Devon General Remembered

Running day at Tiverton  1st September

Preserved Devon General buses will take to the roads in and around Tiverton on Sunday 1 st September 2024, recreating the routes of the 1960s.
The services will run from Tiverton bus station between 10am and 4pm, giving free round trips around the town and out to Bampton, Thorverton and Tiverton Parkway Station. Local open-top bus trips will also be available.
The event is organised by the Devon General Society, whose two hundred members celebrate the fascinating history of a bus company that many local people recall with fondness. A souvenir programme giving details of the routes and the buses running on them will be available on the day, or in advance by post from the Devon General Society.

Further information can be found at devongeneral.org.uk/ourevents 

The Devon General Society held a successful  "Devon General Remembered" classic bus running day  on Sunday 5th September 2021, centred on the Mid Devon town of Tiverton. The event was supported by both Mid Devon District and Tiverton Town Councils, and Stagecoach South West. Eleven classic buses attended the event, ten being former Devon General types, including Sea-Dog Leyland Atlantean 'Admiral Blake'. A Bristol LWL in Western National colours was also present, representing the other bus company seen in the area. The vehicles operated a timetable of services to destinations in Tiverton itself and the outlying villages of Thorverton, Witheridge, Bampton and Sampford Peverell. Former bus routes were followed wherever possible. The image depicts NTT 661, (DR661). a Weymann bodied AEC Regent III, which was withdrawn from Devon General Service in 1955, passing Blundell's School, Tiverton, with a well patronised afternoon run from Sampford Peverell to Tiverton Bus Station.  NTT 661 is owned by the Devon General Omnibus Trust.