Tamar Coaches Move Smarter

A new bus service is launching in Plymouth - take take workers to Devonport Dockyard. Defence giant Babcock International Group Plc, which operates the dockyard, is to start what it calls a “sustainable” bus shuttle service, which it said will transform the daily commute for its workers and provide wider benefits around the city.

The “dynamic pick-up and drop-off” initiative will initially launch across several “popular” commuter routes in Plymouth, with the service also extending more widely to include locations such as Ivybridge and Saltash. The service will be accessible via an app, and will offer passengers a “smarter, more flexible way to travel”, with Babcock workers able to book their place on one of many shuttle buses running from 5am until 5pm from mid-October.

The MoveSmart service has been designed to be demand driven and can be scaled up and adapted to different routes to suit the needs of Babcock employees moving to and from the Devonport site. With 11% of the Plymouth population employed by Babcock, a pipeline of work spanning decades, and having taken on 240 apprentices this year - one of the largest intakes in the region - having a range of travel-to-work options has never been more important, the company said.

John Gane, site managing director at Babcock’s Devonport facility, today said: “By providing a sustainable transport shuttle service, we’re ensuring our colleagues have a more efficient way to travel to and from site, so they can carry out their essential work supporting UK defence. It will also benefit the wider community with the aim of taking more cars off local roads.

Its been confirmed that the contract to provide this new service is with Tamar Coaches.

© Mark Bailey 2024

It remains to be seen which buses Tamar Coaches will be using, but you know they will be very smart!