south yorkshire passenger transport executive type passenger transport executive industry public transport founded 1 april 1974 local government act 1972 headquarters broad street west sheffield england area served south yorkshire parent south yorkshire integrated transport authority website www.sypte.co.uk www.travelsouthyorkshire.com sypte daimler cvg6 in sheffield in september 1976 the south yorkshire passenger transport executive is the passenger transport executive for south yorkshire in england . it is supervised by the south yorkshire integrated transport authority which consists of representatives from the metropolitan boroughs of sheffield rotherham doncaster and barnsley . it is responsible for various public transport services in the county particularly the sheffield supertram and various subsidised bus services . between 1974 and 1994 it ran virtually all bus services in the county . from 1986 until 1993 buses were operated by an arms length company south yorkshire transport until a management buyout created the bus operating company mainline group . 1 shortly after stagecoach purchased a 20 % stake in the company however this was sold in 1995 to firstbus . sypte is responsible for all the bus stops shelters and bus interchanges in the county along with park & ride sites . it provides comprehensive public transport information at stops in the form of timetable leaflets information on the web and a telephone enquiry service called traveline . sypte has a network of information centres providing information and ticketing . sypte administers the concessionary travel schemes for children and students senior citizens and the mobility impaired and the countywide multi modal ticket travelmaster . contents 1 travel south yorkshire 1.1 timetable information 1.2 travel information centres 1.3 multi modal ticketing 2 trolleybus 3 references 4 external links travel south yorkshire edit the south yorkshire public transport network of which sypte is a key deliverer of passenger services was re branded as travel south yorkshire in 2006 . changes include the introduction of the yournextbus scheme on all stops as well as led departure boards on the towns most often run routes at certain stops . timetable information edit travel south yorkshire provides timetable information for all bus and train services within south yorkshire . some leaflets are available from interchanges . travel information centres edit sheffield interchange travel south yorkshire s interchanges at sheffield arundel gate in sheffield rotherham barnsley doncaster hillsborough and dinnington provide information and advice about public transport in south yorkshire . from these interchanges information can be obtained and a range of multi modal travelmaster tickets can be bought from self serve vending machines . other travel passes which were previously available at information centre desks at these interchanges are now only available from the travel south yorkshire website or over the phone from traveline . multi modal ticketing edit travel south yorkshire sells a range of multi modal tickets on behalf of the public transport operators of south yorkshire . these are generally in the form of smart card tickets and are commercial products which do not receive a subsidy . trolleybus edit main article trolleybuses in doncaster doncaster racecourse experiment in 1985 the sypte purchased an alexander rh bodied dennis dominator trolleybus with a view to reintroducing a trolleybus network . a one mile section on sandall beat road alongside doncaster racecourse was wired . 2 however with deregulation in 1986 the project was shelved . references edit south yorkshire transport authority sells off bus company to staff local government chronicle 18 november 1993 trolleybus starts days at races commercial motor 20 july 1985 external links edit media related to south yorkshire passenger transport executive at wikimedia commons south yorkshire passenger 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