passengers are sold the all operator...
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    Demand Responsive Transport

    The North East Derbyshire DRT scheme has now launched. "This service is for people who do not have access to an alternative bus service, or whose local journeys require them to change from one bus service to another. The operating area covers the districts of North East Derbyshire and...
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    Sheffield Supertram & Tram Train news

    actually the other way around - it has kept the single operator ticket prices ludicrously low to the point they were loss making. The all operator Citywide operator weekly ticket when introduced was cheaper than the First bus weekly ticket had been, First slashed their fares to similar levels...
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    Hulley's of Baslow

    I'm not sure it would. The problem it faced once demand started to increase post covid was regular and unpredictable closures of the snake pass, according to Hulleys when they announced the withdrawal. The full route from Sheffield to Manchester was long and poorly used but it did see lots of...
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    ZEBRA 2 Discussion

    Thanks for that, useful detail. So in South Yorkshire the buses for Stagecoach Rawmarsh depot to operate the Rotherham to Barnsley and Doncaster services are Yutong E12s and the ones for the Sheffield City Centre Connect service are E200EVs 1709477436 A bit about Derbyshire County Council bid...
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    Sheffield Supertram & Tram Train news

    If it helps, here is a list of adult tickets for the tram at present: Single journey - £2.40 or £2.80 depending on length of journey Tram Only DayRider - £5.40 (or £5 on the Stagecoach app) Tram Only MegaRider, 7 day £19.00 (or £17.50 on the Stagecoach website, on the Stagecoach app or from a...
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    Sheffield Supertram & Tram Train news

    A single operator ticket will logically offer a discount compared with the multi-operator ticket as they include less services, these cheaper tickets are something passengers benefit from when they can make use of them! You could abolish the single operator deals but the multi operator wouldn't...
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    Sheffield Supertram & Tram Train news

    The all operator tickets already exist. They aren't changing. The zones are Sheffield, Rotherham and South Yorkshire.
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    Sheffield Supertram & Tram Train news

    Why is having a cheaper option if you are loyal to Stagecoach silly? There are Travelmaster tickets that include all public transport regardless of operator too.
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    Sheffield Supertram & Tram Train news

    I'll get the pedantry out the way first - SYPTE doesn't exist, it has been replaced with SYMCA (South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority). To put simply, SYMCA own all the infrastructure and fleet and therefore they are responsible for financing any renewals. Stagecoach as the company holding...

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