Present Day
The South Yorkshireman in its current form started on 15 December 2008. The service was named as part of an East Midlands Trains competition to name two new crack express trains.
The southbound South Yorkshireman is the 07:44 departure from Sheffield to London St Pancras. The northbound service leaves St Pancras at 17:55 for Sheffield.
The service is provided by an InterCity 125 HST train on the southbound service and a 7-car Class 222 Meridian on the northbound service. Both types are fixed-formation diesel sets.
The up (southbound) train in 2010 has an end-to-end journey time of 2 hours 24 minutes. The down (northbound) train takes 2 hours 9 minutes.
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