The 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.
Nice and simple this week as there are no new ones to report.
This week
Just the one – AVMT 378 filling gap left by Stagecoach service reductions dealt with last week
| Licence | Route | Start Point | End Point | Effective | Notes | OPERATOR |
| PH2050218.008 | 378 | Lyme Regis Square | Seaton, Marine Place | 01-Aug-2022 | NEW: Monday to Saturday (Easter to October) Monday to Friday (November to Easter) |
AVMT BUSES LIMITED |
Social media last week
2 of our buses were at the RHS Garden Rosemoor Vintage Weekend on 30/7/22.
— Devon General Omnibus Trust (@DevonGeneralOT) July 31, 2022
The next time you can see - & travel on - vehicles from our collection will be at the 'Devon General Remembered' running day at Exmouth on Sunday 4/9/22: https://t.co/Xyc2xjke01https://t.co/akTDaxkxQQ pic.twitter.com/P90JvaOaUy
Unfortunately, our Ocean City Sights open topper bus will not be running on service 25 for the next 3 days due to low hanging trees.
— Plymouth Citybus (@plymouthbus) July 29, 2022
We have contacted the relevant companies to get this sorted ASAP.
We are sorry for any inconvenience that this has caused. pic.twitter.com/Nu9FaqFjmR
This is our little bus in partnership with First Kernow. This meets the Sleeper service to shuttle passengers to the Scillonian Ferry. After, it heads to St Erth to help get passengers from platform 1 over to 2/3 due to lack of lifts. Lovely little Optare Solo. pic.twitter.com/kaSm1GW2Cs
— The Railway Duck (@quack_attack23) July 28, 2022
Ready for action in Birmingham for the 2022 Commonwealth Games pic.twitter.com/Pl8OSUJIVo
— Marc Huws (@MarcMorganHuws) July 28, 2022
Plymouth CityBus backs local businesses with Ocean City Sights tour
— Coach & Bus Week (@CBWtweets) July 28, 2022
The Go-Ahead Group-owned company has launched an open-top tour that is not only showing visitors what Plymouth has to offer, but that will also support businesses along the route. https://t.co/tt4vc5xWXy pic.twitter.com/g7TJmBR6tC
Looks like Plymouth Citybus is taking over 55/56 Yelverton routes and 98 Postbridge routes from Oakleys
ReplyDeleteReal Shame. Wish Citybus didn't have to.muscle in on everything and give others a chance to have a business!! I see Stagecoach 19 and 31 are cancelled suppose Citybus have this too!
DeleteIts not a case of Citybus not giving anyone else a chance. The council put the services out to tender and the operators put in their bids. The council then decide who to give the contract too. These few routes have switched between City and Stagecoach (and Target / Oakleys too) many times over the years.
DeleteI've been told that Citybus have won the tenders for all the Oakleys routes including the 52 and 59. Services will swap over on the 15th August. Seems strange when Citybus haven't got enough drivers available to cover their existing routes and don't appear to have many vehicles suited to these routes either.
DeleteIt is ridiculous seeing as they can't cover what they have In Plymouth particularly with the cornwall contracts they struggle to meet! They also have won the city college 36 contract off Stagecoach from next month
DeleteI'm surprised there is no mention of "Tap and Cap" which Plymouth CityBus and Transport for Cornwall introduced on 26th July. It was formally launched by the Minister for Buses, Baroness Vere, the following day.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.plymouthbus.co.uk/minister-visits-plymouth-tap-cap-launches
Thanks Julian. There will be. I must admit I missed the update you link to - but was hoping to post once I had tried it. Sadly my first attempt didnt actually work! Trying again this week though
DeleteOakleys gave up the routes so they had to be retendered! Not muscling in at all or routine tendering.
ReplyDeleteIs this the routes the 2 mercs sprinters from london are for
DeleteIt wasn't but it is what they will get used for now
DeleteThey were for something else
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