BUS services for Penistone and surrounding communities have been thrown into uncertainty by the sudden collapse of Tates Travel.
And although alternative operators have stepped in on a temporary basis to cover many routes, passengers in one village have been left without any buses.
Tates Travel ceased trading at the end of Monday, leaving South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive - the body responsible for ensuring the county has adequate public transport - scrambling to put new measures in place.
The development is a major twist in a turbulent period for bus services in the Penistone area, which resulted in a deluge of complaints last summer about the unreliability of Tates Travel buses.
Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle