stpetre Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I reckon around 1982. We moved from Foxhill to Waterthorpe that year and I'm pretty sure the bus fare was 4p. Yes, but didn't that involve two buses, thus two bus fares, one from Foxhill to town centre and one from town centre to Waterthorpe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TORONTONY Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 When did the free rides for Seniors (OAP's) cease, or are there other price deals for them(us)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinder Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 When did the free rides for Seniors (OAP's) cease, or are there other price deals for them(us)? Don't put ideas into their heads Tony, we are only just clinging on with our finger nails as it is...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 it was after 85, cos thats when i left school and erm was still getting on for 2p longest route for adults was woodhouse to crookes at 15p if i remember right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpetre Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 it was after 85, cos thats when i left school and erm was still getting on for 2p longest route for adults was woodhouse to crookes at 15p if i remember right? There was a lot of long (cross town) routes, not sure of longest but some were: Wincobank-Bents Green (No4), Southey Green- Nether Edge (97), Grimesthorpe-Graves Park (34-35), Middlewood-Eccleshall, Intake-Walkley (95), Tinsley-Millhouses, Sheffield Lane Top- Lowedges (33) etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TORONTONY Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) it was after 85, cos thats when i left school and erm was still getting on for 2p longest route for adults was woodhouse to crookes at 15p if i remember right? That would be number 52, if I remember rightly. Wasn't it officially Ballifield to Crookes and vice versa. ---------- Post added 27-08-2015 at 20:18 ---------- Don't put ideas into their heads Tony, we are only just clinging on with our finger nails as it is...... Sorry, LOL:D Edited August 28, 2015 by TORONTONY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 That would be number 52, if I remember rightly. Wasn't it officially Ballifield to Crookes and vice versa. Some of the buses turned round at Ballifield (at the Everest) but most went on to Woodhouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Library Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 By the mid-1980s the longest cross-city route (in terms of end to end time) was the 17, which started at Hillsborough and wandered around much of north Sheffield before reaching Attercliffe and then heading through the city and down Abbeydale Road to Totley Brook. I would think that the end to end fare in 1985 was 15p, which seems to have been the maximum fare within the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpetre Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 By the mid-1980s the longest cross-city route (in terms of end to end time) was the 17, which started at Hillsborough and wandered around much of north Sheffield before reaching Attercliffe and then heading through the city and down Abbeydale Road to Totley Brook. I would think that the end to end fare in 1985 was 15p, which seems to have been the maximum fare within the city. I seem to remember around that time paying an adult fare of 20p (perhaps) on a bus going to Eckington. 20p got me as far as Mosborough after that it was over the city boundary and into Derbyshire and a big fare hike for only two more stops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Some of the buses turned round at Ballifield (at the Everest) but most went on to Woodhouse. yeah woodhus junction, where i used to catch it. you could as a kid, hide on the back of the top deck and stay on while it turned to do the route back to town and through to crookes and save yer 2p lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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