Devon & Cornwall Transit 2021 Week 29

It is time for the usual weekly look back on what has been published on the Registered Local Bus Services site over the last week. As always click through for more details including timetables and maps.

Bit of a mixed bag this last week:

• Dartline (Dealtop Ltd) Changes to their Park & Ride in Exeter from September and a new school service
• Holsworthy Ltd: Don't get too excited – these are cancelled registrations for service that last ran back in 2013-2015!
• Stagecoach: Catching up with previous timetable changes during Covid. and new registrations for extra Park & Ride services in Plymouth for the Sail Grand Prix weekend earlier this month. They kept them pretty quiet as I didn't notice any publicity for them at the time.
• Axe valley (Searle) Two new school services from September

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes	OPERATOR
PH1016164.028	14	Bideford Morrisons	Bideford Morrisons	12-Jul-2021	cancelled - not operated service since May 15!	HOLSWORTHY LTD
PH1016164.014	15X S	The Quay, Bideford	Asda, Atlantic Village, Bideford	20-Jul-2021	cancelled, stopped operating service in April 2015	HOLSWORTHY LTD
PH1020951.136	21 21A 21C	Ilfracombe or Barnstaple	Appledore or Westward Ho!	05-Jul-2021	Register timetable as permanent post covid lockdown as well as adding 21C to Ruda and increase Devon Sunday service. Last timetable dated 31 May 2021	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0005305.070	368	Congregational Church, Honiton	Broadhembury	31-Aug-2021	Mon-Sat school term Tues- Fri- Sat School holidays	DEALTOP LIMITED
PH1016164.024	624	Buckland Monachorum School	Yelverton Roundabout	20-Jul-2021	Cancelled- ceased operating service in April 2014	HOLSWORTHY LTD
PH0005305.065	679	Beech Hill	Exeter Bus Station	26-Jul-2021	Closure of Exeter Bus station to service 679.	DEALTOP LTD
PH0004666.008	923	Bridport Bus Station	Colyford, The Elms Bus Stop	08-Sep-2021	Monday to Friday during Colyton Grammar School days. Twice daily, morning and afternoon	FRANCES MAY SEARLE
PH0004666.007	924	Uplyme, Village Hall	Colyford, The Elms Bus Stop	08-Sep-2021	Monday to Friday during Colton Grammar School days. Twice daily, morning and afternoons	FRANCES MAY SEARLE
PH1020951.343	PR1	George Park and Ride	Plymouth	18-Jul-2021	Park and Ride service for Sail GP Plymouth. Published after the event and no publicity found anywhere or on Stagecoach Twitter. Presume extra buses laid on	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.342	PR2	Coypool	Plymouth	17-Jul-2021	Park and Ride service for Sail GP Plymouth. Published after the event and no publicity found anywhere or on Stagecoach Twitter. Presume extra buses laid on	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0005305.005	PR3	EXETER, Digby Park & Ride	EXETER, R D E Wonford Hospital	13-Sep-2021	Route and timetable amended due to road closure	DEALTOP LIMITED
PH0005305.066	SPR3	Sowton Park & Ride	Sowton Park & Ride	13-Sep-2021	Change of route due to road closure	DEALTOP LIMITED

This weekend we have a few services that have moved into the new bus station in Exeter which opened today (see below for more)

The other big service is the new Newquay Park & Ride service 99 which launched yesterday:

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes	OPERATOR
PH1020951.075	39	Exeter, Chudleigh. Bovey Tracey	Newton Abbot	25-Jul-2021	New bus station Exeter	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.036	57	Exeter	Exmouth	25-Jul-2021	Change to new bus station following the closure of the old one.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.057	58, 58C	Exeter	Budleigh Salterton	25-Jul-2021	The opening of the new bus station in Exeter	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0000135.295	99	Newquay, Treloggan (Morrisons), Newquay Zoo, Newquay Rail Station or Great Western Hotel	Newquay Park & Ride	24-Jul-2021	New Service	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0005305.065	679	Beech Hill	Exeter Bus Station	26-Jul-2021	Closure of Exeter Bus station to service 679.	DEALTOP LTD
PH1020951.321	L	Exeter South Street	Pinhoe	25-Jul-2021	Moving bus stations following the closure of the old, and opening of the new.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD

Talking about the new bus station we have this release from the Devon General Omnibus Trust which I meant to post this last week but have been unwell (heat related!)

Devon General AEC Regent V at Exeter bus station plaque unveiling

The Devon General Omnibus Trust’s 1957 AEC Regent V VDV 817 featured in a ceremony at the new Exeter bus station on Monday 19^th July, when the Prince of Wales unveiled a commemorative plaque. The bus was the backdrop to many photographs of Prince Charles.

Peter Murnaghan, DGOT’s chairman, said “We were delighted to be asked by Stagecoach South West to provide 817, and even more pleased to discover on the day that it was for a royal event. Our volunteers did a grand job in preparing the bus and its classic Devon General livery certainly sparkled in the sunshine. It was fitting for 817 to be present, as it was the first bus into the 1964 bus station that is now being replaced. 817 worked on Exeter city services until withdrawal in 1971 and joined the Trust’s collection four years ago”.

Photo supplied by Exeter City Council: