With only a week to go until Christmas, passengers are being asked to check public transport timetable arrangements over the festive period as there will be some changes to buses, local trains and trams.
They can find out about these changes in a variety of ways, these include:
- logging on to journey planner on the Travel South Yorkshire website – travelsouthyorkshire.com
- calling the public transport telephone service Traveline on 01709 51 51 51
- picking up a ‘Christmas timetable information leaflet’ from any Travel South Yorkshire Information Centre.
Staff at Traveline and at the Information Centres are able to offer full timetable information for buses, local trains and trams. However specific times of last buses and trams on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve will be available nearer the time.
Over Christmas, Traveline will be open everyday except for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. There will also be reduced opening times on the following days: Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, when it will close at 1900 and on Boxing Day the operating hours will be 0800 to 1600.
All Information Centres will follow the normal opening times, however they will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Information Centres at Sheffield , Meadowhall , Barnsley and Doncaster Frenchgate will close at 5pm on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
Over the Christmas and New Year period Senior Citizen passes and Off-Peak TravelMasters will be valid all day on buses, trams and Northern Rail and East Midlands Trains between Thursday 27 December and Monday 31 December.
Details of bus, local train and tram services:
Christmas Eve - Monday 24 December 2007
Buses - Saturday service, operating until approx 1900
Trams - Weekday service but with early finish at approx 1900
Trains - Weekday service, but with early finish at approx 2000
Christmas Day - Tuesday 25 December 2007
Buses - No services
Trams - No services
Trains - No services
Boxing Day - Wednesday 26 December 2007
Buses – No services, except service 707 Doncaster to Robin Hood airport, which will be running a Sunday service
Trams – Yellow service between Middlewood and Meadowhall every 20 mins. Blue service between Halfway and Meadowhall via Cathedral also every 20 mins. Both lines will operate between 0730 and 1930
Trains – No services
Thursday 27 December 2007
Buses – Saturday service with a few exceptions. Visit travelsouthyorkshire.com or call Traveline for more details
Trams – Saturday service
Trains – Weekday service with a few early morning withdrawals
Friday 28 December 2007
Buses – Saturday service with a few exceptions. Visit travelsouthyorkshire.com or call Traveline for more details
Trams – Saturday service
Trains – Weekday service
Saturday 29 December 2007
Buses – Normal Saturday service
Trams – Normal Saturday service
Trains – Normal Saturday service
Sunday 30 December 2007
Buses – Normal Sunday service
Trams – Normal Sunday service
Trains – Normal Sunday service
New Year's Eve - Monday 31 December 2007
Buses – Saturday service however there will be an early finish approx 1900
Trams – Saturday service with early finish approx 2000
Trains – Weekday service with early finish from approx 2000
New Year's Day - Tuesday 1 January 2008
Buses – No bus service except service 707 Doncaster to Robin Hood Airport which will run a Sunday service
Trams – Blue and Yellow routes are the only routes running. They will run every 20 mins between 1000 and 1800
Trains – Weekday service with a few early morning withdrawals
Wednesday 2 January 2008
Buses – Weekday service
Trams – Weekday service
Trains – Weekday service