Dearne Valley Route Changes
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Route by route guide to the new Dearne Valley Network from 26 January 2008 FROM 26 JANUARY 2008, There are a number of area guides available which provide more detail on timetables and route maps. STAGECOACH YORKSHIRE WILL These are available on bus, in travel information BE OPERATING A centres and to download from www.stagecoachbus.com/yorkshire. NEW LOOK BUS NETWORK Plus don’t forget to pick up a new Dearne Valley ACROSS THE DEARNE VALLEY, network map! EASILY IDENTIFIED BY THE BRAND Keep this leaflet handy and if you are in any doubt, NEW BUSES. or need more information please: • Pick up new timetables at Travel South Stagecoach Yorkshire is committed to improving your Yorkshire information centres in Barnsley local bus service by simplifying bus routes, refining Interchange, Doncaster Frenchgate and timetables and investing in more low-floor easy Rotherham Interchange or your local travel access vehicles. information centre Following Stagecoach Yorkshire’s investment in 16 • Download new timetables at new low floor easy access buses last year, we are www.travelsouthyorkshire.com investing almost £1.5 million in a further 13 brand • Call Traveline on 01709 515151 new vehicles all for the Dearne Valley. Soon you’ll be able to take advantage of these new low floor easy • Pick up a new Dearne Valley network map on access buses, which will feature the eye catching your Stagecoach bus, at your local Travel livery. information centre or download at www.stagecoachbus.com/yorkshire This leaflet is designed to provide you with a route by route list of the changes being made.That way if Stagecoach Yorkshire is committed to delivering a you travel on a specific bus route you’ll be able to reliable, clean and affordable service to you.We hope find details of all the changes that affect you. that you find a huge improvement in your services. What our changes mean to you • Simplified bus routes • Refined timetables for improved reliability • New low floor easy access buses on some routes • Re-numbering of certain services • Improved 10 minutes frequency on the busiest bus routes into Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster THE NETWORK 74 Doncaster – Sprotbrough – High Melton – Harlington – This table lists all the changes to your local bus network from Goldthorpe – Bolton – Mexborough 26 January 2008.The Dearne Link network features a number • Service withdrawn, but replaced by new services 224 and 225. of improvements, including service renumbering, timetable enhancements and changes to routes.To see if your bus service X92 is changing, just look for the bus number on the following Doncaster – Conisbrough – Denaby – Mexborough – Manvers – pages, if your bus service is not mentioned, it hasn’t changed. Wath – Rawmarsh – Parkgate – Rotherham – Meadowhall LOW FLOOR BUS Low floor easy access buses operate on the routes indicated. • Service withdrawn but replaced by new service 220 (except between We make every effort to provide easy access buses, however there may Rotherham and Meadowhall. Alternative bus and train services available be exceptional circumstances when we need to substitute another bus. between these points). New low floor buses are being introduced over the next few weeks. Changes to bus routes, timetables and service numbers: 108/109 LOW FLOOR BUS X19 Rotherham – Parkgate – Rawmarsh Circular Barnsley – Darfield – Goldthorpe – Scawsby – LOW FLOOR BUS Doncaster – Robin Hood Airport • Revised timetable to improve reliability with extra journeys operating during the morning and afternoon peak. • Minor timetable changes • Both services combine to provide a 5 minute daytime frequency between • Additional early morning journeys Monday to Saturday Rotherham, Parkgate and Rawmarsh High Street. • 108 evening service increased from hourly to every 20 minutes. 49 • 108 and 109 Sunday service will be increased from hourly to every 30 minutes, to provide a combined 15 minute frequency between Rotherham, Parkgate and Doncaster – Sprotbrough Rawmarsh High Street. • Service withdrawn, but replaced by new services 224 and 225. 149 64A Doncaster – Sprotbrough – High Melton Doncaster – Bentley – Arksey • Service withdrawn, but replaced by new services 224 and 225. • Minor timetable change:The 0725 journey, Monday to Friday from Doncaster will run 5 minutes earlier throughout arriving back in Doncaster at 0805. 218 65 Barnsley – Darfield – Goldthorpe – Bolton – Manvers – LOW FLOOR BUS Barnsley – Worsbrough – Hoyland – Darfield – Great Houghton Mexborough – Kilnhurst – Rawmarsh – Parkgate – • Following consultation with South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive the Rotherham evening and Sunday journeys on this route will be withdrawn.This is partially • All evening and Sunday journeys will now run 20 minutes earlier throughout to replaced by the extension on route 227. improve coordination with the new 221 service between Rotherham and Mexborough. 68/68A • Extra journey introduced to and from Rotherham on Saturday mornings. Barnsley – Aldham House – Wombwell – Darfield – Great Houghton • Minor route and timetable changes to improve reliability. 220 • Journeys via Billingley will operate direct to Great Houghton via Rotherham – Parkgate – Rawmarsh – Wath – Manvers – LOW FLOOR BUS West Kirk Lane rather than Middlecliffe Lane, serving Middlecliffe on the return journey to Barnsley. Mexborough – Denaby – Conisbrough – Doncaster • New service replacing the old X92, running every 30 minutes. 69 • Revised timetable to improve reliability, no longer serving Meadowhall. Barnsley – Aldham House – Wombwell – Darfield • Extra early morning journeys introduced. • Combined with services 221 and 229, buses will operate up to every 10 • Minor route and timetable changes to improve reliability. minutes between Swinton (Woodman Roundabout) and Rotherham • In Darfield buses will operate in a new one way loop from Upperwood Road via Interchange. Barnsley Road, Saltersbrook Road, Bellbrooke Avenue, Rose Avenue, Edderthorpe • Combined with services 221 and 222, buses will operate up to every 10 Lane, Saltersbrook Road, Nanny Marr Road, Illsley Road, Morrison Road, Bly Road minutes between Denaby, Conisbrough and Doncaster. and Barnsley Road back to Upperwood Road. 221 226 Rotherham – Parkgate – Rawmarsh – Swinton – LOW FLOOR BUS Barnsley – Wombwell – Brampton – West Melton – LOW FLOOR BUS Mexborough – Windhill – Denaby – Conisbrough – Manvers – Bolton – Goldthorpe – Thurnscoe Doncaster • Route and timetable changes. • New service replacing the old 288 and 289, running every 30 minutes. • Buses will now operate between Barnsley and Thurnscoe only, therefore no • Revised timetable to improve reliability. longer serving Great Houghton. • Additional journeys introduced during peak times to and from Doncaster. • In Thurnscoe buses will follow a one way loop from Shepherd Lane via • Extra early morning journeys introduced. Houghton Road, Merrill Road, Lingamore Leys, School Street and • Combined with services 220 and 229, buses will operate up to every 10 Houghton Road back to Shepherd Lane. minutes between Swinton (Woodman Roundabout) and Rotherham • Between Brampton and West Melton buses will operate via Pontefract Road, Interchange. Barnsley Road, Grove Road, Edward Road, Masefield Road, Christchurch Road, • Combined with services 220 and 222, buses will operate up to every 10 Brampton Road and Melton High Street, rather than via the length of minutes between Denaby, Conisbrough and Doncaster. Brampton Road which will be covered by service 229. • Evening and Sunday frequency reduced to hourly. • Up to every 30 minutes. 227 222 Rotherham – Greasbrough – Wentworth – Elsecar – Hoyland LOW FLOOR BUS Barnsley – Wombwell – Brampton – West Melton – • Evening and Sunday journeys will extend to Barnsley from Hoyland via Jump, Wath – Swinton – Mexborough – Denaby – Wombwell, Aldham House and Barnsley. Conisbrough – Doncaster • Revised timetable to improve reliability, now up to every 30 minutes. 228 • Now serves the Denaby and Conisbrough estates providing new links to Barnsley and more buses to Doncaster from these areas. Barnsley – Wombwell – Brampton – West Melton – Wath – • In Wath all journeys will operate via Newhill rather than Burman Road. Rawmarsh – Parkgate – Rotherham – Meadowhall • Combined with services 220 and 221, buses will operate up to every 10 • Service withdrawn but replaced by revised services 220, 222 and 229 (except minutes between Denaby, Conisbrough and Doncaster. between Rotherham and Meadowhall. Alternative bus and train services available • Evening and Sunday journeys no longer serve the Aldham House Estate, this will between these points). be replaced by the extension to route 227. 229 223 Barnsley – Wombwell – Brampton – West Melton – LOW FLOOR BUS Wath – Rawmarsh – Parkgate – Rotherham Barnsley – Wombwell – Brampton – West Melton – Wath – Swinton – Mexborough – Denaby – Conisbrough – Doncaster • Route and timetable changes to improve reliability, no longer serving Meadowhall. • Service withdrawn, but replaced by improved service 222 and revised 229. • Between Brampton and West Melton buses will operate direct via Brampton Road.The Masefield Road area will be covered by service 226. • Combined with services 220 and 221, buses will operate up to every 10 224 minutes between Swinton (Woodman Roundabout) and Rotherham LOW FLOOR BUS Interchange. Doncaster – Sprotbrough – High Melton – • Up to every 30 minutes Harlington – Goldthorpe – Bolton – Mexborough • New service replacing the old 74, now up to every 30 minutes. 288 • Additional peak time journeys