Bovisand Bus

Catching up with upcoming bus route changes we saw this announcement on Jackett Coaches Facebook page back on 3 June:

We can now confirm that we will be running the summer 54 service between Plymouth City Centre and Bovisand via Plymstock, Hooe and Jennycliff. The service will run 7 days a week from Sunday 21st July until Sunday 1st September

They are planning to run a 31 seat low floor bus on the route with a spare vehicle available if the loadings get heavy.

Sure enough on VOSA 6th June

1. PH1101608/8 - TREVELLYAN JACKETT T/A JACKETT'S COACHES, KINGSETT HOUSE,, ALBASTON, GUNNISLAKE, PL18 9AL

   • Registration Accepted by SN
   • Starting Point: Plymouth, Royal Parade
   • Finish Point: Bovisand
   • Via: Plymstock, Hooe
   • Service Number: 54
   • Service Type: Normal Stopping
   • Effective Date: 21-JUL-2013
   • Other Details: Daily service

No sign of any timetables yet of the Jacketts website (but then it still shows timetables for the 85 which ended a couple of months ago)

Lets hope that the weather improves and the service is a success.

Bovisand June 2005 by Steve Sweet under creative commons

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