South Yorkshire going orange

The Mayoral Combined Authority for South Yorkshire in the north of England has unveiled its branding for the region’s public transport as it develops a Transport Vision for a once-in-a-generation change to create a joined-up sustainable system that is reliable, affordable, welcoming and easy to use. The branding will be the South Yorkshire People’s Network. The relaunch is linked to taking back control of local bus services under franchising in 2027-29, and integrating with the existing publicly-owned South Yorkshire Supertram, including integrated tram and bus tickets, and planning tramway extensions supported by £7.5M of government funding. 25 new trams will be acquired and a new Magna Supertram stop opened this year. Local rail services will be enhanced under Northern Powerhouse Rail Phase 1. 

 

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard said, ‘I remember the time the region was nicknamed the People’s Republic of South Yorkshire. Our transport system was the envy of the world, but over the last 40 years it has steadily been dismantled. While the world changed, our transport system didn’t. Transport isn’t just about getting from A to B’. A proper public transport network gives people real freedom and choice about how they travel and move, connects people to opportunity and opens up new horizons. But public transport in South Yorkshire has been broken for too long. I promised to make change happen, to give South Yorkshire back the world-class public transport system we once had, and that’s exactly what we’re doing. That’s why we’re putting in a huge investment to fix our public transport system, backed by even greater ambition, so that we can build something that truly works for all of us across South Yorkshire; a real People’s Network’.