In its modern version it is one of four named expresses operated by East Midlands Railway, and runs between Sheffield and London St Pancras.
The original South Yorkshireman was a train in the post-WW2 era from Bradford via Sheffield Victoria to London Marylebone over the Great Central Main Line.
It left Bradford Exchange daily at 10:00, returning from London at 16:50, and calling at Huddersfield, Sheffield, and Leicester; in some years at least, also at Halifax, Brighouse, Penistone, Nottingham, Rugby and Aylesbury.
It was not a particularly fast service even by the standards of that era, the down train taking 5 hours 30 minutes to get from London to Bradford.
The service is provided by an 7-car Class 222 Meridian The up (southbound) train in 2010 has an end-to-end journey time of 2 hours 24 minutes.