Agenda item
South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive - Update
Presentation on proposed Bus Service Changes by First South Yorkshire currently in consultation.
Minutes:
Nathan Broadhead, Bus Partnership and Development Manager, SYPTE, gave the following powerpoint presentation:-
Commercial Bus Network Changes January 2020
Proposals
- Changes planned from the weekend of 25th/26th January, 2020
- Commercial changes from First, Stagecoach and Powells
- No PTE contract changes
- Public consultations carried out by First and Stagecoach
- Stagecoach changes are Barnsley/Chesterfield. Only minor timetable changes affecting Rotherham and X6 to serve Waverley housing estate
First Commercial Proposals
Following consultation the following has been submitted to SYPTE:-
Service |
Original Proposal (as per consultation) |
Consultation Outcome |
113 |
Service withdrawn |
Service withdrawn but following consultation feedback, • Service 10 will be reintroduced hourly between Maltby, Rotherham Hospital and Rotherham via Broom Valley. • The service will not serve Sunnyside. Service 10 will only operate hourly between Doncaster and Maltby with no service operating via Stainton
|
116 |
Frequency change to operate every 30 minutes |
Change postponed and subject to further review
|
22A/22C |
Frequency change to operate 20 minutes at peak times, every 40 minutes each way during daytime
|
Change to be implemented |
X1/X10 |
Service X1 to operate 4 buses an hour Rotherham to Maltby, with 2 buses per hour extending to Sheffield via Meadowhall. Service X10 to operate 2 buses per hour Meadowhall-Rotherham-Maltby-Doncaster
|
Following feedback 4 buses per hour will extend to Sheffield, with 2 buses per hour terminating in Rotherham. Service X10 will divert via Markfield Drive. |
208 |
Service diverted to also cover Wickersley |
Change postponed and subject to review
|
74 |
Service rerouted to Operate Rotherham, Brinsworth, Meadowhall, Sheffield |
Change postponed and subject to further review |
Powells Commercial Proposals
- Service X7 - Revised route to operate via Grange Lane/Salisbury Road in both directions (following customer requests)
- Parkgate Shopper – replaced with the extension of service 4 beyond Rotherham to Parkgate
- Service 4 – Revised route from Ravenfield Common/Markfield Drive via Wickersley – Brecks – Worrygoose Roundabout – Broom Lane – Beaconsfield Road – Broom Valley Road – Rotherham Interchange – Parkgate (replacing the current PSS shuttle). This partially replaces the commercial cancellation by First SY of service 113. Loss of link to Dalton and bus along Magna Lane
- Service 18 - Hellaby – Dinnington section reduced to hourly
- Minor timetable changes on the Doncaster – Hellaby section which remains half hourly
- Route in Maltby reverts to Rotherham Road rather than Dale Hill Road
- Withdrawal of the peak journeys to and from Dinnington that currently serve Dinnington School.
Network Gaps
113 – Parts of Bramley & Woodlaithes Village
- Very low usage – average of 10 per journey
- Surveys of the busiest trips shows
• 71% can use X1, X10 or 4 for the same journey
• 16% will have to change buses
• 13% have a longer than 400m walk to make the same journey
- Revenue support for PTE exceeds maximum spend per passenger. No plans to fund a replacement for Woodlaithes. Community Transport is already funded
Powells Service 4 – Magna Lane (Dalton)
- Very low usage – but mainly elderly/limited mobility
- Most households are within 600m walk to service 116 and X78
- Revenue support for PTE exceeds maximum spend per passenger. No plans to fund a replacement for Magna Lane. Community Transport is already funded
Discussion ensued with the following issues raised/clarified:-
· X10/X1- there would be 6 buses a hour between Rotherham and Maltby; 4 would continue to Sheffield and 2 to Rotherham
· Feedback regarding the consultation and the difficulty on the website in finding information regarding buses to Maltby
· The 208 service did serve Meadowhall but may not necessarily go into the interchange. Residents that found the service useful would probably work on Attercliffe/in Sheffield. The Meadowhall shopping centre was not open at the traditional morning commuter times
· The diversion of the X6 through the Waverley housing estate would prove very popular