In June 2006, fourteen new buses arrived in Sheffield and entered service in July. These included ten brand new Dennis Dart SLF vehicles with pink "Route 88" branding, along with four other Dart SLFs from Stagecoach Manchester. Buses on routes 52, 83 and 120 also received the new style route branding, in sky-blue, blue and lime green respectively. Six more Dart SLFs entered service at Rawmarsh depot around the same time, branded for services 108 and 109, along with seven MCV Evolution-bodied MAN 14.240s at Barnsley.