First South Yorkshire

First South Yorkshire

Plaxton President-bodied Dennis Trident in November 2013
Parent	FirstGroup
Founded	1989
Headquarters	Rotherham
Service area	Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield North East Derbyshire Peak District East Riding of Yorkshire Nottinghamshire
Service type	Bus services
Depots	2
Fleet	493 (March 2016)
Website	First South Yorkshire

First South Yorkshire is the largest bus operator in South Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup.

In 1989 the Mainline brand was introduced by South Yorkshire Transport. Buses operated with Sheffield Mainline names in a bright red and yellow livery, replacing the previous "coffee and cream" livery. It was followed by Doncaster Mainline in a silver grey and red livery relieved by a light yellow band and finally Rotherham Mainline, whose buses were painted blue and yellow.

In 1992 the locality was dropped when Mainline became the standard fleetname across South Yorkshire. A common red and yellow livery with silver and blue bands was introduced.

In November 1993 South Yorkshire Transport sold Mainline in a management buyout. Shortly after Stagecoach purchased a 20% stake in the company, however this was sold in 1995 to FirstBus.

In 1998 FirstGroup purchased the remaining 80% shareholding and renamed the business First Mainline. Buses were repainted in a simplified red and yellow livery, reminiscent of the original 1989 Sheffield Mainline livery. In 2000 First Mainline was rebranded as First South Yorkshire and the corporate light grey, blue and pink livery introduced.

In 2013, First South Yorkshire began to paint buses into First's new Olympia corporate livery, which is an updated version of the former livery.

First South Yorkshire operate services in Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. Due to bus services history and number changes, some routes share service numbers within South Yorkshire.

Route X78 is a service which goes from Sheffield Interchange via Meadowhall, Rotherham and arriving 90 minutes later at Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange. From Monday to Saturday it operates every fifteen minutes during the day and every twenty minutes on Sundays and week day evenings.