10 March 2025

Transport for Cornwall 20 April

There were no new notices last week for service changes but we do now have the full Transport for Cornwall from 20th April:

From Sunday 20th April, customers across the county may see some changes to their services, all of which are to help improve efficiencies and punctuality. Please refer to the table below which contains details for every service in Cornwall, identifying relative changes where applicable, including changes to routes and service numbers.

Hopefully this will come through in a readable format..

Route NumberOperatorRoute DescriptionChange
1 / 1A First Bus Penzance – Lands End – St Ives – Penzance Formally the Lands End Coaster, this service will continue to operate the winter routing between Penzance and Lands End / Sennen only with an increased frequency for the Summer.  
A limited seasonal provision will be made over the Lands End to St Ives section by Go Cornwall Bus as services 7/7A.
 
2 / 2A Go Cornwall Bus Penzance – Mullion School (School Days) No significant changes.
2 / 2A Stagecoach South West Saltash – Plymouth Route in Saltash revised to operate all journeys on a standard routing and remove some duplication of provision.
5 Go Cornwall Bus Penzance – Sheffield & Paul No significant changes.
M6 First Bus Penzance – Mousehole Formally the MOUSE service now renumbered as service M6.  No significant changes.
The additional journeys provided during the summer last year on service CAT will not return in Summer 2025.
6 Stagecoach South West Bude – Okehampton for onwards bus or rail connections to Exeter No significant changes.
7 /7A Go Cornwall Bus Lands End – St Ives – Penzance A limited seasonal provision will be made over the Land’s End to St Ives section by Go Cornwall Bus in part replacing the Land’s End Coaster.
8 Go Cornwall Bus Penzance – St Just via Sancreed No significant changes.
9 Go Cornwall Bus Mousehole – Penzance (School days) No significant changes.
10 Go Cornwall Bus Plymouth – Looe – Polperro The timetable for this service is revised to improve reliability.
No additional journeys will be added to the service during the peak summer following poor usage in 2024.
11 Go Cornwall Bus Padstow – Wadebridge – Bodmin – Bodmin Parkway – Liskeard – Plymouth The timetable for this service is significantly revised with the service primarily operating two distinct sections.  Padstow to Bodmin Parkway and Dobwalls to Plymouth reflecting where the significant passenger flows lie on the route.  Passengers from Liskeard and Dobwalls wishing to access Trago Mills can continue to do so on service 77.
Frequency between Bodmin Hospital and Wadebridge is reduced to 1 bus per hour from the current 2 reflecting levels of passenger use.  Service 26 will provide the second bus per hour between Bodmin Parkway and Bodmin Town Centre/Hospital
These changes will remove the restriction to providing Double Deck vehicles on the busiest journeys into and out of Plymouth.
12 Go Cornwall Bus Plymouth – St Dominick (12A) – Callington – Launceston – Bude The timetable for this service is significantly revised and the service split into three sections reflecting where the significant passenger flows lie on the route.
Bude to Launceston will be the service 76, Launceston to Callington will be the 76A and Callington to Plymouth stays as service 12.  The overall level of service will remain broadly similar to now with connections provided between each section.  Some key journeys at peak times will continue to run through without a need to change bus.
15 Go Cornwall Bus Gwithian – Hayle Town – St Erth – Penzance The first and last journeys on the timetable are removed due to very limited passenger use.
16/16A Go Cornwall Bus Penzance – Nancleadra (16) / Zennor (16A) – St Ives No significant changes
17/17A First Bus St Ives – Penzance – St Just (17) – Pendeen (17) or Madron (17A)  The timetable for this service is significantly revised to introduce summer service levels and improve reliability.  Service 17A will operate via St Ives Holiday Park.
17E Go Cornwall Bus Penzance – St Just – Pendeen (Evenings) No significant changes.
21 Go Cornwall Bus St Austell – St Dennis – Newquay A revised timetable will be implemented removing some off-peak journeys between St Austell and St Dennis, a minimum of an hourly service is maintained between these points with services 22/22A.  A half hourly service is maintained on the section of route between Kingsley Village to Newquay between the 21/21A and 91.
21A Go Cornwall Bus St Austell – St Stephen – Summercourt – Indian Queens – Newquay Formally part of service 25 with revised route between Summercourt and Quintrell Downs via Indian Queens instead of Kestle Mill which remains served by service 93.
This will create new links between St Stephen and the Fraddon / Indian Queens area.
In St Austell most journeys continue across St Austell to Asda and the Hospital.
22/22A Go Cornwall Bus St Austell – St Dennis – Truro A revised timetable will be introduced to maintain a broadly hourly service from St Austell to St Dennis.
In St Austell most journeys will continue across St Austell or connect with services to Asda and the Hospital.
23 Go Cornwall Bus St Austell – Gorran Haven No significant changes.
24 First Bus Fowey – St Austell – Mevagissey – Heligan Gardens A revised timetable will be introduced with additional peak time journeys.
24E Go Cornwall Bus (Early morning & evenings) Fowey – St Austell – Mevagissey No significant changes.
25 Go Cornwall Bus Fowey – St Austell – St Stephen - Newquay The current service will be split into two sections.
Service 25 will continue to operate between Fowey and St Austell.  In Fowey the service will run from the Main Car Park due to continued ongoing issues with parking on Tower Road.
Between St Austell and Newquay service 25 is replaced with the 21A which will follow the same route as far as Summercourt then pick-up the route of the 21 into Newquay.
26 Go Cornwall Bus St Austell – Bugle – Roche – Bodmin A significantly revised timetable will be implemented with some off-peak journeys removed between Bodmin Hospital and St Austell.  The routing will be revised around Stenalees upon completion of the A391 Link Road.  Most journeys will be extended to Bodmin Parkway Station replacing some current service 11 journeys between Bodmin Hospital and Bodmin Parkway.
27 First Truro – St Austell Previously operated as part of the T2, a revised timetable will be put in place providing a regular hourly service on Mondays to Saturdays with timings adjusted to provide a number of connectional opportunities across St Austell.
27E Go Cornwall Bus (Early morning & evenings and Sundays) Truro – Grampound – St Austell No significant changes.
28 Go Cornwall Bus St Austell – Lostwithiel No significant changes.   Service 28A will be used to identify journeys which follow a non-standard route.
29 First Bus St Austell – Mevagissey / Lost Gardens of Heligan A revised timetable will be put in place providing a regular hourly service on Mondays to Saturdays with timings adjusted to provide a number of connectional opportunities across St Austell.
30 Go Cornwall Bus St Austell Town Service A revised timetable will be introduced to provide connections with service 27 at St Austell Railway Station.
31 Go Cornwall Bus St Austell – Luxulyan No significant changes.
33 OTS St Keverne – St Martin – Helston No significant changes.
34 Go Cornwall Bus Redruth – Helston – Lizard No significant changes.
35/35A OTS Helston – Mawnan Smith – Falmouth No significant changes.
36 Go Cornwall Bus Truro – Stithians – Helston – St Keverne No significant changes.
37/37A Go Cornwall Bus Helston Town Service No significant changes.
38 Go Cornwall Bus Helston – Nancegollan – Camborne No significant changes.  The Helston School journeys will operate via Porthleven.
39 Go Cornwall Bus Helston – Leedstown – Camborne No significant changes.
39A Go Cornwall Bus Penzance – Leedstown – Camborne No significant changes.
40/40A Go Cornwall Bus Truro – St Day – Redruth No significant changes.   Two journeys are revised to operate via Lanner to provide a service for pupils attending Pool School.
42/42S OTS Falmouth – Stithians – Camborne No significant changes.
46 Go Cornwall Bus Camborne – Illogan No significant changes.
48/49/49S Go Cornwall Bus Troon – Camborne – Portreath – Redruth No significant changes.
50 Go Cornwall Bus St Mawes – Tregony – Truro No significant changes.
51 Go Cornwall Bus Veryan – Tregony – St Austell No significant changes.
55 Go Cornwall Bus Camelford – Bodmin Service 55 is re-introduced replacing the Bodmin to Camelford section of the current service 96 with a reduction in the number of off-peak journeys to reflect the very low passenger use on the service.
Within Bodmin journeys across the town are retained approximately 2 hourly.
56 Go Cornwall Bus Newquay – Padstow No significant changes.
58 Go Cornwall Bus Newquay Town Service (Mayfield / Pentire) A revised timetable will be introduced.
59/59A Go Cornwall Bus Newquay Town Service (Trencreek / St Columb Minor) A revised timetable and simplified routing will be introduced.  RAF St Mawgan will be served by revised Service 92 journeys.   Further route revision will be required when Trencreek Level Crossing closes.
60 OTS Falmouth Town Service (Town Centre) No significant changes.
63 OTS Falmouth – Helford Passage No significant changes.
64/64A OTS Falmouth Town Service (Swanpool/Golf Club) No significant changes.
65/65A OTS Falmouth Town Service (Golden Bank/Trescobeas) No significant changes.
66/466 Go Cornwall Bus Penryn – Mylor – Truro No significant changes.
67 OTS Falmouth – Pendennis – Gyllyngvase – Falmouth No significant changes.
69 OTS Falmouth – Mylor Bridge No significant changes.
69A OTS Falmouth – Mabe No significant changes.
70/70A/70B Go Cornwall Bus Plymouth – Torpoint – Millbrook – Cremyll No significant changes.
71 Go Cornwall Bus Saltash – Derriford Hospital No significant changes.
72 Roselyn Coaches Trelawne – Tregoad This seasonal service will not operate in 2025 due to poor passenger numbers in 2024.
73 Go Cornwall Bus Polperro – Pelynt – Looe – Liskeard A revised timetable will operate with all journeys operating the direct route from Sandplace to Looe.   The summer evenings service will not operate in 2025 due to poor passenger numbers in 2024.
74 Go Cornwall Bus Liskeard – St Cleer – Pensilva – Callington A revised timetable will operate maintaining existing levels of service provision.
75 Go Cornwall Bus Torpoint – Seaton – Liskeard A revised timetable will operate to address ongoing reliability issues.
76 Go Cornwall Bus Bude – Launceston Formally service 12, no significant changes.
76A Go Cornwall Bus Launceston - Callington Formally service 12, no significant changes.
77 Go Cornwall Bus Liskeard – Pelynt – Looe No significant changes.
78/78A Go Cornwall Bus Liskeard – Upton Cross – South Petherwin – Launceston No significant changes.
79/79A Go Cornwall Bus Callington – Gunnislake – Tavistock No significant changes.
84 Go Cornwall Bus Truro – Trelander No significant changes.
85 Go Cornwall Bus Truro – St Newlyn East – Newquay No significant changes.
85 Stagecoach South West Barnstaple – Launceston – Tavistock – Plymouth via connection onto service 1 No significant changes.
87 First Truro – St Agnes – Perranporth – Newquay Route of former U1/U1A simplified to run all journeys via St Agnes on a 40-minute frequency.
88 Go Cornwall Bus Redruth – Newquay A revised timetable removing early and late depot positioning journeys will operate.
The service will be re-routed via Scotland Road to serve Oyster Bay and Monkey Tree Holiday Park.
90 Go Cornwall Bus Truro – St Columb Major –Wadebridge This service will be replaced by service 94 below.
91 Go Cornwall Bus Truro – Newquay Go Cornwall Bus will replace most journeys on the current T3 between Truro and Newquay.
92/92A Go Cornwall Bus Newquay – St Columb Major A revised timetable will be introduced with alternate journeys operating direct or via Leader Road and RAF St Mawgan.
93/93A Go Cornwall Bus Truro – Trispen – Mitchell – Quintrell Downs – Newquay A revised timetable will be introduced.  Service 93A replaces existing evening journeys on service 94 via St Columb Major.   School journeys will be numbered 93P for Penair School and 93T for Treviglas Academy.
94 Go Cornwall Bus Truro – St Columb Major – Newquay Airport - Wadebridge The current service 90 will be renumbered 94 and run through to Wadebridge where improved connections, in many cases without need to change buses, will be available onto service 95.   North Cornwall will gain a direct link to Newquay Airport for the first time.
95 Go Cornwall Bus Bude – Boscastle – Camelford – Wadebridge A revised timetable will be introduced to improve connections at Wadebridge where most journeys will run through to Truro, mostly on the same bus.  The service will operate via Delabole instead of Helstone.
96 Go Cornwall Bus Wadebridge – Polzeath – Port Isaac – Camelford – Bodmin This service is significantly revised to reflect patterns of use and to remove additional mileage that has been added over time outside the contractual requirements.
Service 96 will predominantly operate between Wadebridge and Port Isaac and Service 55 between Camelford and Bodmin.  Delabole will be served by the re-routed service 95 maintaining links to Wadebridge and Camelford.
97 Go Cornwall Bus Launceston – Camelford No significant changes.
100 First Bus Penzance – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
110 Go Cornwall Bus Polperro – Tregoad The seasonal increase in service provision between Polperro and Tregoad will not operate in 2025 due to poor passenger numbers in 2024.
112 Go Cornwall Bus North Hill – Rilla Mill – Callington Community College (School Bus) No significant changes.
128/219 Go Cornwall Bus Bude Town Service No significant changes.
171 Go Cornwall Bus Downderry – Looe – Polperro – Pelynt – Callywith College (College Days) No significant changes.
172 Go Cornwall Bus Torpoint – Liskeard – Callywith College (College Days) No significant changes.
174 Go Cornwall Bus Callington – Pensilva – St Cleer – Liskeard – Callywith College (College Days No significant changes.
176 Go Cornwall Bus Launceston – Callywith College (College Days) No significant changes.
177 Go Cornwall Bus Holsworthy – Launceston – South Petherwin – Callywith College (College Days) No significant changes.
178 Go Cornwall Bus Bude – Launceston – Callywith College (College Days) No significant changes.
179 Go Cornwall Bus Tavistock – Callington – Liskeard – Callywith College (College Days) No significant changes.
180 Go Cornwall Bus Kilkhampton – Bude – Camelford – Callywith College (College Days) No significant changes.
181 Go Cornwall Bus Crackington Haven – Boscastle – Tintagel – Sir James Smith School – Camelford – Callywith College (School and College Days) No significant changes.
182 Go Cornwall Bus Camelford Station – Delabole – Wadebridge – Callywith College (School and College Days) No significant changes.
185 Go Cornwall Bus Newquay – St Eval – St Columb Major – St Dennis – Callywith College (College Days) No significant changes.
187 Go Cornwall Bus Fowey – Tywardreath – Par – Callywith College (College Days) No significant changes.
188 Go Cornwall Bus Lanjeth – St Austell – Bugle – Callywith College (College Days) No significant changes.
189 Go Cornwall Bus Biscovey – Boscoppa – Bugle – Callywith College (College Days) No significant changes.
190 Go Cornwall Bus Mevagissey – St Austell – St Blazey – Callywith College (College Days) No significant changes.
200 First Bus St Ives – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
200A First Bus St Ives – Penzance (College Days) No significant changes.
201 Go Cornwall Bus Warleggan – Bodmin College (School Days) No significant changes.
217 Go Cornwall Bus Bude – Morwenstow No significant changes.
218/219 Go Cornwall Bus Bude – Kilkhampton – Hartland No significant changes.
220 First Bus St Dennis – St Stephen – Grampound Road – Truro (College Days) No significant changes beyond small route revision around Stenalees consequent upon the completion of works on the A391 Link Road.
220 Go Cornwall Bus Crackington Haven – Launceston (Tues) No significant changes.
223 Go Cornwall Bus Launceston Town Service No significant changes.
271 First Bus Callington – Lostwithiel – St Austell – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
272 First Bus Looe – Lostwithiel – St Austell – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
273 First Bus Fowey – Par – St Austell – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
274 First Bus Gorran Haven – Mevagissey – St Austell – Truro College A revised route will operate to include Sticker, Hewas Water and Probus which is currently served by the T2 service.
300 First Bus Long Rock – Leedstown – Hayle – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
304 Hopleys Coaches Porthtowan – Truro A revised timetable will be introduced to include Trevissome Business Park and address ongoing peak time reliability.
315 Hopleys Coaches St Agnes – Redruth No significant changes.
371/372/373 Go Cornwall Bus Warbstow Cross – Launceston (Mon/Thurs), Holsworthy (Wed), Bude (Fri) No significant changes.
390 First Bus Camborne – Leedstown – Penwith College (College Days) No significant changes.
400 First Bus Illogan – Portreath – Mount Hawke – Scorrier – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
405 Travel Cornwall Pedna Carne – Withiel – Bodmin No significant changes.
425/426 Go Cornwall Bus Altarnun – Launceston – North Petherwin No significant changes.
428 Go Cornwall Bus Summercourt – St Austell – Lostwithiel – Looe The existing positioning journeys between Summercourt and Looe will be withdrawn.
470 First Bus Redruth – Lanner – St Day – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
481/482 Go Cornwall Bus Polruan – Looe (481) / Bodmin (482) No significant changes.
484/485 Go Cornwall Bus Truro City Services No significant changes.
493 Go Cornwall Bus Truro – Feock No significant changes.
494 Go Cornwall Bus Truro – Newbridge No significant changes.
495 Go Cornwall Bus Truro – Tregurra No significant changes.
496 Go Cornwall Bus Truro – Malpas No significant changes.
497 Go Cornwall Bus Summercourt – Truro No significant changes.
500 First Bus St Mawes – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
660 First Bus Constantine – Mabe – Flushing – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
850 First Bus Newquay – Cubert – St Newlyn East – Goonhavern – Shortlanesend – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
890 First Bus Launceston – Bodmin – Roche – Indian Queens – Summercourt – Ladock – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
900 First Bus Padstow – St Columb Major – Trispen – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
950 First Bus Boscastle – Camelford – Wadebridge – Fraddon – Shortlanesend – Truro College (College Days) No significant changes.
Atlantic Coaster First Bus Newquay – Padstow This service will not be returning for the 2025 Summer Season.  Alternative travel options available on Go Cornwall Bus service 56.
L1 First Bus Lizard – Helston – Truro College (College Days only) No significant changes.
L2 First Bus St Keverne – Truro College (College Days only) No significant changes.
Sunseeker S2 First Bus Gwithian – St Ives This service will not be returning for the 2025 Summer Season with the T2 now routed via Gwithian on most journeys.
T1 First Bus Penzance – Hayle – Camborne – Truro The timetable for this service is completely revised to improve reliability.
T1E Go Cornwall Bus Penzance – Camborne (Evenings) No significant changes.
T2 First Bus St Ives – Hayle – Camborne – Truro The timetable for this service is completely revised to improve reliability and reverts to two buses per hour replacing the T3 between St Ives and Truro.
T3 First Bus St Ives – Hayle – Camborne – Truro – Newquay This service is withdrawn and replaced by additional journeys on the T2 between St Ives and Truro.
A new commercially provided service 91 by Go Cornwall Bus replaces most T3 journeys between Truro and Newquay.
U1 First Bus Falmouth – Penryn – Tremough – Truro – St Agnes - Perranporth – Newquay This service is split at Truro with journeys between Truro and Newquay now on service 87.
Additional journeys will operate between Falmouth and Tremough Campus replacing the U3.
U1E First Bus Falmouth – Penryn – Tremough – Truro – St Agnes – Perranporth – Holywell Bay – Newquay This service is split at Truro with journeys between Truro and Newquay now on service 87.  Journeys between Falmouth and Truro will operate as service U1.
U2 First Bus Falmouth – Penryn – Tremough - Redruth The timetable for this service is completely revised with a small reduction in frequency.
U3 First Bus Falmouth Wood Lane Campus – Penryn Tremough Campus This service is withdrawn and replaced with additional journeys provided on service U1.
(University Term Time)
U4 First Bus Falmouth – Penryn – Tremough – Helston – Penzance The timetable for this service is revised to improve reliability.  Additional journeys will operate via Praa Sands.
U4X First Bus Falmouth – Penryn – Tremough – Helston – Penzance (Penwith College) No significant changes.

There are some quite big changes here this time. What do people think?


3 comments:

  1. History is repeating itself. This time 3 yrs ago they tried to cut Liskeard and Bodmin and soon had to put it back in again due to public outcry.

    Will it be same again 3 years on ?

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  2. What an absolute mess! Whilst it's good to see First Bus going back to pre Kernow route numbers, the whole network is now a mess. On top of this you've got Go-Ahead doing their usual shuffling and messing about with routes. Why does the Bude to Plymouth via Launceston route need splitting up? It's worked perfectly well for years without it. No wonder passengers are getting confused. X8 / 76 / 576 / 76 / 12 and now back to a mix of all 3.

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  3. Some big changes, with notably, GCB taking routes off FB. Some quite confusing route changes around the 11/12/26/77 especially with Bodmin Parkway... Looks like FB really are pulling back on their commercial routes as GCB are commercialising their routes..

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