South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard said the move will improve bus travel across Doncaster, Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham and meansSouth Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority will set routes, timetables and fares across the region with bus services brought under one brand.
Take a look back to some of our memories of bygone travel.
9. Doncaster's bygone buses
Doncaster's buses used to have a deep red livery. Photo: National World
10. Doncaster's bygone buses
Who remembers taking a trip on a Wilfreda Beehive coach? Photo: National World
12. Doncaster's bygone buses
Electroline was an experimental electricity powered bus, with trials taking place along the Straight Mile in the 1980s - but the idea never took off. Photo: National World
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