Catch the Bus Month 2024
September is Catch the Bus Month
An initiative set up to ensure everyone has access to public transport. This year’s theme is accessibility.
Buses ensure access to life’s opportunities, including for those of us who are older, younger, disabled or experiencing physical or mental health issues.
Not only are buses great for improving health and wellbeing, they are also great for the environment and perfect for connecting communities.
We know that for some of our customers, travelling by bus can be a little daunting, so we’ve been working with many disability groups around the UK to design some journey assistance cards that you can show your driver as a way of discretely asking for a little extra help if you’d rather not ask them out loud.
If you don’t have access to a printer you can take a screen grab of the Extra Help To Travel card (Journey assistance card) on your mobile phone and show this to the driver instead.
You can download our Extra Help to travel cards (Journey assistance cards) here
Have you thought about switching to bus travel? Now could be the perfect time to start…
It’s never been easier or more affordable to catch the bus with the £2 single fare cap
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Travel Alerts
120 | Streetfields closure
Streetfields has been closed for unannounced road works.
120 services are diverted via Station Road to / from Halfway terminus until further notice.
82 | Greystones Road closure
Greystones Road has been closed for unannounced road works.
82 services are diverted via Ecclesall Road & Ringinglow Road in both directions until further notice.
120/120K | Talbot Street closure
Talbot Street is currently closed for works.
120/120K services are diverted via Granville Road until further notice.
73 & 95 - Sheffield Lane
Sheffield Lane, closed by unannounced Northern Power grid works.
INBOUND services from the Plough roundabout diverted via Highfield Lane & Poplar Way (Morrisons).
Outbound services are unaffected.
Works will complete by 20th September.
73 & 95 - Orgreave lane
Orgreave Lane closed by unannounced SCC roadworks.
Each day (0900-1600)
inbound to Sheffield to continue along Rotherham Road, turning left at the end onto Retford Road, then your next right onto Badger Hill Road, then the next right onto Handsworth Grange Road, at the junction turn left onto Handsworth Road, onto normal route.
Works will complete by 13th September.
73 & 95 Services - Main Street, Catclife
Wednesday 11th until Friday 13th September (1900-0200) for three nights
Main Street & the Plough roundabout, Catcliffe will be closed for resurfacing works.
Services diverted via Whitehill Lane, New Brinsworth Road, Wood Lane, Europa Link, Poplar Way (Morrisons) & Highfield Spring in both directions
We are unable to serve Treeton.
Horse Fair Green - 387, 387A, 384A
00:00 Monday 6th May 2024 Until Further Notice
Horse Fair Green will be closed, we will be unable to serve Thorne Marketplace during the closure.
Services are diverting via A614, services that serve South Common on the outbound journey will divert via Ellison Street, Texaco Garage.
All other services are to follow the road round to the exit from the Marketplace to resume the normal route.
The 384a service will have to use South Common to turn around.
Field Road, Thorne - 387, 481
Monday 22nd July until Monday 30th September
Due to water pipe renewal work Field Road in Thorne will be closed.
OUTBOUND :- Normal route to Thorne Market, diverting via 387a route around the South Common, King Edward Road, to normal route.
INBOUND :- Diverting via The junction of St. Nicholas Road, Church Street, normal route.
September service changes
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From 1 September, we will be introducing several service changes across South Yorkshire - increasing reliability and connecting more areas across the region.
Following on from our customer consultation period, we have made amendments to our initial proposed changes, as you as passengers are at the heart of everything we do at First Bus, and we want to keep providing a service you can rely on throughout South Yorkshire.
Please read below for all the information, you can also see timetables by clicking >> here.
Got a question? Come and see us at our community days, find out more >> here.
Sheffield changes:
| Service number | Route | Changes |
| 1 - replaced by service 75 | High Green - City Centre |
First Bus will no longer operate the 1 service. During the evening and all-day Sunday's. Service 75 will operate to High Green on an hourly service during the evenings and every 30 minutes during the day on Sunday. 75/76 route maps can be found >> here. |
| 1a - replaced by services 47/48/75/76 | Chapeltown - Herdings |
Service 1a will no longer operate. Herdings - City will be replaced by new services 47 and 48. City to Firth Park will be served by new services 47/48 and 75/76. Ecclesfield and Chapeltown will be replaced with service 75. 75/76 route maps can be found >> here. 47/48 route maps can be found >> here. |
| 8/8a | Ecclesfield - Birley |
One bus per hour will operate to Dyke Vale Road, instead of Birley Tram stop. Both routes will continue to operate every 30 minutes between Ecclesfield and Thornbridge Drive. Sunday daytime service on service 8 will be increased to operate hourly. |
| 11 - replaced by service 47/48 | City Centre - Herdings |
Service 11 will no longer operate. Herdings will now be served by 47/48. All journeys on services 47/48 will operate via East Bank Rd. Heeley Green will be served by services 18 and 252 (TM Travel service) - providing a co-ordinated 15-minute service. During the evenings and all-day Sunday, service 73 will be re-routed to serve Heeley, providing a co-ordinated hourly service with the 18a. Service 47/48 route map available >> here. |
| 18/18a | Sheffield - Norton Lees - Manor Top - Meadowhall - Hillsborough |
Service 18 will be increased in frequency to operate every 30 mins between City, Heeley Green and Norton Lees. Between Meadowhall and Firth Park Margate Drive will no longer be served. Service 18a will continue to serve Margate Drive and a revised timetable will be introduced to provide a combined hourly service between City and Heeley Green, during the evenings and all-day Sunday. |
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Service 41 - replaced by new service 73 |
Dyke Vale Rd - Sheffield Circular |
Service 41 will no longer operate. Dyke Vale Rd will be served by new service 8a. Eastern Ave will be served by the new service 70 (TM Travel service), and revised route during evenings and Sundays on First Bus service 73. Service 73 route map, available >> here. |
| *New service 47/48 | Shiregreen - Herdings Circular via City Centre |
These new services will operate from Shiregreen, serving Gregg House Rd, Hartley Brook Rd and Sicey Ave - via Firth Park, Firth Park Rd, Firvale, Burngreave, City Centre East Bank Rd, Newfield Green, Hemsworth and Herdings. From Newfield Green service 47 will operate via Gleadless Rd, Leighton Rd, Raeburn Rd, Constable Rd, and Blackstock Rd. Service 48 will operate in the opposite direction via Blackstock Rd, Constable Rd, Raeburn Rd, Leighton Rd, Gleadless Rd. The combined frequency will be every 10 minutes during the daytime. Click for route maps >> here. |
| 51 | Lodge Moor - Charnock | A new timetable will be introduced, including an earlier departure from Charnock at 0500. |
| 52a | Woodhouse - Loxley | New timetable to be introduced, including a Sunday daytime service for Wisewood and Loxley. |
| 56 | Nether Edge - Wybourn |
During the daytime (Mon-Sat), buses will be extended from Wybourn to Manor Park, serving Manor Park Crescent. In Wybourn, buses will continue to operate the one-way loop. |
| 73 - largely replaced by service 70 and 95 | Rotherham - Sheffield City Centre via Treeton |
Monday - Saturday daytime journeys will be withdrawn and will be replaced by service 70 (operated by TM Travel) and 95. Remaining Mon-Sat, late evening and Sunday journeys will operate via Heeley Green and Arbourthorne, between Sheffield and Manor Top. Click for 73 maps >> here. |
| 75 |
Jordanthorpe - City - Chapeltown via Woodseats and Firth Park |
Between Batemoor and the City Centre, the route will remain unchanged. In North Sheffield, this service will be revised to operate via Rock Street, Pitsmoor, Firvale, Northern General Hospital, Hucklow Rd, Bellhouse Rd and Hartley Brook Road. Buses will split to operate via Ecclesfield Village to Chapeltown. Find route maps >> here. |
| 75a | Jordanthorpe - City - Foxhill via Woodseats and Firth Park |
Service 75a will operate via Lindsey Ave, Bucannon Rd, Parson Cross Asda, Cowper Ave to Foxhill. During the daytime (Mon-Fri, services will be every 15 mins (every 30 mins to Chapeltown and every 30 mins to Foxhill) Find route maps >> here. |
| 76/76a | Lowedges - City - Meadowhall via Firth Park |
Service 76/76a will replace the 95/95a service between City, Firth Park, Wincobank and Meadowhall. Find route maps >> here |
| 76e | Lowedges - City - Meadowhall via Woodseats - Firth Park |
Service 76e will operate via Sandstone Rd and Fife Street, serving all of Wincobank every hour. *This service will operate in the evenings only. Find route maps >> here. |
| 81/82 | Stannington - Dore / Hall Park Head - Millhouses) |
Service 81: A new timetable will be introduced to provide a regular combined 15 min service. Service 82 will be revised to serve Greystones, from Ecclesall Rd South, buses will run via Greystones Rd, High Storrs School, Hoober Ave, Knowle Ave, returning via Dobcroft Rd, Bents Green and Greystones Rd. |
| 95 | (Walkley - Meadowhall via Sheffield Interchange) |
The service will operate between Walkley, City Centre, Parkway Markets, Handsworth, Waverley, Treeton, Catcliffe, Brinsworth, Canklow and Rotherham - partly replacing services 73 and X54. |
| 95/95s/95b/95a |
New services 95: Walkley - Rotherham via Sheffield - Treeton 95s: Walkley - Rotherham via Sheffield City Centre - Treeton 95b: Walkley - Crystal Peaks via Sheffield centre 95a: Walkley - Crystal Peaks via Sheffield City Centre - Aston |
95a/95b Services will run from Walkley to Arundel gate in Sheffield City Centre via Commonside, and University of Sheffield. From City Centre, buses will continue to Crystal Peaks, running via Sheffield Parkway, Asda in Handsworth, Richmond Park Rd. 95a will continue via Orgreave, Swallownest, Aston and Beighton to Crystal Peaks 95b will continue via Woodhouse Village, Beighton to Crystal Peaks - both services will operate approx. hourly. Click for route maps >> here. |
| Service 97/98 | Hillsborough - Totley/Totley Brook |
A new timetable will be introduced. Mon-Fri early morning AM peak time journey will stay from Netherthorpe, Brook Hill and run via Commonside, Walkley, Walkley Lane to Hillsborough, before continuing onto Totley/Totley Brook. Some Monday to Friday PM peak early evening journeys will terminate at Hillsborough, continuing via Walkley Lane, Walkley, Commonside and terminate at Nethethorpe Brook Hill. |
| 120/120K | Halfway-Fullwood - Fulwood - Crystal Peaks/Killamarsh | A new timetable will be introduced to provide a better coordination with Stagecoach 120 services. |
| 655 | School service Woodhouse and Aston | This service will now be operated by Keats Travel. |
Rotherham changes:
| Service Number | Route | Changes |
| 115/116 | Rotherham - East Herringthorpe | A new timetable will be introduced to improve punctuality. |
| 139/142 | (Rotherham - Kimberworth Park Circular) | A new timetable will be introduced, including some additional Saturday evening journeys. |
| X5 | Sheffield - Dinnington |
A new timetable introduced on a Saturday. The new service 95a will provide additional capacity between Sheffield, Handsworth, Orgreave, Swallownest and Aston - additionally serving Worksop Rd, Aughton Lane, Mason Ave, and Wesley Ave in Aston. |
| 207/208 *Partly replacing services 608 and 73 | Sheffield - Whiston/Brinsworth |
All journeys will operate as service 207, with most journeys running from Worry Goose Island via Rotherham Hospital to Rotherham. During school time journeys, the service will serve Whiston village, partly replacing service 608 (previously operated by Keats). Howarth Rd will be served in Brinsworth, partly replacing service 73. *208 number will no longer exist, as these journeys will run as 207 only. |
| 601 - new school service | Thomas Rotherham College | A new 601 service will be introduced between Maltby and Rotherham, running via the X1 route from the Queen's Hotel to Brecks, before continuing to Rotherham via Moorgate Rd, serving Thomas Rotherham College. |
| X1/X2 | Sheffield / Meadowhall / Rotherham / Maltby / Doncaster | A new timetable to improve punctuality. |
Doncaster changes
| Service Number | Route | Changes |
| 315 | Doncaster - Edlington Circular | A new timetable will be introduced to improve punctuality. |
| X3 | Doncaster - Sheffield |
A new timetable will be introduced to improve punctuality. |
| 316 | Balby - Doncaster |
A new timetable will be introduced. The Mon-Fri journey from Balby - Doncaster at 0820, will replaced by a new journey on service X2. |
| 341/341a | Doncaster - Scawsby Circular | A revised timetable will be introduced to provide better co-ordination with Stagecoach service X19. |
| 350/351/352 | Doncaster - Skellow/Doncaster - Carcroft | Minor changes will be made to Sunday journeys to improve punctuality. |
| 358 | Doncaster West Bessacar | A new timetable will be introduced to improve punctuality |
| 364/364a | Doncaster - Arksey Circular | A new timetable will be introduced to improve punctuality. |
| 365 | Doncaster - Wheatley Hills | A new timetable will be introduced to improve punctuality |
| 371/372/373 | Doncaster - Balby via Hexthorpe | A new timetable will be introduced to improve punctuality. |
| 384/384a | Doncaster - Thorne | A new timetable will be introduced to improve punctuality |
| 387/387a/388 | Doncaster - Moorends | A new timetable to be introduced to improve punctuality |
| 552 | Sir Thomas Wharton School | We will operate a morning journey between Woodfield and Sir Thomas Wharton School in Edlington. |
272 and 772 revised timetable from 17 June
*ROUTE NOW BACK TO NORMAL!
From 17 June until 13 September the road to Brough will be closed to enable repairs to a wall, this means our service 272 will not be able to serve Bradwell during the closure. An alternative timetable will be in operation during this period.
Our 772 service to Hope Valley College will also be affected during this time period, and will operate via Tideswell crossroads, following a revised timetable.
For 272 timetables, please click >> here. For 772 timetables, please click >> here.