We remain at Sheffield's main bus terminal and now have a look at some of the other operators using it. Potteries Motor Traction was one of them, on a long distance route from Staffordshire.
Trent Motor Traction provided a regular service, inherited from North Western Road Car.
Trent is now part of the Wellglade Group, who operate around Sheffield using the name TM Travel.
Here are a few visitors, including Silver Service from Darley Dale (Derbyshire), United and Hants & Dorset.
Prior to deregulation, few independents served Sheffield. Wigmores was one of the exceptions.
Dearneways introduced an express service towatds Thurnscoe.
In 1986, Whyte's of Calver were operating a service to Buxton.
New post deregulation operators included Groves, Powells and Richardsons.
Northern Bus rose from the old Wigmore fleet and fell into the clutches of Mainline.
Another large operator was SUT.
West Riding, under the name "Sheffield & District", began services in the city, for a short time.
Andrews, Sheafline, Sheffield Omnibus and Yorkshire Terrier all got absorbed by the Yorkshire Traction Group.
Until its recent demise, Hulley's ran several services into Derbyshire (Lower photo by Andrew Fieldsend).
Sheffield Community Transport ran out to Penistone for a while.
And there you have it, a potted photographic history of Pond Street Bus Station/Sheffield Interchange. Now it's time for a long awaited pint, at the historic Old Queens Head, right alongside the Interchange.
In the next post, we'll move into the city centre.
