Travel South Yorkshire
# Travel South Yorkshire

Travel South Yorkshire (TSY) is the passenger information brand used by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) in England. It was originally formed in 1974 as South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE), which was the passenger transport executive for South Yorkshire. SYPTE used the Travel South Yorkshire brand from 2006 until is dissolution in 2023, when it was transferred to the SYMCA along with all its assets and duties. SYMCA is the integrated transport authority responsible for making and delivering transport policies in South Yorkshire.

## History

### South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

The South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) was founded in April 1974. From its foundation until 1994 it ran virtually all bus services in the county. From 1986 until 1993, buses were operated by an arms length company, South Yorkshire Transport, until a management buyout created the bus operating company Mainline Group. Shortly after Stagecoach purchased a 20% stake in the company, however this was sold in 1995 to FirstBus.

### Re-branding as Travel South Yorkshire

The South Yorkshire public transport network, of which SYPTE is a key deliverer of passenger services, was re-branded as Travel South Yorkshire in 2006. Changes included the introduction of the YourNextBus scheme on all stops as well as the addition LED departure boards on the town's most often run routes at certain stops.

### SYPTE dissolusion and transfer to SYMCA

On 1 April 2023, the executive was legally dissolved via an order made under the Transport Act 1985, with all of its functions and assets being transferred to South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority. The Travel South Yorkshire brand is still used as the customer facing brand for its transport services.

## Operations

### Infrastructure and travel interchanges

Travel South Yorkshire is responsible for all the bus stops, shelters and bus interchanges in the county, along with park & ride sites. It also is responsible for the Sheffield Supertram network infrastructure.

Travel South Yorkshire's interchanges at Sheffield, Arundel Gate in Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster, Hillsborough and Dinnington provide information and advice about public transport in South Yorkshire. From these interchanges, information can be obtained and a range of multi-modal (TravelMaster) tickets can be bought from self-serve vending machines. Other travel passes which were previously available at 'Information Centre' desks at these interchanges are now only available from the Travel South Yorkshire website or over the phone from Traveline.

### Timetable information

Travel South Yorkshire provides timetable information for all bus and train services within South Yorkshire. This can be found at stops, in the form of timetable leaflets, information on the web and a telephone enquiry service called Traveline.

### Ticketing and concessions

Travel South Yorkshire sells a range of multi-modal tickets on behalf of the public transport operators of South Yorkshire, including countywide Travelmaster tickets. These are generally in the form of smart card tickets and are commercial products which do not receive a subsidy. It also administers the concessionary travel schemes for young people and students, senior citizens and the mobility impaired.

### Transport services

It is responsible for various public transport services in the county, including various subsidised bus services.

## Bus

### Bus services

Since 1994, most bus routes in South Yorkshire have been operated by private companies. These include First, Stagecoach, TM Travel, and Hulleys of Baslow.

### Bus interchanges

Travel South Yorkshire operate thirteen bus interchanges, many of which have been newly built or refurbished in the early 2000s. These bus interchanges provide a hub for local, regional and sometimes national bus and coach services, and in some locations also provide an interchange facility onto light rail and heavy rail services.

* Adwick Interchange
* Arundel Gate Interchange ( Castle Square, 150m)
* Barnsley Interchange
* Crystal Peaks bus station
* Dinnington Interchange
* Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange
* Grimethorpe Interchange
* Hillsborough Interchange
* Manor Top Interchange
* Meadowhall Interchange
* Mexborough Interchange ( Mexborough, 300m)
* Rotherham Interchange ( Rotherham Central, 200m)
* Sheffield Interchange ( Sheffield, 150m)

### Trolleybus

In 1985, the SYPTE purchased an Alexander RH bodied Dennis Dominator trolleybus with a view to reintroducing a trolleybus network. A one mile section on Sandall Beat Road alongside Doncaster Racecourse was wired. However with deregulation in 1986, the project was shelved.

## Rail

### Routes

Stations in italics are located outside of the South Yorkshire CMA area.

Notes:

    $^A$ – Station is located in West Yorkshire, but TSY multi-modal TravelMaster tickets are valid to and from these railway stations.

### Opened and re-opened stations

Eleven new stations were opened by SYPTE between 1983 and 1993. Many of these were re-opened former stations previously closed in the 1960s under the Beeching cuts, but not all; Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe were entirely new stations, Rotherham Central was built to replace the closing Rotherham Masborough which was further away from Rotherham town centre, and Meadowhall Interchange was built to serve the new Meadowhall Shopping Centre. Rotherham Parkgate, the terminus of the Sheffield Supertram tram-train pilot scheme from Sheffield city centre, opened in October 2018.

* 1983 – Silkstone Common
* 1984 – Chapeltown (station re-sited)
* 1987 – Rotherham Central
* 1988 – Goldthorpe; Thurnscoe
* 1989 – Dodworth
* 1990 – Meadowhall Interchange; Swinton
* 1991 – Kirk Sandall
* 1992 – Bentley
* 1993 – Adwick
* 2018 – Rotherham Parkgate

## Awards

### National Transport Awards

* Integrated Transport Authority of the Year (2013).
* Technology Award for the GetThereSooner project.
* Rail Station of the Year.
* Joe Clarke Passenger Transport Authority of the Year.

### Institution of Highways and Transportation Awards

* IHT/Mouchel Parkman Accessibility Award for Sheffield Station.

### Yorkshire Renaissance Awards

* Rail Project Award for Sheffield Station.

### UK Bus Awards

* Local Authority Bus Project of the Year Award for Sheffield Bus Partnership (2013).
* Making Buses a Better Choice Award for Sheffield Bus Partnership (2013).

### Secure Stations Scheme

* Crime Prevention charity Crime Concern’s Award for Meadowhall Interchange, Swinton and Adwick.

TravelWise Awards

* Best Travel Awareness Event Award for Carbon Quids campaign.

Institution of Civil Engineers’ Yorkshire & Humber Awards

* Award for Excellence for Barnsley Interchange.

Light Rail Awards

* Project of the Year Award for the £3m Supertram revamp.

Rail Business Awards

* Station Excellence Award for Rotherham Central station.

Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards

* Most Innovative Service Delivery Model Award for Sheffield Bus Partnership.
