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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2015 17:36:25 GMT
Following on from my March 1999 thread I thought I would do another trip down memory lane. This time it is April 1988 and again linking my old area to Sheffield.
Nice to see a strong Syt presence in Eckington in 1988 especially favourite routes of mine - the X54/X55. Along with the 253 and 263 there was a good chance of travelling on a Fastline bus which back in the day was just pure luxury.
Syt 29 Eckington-Marsh Lane-High Lane-Sheffield with just 1 morning journey towards Sheffield and 1 evening journey from Sheffield. I certainly don't remember this odd service.
SEM 50/50A/55A/55 The era when Sheffield was overwhelmed with buses from Wingerworth...
50 hourly Monday-Saturday daytimes full route Wingerworth to Sheffield via Eckington. Also extra hourly part route journeys from Eckington to Sheffield.
50A hourly Monday-Saturday evenings and all day Sundays. Same route as 55A but between Mosborough and Sheffield it was via the same route as the 50. Sunday service was 2 hourly Sheffield to Chesterfield only.
55 hourly Monday-Saturday full route Wingerworth to Sheffield via Barrow Hill and Marsh Lane (not Eckington). Sunday service was 2 hourly Sheffield to Chesterfield only.
55A hourly Monday-Saturday daytime full route as 55 but via Eckington instead of Marsh Lane.
50B 2 hourly Sunday full route Killamarsh to Chesterfield via Barrow Hill and Birkhill estate Eckington.
SEM 53 hourly Monday-Saturday and still limited stop. Sunday service was 2 hourly Clowne to Sheffield with a couple of full route journeys.
Syt X55 hourly Monday-Saturday daytime (limited stop) with 2 morning journeys on the X54.
SEM 80 hourly Monday-Saturday evenings and all day Sundays. Sunday service was 2 hourly Eckington to Chesterfield only.
The 80 was the evening version of the daytime 70 route. An odd route as it missed out Renishaw and Mastin Moor. From Eckington it went via Staveley Lane which took you past Renishaw Park Colliery.
Syt 253 hourly Monday-Saturday daytimes full route Killamarsh to Sheffield. Also had extra hourly part route journeys from Killamarsh to Crystal Peaks. Evening and Sunday buses didnt serve Crystal Peaks or Killamarsh. Evening buses ended at Halfway and Sunday buses ended at Westfield. Sunday buses also served the Birkhill estate in Eckington.
Syt 263 hourly Monday-Saturday full route Eckington Birkhill to Rotherham. The only route in Eckington that had no evening route changes. It was full route from 8:05am to 23:43pm.
Syt dominated Killamarsh with the following:
X51 hourly Monday-Saturday daytimes (limited stop).
251 hourly Monday-Saturday evenings and all day Sundays. Between Mosborough and Holbrook it operated via Westfield Northway.
X52 hourly 7 days a week (limited stop)
253 see main description further up the page.
264 hourly 7 days a week. Often the best chance of seeing a Little Nipper around the Halfway area. A note on the timetable says 'Service 264 now operates into the Crystal Peaks Shopping Centre' but no timing point on the timetable. Most Sunday journeys go into Rother Valley Park where there really was a bus stop.
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