{"id":50815,"date":"2024-04-17T16:23:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/?p=50815"},"modified":"2024-04-17T16:23:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:23:44","slug":"stolen-sheffield-connect-free-bus-found-with-significant-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/17\/stolen-sheffield-connect-free-bus-found-with-significant-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Sheffield Connect free bus found with &#8216;significant damage&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bus which was part of the free Connect electric transport service was found damaged and abandoned yesterday in Killamarsh, north Derbyshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was confirmed by SYMCA (South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority) that two of the vehicles were broken into by thieves at 2am on Monday and that one of the buses was stolen from the interchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A SYMCA spokesperson said that the stolen bus sustained \u201csignificant damage\u201d and that debris was later found in the Killamarsh area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service was launched just last week in a partnership between SYMCA and Sheffield City Council in the hope to provide more accessible transport around the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin Carr, Director of South Pennine Community Transport said: \u201cWe are working with our partners at SYMCA and Sheffield City Council whilst South Yorkshire Police have begun a full investigation to identify the subjects and bring them to account.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe thank you for your understanding and cooperation during what is a very upsetting time for our team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheffield Connect was launched with hopes to make getting around the city centre quicker and are part of SYMCA\u2019s plans for a greener public transport network.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sheffield Connect &#8211; running 7 days a week <br>*FREE BUS SERVICES*<br><br>7am until 7pm &#8211; Monday to Saturday<br>9:30am until 4pm &#8211; Sunday<br><br>SC1 operates every 10 minutes<br>SC2 operates every 20 minutes <br><br>(SC1 will run every 10 mins until further notice) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y1WE7D0EBB\">pic.twitter.com\/Y1WE7D0EBB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; South Pennine Bus (@SouthPennineCT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthPennineCT\/status\/1780331552431300706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheffield BID, a business-funded organisation that works to improve the commercial trading and working environment, said: \u201cIt\u2019s extremely disappointing and concerning to hear what has happened. At the same time, it\u2019s very reassuring to see the service continuing to operate and we hope many visitors to the city centre will enjoy and appreciate the new service during these early days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The buses run every 7-8 minutes and stops are located a few minutes away from main active areas in the city, as well as tram and train links.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SYMCA confirmed that the incident has caused &#8220;unfortunate&#8221; disruptancies on some of the Connect services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SC2 is continuing to operate as normal and SC1 is currently running every 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bus which was part of the free Connect electric transport service was found damaged and abandoned yesterday in Killamarsh, north Derbyshire. It was confirmed by SYMCA (South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority) that two of the vehicles were broken into by thieves at 2am on Monday and that one of the buses was stolen from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[39,449,434,151],"class_list":["post-50815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bus","tag-sheffield-connect","tag-south-yorkshire-mayoral-combined-authority","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50815"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50880,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50815\/revisions\/50880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}