April is coming

The service registration changes for April continue to flood in. The latest batch I have processed are as follows

Plymouth Citybus

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PH0000135.094	5 5A 806	Elburton	City Centre	14-Apr-2024	Revise timetable for reliability
PH0000135.012	8 9	City Centre	City Centre	14-Apr-2024	Revise times for reliability
PH0000135.288	13	Saltash Passage	City Centre	15-Apr-2024	Revise times for reliability. Some afternoon journeys run up to 10 minutes later
PH0000135.001	16	City Centre	City Centre	14-Apr-2024	Revised timetable to improve reliability
PH0000135.006	23 24	CIty Centre	City Centre	14-Apr-2024	Some Saturday journeys re - routed to avoid inbound traffic congestion in Ebrington St.Extra evening journey Monday to Saturday. 1740 from Royal Parade withdrawn on Saturdays. Route and timetable revised accordingly
PH0000135.316	27	Royal Parade	George	15-Apr-2024	Revise intermediate timing points & timetable
PH0000135.148	33	Royal Parade	Royal Parade	14-Apr-2024	Vary timetable. On schooldays 1557 from HMS Drake revised to start Royal Parade at 1545. Evening journeys revised with additional running time.
PH0000135.053	34	City Centre	Estover	14-Apr-2024	Weekday 0810 from George Junction to start at Derriford Hospital. Revised running times in afternoon peak. Saturday morning journeys pre 0900 start/finish at Derriford Hospital & revised short journeys between Milehouse & Derriford.
PH0000135.042	35 35A	City Centre	City Centre	14-Apr-2024	Tto deal with congestion at Peverell. Additional running time evenings & Sundays
PH0000135.008	42 42A 42B	Royal Parade	Southway	14-Apr-2024	Revised to provide consistent 10 minute frequency between Royal Parade & Derriford at peak times. Sunday morning timetable adjusted to improve timekeeping, and 2355 Derriford - Royal Parade withdrawn
PH0000135.149	42C	Royal Parade	Woolwell	14-Apr-2024	Vary timetable. Revised to provide consistent 10 minute frequency between Royal Parade & Derriford at peak times. Sunday morning timetable adjusted to improve timekeeping.
PH0000135.013	43	City Centre	City Centre	14-Apr-2024	Weekday afternoon frequency reduced to every 30 minutes to fund increased running time for congestion & additional running time on Saturdays. Minor timing changes to maintain headway with services 50/51
PH0000135.010	44	Whitleigh	City Centre	14-Apr-2024	Revised timetable to improve timekeeping. Last journeys from Whitleigh terminate at Crownhill
PH0000135.076	50 51 107	Derriford	Derriford	14-Apr-2024	Weekday afternoon frequency reduced to every 30 minutes to fund increased running time for congestion. Service 50 does not serve Crownhill loop.  Additional running time on early evening journeys. Sunday 2340 service 51 from Derriford withdrawn
PH0000135.126	61	Royal Parade	Royal Parade	14-Apr-2024	Vary route and timetable. Service 60 withdrawn. Revised 61 providing Royal Parade to Transit Way via Honicknowle section of current 60/61. Saturday timetable terminates at West Park

Stagecoach Devon Ltd

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PH1020951.086	1 1A	Exeter Bus Station	Tiverton Bus Station	14-Apr-2024	Working in partnership with Devon County Council, there will be a number of significant improvements to the timetable from 14 April 2024. In summary, the frequency of buses Monday to Saturday daytime between Exeter and Cullompton will be increased providing a co-ordinated 15 minute frequency and an additional journey opportunity every hour.
PH1020951.038	4	Exeter St Davids	Cranbrook	14-Apr-2024	Timing changes are introduced each day to improve reliability and punctuality. Following a review of passenger demand, the frequency of buses Monday to Friday between approximately 0930-1500 will be adjusted from every 12 minutes to every 15 minutes and during the evening to every 40 minutes, providing a more reliable and punctual service.
PH1020951.409	4A	Exeter St Davids	Exeter Airport	14-Apr-2024	Timing changes are introduced each day to improve reliability and punctuality. 1415 Monday to Friday journey from Exeter St Davids to Honiton Road Park and Ride will be withdrawn, however, alternative journey options are available.
PH1020951.034	5 5A 5B 5C	Exeter Bus Station	Crediton / Chulmleigh	14-Apr-2024	Timing changes are introduced each day to improve reliability and punctuality. A separate Monday to Friday and Saturday timetable will apply, to ensure that journey times are reflective of passenger demand and congestion. Some journeys are retimed, please check the new timetable carefully before travelling.
PH1020951.395	5A	Crediton	Okehampton	14-Apr-2024	Timing changes are introduced each day to improve reliability and punctuality. A separate Monday to Friday and Saturday timetable will apply, to ensure that journey times are reflective of passenger demand and congestion. Some journeys are retimed, please check the new timetable carefully before travelling.
PH1020951.185	6A	Okehampton	Exeter	14-Apr-2024	Timing changes are introduced each day to improve reliability and punctuality. A number of journeys are retimed and please check the new timetable carefully before travelling.
PH1020951.380	52	Plympton	Derriford Hospital	14-Apr-2024	Intermediate running times are revised to improve reliability and punctuality, with the last few trips stepped back to further assist this.  Service 52 towards Derriford Hospital will continue to operate via Brest Road and Morlaix Drive, and towards Plympton will operate via Derriford Road, Derriford Roundabout and Brest Road.
PH1020951.027	55	Exeter Bus Station	Tiverton Bus Station	14-Apr-2024	Timing changes are introduced each day to improve reliability and punctuality. Monday to Saturday journeys from Exeter to Tiverton at 0545, 0730 and 1933 from Tiverton to Exeter will be withdrawn. An altenative journey oeprates via Service 355 at 0730. Following a request from Devon County Council, the 2000, 2130 and 2300 Monday to Saturday journeys from Exeter Bus Station to Tiverton will additionally serve Silverton (Square). As a result, Monday to Saturday evening departures from Tiverton to Exeter will be re-timed to depart slightly later.
PH1020951.036	57	Exeter	Exmouth	14-Apr-2024	Timing changes are introduced each day to improve reliability and punctuality. Following a review of data and surveys on reliability, punctuality and passenger flows and demand, significant changes to the route and timetable are introduced. With low demand for travel across Exmouth, the route will be separated in Exmouth Town Centre to ensure passengers will benefit from a more reliable and punctual service. Service 57 will operate between Exeter Bus Station and Exmouth Parade only. The section of route between Exmouth Parade and Brixington will be covered by a new Service 99. During the early morning and late evening, some Service 57 journeys will continue on to operate as new Service 99 and therefore at these times, a through service to Brixington will continue to be provided. To ensure a robust timetable can be operated the Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will be adjusted to operate every 20 minutes. There are no changes to the frequency of buses during the evening or on Sunday and Public Holidays. A small number of school day only journeys will be removed from the timetable
PH1020951.125	71 72	Barnstaple Bus Station	Holsworthy/Shebbear	14-Apr-2024	Advanced 12:55 and 13:55 71 departures from Great Torrington back to 45 minutes past the hour in line with other departures.
PH1020951.126	85	Barnstaple	Holsworthy	14-Apr-2024	Timetable variation. Retiming of journeys between Barnstaple and Holsworthy Monday to Saturday to improve reliability.  Slightly increased layover in Holsworthy to improve driver changeovers.
PH1020951.165	85B	Holsworthy	Tavistock	14-Apr-2024	Timetable variation. Retiming of journeys between Barnstaple and Holsworthy Monday to Saturday to improve reliability.  Slightly increased layover in Holsworthy to improve driver changeovers.
PH1020951.035	98 98A 98E	Exmouth or Brixington	Littleham	14-Apr-2024	Timing changes are introduced Monday to Sunday to improve reliability and punctuality.
PH1020951.065	E (E1, E2)	Exwick	Pinhoe Causey Ln  & Pendragon Rd	14-Apr-2024	Timing changes are introduced each day to improve reliability and punctuality. Monday to Saturday early evenings and Saturday mornings, there are a number of changes to departure times, with a small number of poorly used journeys withdrawn. During the evening where journeys terminate at Exwick, these will complete the loop around Exwick and terminate at Iveagh Court. Following a review of passenger demand on Sunday and Public Holidays, the frequency of buses between Pinhoe and the City Centre via Lancelot Road during core retail hours (approximately 0930-1730) will be doubled from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes
PH1020951.370	F	Cowley Bridge, West Garth Road	Summerway, Bernadette Close	14-Apr-2024	Timing changes are introduced each day to improve reliability and punctuality. To ensure a reliable and punctual timetable can be operated, the frequency of Service F will be adjusted to operate every 70 minutes. To simplify the service, there will also be changes to the route of Service F.
PH1020951.198	GOLD	Paignton	Plymouth	14-Apr-2024	Intermediate running times are revised on all days of operation to improve reliability and punctuality.  A number of departure times are amended to provide a more robust timetable, even out recovery time and provide a more even spread of departures.   Following passenger requests, the route will be tweaked slightly to additionally serve Lee Mill, offering a number of new journey opportunities and connections with the Falcon towards Bristol Airport and Bristol.

First South West Ltd

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PH0004983.490	30	Taunton	Axminster	14-Apr-2024	Route and timetable variation

There are clearly a lot more to come for Stagecoach as they have already given us a very detailed list. I think this is it for Plymouth Citybus, unless I have missed any new timetables. They have yet to publish details on their web site although I would expect to see these very shortly

As usual you can click through on the licences above where the usual route history can be found. It will take a while for timetables and maps to be added due to the sheer number all coming through at once!