Doncaster NHS workers to get free bus journeys home after work
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The new shuttle services will take people home after shifts in Doncaster, Sheffield, Rotherham and Hull.
First will run the South Yorkshire service, while Stagecoach is set to run the buses in Hull.
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First South Yorkshire said workers could only board at stops within the Sheffield and Doncaster hospital grounds, and it had agreed a "confidential arrangement" with the hospitals so staff would be taken to a main road "in quick and easy walking distance from home".
The buses will run from Rotherham Hospital, Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Sheffield's Northern General and the Royal Hallamshire to various locations around the city.
First South Yorkshire said any NHS staff unable to get to work because of timetable changes during coronavirus lockdown should email [email protected].
The Doncaster staff buses will operate:
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Hide Ad*From Doncaster Royal Infirmary to Balby Road via White Rose Way and Tickhill Road;
*From Doncaster Royal Infirmary to Moorends Winning Post via Armthorpe Lane and Micklethwaite Road;
*From Doncaster Royal Infirmary to York Road, Morrisons via Town Moor Avenue, Doncaster Frenchgate and Amersall Road.
A spokesman for first said: “We recognise the importance buses play in our customers' lives, not least in making sure that those who need to make essential journeys, like health service and emergency workers, can continue to do so.”