25 September 2022

Devon & Cornwall Transit 2022 Week 38

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.

At least we seem to have left the September changes behind us and all of this weeks notices are for upcoming service changes dominated by Stagecoach for the end of October. As you can see from the amount of red below, there are a lot of cancelled registrations. Whether any of these are likely to be replaced by new registrations remains to be seen as I suspect there will be a lot more changes to come. However it does appear that there are quite a few cutbacks in services coming up…

Linden Holding (MD) also cancel a couple of their services.

 Licence Route Start Point End Point Effective NotesOPERATOR
PH1020951.101 5A 5B Exeter Bus Station Hatherleigh or Winkleigh 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.113 5B Winkleigh Great Torrington 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.164 5B Great Torrington Barnstaple 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.206 5A Hatherleigh Okehampton 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.183 6 Bude Holsworthy 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.217 6A Launceston Okehampton 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.222 6A Bude Launceston 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.291 9W Exeter St Davids Station Westpoint 05-Nov-2022 To cancel registration (operated on 5th November each year only) STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.122 19 Roundswell North Devon District Hospital 30-Oct-2022 Introduce additional journeys between Barnstaple Bus Station and North Devon District Hospital during evenings and Sundays. STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.136 21 821, 815, 921, 21C, 21, 21A Ilfracombe or Barnstaple Appledore or Westward Ho! 30-Oct-2022 Introduce reduced frequency timetable. Frequency reduced during evenings and Sundays to operate hourly between Ilfracombe & Westward Ho!, and Barnstaple & Appledore, with a combined 30 minutes frequency between Barnstaple and Bideford. Daytime frequency reduced to hourly between Ilfracombe & Westward Ho! and Ilfracombe and Appledore, with additional short journeys to provide combined 15 minute frequency between Barnstaple & Georgeham.  Removal of Open Top journeys between Barnstaple & Croyde Bay (Ruda) on Ser 21C. STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.167 56 56A Exeter St Davids Station Exmouth 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.210 75A 75B Great Torrington Okehampton 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.109 155 Tiverton South Molton 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.253 301 Harford Bridge Park & Ride Tavistock 12-Oct-2022 To Cancel registration as Harford Bridge is not available. STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.178 319 Hartland Bude 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH2008096.014 B1 Bow Square Halwill Junction, Station Field 03-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION LINDEN HOLDINGS (DEVON) LTD
PH2008096.013 B2 Bow Station Northlew Square 03-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION LINDEN HOLDINGS (DEVON) LTD
PH1020951.333 F1 F2 Beacon Heath Exeter Sidwell Street 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.282 Falcon Brent Knoll Bristol 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.329 Falcon Marley Head Exeter 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.330 Falcon Exeter Wellington 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.331 Falcon Wellington Brent Knoll 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.058 RED Exeter, Paris Street Honiton Road Park & Ride 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.335 X Whipton Exeter 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0006159.414 X53 X51 Bridport Coach Station Axminster Rail Station 09-Oct-2022 Timetable variation FIRST HAMPSHIRE & DORSET LIMITED
PH1020951.336 Y Alphington Matford 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.337 Z Exminster Matford Park and Ride 30-Oct-2022 CANCELLED REGISTRATION STAGECOACH DEVON LTD


This week

There are quite a few service changes taking effect from next weekend, again all Stagecoach mainly in and around the Torbay area:

 Licence Route Start Point End Point Effective NotesOPERATOR
PH1020951.063 2 Exeter Bus Station Newton Abbot 02-Oct-2022 Revised Timetable
A number of minor changes are introduced to the timetable at the start and end of the day, there are no changes to the route or frequency of buses		 STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.011 12 Newton Abbot Brixham 02-Oct-2022 Revised timetable
The Saturday daytime frequency will be reduced from 10 to 12 minutes. On Sundays and Public Holidays the daytime frequency will be reduced from 15 minutes to 20 minutes. In addition, there are also some minor changes to journeys at the start and end of the day.		 STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.022 17 17A Brixham, Bank Lane Furzeham, Copythorne Road 02-Oct-2022 To revise Sunday & Bank Holiday timetable STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.003 18 Brixham Kingswear 02-Oct-2022 Revise Sunday & Bank Holiday timetables
Service 18 will operate every 60 minutes between approximately 1000 and 1700 on Sunday and Public Holidays, with departures from Brixham between 1005 and 1705 and departures from Kingswear between 1022 and 1722.		 STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.208 22 Dawlish Warren South Devon College 02-Oct-2022 Timetable variation
The route of Service 22 will be amended in the Roselands area to serve Roselands Drive and Wilkins Drive / Aldi in both directions, which will provide improved access to new residential and retail destinations.

The evening timetable on Service 22 will be improved and simplified, with journeys operating every 60 minutes along the full length of route between St Marychurch and South Devon College. In addition, new Service 22A will operate every 60 minutes, with a direct routing between Torquay Harbour and Paignton Bus Station, following the same route as Service 12.

With the exception of Sunday and Public Holiday daytime journeys, all journeys extend to and from South Devon College, providing a more consistent timetable and additional journey opportunities.		 STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.209 23 South Devon College Paignton 02-Oct-2022 Monday to Friday off-peak (approximately 1000-1530) and weekend evening journeys will be extended beyond Davies Avenue to Waddeton Close, which provides a more consistent timetable and additional journey opportunities. STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.006 31 Torquay, Cary Parade Barton Padacre Road 02-Oct-2022 To revise the timetable
Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will be reduced from 20 minutes to 30 minutes, with the daily evening frequency reduced from 30 minutes to 60 minutes.  On Sundays and Public Holidays the daytime frequency will be reduced from 30 minutes to 60 minutes		 STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.317 35A 35C Torquay Strand The Willows 02-Oct-2022 To revise timetable
Sunday and Public Holiday daytime frequency will be reduced from every 30 minutes to every 60 minutes.		 STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.075 39 271 Exeter Newton Abbot 02-Oct-2022 To revise Service 39 timetable . Summer 271 service. Saturday service will operate between 28/5/22 and 29/10/22, and between similar dates in subsequent years. Mon-Fri service will operate between 24/7/23 and 1/9/23 and between similar dates in subsequent years STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.020 Fox Paignton Bus Station Foxhole 02-Oct-2022 Revised evening frequency
To better reflect customer demand there will be changes to the frequency of buses during the evening on Service FOX. Weekdays and Saturdays after 1935, and Sundays and Public Holidays after 1835 buses will operate every 60 minutes until 2335 from Paignton Bus Station.

 		 STAGECOACH DEVON LTD

Most (but not all) of the new timetables are available on the route pages by clicking through above. A couple of timetables have yet to appear on Traveline.

There will also be changes to the open top services at the end of the season

Open Top Services:

To coincide with the end of the peak holiday season our open top services will be paused or reduced:

Service 95 (Exmouth – Sandy Bay)

Service 95 will be reduced to operate a limited service Monday to Friday daytime only. The new timetable will operate throughout the Autumn and Winter, ahead of the full timetable resuming in 2023.

Service 222 (Dawlish Warren – Teignmouth)

Service 222 will pause operation until the start of the new season in 2023.

Service 122 (Babbacombe – Devon Bay via Torquay and Paignton)

Service 122 will pause operation until 2023. While there will be no direct service to Devon Bay, Services 12 and 120 continue to stop nearby on Dartmouth Road (Waterside Shops), with all other sections of the route served by other frequent services.

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39 comments:

  1. Anonymous25 September 2022 at 18:50

    Would cancellation of falcon be anything todo with transfer of citylink/megabus and falcon to comfort del gro

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    1. didbygraham25 September 2022 at 19:09

      I'm guessing so - but no new registrations have appeared yet

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  2. Anonymous25 September 2022 at 19:09

    The only real cuts are to sever Barnstaple to Exeter with 5A,5B and 5C all going bar one peak journey each part way and the 155 between Tiverton and South Molton is gone. The RED is gone but replaced by a 4 every 20 mins Cranbrook to St David's and a 4a every 20 Airport to st Davids so arguably better. The 6 is split in Okehampton with 25 min waits each way which is poor, but many Exeter routes get frequency increases. Basically resource moved to where passengers are.

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  3. Anonymous25 September 2022 at 19:41

    It's not looking good for the Stagecoach routes in Devon. Stagecoach have withdrawn loads of services in Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire leaving whole villages and towns without a bus service at all. It looks like Northamptonshire are next on there hit list with major changes coming there

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    1. didbygraham26 September 2022 at 16:45

      to be fair to Stagecoach its happening in lots of places - not just Stagecoach!

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  4. Anonymous25 September 2022 at 19:45

    So all we are left with from Plymouth to Exeter is the X38 service which is a dreadful service maybe they can put extra busses to replace the falcon

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    1. Anonymous26 September 2022 at 17:20

      No. The Falcon will continue as it is. It is just a registration change

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  5. Anonymous25 September 2022 at 19:50

    Is any other bus companies replacing all the service s that are cancelled like the 6a and other services

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    1. Trevellyan Jackett26 September 2022 at 21:03

      The 6A between Launceston & Okehampton is being replaced with a new 306 service, I haven't seen who is operating it though

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    2. Anonymous27 September 2022 at 00:05

      Presumably Dartline and running up to Okehampton station then to provide a link to the rail service?

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    3. Anonymous29 September 2022 at 09:40

      306 Go-Ahead

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  6. Anonymous25 September 2022 at 19:59

    The new falcon timetable is on traveline southwest website

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  7. Anonymous25 September 2022 at 20:03

    All timetables from Oct 30 are already on travelinesw.

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  8. Anonymous25 September 2022 at 20:04

    Falcon is just reregistered as one through plym to bristol reg rather than the split one. Timetable unchanged.

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  9. Dave Harries25 September 2022 at 21:16

    Not quite right actually. A look on TravelineSW does give a new timetable for the Falcon! However whereas the route is presently split under multiple registrations it will no longer be so.

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    1. didbygraham26 September 2022 at 16:47

      Thanks Dave. I did point out that I expect a lot more changes to start appearing over the coming days

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  10. James25 September 2022 at 22:50

    https://www.coachandbusmarket.com/vehicles/2010/ Taw & Torridge E200 up for sale

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  11. Anonymous26 September 2022 at 07:50

    Agreed Falcon is being moved to Comfort Del Gro. However, the cancellation and cuts to bus services - is this a result of the traffic commissioners 10% licence cut following the 2019 Gold incident.

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    1. Anonymous26 September 2022 at 17:09

      That is an instance again of a regulator making ridiculous decisions that have major negative impact on the customer rather than the company involved

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    2. Anonymous26 September 2022 at 18:30

      No its nothing to do with the licence cut as they dont use that manh buses already. In Exeter the city routes use the same number of buses after October with increased frequencies. The Exeter to Barnstaple route cuts will hopefully mean enough drivers to run thr new timetables elsewhere. Which makes sense as they are not money earners usually very lightly loaded.

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  12. Anonymous26 September 2022 at 18:09

    No direct service between Exeter and Barnstaple?

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    1. Julian27 September 2022 at 08:46

      It appears not - most people would take the train for that journey anyway.

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    2. Anonymous27 September 2022 at 10:30

      no direct bus service but still a rail service

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  13. Anonymous26 September 2022 at 18:11

    Aren't the 5B and 155 subsidised by Devon County Council

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  14. Anonymous26 September 2022 at 21:58

    Is the 155 not a Devon CC contract? If so has the CC decided to pull the plug or has the contract been won by another operator?

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    1. Anonymous27 September 2022 at 17:09

      DCC 346 Tiverton to S Molton replaces middle bit

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    2. Anonymous27 September 2022 at 17:13

      Some not all Exeter City routes have increases, mixed picture & DCC rescues parts with new supported F but only at a lower frequency & serving West Garth Rd. H reduced to daytime only & not Sundays. A just serves Alphington with extended R & S diverting via Thornpark Rise area.

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    3. Anonymous1 October 2022 at 08:34

      SC surrendered the existing full Exeter Barnstaple DCC contract part way through along with many others 5A 5B 5C 75 75A etc

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  15. Anonymous26 September 2022 at 22:02

    No doubt the newer members of the First Scotland East fleet are being moved following the sale of that company to McGills hence the 68 plated Solos returning to Kernow.

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    1. Anonymous1 October 2022 at 08:15

      If of intrest to anyone an e500 as things currently stand is down to do the 271(callington-truro college this week. As this is an open door route normal tfc/first conditions apply

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  16. James28 September 2022 at 09:35

    I don't believe half of this is down to covid but poor management. What a shame that the previous management (well two managers) ago built the company up into North Cornwall and Somerset and these last two clowns have completely messed it up! The Gold bus crash only proves how bad the company management is.

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  17. Anonymous28 September 2022 at 20:47

    Stagecoach will run the 346 service between Tiverton and South Molton from 30th October

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  18. Anonymous3 October 2022 at 20:58

    Who will run the new 315 between Exeter and Barnstaple

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    1. Anonymous4 October 2022 at 09:19

      DCC hasn't found an operator last I heard so ongoing negotiations

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    2. Anonymous5 October 2022 at 10:14

      Update: 315 since confirmed by DCC as Plymouth Citybus along with 345 & 377

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