Stagecoach Yorkshire: X17 • Wirksworth to Barnsley

Описание: Welcome to Day 17 of Christbus – a festive celebration of buses, routes and rhythm from Nottingham and beyond! I bet you are in for a real long-distance journey - if you have seen the X17 before, then you haven't seen its Sunday variant that is almost a 3-hour ride from Wirksworth into Barnsley!

Date filmed: November 23, 2025, at 11:20am
Vehicle: ADL Enviro400EV/YX25 OBB (80179)
Filmed on: iPhone 15 Pro Max

X17 was introduced in September 2010 as a replacement for Chesterfield services 17 from Matlock to Chesterfield and 727 from Chesterfield to Sheffield. However, a little over four years later in 2014, this route became a Stagecoach Gold service, most of which are limited-stop luxury bus services operating at long distances and may provide through journeys in the form of connections. 2018 saw X17 continue to thrive as it gained hourly extensions into Barnsley via Meadowhall shopping centre and new buses complete with USB power, then in May 2023, it gained hourly extensions past Matlock into Wirksworth via Matlock Bath and Cromford plus an increased frequency of every 30 minutes from Matlock to Sheffield before gaining a stop to Matlock Farm Park every 3 hours the following year in 2024, and a massive upgrade of electric buses in the form of Enviro400EVs in April 2025, meaning that there were no dedicated buses for X17 since then.

Journey points:
0:00-17:00 Intro + Wirksworth, Oat Hill to Matlock, Bakewell Road Bus Station
17:01-43:20 Matlock, Bakewell Road Bus Station to Chesterfield Coach Station
43:21-51:46 Chesterfield Coach Station to Whittington Moor
51:47-54:43 Whittington Moor to Woodseats, non-stop via the A61
54:44-1:09:54 Woodseats to Sheffield Interchange via the A61
1:09:54-01:26:48 Sheffield Interchange to Meadowhall Interchange
1:26:49-1:29:24 Meadowhall Interchange to M1
1:29:25-1:30:36 M1 to Birdwell, non-stop via the M1 before re-joining on the A61
1:30:37-1:44:29 Birdwell to Barnsley Interchange via the A61

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