Plymouth Citybus Upcoming Changes

There are a few service changes coming up in the next couple of months, some of which have not been reported here, so just a quick recap of all the outstanding service updates on VOSA…

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PH0000135.012	8 9	City Centre	City Centre	02-Dec-2018	Revise timetable on Bank Holidays
PH0000135.146	27	City Centre	Crownhill	02-Dec-2018	Monday to Saturday interpeak services retimed
PH0000135.007	40 41	CITY CENTRE	CITY CENTRE	02-Dec-2018	Later buses in Taunton Avenue on Sundays. Revised timetable for Bank Holidays
PH0000135.013	43	City Centre	City Centre	02-Dec-2018	Revise running times. Increase frequency on Bank Holidays
PH0000135.010	44 44A	City Centre	City Centre	02-Dec-2018	Route & terminal point variation until redevelopment work completed. Timetable 044MF18B2 runs while redevelopment work current and 044MF18B1 runs thereafter. Saturday timetable is not affected by redevelopment.
PH0000135.010	44 44A	City Centre	City Centre	02-Dec-2018	Withdraw 44B. Revise 44A to serve Holly Park, Ringmore Way, St Budeaux & dockyard
PH0000135.076	50 51	Derriford	Derriford	02-Dec-2018	Sundays & Bank Holidays to withdraw from Transit Way between approx. 10:00 & 16:00 hrs. Monday to Friday to revise timetable in afternoon to increase recovery time
PH0000135.126	61 62	City Centre	City Centre	02-Dec-2018	Sundays & Bank Holidays to withdraw from Transit Way between approx. 10:00 & 16:00 hrs
PH0000135.164	72 72A	Polperro	Plymouth	02-Dec-2018	To include detail of reversing manoeuvres. No change to route or timetable
PH0000135.163	73 73A	Polperro	Liskeard	02-Dec-2018	To include detail of reversing manoeuvres. No change to route or timetable
PH0000135.154	104 105	Devonport High School	Tavistock	07-Jan-2019	Administrative correction!

I have not linked to the main route pages above as most of these have not been entered there yet! - You can always click here and enter the licence number in the search box to see the full route history and timetables as they get processed.

Its the 44 that sees the most significant changes…

Devon & Cornwall Transit 129

Bus services across Devon & Cornwall that are due to change in the next week ( 19-25 November). As usual click on the licence number to go through to the main route page where you will find the full licence details and route history.

Its all very quiet this week with one route change for National Express that's already happened, a new timetable for Williams 442 and a mysterious new night service for 6 weeks from Stagecoach details of which they are keeping close to their chest for now.

National Express Ltd • PD0000738

Just the one change at short notice (its already started)

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PD0000738.215	328	PLYMOUTH	ROCHDALE	07-Nov-2018	Vary route Current Traveline Timetable (no map on Traveline)

 

Stagecoach Devon Ltd • PH1020951

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PH1020951.314	N21	Braunton	Bideford	24-Nov-2018	Apart from the Traveline timetable and map I can not find anything online for this service. If it is mentioned on the Stagecoach site then it is even more hidden normal. There must be a specific reason for such a frequent service at this time of night? Traveline Timetable N21 Traveline Map N21

 

FT Williams • PH0007122

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PH0007122.018	442	Camborne Bus Station	Sithians, Crellow Lane	19-Nov-2018	Timetable amended Traveline Timetable 442 Traveline Map 442

Devon & Cornwall Transit 128

Bus services across Devon & Cornwall that are due to change in the next week ( 12-18 November). As usual click on the licence number to go through to the main route page where you will find the full licence details and route history.

 

Stagecoach Devon Ltd • PH1020951

Three new special Park & Rides for a one off event in Exeter along with a slight change to Plymouth Park & Ride 200

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PH1020951.235	200	Coypool Park & Ride	Plymouth Royal Parade	12-Nov-2018	No details given by Stagecoach but the service now seems to stop at several more selected stops along the route rather than non stop from the city centre to Coypool. The timetable itself remains unchanged so presumably they are not expected to stay long at these additional stops. Traveline Timetable Traveline Map
PH1020951.306	Green	Exeter, South Street	Matford Park & Ride	18-Nov-2018	To operate a Park & Ride service for a Christmas event being held in Exeter City Centre on Sunday 18 November 2018 Details may be on the Stagecoach web site, but I cant find them! It appears to be for the switch on of the Christmas lights Traveline Timetable Traveline Map
PH1020951.308	Green2	Sowton Park & Ride	City Centre, Paris Street	18-Nov-2018	To operate a Park & Ride service for a Christmas event being held in Exeter City Centre on Sunday 18 November 2018 Details may be on the Stagecoach web site, but I cant find them! It appears to be for the switch on of the Christmas lights Traveline Timetable Traveline Map
PH1020951.307	Red	Honito Rd Park & Ride	Exeter, Paris Street	18-Nov-2018	To operate a Park & Ride service for a Christmas event being held in Exeter City Centre on Sunday 18 November 2018 Details may be on the Stagecoach web site, but I cant find them! It appears to be for the switch on of the Christmas lights Traveline Timetable Traveline Map

 

 

DJ Watts Coach Travel Ltd • PH1117103 • Torbay Buses

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PH1117103.003	62	Torquay Strand, Harbourside	Torquay Strand, Harbourside	12-Nov-2018	No new timetable on Traveline from the 12th November. There is a new timetable from the 11 October 2018 which is the same as the Summer timetable currently on Torbay Buses own site, although they should now be running the winter timetable which is different again! Traveline Timetable (11 Oct 2018) Traveline Map (11 Oct 2018)

 

Tamar Coaches Ltd • PH1145484

Two school runs taken over from Hamilton Grays with immediate effect

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PH1145484.002	COLY1	Exeter, Belgrave Road	Colyford, The Elms, Swan Hill Road	05-Nov-2018	School bus taken over from Hamilton Grays (Devon) Ltd No timetable posted on Traveline yet Previous Traveline Timetable (Hamilton Grays)
PH1145484.003	KINGS1	Exmouth, Imperial Road, Swimming Pool	Ottery St Mary, The Kings School	05-Nov-2018	School bus taken over from Hamilton Grays (Devon) Ltd No timetable posted on Traveline yet Previous Traveline Timetable (Hamilton Grays)

 

Hamilton Grays (Devon) Ltd • PH1130469

• PH1130469 SI 
• HAMILTON GRAYS ( DEVON) LIMITED 
• Director(s): SARAH HAMILTON 
• UNIT 3, BUDLAKE ROAD, MARSH BARTON, EXETER, EX2 8PY 
• Licence revoked without a Public Inquiry

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PH1130469.001	COLY1	Exeter, Belgrave Road	Colyton School	04-Nov-2018	Registered Bus Services running under this licence have also been revoked with immediate effect.
PH1130469.002	KINGS1	Exmouth, Swimming Pool	King's School	04-Nov-2018	Registered Bus Services running under this licence have also been revoked with immediate effect.

 

Stagecoach at Derriford

Derriford Hospital has always been a good place to observe buses, being the second busiest bus terminus after Royal Parade. The scene though has changed quite a bit recently with Stagecoach taking on most of the Target Travel work along with former Citybus route 14. So we have a bit of a photo feature looking at Stagecoach at Derriford Hospital over the last week or so…

Newly acquired Dennis Dart 34849 on the 14.

The 52 now departs from Derriford in both directions as seen by 34607 seen back on the 1st November.

and also another recently acquired Dart 35134 YN56HBB.

Traffic at Derriford has affected buses in and out of Derriford quite badly recently so you often get buses bunched up. These two are both branded for the 1 and also both running on the 1 seen in horrible weather on the 6th!