First South Yorkshire[1] is the largest bus operator in South Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup.
History
In 1989 the Mainline brand was introduced by South Yorkshire Transport. Buses operated with Sheffield Mainline names in a bright red and yellow livery, replacing the previous beige and red livery. It was followed by Doncaster Mainline in a silver grey and red livery relieved by a light yellow band and finally Rotherham Mainline, whose buses were painted blue and yellow.
In 1992 the locality was dropped when Mainline became the standard fleetname across South Yorkshire. A common red and yellow livery with silver and blue bands was introduced.
In November 1993 South Yorkshire Transport sold Mainline in a management buyout.[2] Shortly after Stagecoach purchased a 20% stake in the company, however this was sold in 1995 to FirstBus.
In 1998 FirstGroup purchased the remaining 80% shareholding and renamed the business First Mainline. Buses were repainted in a simplified red and yellow livery, reminiscent of the original 1989 Sheffield Mainline livery. In 2000 First Mainline was rebranded as First South Yorkshire and the corporate white, blue and pink livery introduced.
In 2013, First South Yorkshire began to paint buses into First's new Olympia corporate livery, which is an updated version of the former livery.
Routes
First South Yorkshire operate services in Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. Due to bus services history and number changes, some routes share service numbers within South Yorkshire.
Service X78 is a limited stop service which goes from Sheffield Interchange via Meadowhall, Rotherham and arriving an hour and a half later in Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange. From Monday to Saturday it operates every ten minutes during the day and every fifteen minutes on Sundays and week day evenings.
Service 91, Airport Services, departs from Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange and arrives approximately twenty-eight minutes later at Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport. This bus has luggage racks for passengers located at the front of the bus.
First also run Peak District services; 272, from Sheffield, across the South Yorkshire boundary and into Derbyshire in the Peak District. Local or South Yorkshire FirstDay/Week/Month tickets are only valid up to the Sheffield boundary. Special day tickets must be purchased on board to travel on First South Yorkshire buses in Derbyshire.
Fleet
As of July 2014, the fleet consisted of 518 vehicles.[3]
Depots
First South Yorkshire vehicles operate from three depots. These are Olive Grove in Sheffield, Midland Road in Rotherham, and Leger Way in Doncaster.[3] Midland Road depot also acts as the headquarters of First South Yorkshire.
Sheffield's Olive Grove depot is the biggest bus depot in Europe.
See also
References
External links
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Company website
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Doncaster Mainline Flickr gallery
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Rotherham Mainline Flickr gallery
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Sheffield Mainline Flick gallery
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