About Last Night and timetables

We know that there are a lot of timetable changes coming to the beginning of September, so there were another 12 posted on the VOL site today.

Stagecoach Devon Ltd

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PH1020951.038	4	Pennsylvania North Park Road	Cranbrook	01-Sep-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.
PH1020951.435	5B	Exeter	Copplestone	01-Sep-2024	New Registration: Buses will use the new bus gate on New North Road for journeys towards Exeter Bus Station via Sidwell Street and no longer serve Longbrook Street or York Road. The 1630 Monday to Friday journey from Exeter to Barnstaple will depart 15 minutes and operate via Morchard Road instead of North Tawton and Bow. To provide additional capacity for Exeter College students and commuters, the majority of journeys will now be operated by double decker buses.
PH1020951.185	6A	Okehampton	Exeter	01-Sep-2024	Buses will use the new bus gate on New North Road for journeys towards Exeter Bus Station via Sidwell Street and no longer serve Longbrook Street or York Road. The following changes will be made to journeys: From Exeter to Okehampton the 0730 (Mon-Fri), 1105 and 1405 (Mon-Sat) and 1705 (Sat) will be withdrawn, however an additional journey will operate at 1305 Monday to Friday. From Whiddon Down to Okehampton the 0847 Saturday journey will be withdrawn. From Okehampton to Exeter the 1230 and 1530 (Mon-Sat) and 0640, 0930 (Sat) journeys will be withdrawn and the 1830 Monday to Friday will depart at 1845.
PH1020951.115	10 10A	Barnstaple	Gorwell	01-Sep-2024	Minor timetable changes to improve the reliability and punctuality of buses.
PH1020951.278	14	Bideford	Goaman Estate	01-Sep-2024	Service current tagged to Arrive at Bideford Quay (Stop A) and departs Bideford Quay (Stop B), adjustment to stop tags to have and arrival and departure at Bideford Quay (Stop B).
PH1020951.172	15 15A	East the Water	Affinity Devon Outlet	01-Sep-2024	Bus stop change from Bideford Quay Stop A to Stop B heading towards Affinity Outlet to reduce congestion in the bus stop with 15 waiting time at the start of the layby.
PH1020951.122	19	Roundswell	NDD Hospital	01-Sep-2024	Revision of evening journey times between Bus Station and North Devon District Hospital to interwork with new evening 21/21A timetables. The majority of evening departure times will change and passengers are encouraged to check the new timetable before travelling.
PH1020951.362	44 44A	Exeter	Axminster	01-Sep-2024	Minor timetable changes to improve reliability and punctuality, including changes to some departure times.
PH1020951.428	178	Newton Abbot	Whiddon Down	01-Sep-2024	There are minor changes to the timetable to improve the reliability and punctuality of buses.
PH1020951.421	358	Otterton	Exeter Bus Station	01-Sep-2024	There are minor changes to the timetable to improve the reliability and punctuality of buses.
PH1020951.353	360	Exeter Sidwell Street	Bridford & Christow	01-Sep-2024	All journeys will operate one consistent route, avoiding the need for some trips to serve Christow on both inbound and outbound journeys: From Bridford to Exeter the 0710 (Mon-Fri) and the 0720 (Sat) will start in Christow at 0711 (Mon-Fri) and 0721 (Sat) and then operate via Bridford at 0723 (Mon-Fri) and 0733 (Sat) before continuing to Exeter. The 0921 Monday to Friday and 0920 Saturday journeys will depart later at 0942, having already served Christow. From Exeter to Bridford the 0825 Monday to Friday journey will depart later at 0845.
PH1020951.434	K	Cowley Bridge	Pennsylvania	01-Sep-2024	As a result of changes to the current Services F and P, a new Service K will be introduced. Service K will operate the current Service F route between Cowley Bridge and High Street, before operating the current Service P route between High Street and Pennsylvania. Buses will operate hourly Monday to Saturday daytimes, restoring a 60 minute frequency between Cowley Bridge and High Street. The frequency of buses between High Street and Pennsylvania will be reduced from every 35/40 minutes to every 60 minutes, which better reflects passenger demand.

You can click through on the licence numbers of more detail and history although timetables have yet to be added.

Far Right Rioting

Last Night saw horrible scenes of violence with the far right protest turning into rioting. Plymouth Citybus were keeping buses out of the City Centre from tea time onwards later in the evening a wider area was excluded with buses being diverted. They sent out details on Twitter but when I observed the live tracking towards the end of the evening there were quite a few variations from the published plans. All in all it seems they did a good job keeping most services running whilst keeping their drivers and passengers safe. The notes from Twitter below are just a flavour of the diversions in place.

Due to the escalating situation in Plymouth city centre there is No service on North Hill beyond North Road East, Charles Street, Ebrington Street, Exeter Street, Royal Parade, Mayflower Street, Derrys Cross, Western Approach or Coburg Street.

• 16, 33, 43 and 61 will be terminating and starting from the railway station due to the ongoing situation with the protest.
• 5 5A Will not operate from Plymstock beyond Cattedown. Connect with 51 if wishing to get closer to the city from this point.
• 34 Operating to and from Milbay via Martin Street, King Street, Eldad and Wilton Street to the Station where they will terminate.
• 21 21A From Devonport via King Street, Eldad and Wilton Street to the Station terminating there. From Plympton terminating at Cattedown Please use 51 buses to connect at Cattedown from the Station.
• 50 51 Operating to and from Cattedown via Greenbank and North Road East in both directions.
• 23 24 35 42 42C 44 Buses operating via North Road East to and from the Railway Station in both directions from Mutley/North Hill. 23/24 operating via Greenbank to and from Tothill.

First thing this morning Royal Parade was still closed to allow a clean up, with services returning to normal from 06:45