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Along with the proposed strikes for all 3 depots in South Yorkshire (Leger Way, Midland Road and Olive Grove) on Friday October 23rd and Monday 26th 2009, staff at Olive Grove will also be walking out on Sunday October 25th and Saturday October 31st 2009.
The planned strikes by Olive Grove will mean that all services within Sheffield and parts of Rotherham that are currently served by Olive Grove services will not run on the 3 days listed above. Services within Sheffield which are operated out of the Midland Road depot in Rotherham will be unaffected by this strike, and for clarification, Midland Road depot operate the following services within Sheffield,
Line |
Destination |
14 |
Herringthorpe to Meadowhall via Rotherham |
17 |
Sheffield to Meadowhall via Fox Hill and Parson Cross |
21 |
Rotherham to Sheffield via Kiveton Park and Killamarsh |
23/23A |
Rotherham to Sheffield via Dinnington and Handsworth |
24 |
Rotherham to Sheffield via Dinnington and Handsworth |
28 |
Meadowhall to Killamarsh via Woodhouse and Waterthorpe |
30* |
Dore to Waterthorpe via City Centre (daytimes only) |
31 |
Rotherham to Meadowhall via Canklow and Brinsworth |
32 |
Rotherham to Sheffield via Brinsworth and Manor Top |
43/43A |
Rotherham to Meadowhall via Kimberworth Park |
66 |
Rotherham to Sheffield via Chapeltown and High Green |
69 |
Rotherham to Sheffield via Tinsley and Attercliffe |
206 |
Rotherham to Sheffield via Dinnington and Darnall |
X78 |
Doncaster to Sheffield via Rotherham and Meadowhall |
Please note that service 30 will no longer be operated by Rotherham (Midland Road) from Monday October 26th 2009 and will instead be operated by Sheffield (Olive Grove). There will also be some service changes from Monday October 26th to some of the above services and these are listed below,
Line |
Description |
14 |
Between Meadowhall and Rotherham, this service will be renumbered to service 5, along with a downgrade in frequency to every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday daytimes. Most early morning and late evening journeys are cancelled, with no replacement. Service 14 will still continue to operate between Rotherham and Herringthorpe only. |
21 |
Between Rotherham and Killamarsh, there will be a route change within the Aston area and the service by First South Yorkshire will no longer serve Wales Bar, Wales or Kiveton. The service will be diverted via Todwick and be re-numbered to 25. Through connections and tickets allow connections to still be made between Rotherham and Sheffield, with service 21 at Killamarsh. |
23/23A |
Services withdrawn and replaced by new services X4, X5 & X6. |
30 |
This service will no longer be operated by Rotherham. |
31 |
This service will pass to Veolia Transport, with an improved timetable and additional early morning and late evening journeys introduced. All services will operate between Rotherham and Meadowhall, apart from 1 morning am journey at 8:02am, which commences from Brinsworth into Rotherham. |
43/43A |
Service 43 withdrawn. Service 43A minor timetable changes. |
206 |
Will no longer operate between Rotherham and Dinnington. |
X4/X5/X6 |
New services to partially replace services 23/23A between Sheffield and Dinnington only. Also observes a new limited stopping service along Handsworth Road, calling at ASDA, Superbowl and Beaver Hill Road / Rotherham Road. Each service (X4/X5) will operate every hour throughout the day. Service X6 replaces services X4/X5 in the late evenings and all day Sundays. |
In July Unite rejected an offer by First South Yorkshire of a 2.95% pay increase based on productivity improvements.
Bob Hamilton, MD for First in South Yorkshire, said: "We would urge the Unite Union to reconsider its plan to carry out industrial action on First buses and particularly on Fright Night, one of Sheffields most enjoyable party occasions.
"This is a very disappointing outcome following a set of talks with the Unite Union where we were given assurances that agreements on discipline issues had been reached. We are now left with a situation where the Sheffield Union representatives have backtracked on a signed agreement to resolve all the discipline and grievance issues.
If you have purchased First Weekly or Monthly tickets which are valid for any of the above dates you will be entitled to free First Day tickets to compensate for the loss of travel on these dates. To claim yours please send in your expired ticket to the address below.
FREEPOST RSEB-JTLE-SXGL
First SY Strikes
Midland Road
Rotherham
S61 1TF
For further details please visit  www.travelsouthyorkshire.com or www.firstmainline.co.uk
Thanks,
Staff at South Yorkshire Transport
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