Return of Sheffield 10/10a bus service welcomed by Green campaigners
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The circular service linked Gleadless Valley and Heeley, Nether Edge, Broomhill and Netherthorpe with the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. It was lost when bus operator Powells went into administration.
In total, 19 services were lost in South Yorkshire and only three were picked up by bus operator Stagecoach.
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Hide AdIn September last year, Greens supported a petition initiated by Gleadless Valley Tenants and Residents Association to save the bus service. Ward councillors Alexi Dimond, Marieanne Elliot and Paul Turpin and Sally Pedley of association wrote an open letter to South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard, asking him to intervene and seek another operator to run the service.
Coun Dimond said: “This is great news and I’d like to thank the TARA and everyone who was involved in the campaign to restore the service. As soon as the service was cut, Green councillors worked with the TARA to create a petition.
“We have played our part in keeping the petition going because we never gave up hope that a service that is so valued, particularly by many elderly residents, would return.
“I would like to thank the Mayor Oliver Coppard for his intervention and for listening to those of us in the community who have been fighting these cuts for many months.
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Hide Ad“Unfortunately many bus services across Sheffield remain in a tenuous position due to rising costs and we need to be ever vigilant to ensure services are maintained.
“Many people on the lowest incomes cannot afford cars or taxis and so cuts like these affect people on the lowest incomes the most. That is why government support is so necessary, particularly at a time when so many households are under extreme cost of living pressures.”
Coun Elliot said: “As soon as we knew that the number 10 was going to stop running we started campaigning. I’m very pleased that the campaign has been successful.
“Over 1,000 signatures were collected by the Gleadless Valley TARA and Green councillors because of the real impacts the loss of this service has had. Thank you to everyone who signed – it really made a positive difference.”