Timetable for change

Bus services changes seem to come thick and fast these days. We have already seen quite a few changes this month with Devon County Council cuts affecting routes for First Devon & Cornwall earlier this month.

This coming weekend sees quite a few changes to Plymouth Citybus services:

Service 42 service is to be withdrawn from Leatfield drive. The service will instead service Southway and Looseleigh Lane (Current Sunday Service route)
Service 40D & 41D services are to be replaced with services 40 and 41
Service 46 & 47 service is to be withdrawn (Sunday Services are to be changed to Service 27)
New Service 27 operating between Deer Park and the Plymouth side of the Torpoint Ferry via the City Centre
There is also a new timetable for the 50 but I have not seen anything to explain what the change is and cant actually see any difference so it must be a fairly minor change!

I will be coming back to the ending of the 46 and 47 later in the week.

There is plenty more to come:
PH0006742/48 - ROBERT JOHN RISK, 4 ARCADIA, ELBURTON, PLYMOUTH, PL9 8EF
Registration Accepted by SN Starting Point: Plymouth, Royal Parade Finish Point: Merafield Via: Cattedown, Prince Rock, Marsh Mills
Service Number: 19 Service Type: Normal Stopping Effective Date: 26-APR-2011 Other Details: Monday to Friday.

This is a new route which seems to replace the Cattedown route 45 and the section of Citybus 20 which was pulled earlier this month.

The 29th May will see a few changes for First

PH0004983/38 - FIRST DEVON & CORNWALL LTD, THE RIDE, CHELSON MEADOW, PLYMOUTH, PL9 7JT
Variation Accepted: Operating between Kingsbridge Quay and Dartmouth Pontoon given service number 93 effective from 29-May-2011. To amend Timetable.

PH0004983/389 - FIRST DEVON & CORNWALL LTD, THE RIDE, CHELSON MEADOW, PLYMOUTH, PL9 7JT
Variation Accepted: Operating between Kingsbridge Quay and Bretonside Bus Station given service number 93 effective from 29-May-2011. To amend Timetable.

We have just had another batch of changes announced on VOSA for the 12th June 2011 which are very interesting indeed

PH0004983/330 - FIRST DEVON & CORNWALL LTD, THE RIDE, CHELSON MEADOW, PLYMOUTH, PL9 7JT
Variation Accepted: Operating between Plymouth Royal Parade and Goosewell, Holmwood Avenue given service number 6 effective from 12-Jun-2011. To amend Route and Timetable

PH0004983/336 - FIRST DEVON & CORNWALL LTD, THE RIDE, CHELSON MEADOW, PLYMOUTH, PL9 7JT
Variation Accepted: Operating between Plymouth Royal Parade and Barne Barton given service number 3 effective from 12-Jun-2011. To amend Timetable.

Then the big one:
PH0004983/397 - FIRST DEVON & CORNWALL LTD, THE RIDE, CHELSON MEADOW, PLYMOUTH, PL9 7JT
Cancellation Accepted: Operating between City Centre and City Centre given service number 12 effective from 12-Jun-2011.

It will be interesting to see how the company explain these changes. With the new route 7 presumably taking the buses from the 12 it should not have too much of an impact on the local fleet or drivers so that much is good news at least. It does seem that First are going back to concentrate on their traditional areas. Will we be seeing Citybus doing the same and pulling their 5/5A?

Finally Target Travel are introducing their 54 Bovisand service from 23 July:
PH0006742/49 - ROBERT JOHN RISK, 4 ARCADIA, ELBURTON, PLYMOUTH, PL9 8EF
Registration Accepted Starting Point: Plymouth, Royal Parade Finish Point: Bovisand Via: Plymstock, Hooe, Jennycliff
Service Number: 54 Service Type: Normal Stopping Effective Date: 23-JUL-2011 Other Details: Daily service.

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Related Links

• First Service 6 Plymothian Transit Extra
• First Service 3 Plymothian Transit Extra
• First Service 12 Plymothian Transit Extra
• Target Travel 19 Plymothian Transit Extra
• Target Travel 54 Plymothian Transit Extra
• Citybus 40/41 Plymothian Transit Extra
• Citybus 46/47 Plymothian Transit Extra
• Citybus 27 Plymothian Transit Extra
• Citybus 42 Plymothian Transit Extra

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