Plymothian Transit: Planned Service Changes

With service changes taking ages to come through the normal channels at the moment I am using other sources alongside the Gov uk site and N&P. As usual you can click through on the licence numbers to the route pages where the full route history with maps and timetables where available. The list is sorted by month (Latest month on top!) and then in route number order within each month.

This page will show all route changes from February 2025 and will be updated as and when I get any updates. Some of these won't have been reported in the usual blog posts. Previous months will be moved to their own archive pages – see links below

Last update: 22 March 2025 (March activity updated)

May 2025

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes	Operator
PH1020951.424	54	Plymouth Royal Parade	Bovisand	24-May-2025	To operate the seasonal service 54 from Plymouth Royal Parade to Bovisand via Plymstock , Inline with the tender timetable. To operate on the following dates : Sat 24 May to Sun 1st June 2025 Inclusive Sat 26th July to Sun 31st Aug 2025 Inclusive	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1081198.027	Crab 1	Sampton Field Salcombe	Sampton Field Salcombe	04-May-2025	Pick up from Sampton Field Salcombe and stop only at Crab Quay, the same will apply for the return.	TALLY HO! COACHES LIMITED

April 2025

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes	Operator
PH1020951.429	91	Dartmouth Park & Ride	Dartmouth Pontoon	05-Apr-2025	To give notice to resume Service 91 Dartmouth Park & Ride, to operate on various dates during the 2025 season as follows, One Bus 20min frequency Dates : 5th - 21st April, 16th - 18th May, 2nd June - 27th July and 1st - 15th Sept Inclusive. Two Bus 10min frequency most of day, with 20min frequency lunchtime Dates : 24th May - 1st June, 28th July - 31st August, 24th - 26th October Inclusive. Note an enhanced service will operate during the Regatta 27th to 30th August inclusive.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.451	95	Exmouth Leisure Centre	Devon Cliffs, Sandy Bay	06-Apr-2025	NEW REGISTRATION Monday to Saturday for 2025 season	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1011427.103	428A	Pelynt Chuch	East Looe Surgery	01-Apr-2025	cancellation (operator ceased)	SUMMERCOURT TRAVEL LIMITED
PH0007025.053	Round Robin Bus	Paignton Bus Station, Dartmouth Road, Paignton	Steamer Quay, Steamer Quay Road, Totnes	01-Apr-2025	NEW REGISTRATION for 2025 season	DART PLEASURE CRAFT LIMITED

March 2025

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes	Operator
PH1020951.249	1 1A 1S X1	Plymouth / Sherford	Tavistock - George P&R	30-Mar-2025	1: Times are revised across all days to improve reliability and punctuality. Working in partnership with Devon and Cornwall Police and other stakeholders new Saturday night bus services are introduced from Saturday 31 May 2025. As part of a trial period, the new overnight journeys will operate every Saturday night (early hours of Sunday morning) until Saturday 20 December 2025, with the journeys additionally operating on Friday 19 December 2025 (early hours of Saturday 20 December 2025) and Wednesday 31 December 2025 (early hours of Thursday 1 January 2026). Night journeys will depart Plymouth City Centre (Royal Parade) at 0100 and 0300 for Tavistock, with journeys departing Tavistock at 2400 and 0200 for Plymouth City Centre. 1A: Times are revised across all days to improve reliability and punctuality. Some departure times are adjusted to help to avoid buses meeting at Forresters Road, following requests from members of the public.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.236	2	Saltash	Mount Batten	30-Mar-2025	Times are revised across all days to improve reliability and punctuality. In response to passenger feedback, the route of Service 2 in Saltash will be amended to reduce journey times and streamline the route. Towards Saltash, buses will operate the current route to Fore Street and then operate a one-way loop around Saltash in a clockwise direction via St Stephens and then Latchbrook. Within St Stephens buses will no longer serve Frobisher Drive, with alternative bus stops available on nearby roads. Within Latchbrook, buses will operate via Castlemead Drive instead of parts of Church Road, Callington Road, Warraton Road and Oaklands Drive. Additionally, within Latchbrook buses will no longer serve Fairmead Road and will instead operate a more direct route via Liskeard Road and Callington Road. Evening journeys will continue to operate, however, within Saltash the Spencer Gardens and Lynher Drive loop will not be served. Working in partnership with Devon and Cornwall Police and other and other stakeholders new Saturday night bus services are introduced from from Saturday 31 May 2025. As part of a trial period, the new overnight journeys will operate every Saturday night (early hours of Sunday morning) until Saturday 20 December 2025, with the journeys additionally operating on Friday 19 December 2025 (early hours of Saturday 20 December 2025) and Wednesday 31 December 2025 (early hours of Thursday 1 January 2026). Service 2 journeys will depart Plymouth City Centre (Royal Parade) at 2400, 0100, 0200, 0300 and 0400 for Saltash, with journeys departing Saltash at 0036, 0136, 0236 and 0336 for Plymouth City Centre. The new Saturday night journeys will not cover the section of route between Plymouth City Centre and Mount Batten.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.237	3	Plymouth	Kingsbridge	30-Mar-2025	A new Sunday and Public Holiday timetable will be introduced with departures from Plymouth at 0940, 1210, 1440 and 1710 and departures from Kingsbridge at 1055, 1325, 1555 and 1825. Service 3 will connect with Service 93 at Kingsbridge Bus Station, allowing passengers travel to and from Dartmouth.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.381	4 4A 4B	Plymouth City Centre	Plympton Ridgeway	30-Mar-2025	Service 4 (City Centre to Plympton via Plymstock Broadway and Sherford) The route of Service 4 will be amended to operate between Plymouth City Centre and Plympton, operating via Saltram Meadow, Plymstock Broadway and Sherford. Service 4 will operate every 60 minutes with departures from Plymouth City Centre between 0600 and 2100 Monday to Friday, 0700 and 2100 on Saturday and 0900 and 1900 on Sunday and Public Holidays. Additional school day only journeys will operate at the start and end of the school day. Service 4 will provide a much requested new link between Plymstock and Sherford with Plympton, providing improved access to employment opportunities and leisure and retail facilities. Service 4A/4B (City Centre to Hooe / Elburton) Buses will now operate via Saltram Meadow. Each service will operate every two hours during the main part of the day Monday to Friday and will provide a combined hourly frequency over the common sections of route. Passengers should also refer to revised Service 4, which provides additional journey opportunities over common sections of route.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0000135.288	13	Saltash Passage	City Centre	31-Mar-2025	CANCELLED Route lost to Stagecoach under Plymouth City Council Tender	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0000135.289	13S	St Budeaux	St Budeaux	31-Mar-2025	Cancel. Tendered service transfers to Stagecoach	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH1020951.453	13 13S	Plymouth Royal Parade	Whitleigh	30-Mar-2025	Service 13 (City Centre to Holly Park) Service 13 will operate from the City Centre to Holly Park via Weston Mill and Saltash Passage every 60 minutes Monday to Friday daytime, however, only off-peak journeys will extend beyond Saltash Passage to Holly Park. The timetable is largely unchanged from the current timetable, however, passengers are advised to check the new timetable before travelling. Service 13S (Barne Barton to Kings Tamerton) Service 13S provides three morning journeys per day Monday to Friday term time only between Barne Barton and Kings Tamerton via St Budeaux. The timetable is largely unchanged from the current timetable, however, passengers are advised to check the new timetable before travelling.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0000135.290	14	Derriford Hosptal	City Centre	31-Mar-2025	Cancel. Tendered service transfers to Stagecoach	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH1020951.454	14	Plymouth Royal Parade	Derriford Hospital	30-Mar-2025	Service 14 (City Centre to Derriford) Service 14 operates approximately every 60 minutes between 0600 and 1800 Monday to Friday and between 0800 and 1700 on Saturday from the City Centre to Derriford Hospital via Devonport, Keyham and Ham. The timetable is largely unchanged from the current timetable, however, passengers are advised to check the new timetable before travelling.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.455	19	Plymouth Royal Parade	Plympton	30-Mar-2025	Service 19 (City Centre to Plympton Ridgeway) Service 19 will operate 7 days a week from approximately 0930 until 1630 and will operate from the City Centre to Plympton Ridgeway via Broadway, The Park Crematorium and Merafield. Following requests to Plymouth City Centre, Service 19 will provide a bus service to The Park Crematorium, buses will serve the bus stop once the bus stop infrastructure is complete which is expected to be in place later this Spring.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.452	21S	Yelland	Barnstaple or Bideford	10-Mar-2025	NEW REGISTRATION Yellend - Barnstaple or Bideford. End dated 18 Mach 2025	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0000135.006	23 24	CIty Centre	City Centre	30-Mar-2025	Additional pm journeys	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0000135.316	27	Royal Parade	George	31-Mar-2025	CANCELLED Route lost under Plymouth City Council tender to Stagecoach	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH1020951.456	27	Plymouth Royal Parade	Derriford Hospital	30-Mar-2025	Stagecoach South West will start operating Service 27 between the City Centre and Derriford from 30 March 2025. Service 27 will operate every 60 minutes Monday to Saturday between approximately 0700 and 1800. Service 27 operates from the City Centre to Derriford via Lower Compton, Efford, Eggbuckland, Mainstone and Estover Factories. There are a small number of changes compared with the current timetable (provided by another operator), so passengers are advised to check the new timetable before travelling.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.420	30 31	Plymouth Royal Parade	Hartley Vale	30-Mar-2025	Service 30/31 (City Centre to Hartley Vale / Peverell) While there are no changes to the route of Service 30/31, the frequency of buses will be reduced to every two hours on each service. This will provide a combined hourly frequency between approximately 0930 and 1730 Monday to Friday by boarding the alternative service on the other side of the road. The revised frequency better matches passenger demand on Service 30/31.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0000135.042	35 35A	City Centre	City Centre	30-Mar-2025	On weekdays retime 1845 from Royal PArade to 1835 to improve headway. Sundays & Bank Holidays, withdraw 0700 journey	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0000135.304	41	Plymouth	Southway	31-Mar-2025	Revise timetable to match tender specification. Revise clasification to fully suported. First journey starts from Royal Parade instead of Milehouse. Revised times inbound to improve timekeeping.	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0000135.013	43 43A	City Centre	City Centre	30-Mar-2025	31st March 2025, Plymouth Citybus will launch the 43A adding more services to one of the main corridors. Operating Royal Parade to Victoria Road, via Milehouse, St Budeaux. Customers will benefit from 11 buses an hour (Mon-Fri) reducing the need to plan to catch a specific bus.	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH1020951.380	52	Plympton	Derriford Hospital	30-Mar-2025	To ensure a reliable and punctual service can be provided, the frequency of buses is adjusted to every 70 minutes.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0005305.010	77E	Exminster, Royal Oak	Exeter, Sandy Park Stadium	10-Mar-2025	Route and timetable variationService renumbered from 77 to 77E	DEALTOP LIMITED
PH0005305.089	78S	Exeter, St David's Railway Station	Sandy Park Stadium	10-Mar-2025	Change to timetable	DEALTOP LIMITED
PH1020951.316	89	Tavistock	The Tors / Embden Grange	30-Mar-2025	To remove the Timing Points at The Manor and Courtlands Road , and Intermediate running times have been revised across all days of operation.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.368	200	Coypool Park & Ride	Plymouth, Royal Parade	30-Mar-2025	To operate a revised service from Plymouth Royal Parade to Coypool Park & Ride , but with added punctuality and peak time changes.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0005305.090	NPR3	Sowton Park & Ride, Exeter	Aming Drive Park & Ride, Exeter	10-Mar-2025	stopping arrangements varyService to be "Limited Stop" instead of "Normal Stopping". Only the three principal stops as stated in the timetable are to be served.	DEALTOP LIMITED
PH0005305.005	PR3	EXETER, Digby Park & Ride	EXETER, R D E Wonford Hospital	10-Mar-2025	Timetable vary	DEALTOP LIMITED
PH0006159.414	X51 (X53)	Bridport Coach Station	Axminster Rail Station	09-Mar-2025	Timetable variation Timetables revised to improve punctuality. No change to frequency, however some buses will depart earlier than currently [Traveline timetable not working yet!)	FIRST HAMPSHIRE & DORSET LIMITED

February 2025

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes	Operator
PH1020951.249	1 1A 1S X1	Plymouth / Sherford	Tavistock - George P&R	10-Feb-2025	For the duration of the road closure in Mayflower Street the Inbound 1 / 1A service will divert from North Cross roundabout right down Western Approach. This will be from Monday 10th Feb 2025	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.420	30 31	Plymouth Royal Parade	Hartley Vale	10-Feb-2025	For the duration of the road closure in Mayflower Street the Inbound 30 / 31 service will divert from Coburg Street, to North Cross roundabout then right down Western Approach. This will be from Monday 10th Feb 2025	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1081198.002	164	Totnes, Coronation Road	Salcombe, Shadycombe Road	17-Feb-2025	timetable variation (V10)	TALLY HO! COACHES LIMITED
PH1020951.368	200	Coypool Park & Ride	Plymouth, Royal Parade	10-Feb-2025	For the duration of the road closure in Mayflower Street the Inbound 200 service will divert from Coburg Street, to North Cross roundabout then right down Western Approach. This will be from Monday 10th Feb 2025	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD

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2 comments:

Anonymous5 November 2024 at 07:55
Excellent idea!
A suggestion….do it in reverse order, so that the latest month is at the top.
PaulB

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