Stagecoach announces changes to bus and tram fares in Sheffield - everything you need to know

The travel firm says it has launched a ‘new, simpler ticket range’ meaning that while some customer’s ticket prices will increase, a number have been frozen and some are reducing in cost.

Some local bus and tram tickets have also been expanded to cover a much larger area.

Stagecoach bus only and bus and tram tickets in Sheffield are replaced by the new ‘Silver ticket’ which allows customers to travel further afield- including the Tram Train to Rotherham and Parkgate.

If you are using only buses in Sheffield, Citybus may be the best ticket for you or Citywide if you are using buses and Supertram.

The Silver ticket dayrider is priced at £4.90, a seven day megarider £17 (£16 online or on the app) and a 28 day megarider is £62.

This ticket is valid on all Stagecoach buses and Supertram across South Yorkshire, Pontefract, Wakefield, Bawtry, Oldcotes, Blyth, Ranskill, Chesterfield, Killamarsh and as far as Mastin Moor, Hillstown, Heath, Holmewood, Tibshelf, Morton, Mickley, Clay Cross, Kelstedge and Holymoorside. It is only valid on X10 between Barnsley and Haigh.

An evening rider (after 6pm) ticket has been frozen in cost at £2.50- this is valid on buses only and not Supertram.

The Group ‘five for a fiver’ ticket has been frozen at £5. It’s valid for two to five people to travel together at weekends and on Bank Holidays, and now from 5pm on Friday evenings. This ticket has the same boundaries as the dayrider Silver ticket, but is not valid on Supertram.

The Explorer ticket has been replaced by the Gold ticket which is priced at £7.20 for a dayrider, £24 for a seven day megarider (£23 online or on the app), and £88 for a 28 day megarider.

This ticket is valid on all Stagecoach buses and Supertram in South and West Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Gainsborough. It is not valid on X62 or in the Glossop area. Dayrider Gold is not valid on Pronto buses, but megarider Gold is.

South Yorkshire bus and tram child tickets are priced at £2.40 for a dayrider which is valid on Stagecoach buses and trams in South Yorkshire and as far as Dronfield, Eckington, Killamarsh and Norwood.

A child Silver ticket is priced at £3 for a dayrider, £8.50 for a seven day megarider and £34 for a 28 day megarider.

A child Gold ticket is priced at £4.70 for a dayrider.

The company is encouraging customers to buy their ticket online or on the Stagecoach Bus App before they travel with extra discounts as lowering the amount of time spent at bus stops speeds up journey times for everyone which is very important with increasing congestion.

John Young, commercial director at Stagecoach Yorkshire, said: “Our customers have been telling us for a while that the range of tickets we have on our buses is too complicated, so from 2 January 2020 we are making things much simpler and easier to understand.

“Simplifying our bus and tram tickets, the recent investment in the improved Stagecoach Bus App, which allows you to track your bus live on a map, and contactless payment on all our buses continues to help us make bus travel more attractive to non-users and encourage more people to try the bus for some of their travel needs.”

Part of the company’s changes also include an offer to businesses who wish to encourage their own staff to use public transport with online discount codes in place of paper vouchers.

For full details of the new ticket range visit: www.stagecoachbus.com or follow @stagecoachyrks on Twitter.