25 July 2021

Devon & Cornwall Transit 2021 Week 29

It is time for the usual weekly look back on what has been published on the Registered Local Bus Services site over the last week. As always click through for more details including timetables and maps.

Bit of a mixed bag this last week:

  • Dartline (Dealtop Ltd) Changes to their Park & Ride in Exeter from September and a new school service
  • Holsworthy Ltd: Don't get too excited – these are cancelled registrations for service that last ran back in 2013-2015!
  • Stagecoach: Catching up with previous timetable changes during Covid. and new registrations for extra Park & Ride services in Plymouth for the Sail Grand Prix weekend earlier this month. They kept them pretty quiet as I didn't notice any publicity for them at the time.
  • Axe valley (Searle) Two new school services from September
 Licence Route Start Point End Point Effective NotesOPERATOR
PH1016164.028 14 Bideford Morrisons Bideford Morrisons 12-Jul-2021 cancelled - not operated service since May 15! HOLSWORTHY LTD
PH1016164.014 15X S The Quay, Bideford Asda, Atlantic Village, Bideford 20-Jul-2021 cancelled, stopped operating service in April 2015 HOLSWORTHY LTD
PH1020951.136 21 21A 21C Ilfracombe or Barnstaple Appledore or Westward Ho! 05-Jul-2021 Register timetable as permanent post covid lockdown as well as adding 21C to Ruda and increase Devon Sunday service. Last timetable dated 31 May 2021 STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0005305.070 368 Congregational Church, Honiton Broadhembury 31-Aug-2021 Mon-Sat school term

Tues- Fri- Sat School holidays
DEALTOP LIMITED
PH1016164.024 624 Buckland Monachorum School Yelverton Roundabout 20-Jul-2021 Cancelled- ceased operating service in April 2014 HOLSWORTHY LTD
PH0005305.065 679 Beech Hill Exeter Bus Station 26-Jul-2021 Closure of Exeter Bus station to service 679. DEALTOP LTD
PH0004666.008 923 Bridport Bus Station Colyford, The Elms Bus Stop 08-Sep-2021 Monday to Friday during Colyton Grammar School days.



Twice daily, morning and afternoon
FRANCES MAY SEARLE
PH0004666.007 924 Uplyme, Village Hall Colyford, The Elms Bus Stop 08-Sep-2021 Monday to Friday during Colton Grammar School days.



Twice daily, morning and afternoons
FRANCES MAY SEARLE
PH1020951.343 PR1 George Park and Ride Plymouth 18-Jul-2021 Park and Ride service for Sail GP Plymouth. Published after the event and no publicity found anywhere or on Stagecoach Twitter. Presume extra buses laid on STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.342 PR2 Coypool Plymouth 17-Jul-2021 Park and Ride service for Sail GP Plymouth. Published after the event and no publicity found anywhere or on Stagecoach Twitter. Presume extra buses laid on STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0005305.005 PR3 EXETER, Digby Park & Ride EXETER, R D E Wonford Hospital 13-Sep-2021 Route and timetable amended due to road closure DEALTOP LIMITED
PH0005305.066 SPR3 Sowton Park & Ride Sowton Park & Ride 13-Sep-2021 Change of route due to road closure DEALTOP LIMITED


This weekend we have a few services that have moved into the new bus station in Exeter which opened today (see below for more)

The other big service is the new Newquay Park & Ride service 99 which launched yesterday:

 Licence Route Start Point End Point Effective NotesOPERATOR
PH1020951.075 39 Exeter, Chudleigh. Bovey Tracey Newton Abbot 25-Jul-2021 New bus station Exeter STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.036 57 Exeter Exmouth 25-Jul-2021 Change to new bus station following the closure of the old one. STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.057 58, 58C Exeter Budleigh Salterton 25-Jul-2021 The opening of the new bus station in Exeter STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0000135.295 99 Newquay, Treloggan (Morrisons), Newquay Zoo, Newquay Rail Station or Great Western Hotel Newquay Park & Ride 24-Jul-2021 New Service PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0005305.065 679 Beech Hill Exeter Bus Station 26-Jul-2021 Closure of Exeter Bus station to service 679. DEALTOP LTD
PH1020951.321 L Exeter South Street Pinhoe 25-Jul-2021 Moving bus stations following the closure of the old, and opening of the new. STAGECOACH DEVON LTD

Talking about the new bus station we have this release from the Devon General Omnibus Trust which I meant to post this last week but have been unwell (heat related!)

Devon General AEC Regent V at Exeter bus station plaque unveiling

The Devon General Omnibus Trust’s 1957 AEC Regent V VDV 817 featured in a ceremony at the new Exeter bus station on Monday 19th July, when the Prince of Wales unveiled a commemorative plaque. The bus was the backdrop to many photographs of Prince Charles.

Peter Murnaghan, DGOT’s chairman, said “We were delighted to be asked by Stagecoach South West to provide 817, and even more pleased to discover on the day that it was for a royal event. Our volunteers did a grand job in preparing the bus and its classic Devon General livery certainly sparkled in the sunshine. It was fitting for 817 to be present, as it was the first bus into the 1964 bus station that is now being replaced. 817 worked on Exeter city services until withdrawal in 1971 and joined the Trust’s collection four years ago”.

Photo supplied by Exeter City Council:

Prince of Wales Visit to new bus station 19 July 2021 (195)

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