Plymstock Network

This weekend sees the start of the new Plymstock Network by First. Route 2 stays as it was but the 6 has been revised and a new route 7 has been added to the network.
Service 6 (City Centre - Staddiscombe via Plymstock): The route of this service is changing slightly from 12 June. Specifically Service 6 buses will no longer serve Horn Cross Road, Stanborough Road, Springfield Road or a section of route on Goosewelll Road, but instead they will operate via Oreston Road, Plymstock Road, Dean Hill, Furzehatt Road, Reservoir Road, Staddiscombe Road, Goosewell Road and Holmwood Avenue before returning along Dean Hill to Plymstock Broadway. The changes mean that customers in Staddiscombe and Goosewell will be able to get to and from Plymstock Broadway more easily and quickly than previously. Buses will run up to every 20 minutes Monday - Saturday and every 30 minutes on Sundays and Public Holidays.
***NEW*** Service 7 (City Centre - Elburton via Plymstock Broadway): A new Service 7 is being introduced from 12 June. This will offer people in Elburton additional opportunities to travel and a quicker, more direct, route between Elburton and the City Centre. Specifically buses, which will run up to every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sundays and Public Holidays, will follow the route of the current Service 6 until the Pomphlett Road roundabout, from where they will then travel via Pomphlett Road, Horn Cross Road, Stanborough Road Dunstone Drive, Furzehatt Road, Springfield Road, Elburton Road and Stanborough Road, before returning along Horn Cross Road, Pomphlett Road en route to the city centre. In addition Service 7 buses in the city centre, in response to customer demand, will also serve Charles Street (for the Drake Circus Shopping Mall) and Mayflower Street from the 12 June
Not knowing Plymstock that well its hard for me to judge if this is an improvement or not. I guess like any route and timetable change there will be winners and looser, but its generally the losers that will make the most noise!I have finally managed to get my computer to produce a Google Map of the network as it stands from this weekend. Larger 'live' maps are on my Extra site as detailed below.

The Plymouth Citybus 5 5A service continues as before of course. After the upcoming fare increase by Citybus its possible that First will actually be cheaper now, especially as the recent First increase did not apply to their Plymstock buses.
First are offering cheaper tickets for the first week:
We've listened to our customers who told us they wanted more direct buses to the places in Plymstock and Elburton they wish to visit. So from Sunday 12 June were changing the route of our service 6 and introducing a new service 7:
ugobus 6: Staddiscombe - Broadway West - Oreston - City Centre

Plus weve still got our service 2 (Mount Batten - Goosewell - Broadway West - Pomphlett - City Centre), so between them services 2, 6 and 7 offer up to 12 buses an hour between Plymstock and Plymouth City Centre.
To celebrate the new and improved network in the Plymstock area we're offering a £5 FirstWeek Plymstock ticket on ugobus services 2,6 & 7 from Sunday 12 - Saturday 25 June. If you use it everyday it's valid that's as little as 71p per day for unlimited travel on these 3 services; bargain!
Ask your ugobus service 2, 6 or 7 driver for a £5 FirstWeek Plymstock ticket.
To view full details of this offer and a map showing the service 2, 6 & 7 routes please click here: ugobus service 2, 6 & 7 timetable from 12 June 2011 (PDF - 181.46 KB)

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Related Links

• First 2 Plymothian Transit Extra
• First 6 Plymothian Transit Extra
• First 2 Plymothian Transit Extra
• Citybus 5/5A Plymothian Transit Extra

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