News & Service Updates

Following discussions with SYMCA regarding staff availability we will be making the following short term temporary changes to Saturday services from 4th November:

M17 and 117 - Saturday service suspended

8/8A - Saturday journeys at 7.45, 16.45, 17.15, 17.45 and 18.15 from Crystal Peaks and 7.55, 16.55, 17.25, 17.55 and 18.25 from Birley will be suspended

31 - Saturday journeys at 16.07, 17.07, 18.07 and 19.07 from Sheffield and 16.38, 17.38, 18.38 and 19.38 from Loxley will be suspended 

There will be no changes to other routes. 

This a temporary measure and full services will be restored as soon as possible.

There will be the following changes to fares from the 1st November 2023, following decisions by Derbyshire County Council and South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority:

B_line pass holders will have their single fare capped to a maximum value of £1.50, as a special offer through the local Bus Service Improvement Plan. This will be valid for journeys starting or finishing in Derbyshire on the 26/26A, 218 and 252.

The South Yorkshire Zoom single price will now be £1.

The South Yorkshire Zoom beyond single price will now be £1.50.

Following tender reviews by Derbyshire County Council and South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority the following changes will take place in October:

1st October

Services 142 and 150 will be replaced by new services 142 and 143/143A by Derbyshire Community Transport - please see derbysbus.info for the new timetables. 

29th October

Derbyshire

Service 583 will now be run by Stagecoach, please see derbysbus.info and stagecoachbus.com for more information. 

Vectare will be running a special timetable on service 81, please see derbysbus.info for more information.

The winter timetable on the 218 will start on this date.

South Yorkshire

Service 9A will be reintroduced, running 2 hourly evenings and Sundays (odd hours, xx35 from Sheffield Interchange).

Service 21 all journeys will be operated by Stagecoach

Service 30A will run 2 hourly evening and Sundays, with even hour (2015 etc) departures from Plumbley and odd hour (2115 etc) departures from the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

Service 42 will be introduced, running 2 hourly evening and Sundays between Sheffield, Manor Top, Frecheville and Woodhouse (even hours, xx35 from Sheffield Interchange).

Service X54 will run 2 hourly on Sundays, with first departures from Harthill and Sheffield at 0633 and 0735, with last trips from Harthill at 1833 and Sheffield at 1935.

Full timetable details are available through travelsouthyorkshire.com

With the new times for the school day there are minor changes to times on the Springwell School buses from the start of the new academic year. Please see the schools page for the latest timetables on the 508, 510, 511, 512 and 513.

Due to resurfacing there will be some changes to the stands we use at times at Meadowhall and Sheffield Interchange during August, September and October 2023. Different routes will be impacted by the different phases, as generally one area will be resurfaced at a time.

Latest details can be found at the links below:

Impacting on X74

Meadowhall Interchange Works 2023 - Travel South Yorkshire

Impacting on 9, 32, 41, 218, 252, X7, X54, X74

Sheffield Interchange Works 2023 - Travel South Yorkshire

From the 30th July 7 day Travelmaster passes, including Citywide and Citybus, will become cash only on bus.

For those who want to pay using alternative options the following are available:

the new travelmaster app

through travelmaster.com

vending machines at interchanges

payzone stores

on supertram

There are no changes to one day tickets, or to TM only tickets

Following reviews by South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and Derbyshire County Council there will be some changes to TM Travel services from the 23rd/24th July.

We'll be introducing new trips on the 218 with support from Derbyshire County Council's Bus Service Improvement Plan, with new evening trips at 7.40pm and 9.40pm from Sheffield and 8.40pm and 10.40pm from Bakewell Monday - Saturday, and a new earlier Sunday round trip at 7.50am from Sheffield and 8.45am from Bakewell, which will run throughout the year.

We'll now be running services 5 (Sheffield - Firth Park), 26/26A (Crystal Peaks - Thorpe Salvin), 32 (Sheffield - NGH), 76A (Sheffield - Chancet Wood), M17 (Dore - Jordanthorpe), X74 (Sheffield - Meadowhall).

Services 8/8A, 9, 31, X7 and X54 will have new timetables, which include extra trips on the 31 and X7.

Services 24A, 29, 181 and the evening and Sunday journeys on route 8 will now be run by another operator. Service 9A will no longer be operated by TM. Travelmaster tickets will be valid for travel on these services within South Yorkshire, although TM Travel only tickets will no longer be.

Full details of the changes, including new times and operators can be found here:

Service changes and updates - Travel South Yorkshire

We will be running the following services over Easter and Spring/Summer bank holidays in 2023:

Good Friday - Saturday service on all routes

Saturday 8th April - Normal Saturday service

Easter Sunday - Normal Sunday service

Easter Monday - Sunday service

Monday 1st May - Sunday service

Monday 8th May - Sunday service

Monday 29th May - Sunday service

Monday 28th August - Sunday service

Following feedback from SYMCA/SY Police buses on route 30A towards Plumbley will run direct from Royal Hallamshire Hospital to Arundel Gate on a Friday and Saturday night after 9pm.

Following feedback from residents to SYMCA, who support the 31, there will be a minor change to the timetable from the 9th January. 

The first bus will now start at Loxley Road/Mill Dam at 7.13am, and then run at the same times as now from Loxley, and an additional journey will run from Loxley at 7.18pm to Hillsborough Interchange, arriving at 7.27pm.

We will be taking part in the new £2 capped single fare scheme from the Government, which will cover all our routes in Derbyshire and Yorkshire except for school services. This is due to run between January and March.

We will also be making changes to our pass range for the first time in three years due to our significant increase in costs during this period. There will be some simplifications to remove most route only tickets, but we are keeping the most popular ones on line 30, which also includes travel on the 8, 8A, 30A, X30 and 55, and peak line 218.

The 218 only day tickets will be replaced by new Daysaver+ tickets, giving access to more routes, and we will be introducing a new Group Daysaver+ ticket which can be used by any 5 people.

Daily and weekly tickets will have QR codes at the bottom from this date which will need to be scanned using the onboard reader when getting on the bus. 

Travelmaster tickets will also be changing prices from this date. For more information please visit sytravelmaster.com

We will be operating the following service pattern over the Christmas and New Year period:

Please find a copy of the Boxing Day 30 service and Last Departure times for Christmas Eve and New Years Eve below.

We would like to wish all of our customers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.

As we introduce our winter timetable on the 218 we will be making some changes to improve reliability and to ensure the longer term sustainability of the service from the 30th October.

As part of these changes there will be a new 9.10am from Sheffield to Chatsworth House and Bakewell Monday - Saturday.

The 5.55pm from Sheffield will no longer run Monday - Saturday, with the current 5.35pm running 5 minutes later.

There are changes to times between 1pm and 3pm from Sheffield and 2pm and 5pm from Bakewell to better match demand and improve reliability.

Most Sunday journeys will run approx 10 minutes later, with additional journeys during the winter via Chatsworth House, including earlier journeys from Bakewell.

The new timetable is below.

Following a review of services by Derbyshire County Council and SYMCA there will be the following changes to our network from Sunday 2nd October:

The following new services will start:

8/8A - Birley - Crystal Peaks (Monday - Saturday daytimes) and Sheffield - Birley (evenings and Sundays)

9 - Sheffield - Darnall (Monday - Saturdays) and 9A Sheffield - Darnall - Manor Top (evenings and Sundays)

31 - Sheffield - Hillsborough - Loxley

41 - Sheffield - Frecheville (certain journeys Monday - Saturday)

117 - Rotherham - Bramley

142 - Alfreton - Belper - Nether Heage

150 - Clay Cross - Alfreton - Matlock

181 - Sheffield - Dore

X7 - Sheffield - Maltby

The following services will change:

29A - will be renumbered 21 and the early morning Monday - Saturday journeys will now be run by Stagecoach

X54 - we will also run the Monday - Saturday journeys

The following services will now be run by other operators:

15/16 - will now be run by Stagecoach www.stagecoachbus.com

48/49 - will now be run by Hulleys www.hulleys-of-baslow.co.uk

New timetables will be available shortly on this website, travelsouthyorkshire.com and derbysbus.info

We will be operating the following service pattern over the Christmas and New Year period:

Please find a copy of the Boxing Day 30 service and Last Departure times for Christmas Eve and New Years Eve below.

We would like to wish all of our customers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.

We're pleased to announce from start of service on Thursday 18th November 2021, contactless payments can now be accepted on all our services. We also accept Apple Pay and Google Pay.

There will be some changes to the timetables of services 15, 16, 20 and 252 from 30th August 2021. New timetables are available to download below:

Face coverings do assist in reducing the transmission of coughs colds and other viruses.  From 19th July 2021 face coverings cease to be required in law on public transport and become a matter of personal responsibility.  A number of our customers are elderly and vulnerable and we do want and need them to return to using bus services.  We therefore earnestly ask all of our loyal, socially responsible dedicated customers to consider carefully the needs of their fellow passengers in making their personal decision on whether or not to wear a face mask.

We are proud to announce two internal promotions:

Paul Cobb, who started with TM as a driver, progressing to Traffic Officer and Interim AOM becomes Operations Manager.

Dan Smith, who started as an apprentice in the old TM is now our new Workshop Team Leader, running the workshop.

The passion and vigour which Paul and Dan bring to TM will help us build the company, post pandemic to a strong dynamic bus business.

Carver Street permanent closure

Services 30/30A will now operate along Rockingham Street towards Crystal Peaks & Plumbley, due to the permanent closure of Carver Street. These services will stop at Rockingham Street RS1 (37027614).

At TM Travel the safety of our colleagues and passengers is of paramount concern.

This is why, we have:

(i)    offered our drivers gloves and hand sanitiser

(ii)   reviewed and enhanced our cleaning regimes for buses

(iii)  sourced screens for our buses - which you will now see appear

(iv)  provided vehicles with capacities to allow our customers to adhere to social distancing

(v)   worked closely with local authority partners to focus our resources where they are most needed

You, our loyal customers have done a lot to help us but can we please ask:-

(i)    you to consider the time you are travelling. Capacity on buses is under a lot of pressure and we do want to be able to offer it to as wide a cross section of our customer base as possible

(ii)   to pay with exact fare wherever possible

(iii)  to practise social distancing as far as possible on the vehicle

Together we can and we will beat this evil virus.  We really do appreciate the support of each and every one of you.

Welcome to the new TM Travel website. Our website is your one stop shop for all information regarding our services, including school services.

Here you can find details about our bus services and where and when they run to, tickets that are available to purchase onboard our vehicles and you can even download timetables direct to your computer.