The 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. Well it would be if there were any!
This coming week:
This weekend sees quite a few timetables changes: mostly Plymouth Citybus with a few from AB Coaches and AVMT. The Stagecoach service 2 although listed from 25th April is more likely a late recording of the new timetable listed from 2nd April.
| Licence | Route | Start Point | End Point | Effective | Notes | OPERATOR |
| PH1020951.236 | 2 2A | Saltash | Mount Batten or Sherford | 24-Apr-2022 | Timetable variation - believed to have happened 1/4/22? | STAGECOACH DEVON LTD |
| PH0000135.094 | 5 5A | Elburton, Blackstone Close | Plymouth City Centre, Royal Parade | 24-Apr-2022 | Withdraw section of route between Plymouth (Royal
Parade) and Saltash Withdrawn from Devonport and Saltash to make it more reliable between Plymstock and the City Centre. Anyone wanting to travel between Saltash and the City Centre can use Services 11, 12 or 72 every 20 minutes. Anyone wanting to travel between Devonport and the City Centre can use Services 21 or 21A every 10 minutes. School holiday timetables revised to reflect lower traffic levels. |
PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD |
| PH0000135.146 | 27 27B | Derriford Hospital/ Deer Park | Plymouth City Centre, Royal Parade | 24-Apr-2022 | Revised timetable Journeys between 16:00 and 18:00 from Royal Parade will run five minutes later on weekdays. |
PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD |
| PH0000135.005 | 28 28A | Plymouth City Centre, Royal Parade | Estover, Asda | 24-Apr-2022 | 28A brought back into use to serve Mainstone as Forder
Valley will be reopened, replacing Service 42. Services 28 and 28A will each run hourly, covering Henders Corner, Culver Way and Charfield Drive every half hour between them. Service 28 will continue via Shallowford Road and Austin Crescent to Crownhill, and Service 28A will go via Miles Mitchell and Forder Valley to Mainstone and Asda. The early journey from Derriford Hospital at 06:38 will run seven minutes earlier at 06:31 |
PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD |
| PH0000135.053 | 34 34A | Plymouth City Centre, Royal Parade | Estover/ Royal William Yard | 24-Apr-2022 | New service 34A will run between the City Centre and
Royal William Yard. Service 34 will no longer go to Durnford Street or Royal William Yard, making a more direct route between Derriford Hospital, the City Centre and Devonport. Some weekday afternoon and early evening journeys are being extended to serve Plymbridge Road and Estover Industrial Estate, covering part of the former Service 42. The first Sunday journey to the City Centre will run five minutes earlier. |
PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD |
| PH0000135.007 | 40 40A 41 41A | Plymouth City Centre, Royal Parade | Southway | 24-Apr-2022 | 40 and 41 services replaced by the 42 and 42A. Anyone wanting to travel between Whitleigh and Southway will need to change at Crownhill. Service 71 will also provide an alternative link between Whitleigh and Looseleigh. 40A and 41A services withdrawn to be replaced by the 44 for journeys to Whitleigh and the 42A for journeys to Southway. Southway will now be serviced mainly by services 42 and 42A, as set out below. The 42 and 42A will provide four buses an hour from Southway, operating via Looseleigh Lane or the George Junction to Derriford before continuing to Royal Parade. Additionally, a revised service 41 will run hourly to Mayflower Street, providing services to Sir John Hunt school. |
PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD |
| PH0000135.304 | 41 | Plymouth (Mayflower St) | Southway, Flamborough Road | 25-Apr-2022 | A revised service 41 will run hourly to Mayflower Street, providing services to Sir John Hunt school. | PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD |
| PH0000135.304 | 41 | Plymouth (Mayflower St) | Southway, Flamborough Road | 25-Apr-2022 | PM journeys retimed to ensure schoolchildren have adequate time to catch the bus home | PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD |
| PH0000135.008 | 42 42A 42B | Tamerton Foliot, Cunningham Road | Plymouth City Centre, Royal Parade | 24-Apr-2022 | 42: Route changed to cover Dunnet Road and Clittaford Road instead of the section between The Falstaff Inn and Southway Drive. Retimed around Manadon Roundabout to improve reliability. School holiday timetables revised to reflect lower traffic levels. |
PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD |
| PH0000135.149 | 42C | Plymouth City Centre, Royal Parade | Woolwell, Church Park Road | 24-Apr-2022 | 42 Route changed to cover Southway running via Southway
Drive, Clittaford Road, Flamborough Road and back down Southway Drive, it will
no longer cover Estover and Mainstone. Retimed around Manadon Roundabout to improve reliability. School holiday timetables revised to reflect lower traffic levels. Evening journeys retimed to provide better departure times from Derriford Hospital towards the City Centre. 42C Sunday timetable retimed to improve reliability. Retimed around Manadon Roundabout to improve reliability. School holiday timetables revised to reflect lower traffic levels. |
PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD |
| PH0000135.010 | 44 44A | Plymouth City Centre, Royal Parade | Whitleigh | 24-Apr-2022 | 44A route changed to cover Taunton Avenue in both
directions on most weekday journeys. Service 44 will have extra journeys on Sunday evenings to replace Services 40A and 41A. Retimed around Manadon Roundabout to improve reliability. School holiday timetables revised to reflect lower traffic levels. |
PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD |
| PH0004983.575 | 270 (271, 273, 274, 272) | Mevagissy, Fowey, St Austell | Truro College | 25-Apr-2022 | Timetable variation | FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED |
| PH0006652.005 | 501 | Teignmouth Railway Station | Torquay, Shiphay Schools | 25-Apr-2022 | Variation to route and timetable | A B COACHES LTD |
| PH0006652.011 | 502A | Newton Abbott Asda | Churston Ferrers Grammar School | 25-Apr-2022 | Route and timetable variation | A B COACHES LTD |
| PH0006652.014 | 502B | Ashburton, Pear Tree Cross | Churston Ferrers Grammar School | 25-Apr-2022 | School days One AM and one PM journey |
A B COACHES LTD |
| PH0006652.009 | 506 | Totnes, Seven Stars | Torquay, Shiphay Schools | 25-Apr-2022 | Variation to route and timetable | A B COACHES LTD |
| PH0000135.284 | 807 | Woolwell | Coombe Dean | 25-Apr-2022 | Duplicate bus starting and ending at Mutley Plain is withdrawn – there will be just one bus on this service. |
PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD |
| PH2050218.002 | 899 899S | Exmouth Tesco | Seaton Sea Front | 25-Apr-2022 | Timetable variation | AVMT BUSES LIMITED |
| PH2050218.006 | 923 | Bridport Bus Station | Colyford, The Elms Bus Stop | 25-Apr-2022 | Timetable variation | AVMT BUSES LIMITED |
| PH1020951.294 | P1 | Barnstaple | The Big Sheep (Pigstock| | 23-Apr-2022 | To cancel registration | STAGECOACH DEVON LTD |
| PH1020951.323 | P2 | Bude | Abbotsham (The Big Sheep) | 23-Apr-2022 | To Cancel registration | STAGECOACH DEVON LTD |
Meanwhile First Kernow continue to spring surprises…
Let’s hope this weather holds up. Nearly ready for the Mousehole pic.twitter.com/tpYIPG3iL2
— Marc Huws (@MarcMorganHuws) April 22, 2022
CityBus 509 is out of its Mayflower 400 livery and into lines.
ReplyDeleteStagecoach WA59 CWT is newly converted to open top
ReplyDeleteCitybus have reinstated the 28A even though the junction of Forder Valley Road and Novorossiysk Road is not fully reopened yet. I saw one going down the hill from ASDA, turning left at the bottom and travelling to Leigham roundabout. Unfortunately I lost sight of it, but it seemed to be heading back on FVR. Quite a long and unproductive double run.
ReplyDeleteThis was tied in with the Southway changes, the 42 was taken out of Mainstone/Estover to be rerouted into Southway so the 28A was reintroduced even though the road is not fully opened.
DeleteOf course the new junction did open for a very short while before they had to pause it and restrict the right turn out of Novorossiysk Road. I am sure it wont be too long before they reopen it properly.
DeleteCitybus havent got a clue what they are doing. Here in Southway there is uproar over what they have done to services 40/41/42, but as always its profit over customer service and what the customer wants and needs.They do all the silly changes but ultimately need to think Its not what they want its what the customer wants so people are more likely to drive- which i now do having given up on the unreliable service. I think 28A changes are slightly premature and really they should have waited until the actual project is completed.
DeleteI don't agree. Once it was clear that Plymouth was not going to get any Bus Back Better funding, CityBus knew they had to make economies. Running the 42 to Mainstone was hugely inefficient (even if the City Council were paying for it), it made sense to put the 28A back at the earliest opportunity even if the road improvements were not quite complete.
DeleteRemoving the 40/41 from Southway in favour of the 42/42A changes tales two buses an hour off the City Centre-Crownhill corridor which helps to match capacity more closely to current demand. It is still a high-frequency corridor with a turn-up-and-go frequency during the daytime. I get that some people in Southway will not be happy about the resulting changes, but it tends to be the people who are upset that make the noise.
problem is as a normal user of the services in southway it dont work at all, the 42 is covering a small area of southway that is less people compared to the 42a that gets the most, but the 42a gets more as people dont like the 42 due to its horrid route. ive been counting users this week and in total its more used mornings as the 42A dont turn up. the current 41 is always full lately.
Deleteive spoken to people of southway myself and all have come to a agreement that the service 42 is no good and the 41 works better (also needs to be a bigger bus as even ive had to stand on that service) improvements are needed while still sticking to cutbacks so it is hard. all that i can expect is that the 42 would be removed as of a lack of use when there is only 5 people on it from southway, its more busy once it gets the derriford corridor
Julian3 May 2022 at 11:11 with all fairness no company doing a cutback is good, but citybus could of atlest did a area check and spoken to people who live in the area before making changes. no one seems happy about it and the normal 42 seems very empty compared to a 41 i seen today with standings on a mini E200. would be quite interested to know what the total passenger numbers are. as in the words of citybus if you dont use it, you'll lose it
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