13 April 2025

A Busy week and a busy weekend to come...

A large number of notices have come through this last week mostly for the 20th April changes.

  • First: All for the 20th April including the closed top replacements for their open top services.
  • Stagecoach: A few more new timetables from 20th April along with a few more annual event registrations being closed down
  • Plymouth Citybus: Another small batch from 20th April


 Licence  Route  Start Point  End Point  Effective  Notes Operator
PH0004983.170 1 1A Penzance Sennen Cove 20-Apr-2025 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. Crows an Wra and St Buryan: A summer bus service will continue in these areas on the 1/1A with the existing winter routing
FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
PH1020951.038 4 Pennsylvania North Park Road Cranbrook 20-Apr-2025 4: The 0445 Monday to Friday journey from Cranbrook to Exeter St Davids will be advanced to depart 10 minutes earlier at 0435 and will be extended to University of Exeter.
The 0530 Monday to Friday journey from Exeter St Davids to Cranbrook will be extended to start form University of Exeter at 0520.
Sunday and Public Holiday daytime journeys will be extended beyond Exeter St Davids to University of Exeter, providing the university campus with a new Sunday and Public Holiday bus service.
STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.034 5 5A 5C Exeter Bus Station Crediton / Chulmleigh 20-Apr-2025 0535 Monday to Friday Service 5C journey from Exeter to Chulmleigh will be withdrawn due to low passenger demand.
0610 Monday to Friday Service 5C journey from Exeter to Chulmleigh will be re-timed to depart later and operate directly between Copplestone and Chulmleigh.
0610 Saturday Service 5C journey from Exeter to Chulmleigh will be withdrawn due to low passenger demand.
1830 Monday to Friday Service 5C journey from Chulmleigh to Exeter will operate directly between Chulmleigh and Copplestone.
1635 Monday to Friday Service 5C journey from Exeter to Copplestone will be re-numbered to Service 5 and operate the standard Service 5 route to Crediton.
1755 Monday to Friday Service 5C journey from Exeter to Chulmleigh will be re-timed to depart at 1810, to provide a more even spread of departures.
0727 Monday to Friday Service 5C from Chulmleigh to Exeter will be re-timed to depart earlier at 0722 and benefit from additional running time.
1735 Monday to Friday and Saturday Service 5A journey from Exeter to Okehampton will terminate at Waitrose in Okehampton as opposed to Market Street.
STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.395 5A Crediton Okehampton 20-Apr-2025 1735 Monday to Friday and Saturday Service 5A journey from Exeter to Okehampton will terminate at Waitrose in Okehampton as opposed to Market Street. STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0000135.362 11 Plymouth Padstow 20-Apr-2025 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
PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0004983.173 17 17A St Ives St Just 20-Apr-2025 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. Route 17A: Rerouted to serve the Saint Ives Holiday Camp at Lelant Downs FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
PH1020951.136 21 21A 815 821 921 Barnstaple Appledore or Westward Ho! 20-Apr-2025 21: Monday to Friday departure times will be revised to coincide with changes to the frequency of Service 21A, which will provide a co-ordinated 15 minute frequency along the common section of route during off-peak hours.
0010 Monday to Friday and Saturday journey from Westward Ho! to Bideford will be withdrawn due to low demand.
0007 Sunday and Public Holidays journey from Westward Ho! to Bideford will be withdrawn due to low demand.
21a
To coincide with increased customer demand over the summer months, the frequency of Service 21A will be increased Monday to Friday during the middle part of the day from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes.
The increased frequency on Service 21A will provide a co-ordinated 15 minute frequency with Service 21 between Barnstaple and Northam via Bideford.
Appledore will also benefit from double the frequency of buses, with departures every 30 minutes.
2327 Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday and Public Holidays journey from Appledore to Bideford to be extended to Barnstaple Bus Station, providing a later journey opportunity towards Barnstaple and follows customer feedback.
STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0004983.504 24 St Austell Fowey 20-Apr-2025 Route and timetable variation.
A revised timetable will be introduced with additional peak time journeys.  Running on a 90-minute frequency, with peak times every 60 minutes
FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
PH0004983.196 27 St Austell Truro 20-Apr-2025 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. 27 Service: Returning between Truro and St. Austell at a 60-minute frequency.  FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
PH0004983.625 29 St Austell Mevagissey 20-Apr-2025 Route and timetable variation
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. Operating at a 60-minute frequency.
FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
PH1020951.040 38 Heathfield Drumbridges Ivybridge 20-Apr-2025 Minor timetable changes, including additional time on morning peak journeys into Exeter. STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0000135.307 40 40A 40B Barncoose Hospital Truro 20-Apr-2025 No significant changes.   Two journeys are revised to operate via Lanner to provide a service for pupils attending Pool School. Existing 0717 from Crofthandy to become 0705 40A from Redruth. Evening journeys revised time to follow standard routing PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0000135.308 46 46A Camborne Barncoose Hospital 20-Apr-2025 Last journey from Camborne at 1940 withdrawn due to poor usage PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0000135.161 76 Launceston Bude 20-Apr-2025 Service 12 renumber to 76. Revised timetable PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0004983.501 87 Newquay Truro 20-Apr-2025 Route of former U1/U1A simplified to run all journeys via St Agnes on a 40-minute frequency.  The service from Truro to Newquay, now labelled as Service 87, will operate via St. Agnes with an increased 40-minute frequency. FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
PH0000135.337 92 92A 92B 92S Newquay St Coumb Major 20-Apr-2025 A revised timetable will be introduced with alternate journeys operating direct or via Leader Road and RAF St Mawgan. Service replaces service 59 between Newquay and RAF St Mawgan and extended to St Columb Major. Sunday service 92 renumbered to 92B PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH1020951.159 92 Totnes Royal Seven Stars Dartmouth 20-Apr-2025 Return to normal route following roadworks STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.374 96 Lympstone Exmouth 20-Apr-2025 Due to roadworks in the Lympstone area, there will be a temporary change to the Monday to Friday and Saturday timetable of Service 96.

While some journeys will be re-timed, a small number of journeys will only operate between Exmouth Parade and Mount Pleasant.
STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.427 99 Exmouth Rolle Street Exmouth Rolle Street 20-Apr-2025 Variation to timetable and start/end point on certain AM & PM journeys Minor changes to the timetable during the early morning and early evening. STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0004983.575 274 Mevagissey Truro 20-Apr-2025 Changes to timetable FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
PH1020951.439 303 Barnstaple Woolacombe 20-Apr-2025 All journeys that serve Braunton will additionally serve the Tesco superstore in Braunton.

1817 Monday to Friday and Summer Saturdays from Lee Cross to Woolacombe Sands will be extended to Barnstaple Bus Station, to provide a later and additional journey opportunity for travel into Barnstaple.

Additional Summer Saturday journey at 1750 from Barnstaple to Woolacombe will be introduced between 26 April 2025 and 25 October 2025 inclusive.
STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.378 355 Tiverton Exeter 20-Apr-2025 Following a recent re-tender, Stagecoach will no longer operate certain journeys on Service 355 from 20 April 2025.

0725 Monday to Friday and Saturday journey from Exeter to Tiverton will be provided by Dartline.

1745 Monday to Friday and Saturday journey from Tiverton to Exeter will be provided by Dartline.

0630 Monday to Friday journey from Tiverton to Exeter, which serves Silverton and does not serve Thorverton and Exeter St Davids, will be re-timed to depart at 0625 and will be re-numbered as Service 55.
STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.181 521 Croyde Ilfracombe 20-Apr-2025 Old annual event registration cancelled STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.386 BIG Exeter St David's Station Escot Park 20-Apr-2025 annual event registration cancelled STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.359 LR (Exeter Let's Rock) Exeter St Davids Station Powderham Castle 25-May-2025 Annual event registration cancelled STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0004983.172 M6 Penzance Mousehole 20-Apr-2025 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. FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
PH0004983.174 T1 (T2, T3) Truro Penzance or St Ives 20-Apr-2025 The timetable for this service is completely revised to improve reliability. Additional services will run to Truro to compensate for the discontinuation of T3. The joint T1/T2 section will maintain a 15-minute frequency. Amend route and timetable add T3 FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
PH0004983.187 U1 Falmouth Truro 20-Apr-2025 This service is split at Truro with journeys between Truro and Newquay now on service 87. The existing U1 service remains on a 30-minute frequency. In addition, the new U1 “short” service will combine with it to provide a 15-minute frequency between Falmouth and the Penryn campus.  FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
PH0004983.179 U2 Falmouth Camborne 20-Apr-2025 The timetable for this service is completely revised with a small reduction in frequency. FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
PH0004983.171 U4 (U4X) Falmouth Helson 20-Apr-2025 Now serves Praa Sands on all routes (except during some school trips) with a revised frequency of every 65 minutes.  Registration split with PH0004983.640 FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED
PH0004983.640 U4 U4X Helston Penzance 20-Apr-2025 Now serves Praa Sands on all routes (except during some school trips) with a revised frequency of every 65 minutes.  Registration split with PH0004983.171 FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED


As usual click through to get more details, Most of these have timetables etc available on their route pages.

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