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.
New Notices from this week
Dart Pleasure Craft Ltd
- Timetables have been set for the 2023 season:
| Licence | Route | Start Point | End Point | Effective | Notes | Timetable |
| PH0007025.050 | Round Robin Tours | Paignton Bus Station | Totnes, Steamer Quay Road | 04-Apr-2023 | Operating dates for 2023 season | T002275 |
First South West Ltd
- Buses of Somerset add new evening services to its Taunton – Axminster service
| Licence | Route | Start Point | End Point | Effective | Notes | Timetable |
| PH0004983.490 | 30 | Taunton, Parade | Axminster Railway station | 30-Jan-2023 | Route and timetable variation - New evening service, with buses diverting to serve Gateway P&R. | T002272 |
Plymouth Citybus Ltd
- A late amendment to the new timetable for the 59 that comes into operation this weekend
| Licence | Route | Start Point | End Point | Effective | Notes | Timetable |
| PH0000135.314 | 59 | Plymouth City Centre, Royal Parade | Roborough | 30-Jan-2023 | Retime last journey on Saturdays to run 10 minutes later | T002270 |
Tally Ho! Coaches Ltd
Tally Ho! have cancelled three services at the end of March this year. It remains to be seen if these get replaced by new registrations eventually.
| Licence | Route | Start Point | End Point | Effective | Notes | Timetable |
| PH1081198.001 | 160 162 | Kingsbridge Quay | Kingsbridge Quay | 31-Mar-2023 | cancelled | |
| PH1081198.006 | 612 | Mothecombe | Tesco - Lee Mill | 28-Mar-2023 | cancelled | |
| PH1081198.003 | 875 | Bigbury On Sea | Plymouth Royal Parade | 31-Mar-2023 | cancelled |
This Coming Week
As well as the Buses of Somerset 30 noted above, there are new timetables for Plymouth Citybus from this weekend:
| Licence | Route | Start Point | End Point | Effective | Notes | Timetable |
| PH0000135.288 | 13 | Holly Park, Lakeview Close | Plymouth City Centre, Royal Parade | 30-Jan-2023 | Following detailed discussions with Citybus, a new
service 13 from Holly Park and Ringmore Way, providing links to West Park, St
Budeaux and the city centre, will also begin from the end of the month. This
route partially replaces the 44A between Holly Park and St Budeaux. The new service will comprise four journeys a day in each direction, Monday to Friday. The service will be more limited than what was provided before and will be run on a commercial basis. Plymouth Citybus will be reviewing its use after six months to ensure that it is financially viable. |
T002267 |
| PH0000135.289 | 13S | St Budeaux | Kings Tamerton | 30-Jan-2023 | Retimed by 2 mins to enable change on PH0000135/288 | T002276 |
| PH0000135.314 | 59 | Plymouth City Centre, Royal Parade | Roborough | 30-Jan-2023 | The 59 service is a route that Plymouth Citybus
currently operates under contract to Devon County Council. The new extension will begin on Monday 30 January and partially replaces
the previous route 19. It will operate four journeys a day in each direction, reinstating links for Merafield residents to both the Ridgeway and the city centre, as well as expanding travel to Sparkwell, Shaugh Prior and Bickleigh. The timetable also has a peak time journey to and from the city centre, which will hopefully help generate commuter numbers on this route. |
T002270 |
| PH0000135.314 | 59 | Plymouth City Centre, Royal Parade | Roborough | 30-Jan-2023 | Retime last journey on Saturdays to run 10 minutes later | T002270 |
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Devon & Cornwall Transit: 30 January 2023
Two of the local bus routes that were withdrawn due to low customer usage and extreme pressures on Plymouth City Council’s finances will be partially reintroduced at the end of the month.
A lot of criticism locally about the timings of the 13 to Holly Park now, missing commuter times entirely and cutting short the likelihood of being used by those going to and from town.
ReplyDeletePerhaps a two hourly service but covering more of the day would have been more beneficial for those that are likely to use it.
Given the times, I suspect it’ll soon be being cancelled again, seeing as PCB have adopted the ‘use it or lose it’ stance.
Think 🤔 it will get use in morning
DeleteIt was most likely done intentionally. PCB have a history of changing stuff then within weeks or months of it changing- they change it back again!
DeletePresumably the people who can't use it at commuter times will continue to do what they did when the route didn't exist at all? The time to be critical was when the Council withdrew funding for the 44A.
DeleteJulian, I quite agree. And that’s why so many people were vocal and critical when the council withdrew the funding. Vocal enough, some might say, that the feeble reintroduction has been put on in the first place. Remember the service has been gone for just short of a month, we aren’t talking an elongated period of time here.
DeleteDevon's BSIP (Bus Service Improvement Plan) bid did mention improved links for the South Hams, so it is possible some of the funding will be used to replace the Tally Ho services with new routes, or a flexible DRT (Demand Responsive Transit) scheme.
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