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You'll use this more when it comes to the cold autumn / winter nights, when you just can't be bothered with walking up Broomhill anymore!

A note about South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Exec (SYPTE) travel passes:

Until you turn 19 you are entitled to apply for monthly travel passes from the SYPTE for travel on all Trams, Buses, and Trains within South Yorkshire for a flat rate of £39.50 a month (Check out Travel Discounts for Students for further information). Once you turn 19 this jumps up to the full fare of £85 a month.

Weekly passes are also available and cost in the region of £20 if you are 19 or over.

When you first apply you need a passport sized photo, and proof of age to form the pass, but other than that you just keep getting a new ticket every month from the numerous Sheffield Travel Information Centres.

Contents 1 Taxis 2 Buses 3 Trams 4 Trains

Taxis

Plenty of them about, more so at night, they take you right to your door/lecture building, but the meter does start at £2.50 - ie make sure that you have a few people in to make it worth while.

From the Train Station to The Edge (Endcliffe Village) Black Cab will cost you about £7.

Buses

Definitely the best option up Broomhill during term time.

First Group Buses - First Student Tickets

To Uni:

40: (Orange Route): Showing SHEFFIELD INTERCHANGE, will go down past Royal Hallamshire Hospital, and drop you at the corner of Clarkson Street (outside Bar One), then goes straight over the tram lines down WEST STREET, and can be stopped at the corner of MAPPIN STREET for the Management / Economics St Georges Complex.

This route can be caught from any number of stops along Fulwood Road, and it then takes a right at the HSBC / The York traffic lights at Somerfield. You can also use this service to take you to the train station and bus terminus for National Express Coaches.

51: (Yellow Route): Showing CHARNOCK, will drop you at the Dainton Building - before going into the city. Should be caught from corner of Manchester / Fulwood Road or outside the RBS on Whitham Road. Service goes down Western Bank.

52: (Red Route): Showing WOODHOUSE, will drop you at Dainton Building, before turning right at Brook Hill roundabout and then around the St Georges / Mappin Street complex and into the city. Should be caught from RSB Whitham Road, or any stop going down Western Bank.

• Note that Stagecoach also runs an identical 52 Service - their buses have a distinctive orange and blue 'Stagecoach' logo on them.
• Students in Tapton Hall can catch 52 from further up the Crookes Road, opposite Tapton Hall.

80: Sheffield Uni Link bus, costs 50p for any journey with your UCard (University of Sheffield Card) this travels round both the Universities in Sheffield and comes every 10mins, it goes along Fulwood Road (which turns into Whitham road and then Western Bank etc) so it travels through Broomhill down to the roundabout by the Information Commons where it proceeds to Netherthrope Road and round the accommodation situated then before going down a road onto West Street where it turns to go up West Street so it can go back up Western Bank etc. It then travels past the University, through Broomhill then along Fulwood Road til it turns left down Endcliffe Vale Road, right onto Brocco Bank then left onto Ecclessall Road at the roundabout. It then proceeds past The Moor (city centre shop area) and the train station (just past Sheffield Hallam's Union) onto other areas of Sheffield University and accommodation before turning aroiund and coming back up Ecclessall Road and round again.

For Endcliffe Village it can be caught at the top of Endcliffe Crescent on the opposite side for going to the Union or on Endcliffe Vale Road on the opposite side to Oakholme for the Union (or on the same side as Oakholme Road for the city centre and train station.)

For those living at Tapton, it is best to take the 52 bus rather than the 80, which doesn't travel up Crookes Road, otherwise you'd need to get off at the stop by the Broomhill Friary and walk up Crookes Road.

All of the above services run through the city centre.

Away from Uni:

40: (Orange Route) Showing FULWOOD: Crimicar Lane. Can be caught from West Street outside Varsity Bar, or from corner of Clarkson Street near Bar One on the Glossop Road side. Drop offs are Broomhill shops, before you get to The York / HSBC, it then turns left at Somerfield, and heads down Fulwood Road, with numerous stops along there including Endcliffe Crescent (for Stepho, Woodvale, Crescent Flats, Sorby, Earnshaw, Halifax), one at the top of Endcliffe Vale Road (for Riverdale, Endcliffe Vale Flats), and a stop further along the road for Ranmoor residents. Th service continues to run through Nether Green, then turns up Crimicar Lane with the terminus being on Hallamshire Road.

• Service runs from Transport Interchange, calling at the Rail Station front, and through the City at Fargate HSBC, then Reflex Bar, Varsity etc.

51: (Yellow Route) Showing LODGE MOOR: Can be caught from outside the HICKS BUILDING, and then up WESTERN BANK at stops near CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, WESTERN PARK HOSPITAL etc. Jump off either at THRESHERS, or at junction of Fulwood / Manchester Roads.

52: (Red Route) Showing CROOKES: Can be caught at the same venues as route 51, however DOESNT STOP at THRESHERS, instead turns right at the traffic lights and then stops at CROOKES ROAD / BROOMHILL SHOPS.

• Stagecoach run a 52 route, will either show Crookes, or Hillsborough via Crookes, and can be picked up at the same places, and will drop off.

• Students at Tapton should take Route 52 further up Crookes Road to Tapton Hall.

First Buses do unlimited Termly travel passes called First Student Tickets. They also do weekly student travel passes for £8.

(UCard or SHU Cards must be produced in both cases).

Stagecoach Group Buses

To Uni:

120: The Fulwood-Sheffield Interchange branch follows an identical route to the 40, and uses the same stops, so you can catch this or the 40 to get to uni. But this is cheaper than the 40 as it offers a student ticket, which is 50p for any journey when you show them your UCard (University of Sheffield Card.)

Away from Uni:

120: The 120 can go in different directions. You can get on it to go back to Fulwood (at the same stops as the 40 does). In addition, if you get on it to get to Sheffield Interchange, it will continue on towards Crystal Peaks and then Halfway.

Students can get a single ticket on Stagecoach buses for 50p upon showing their U-Card, SHU or NUS card. Stagecoach also offer a range of other student discounts. More information can be found in this leaflet

Trams

Sheffield Supertram has its own stop at Sheffield University.

Luckily for the students it is on the border of the Central Zone, and so travel between University, through the city, for all stops up to and including Sheffield Rail Station / Hallam University is capped at £1.20p each hourly pass.

ALWAYS KEEP YOUR TICKET FOR THE DURATION OF YOUR JOURNEY - Inspectors do come round and CAN force you to buy another if you can't produce a valid ticket whilst on board

Journies between University and Meadowhall take 25 minutes.

Blue Route - Halfway to Malin Bridge

If you are heading towards the city centre from University you want the service for HALFWAY, this service also runs to Sheffield Train Station, Granville Road (for Sheffield United), and Crystal Peaks Shopping Centre.

Yellow Route - Middlewood to Meadowhall Interchange You can also take a yellow tram from University, the service for MEADOWHALL is the one you want.

This service also runs to Arena / Don Valley Stadium stop, for Hallam FM Arena, IceSheffield, Don Valley, and English Institute for Sport - also runs to Valley Centertainment for the UGC Cinema, Hollywood Bowl, and various eateries. Carbrook for Meadowhall Retail Park, and finally Meadowhall Interchange for the Meadowhall Shopping Centre, and Meadowhall Train / Bus Stations.

With your tickets you are allowed to change trams - so you can catch the Yellow one, into the city, change trams, and then get on a blue one to take the line for the train station (a mistake that many people make is to stay on, and then wonder why they miss their train).

At peak time there is a tram from University of Sheffield stop every 5 minutes on average.

If you are going to be hopping about, or taking a "long-distance" eg Meadowhall or Arena etc, return journey then a DayRider is your best buy, at £3 offers unlimited travel for the day; and considering the single from Uni to Meadowhall is £2.10 you can see why not to have to buy one outbound single, and then an inbound single! You could also purchase a Stagecoach Unirider

Trains

Trains from Sheffield offer links to the rest of the country.

To London (St Pancras International), the East Midlands service takes around 2 1/2 hours. Megatrain is a budget train service that operates on some East Midlands Trains services which offers journeys from £1 (plus 50p booking fee) to or from London, and some intermediate stations such as Leicester and Loughborough.

Services to Manchester Airport / Piccadilly are frequent, at around every 30 minutes, either from East Midlands Trains, or TransPennine Express, taking around 50-55 minutes to Piccadilly.

With services to Liverpool Lime Street also offered by East Midlands Trains [former Central Trains route this one though] taking 2 hours.

Local long winded services to Leeds and Wakefield are available but stop at the little stations that you see wizz pass on speedy services - better instead to catch a CrossCountry service (CrossCouintry have taken over Virgin CrossCountry, but the trains are still Voyagers) whose services seem to go everywhere, including Plymouth, Birmingham, Exeter, Edinburgh, Dundee, Newcastle.

Northern Rail do however now an hourly one-hour service to Leeds calling only at Meadowhall, Rotherham, Wakefield Westgate and Leeds, and I would suggest you hit these (or the CrossCountries) if you want to maximise your time in Leeds.

Get a Young Persons Railcard if you plan to do a lot of train travel.