29 March sees routes 218 (Sheffield to Bakewell) and 272 (Sheffield to Castleton) switch their Sunday service to the British Summer Time schedules.
23 May is when the 2026 season for the Peak Sightseer open top bus tours launches. Again there are two routes planned, the Red tour from Chatsworth to Bakewell and Blue tour from Chatsworth to Castleton. They will run daily until 19 September then Saturdays only to 10 October. Further details haven’t been announced as yet, keep an eye on stagecoachbus.com.
In Sheffield First bus have registered a number of timetable changes from 3 May. Details have not yet been announced at the time of going to press.
On Supertram, rail replacement works are taking place between Sheffield Station and Gleadless Townend (Blue and Purple routes) from 28 March to 12 April with replacement buses in operation. Buses replace trams on the Meadowhall/Parkgate line over the Mayday bank holiday weekend. There are also engineering works in the Rotherham area on some Saturday evenings – the 11, 18 and 25 April – with replacement buses from 1730hrs onwards. The Yellow and Blue route returns to the normal timetable with trams up to every 12 minutes from 13 April.
April is expected to see the opening of the new Tram Train station at Magna, just in time for the Rotherham Real Ale & Music festival there! The Tram Train service runs from Sheffield Cathedral to Parkgate via Attercliffe, Meadowhall South and Rotherham Central station. Look out for news on this online at supertram.com.
National Rail timetables change for the summer season on 17 May.
As we arrive into Spring, it is a time of year that is great to head out to pubs in Derbyshire and there are a number of regular bus routes from Sheffield to take you there:
- 65 to Buxton via Calver, Tideswell and Litton (Stagecoach)
- 218 to Bakewell via Baslow and Chatsworth (TM Travel)
- 257 to Bakewell via Bamford and Eyam (Andrew’s of Tideswell)
- 272 to Castleton via the Hope Valley (First bus and High Peak)
- X17 to Wirksworth via Chesterfield and Matlock (Stagecoach)
Check out the features in the last few issues of Beer Matters for Peak District pubs along bus routes, if you don’t have a printed copy you can download PDFs from sheffield.camra.org.uk.
For general public transport information in our area online visit travelsouthyorkshire.com or travelderbyshire.co.uk. You can also track buses live on a map at bustimes.org, an independent website that will also show you timetables for individual stops.