This last week has seen a few more notices from last month. Most of these have already been covered here, but there were a few school services which had not been picked up.
| Licence | Route | Start Point | End Point | Effective | Notes | Operator |
| PH0005305.093 | Coly 2 | Norman's Green, adj Sandersfield | Colyford, The Elms Bus stop | 01-Sep-2025 | route, stopping places and timetable vary | DEALTOP LIMITED |
| PH0005305.073 | TG001 | Old Tiverton Road, Exeter | Torquay Grammar School | 01-Sep-2025 | route, stopping places and timetable vary | DEALTOP LIMITED |
| PH0005305.077 | TG002 | Sidwell Street, Exeter | Torquay Grammar School | 01-Sep-2025 | Timetable, stopping places and route variation | DEALTOP LIMITED |
More interestingly Plymouth Citybus have given full details of their October timetable changes.
We will be introducing a number of timetable changes across our network from Sunday 26 October 2025. Key highlights include a significant uplift on the 42 service, providing more frequent buses between two of the busiest areas in the city, Plymouth City Centre and Derriford, as well as improvements to services 21/21A, offering extra journeys in school holidays. The updated schedules are outlined below.
Service by Service Updates
5/5A
- Running times revised across all days.
- Weekday afternoon journeys, including schooldays, have additional time to help buses stay on schedule.
- On Saturdays, extra time starts earlier in the day but finishes slightly earlier than at present.
- Sundays see extra running time, including for the first journey from Sherford.
- Most journeys now depart Derrys Cross a couple of minutes earlier.
16 / 16A
- School-day afternoon timetable revised for improved reliability, in line with services 43 and 50.
- New Service 16A, funded through Plymouth City Council’s BSIP scheme, will run hourly between Kings Tamerton and St Budeaux Square, Monday to Friday.
21/A
- Additional running time in the morning peak to improve reliability.
- Extra morning journeys now start from Royal Parade towards Devonport.
- Saturday morning timetable adjusted for better timekeeping.
- During school holidays, frequency increased from every 15 minutes to every 10, providing more opportunities to travel.
28
- Withdrawn from Brest Road due to very low usage.
- Timetable revised to improve reliability, with inbound journeys retimed to avoid Mayflower Street congestion.
34
- Revised to start and finish at Derriford Hospital.
- Extension to George Park & Ride withdrawn; passengers can change at Derriford onto the improved 42 group, with buses up to every 15 minutes between Derriford and George Park & Ride.
41
- Services now leave Union Street up to five minutes earlier.
42 / 42B / 42D
- Major timetable changes with a new Service 42B running up to every 30 minutes between Plymouth City Centre and Roborough Roundabout via Derriford Hospital and George Junction.
- Direct buses between City Centre and Derriford Hospital every 7–8 minutes Monday to Friday, every 10 minutes Saturday, and every 15 minutes Sunday and Bank Holidays.
- Services between Derriford Hospital and George Park & Ride operate exactly every 15 minutes in both directions, with more journeys during the morning peak.
- Existing Service 42B renumbered 42D.
43
- Timetable revised to improve timekeeping.
- First early morning journey on weekdays adjusted to improve connections.
44
- Weekday peak services revised for reliability.
- Services now leave Union Street up to five minutes earlier.
50/51
- Running times revised across all days.
- Weekday adjustments:
- Service 50: redistributed running time between City Centre and St Budeaux in the afternoons.
- Services 50 and 51: retimed weekday morning departures for a better spread and improved timekeeping.
- Service 51: major weekday afternoon revisions to improve reliability.
- Sunday adjustments:
- Service 50: slightly earlier morning journeys and evening journeys now serve Parkway Industrial Estate. The 18:32 journey from Derriford becomes 18:26 with an additional six minutes to complete the trip.
- Service 51: minor adjustments to balance journey times in both directions.
61
- Services now leave Union Street up to five minutes earlier.
- Peak-time schedules revised during school holidays.
- 08:45 Milehouse to Transit Way journey operates on school holiday mornings only.
Services with No Changes
Services 8/9, 20, 20A, 23, 24, 25, 33, 35/35A, 36 remain unchanged.
These updates take effect from Sunday 26 October 2025. The 42 service uplift provides significantly more buses between the City Centre and Derriford, while services 21/21A have increased frequency in school holidays, giving passengers more opportunities to travel.
5/a pcb going sherford?? Are you sure?
ReplyDeleteIt is correct - but only one early morning journey at weekends! No idea why though...
ReplyDeleteIt’s because th 20B gets extended to sherford on the weekend, so citybus change it into a 5 at Sherford which then turns into a 70A at milehouse.
Delete26 October is a significant date, being exactly 39 years since the implementation of bus de-regulation in 1986!
ReplyDeleteI think it is a part replacement for what was the morning trip on the 85 same as 20B. It certainly does carry a lot even that time on a Sunday morning !
ReplyDeletePeak time travel Plymouth City Centre to Derriford. Queues at bus stops, buses passing full and not stopping. Stagecoach mainly providing only single deck vehicles, significantly reducing capacity. Simply not good enough Stagecoach.
ReplyDeletethis is what happens when they tender for routes - it wont be too long before buses are cascaded throughout devon though - E300s are also on pickup duty now, so hopefully the Solos wont be on the routes much longer
DeleteWith erratic Stagecoach services including cancellations due to recent bus & drivers shortages as reported by the media, it seems Citybus sees an opportunity to pick up extra passengers on the Derriford Hospital George corridor
ReplyDeleteIt could be the case to a point but let's not forget this would have had to be register a while ago before the September issues stagecoach faced
DeleteStagecoach have got a Double decker Megabus coach on service 2 today. Wouldn't it have been better on the 80 or 38 service?
ReplyDelete54602 by the look of it if tracking is to be believed. Not really suitable for city services!!
DeleteWow....im baffled by your comments. The ticket machine from said coach was actually on a decker one of the 153**.
DeleteI did wonder if the tracker was correct! thanks for confirming
DeleteThe Falcons use different ticket machines to the ones on the buses. Would be an old machine that hasnt been setup properly.
DeleteThe megabus tracking is an ALX 400 trident
Deletestagecoach management would off check they had the resources available before bidding for the contracts about 6 months ago, or they are not up to doing the job?
DeleteI thought this topic was over. But in response to you, they did but the transfers didnt happen quick enough and before the date needed.
DeleteAnon 5/10 23:37
DeleteThe bid for the work would have been based on allocation of resources DUE in the area at the time - so, this would have included the cascades from Scotland, and the new electrics arriving in Devon for Torquay for extra cascades across the county and into Cornwall.
Sometimes, things don't go to plan (look at GSW when they took Cornwall) and delays in either cascades or newly built buses do happen.
Things are improving slowly, but they are getting better.
Got on the 80 from Plymouth to Paignton got to Sugar Mill stop where the drivers change over. Driver got off no driver turned up for 20 minutes then when he did we all had to get off and wait for the next one over an hours wait mother's with there children in buggys 7 30 at night. Apparently they hadn't got any drivers. Unacceptable
DeleteSurely the drivers shouldn't leave a bus full of passengers unattended
DeleteDoes the 42B go into woolwell down to church park road like the 42C did
ReplyDeleteNo, it will continue on Tavistock Road to Roborough roundabout and then return. A few journeys will be serving Belliver Indústrial Estate.
DeleteThe 42C will continue to Woolwell Church Park as it currently does. The B will, for now, go to Roborough Roundabout and then back. Eventually it will extend in to Belliver Industrial Estate.
DeleteOakleys on Bus Times has their two new vehicles BN75 MVZ and BN75 MVY, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Ilesbus i-City
ReplyDeleteA PCB E400 has been destroyed by fire on the A30, believed to be one of the 65 plates
ReplyDelete528
Delete528 to be precise
DeleteLike I have always said, Cornwall has ruined every single bus in the fleet.
DeleteBelieved to be? it WAS 528. The second bus fire in Launceston in the (almost) same number of months.
DeleteYes, a 65 plate, the bus destroyed by fire today was 528
ReplyDeleteSadly, it was 528. Luckily, the driver escaped unhurt, but it must have been a frightening experience.
ReplyDelete