Holiday Vibe

Recent service registration changes have taken on a bit of a holiday vibe. The Dartmouth Park & Ride 91 began in April, while the annual Porthleven Food Festival Shuttle was the last registration change from last month. Moving into May, we saw the Plymouth Pirates weekend extra service for the weekend just passed, along with two Stagecoach registrations for both halves of their new 300 service, replacing the Exmoor Explorer previously run by First South West. There’s also a change to the 34, with a revised route due to the unstable building mentioned earlier. 

Lastly, the old registration for the Round Robin Tour has been cancelled—but don’t worry, the service continues under a new registration already noted.

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes	Operator
PH0000135.416	25P	Royal Wiliam Yard	Royal William Yard	09-May-2026	New Service for Plymouth Pirates weekend Saturday and Sunday. Service will run in subsequent years around the same dates	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0000135.053	34	Estover	City Centre	02-May-2026	Operate revised route and timetable due to unstable Building - section of route removed covered by new 34A	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH1020951.429	91	Dartmouth Park & Ride	Dartmouth Pontoon	03-Apr-2026	timetable change 2026 seasonal times.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.577	300	Ilfracombe	Lynmouth	23-May-2026	Summer 300 Ilfracombe to Lynmouth	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.578	300	Lynmouth	Minehead	23-May-2026	Summer 300 Lynmouth to Minehead	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0000135.354	A	Helston	Porthleven	24-Apr-2026	Friday and Sunday timetable extended Service will operate in similar days in future years	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0007025.050	Round Robin Tours	Paignton Bus Station	Totnes, Steamer Quay Road	09-Jun-2026	PREVIOUS REGISTRATION CANCELLED. UNDER PH0007025/54 THIS YEAR	DART PLEASURE CRAFT LIMITED

Stonehouse Shuttle 34A

On Friday 17 April an exclusion zone involving road closures was put in place around the Evolution Cove block in Durnford Street, Stonehouse, due to concerns about the structural integrity of the building.  the 27-metre exclusion zone around the residential block was a necessary precaution to protect the public due to a risk that the building – or part of it – could collapse.  Some residents in properties in Emma Street Ope were encouraged to temporarily vacate their properties and stay with family or friends or if they had nowhere to go, offered hotel accommodation. The following roads and pavements were closed:  

• Emma Place Ope 

• A section of Emma Place 

• A section of Barrack Place 

• A section of Durnford Street 

This exclusion zone was instigated after Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service issued a prohibition notice on Evolution Cove. This is a legal notice that restricts the use of a building where there are serious safety concerns. The notice remains in place until those concerns are addressed.   

Bus services will return to the Royal William Yard on the Stonehouse Peninsula from this Saturday 2nd May 2026 – in time for the popular monthly good food and craft market. Plymouth City Council is to subsidise a shuttlebus, the 34A, that will serve all stops along Union Street between the Octagon and Stonehouse Roundabout – the stops that are currently used by the service 34. The 34A will then continue to Royal William Yard via the signposted diversions. 

Plymouth Citybus will deploy a 24-seater, fully accessible shuttle bus to run every 30 minutes from 7am to 7pm seven days a week. The 34A will pick up passengers who would normally use Service 34 to reach Durnford Street, Royal Willam Yard and Cremyll Ferry. The 34 will continue to operate from the City Centre to Derriford via Duke of Cornwall, Martin Street, Union Street and returning to its normal route through Devonport to Torpoint Ferry, Stoke, Milehouse and Crownhill.

Glenn Caplin-Grey, Strategic Director for Growth said: “We know that this is a lifeline for many elderly and more vulnerable residents on the Stonehouse peninsula who rely on the bus, so we were keen to bring some form of public transport back as soon as possible.

The 34 is a popular and busy service which normally uses a double decker. Given the bus’s size, Citybus have been unable to use the road diversions that were put in place as a result of emergency road closures around Evolution Cove from 17 April. Test runs took place on Tuesday to ensure that the bus to be used – which measures just under nine metres and is the smallest vehicle in the fleet – could negotiate the diversion route. The Council has agreed to fund the temporary service for an initial six weeks at a cost of £28,000 to minimise disruption to bus passengers to Stonehouse peninsula and Royal William Yard. Two temporary bus stops have also been put up in Martin Street for the 34 service to serve Millbay Academy School. 

Our highways team continue to have a presence on site and more adjustments have been made to the traffic signal arrangements. This has now been set up as a two-way system, which should further reduce waiting time. This revised set up will be monitored over the next few days and we have committed to having operatives on site across the Bank Holiday weekend, so that manual intervention of the signals can be made if congestion builds up.  

Thanks to Mark Bailey for the photo of 2017 at The Royal William Yard taken on the first day of operation. It does look like quite a tight squeeze in places along the diverted route so might be worth a trip to try out this short route.

© Mark Bailey

Service Change Catch Up

Apologies for the gap in updates, but it’s time for a bit of a catch-up. Over the past couple of weeks, several new service notices have been published, with many relating to Devon services changing from 24th May, along with a few older ones mainly in Cornwall. As always, more details and most timetables are available to view by clicking through to the main route pages.

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes	Operator
PH0000135.365	2 (2A)	Helston	Penzance	24-Feb-2026	Revise timetable to provide an additional journey from Penzance to Helston	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0000135.244	4 (4A)	Penzance	St Just	23-Feb-2026	Revise timetable following requests for public following timetable publication	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH1020951.435	5B	Exeter	Copplestone	05-Apr-2026	Timetable correction	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH0000135.407	7	St Just	Sennen Cove	17-Apr-2026	Cancellation of service. Replaced by PH0000135.415/417/418	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0000135.415	7 (7A)	St Ives	Lands End	23-May-2026	New Service	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0000135.417	7 (7A)	Penzance	Lands End	23-May-2026	New Service	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH0000135.418	7 (7A)	St Ives	Penzance	23-May-2026	New Service	PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD
PH1020951.070	9 9A	Exeter Bus Station	Sidbury/Honiton/Seaton	05-Apr-2026	Reintroduction of tendered Sunday journey to operate from 5th April 2026 until 25th October 2026	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.460	11	Dawlish Warren	Torbay Cary Parade	24-May-2026	Amended timing points in Teignmouth.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.011	12	Newton Abbot	Brixham	24-May-2026	Frequency uplift for Sunday service with punctuality changes across all days. Extension to the Saturday late night bus service.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.091	13	Torbay Hospital	Brixham	24-May-2026	Punctuality changes and some changes to AM departures.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.003	18	Brixham	Kingswear	24-May-2026	New stops added to route	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.208	22	St Marychuch	South Devon College	24-May-2026	Punctuality changes applied to service, withdrawal of Saturday late night bus service.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.574	31	Ilfracombe	Wollacombe	24-May-2026	Summer Sunday service from 24th May through 14th September	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.317	35A 35C	Torquay Strand	Torquay Strand	24-May-2026	Some punctuality changes due to change of route introduced since Feb.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.426	60	Preston Sandringham Gardens	Hyde Road	24-May-2026	Route change due to closure of terminus stop, Occombe Farm.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.198	80	Paignton	Plymouth	05-Apr-2026	Some changes to college / school services to better reflect the school day schedules, and to serve Ivybridge College better. The PM service via SDC to depart Paignton Bus Station at 1640, will connect with Service 81 ( ex SD3 ) at Totnes at 1730.    2210 Saturday,  Plymouth to Totnes, extended to Paignton, with new 2340 return journey from Paignton to Totnes.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.442	80	South Devon College	Paignton Bus Station	05-Apr-2026	The PM service via SDC to depart Paignton Bus Station at 1640, and to connect with Service 81 ( ex SD3 ) at Totnes at 1730.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.404	81	Kingsbridge Bus Station	South Devon College	05-Apr-2026	Service SD3 to be known as Service 81. The PM 1715 from SDC, will be retimed to 1730 and start from Totnes, as a guaranteed connection off the service 80 from SDC.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.575	84	Holsworthy	Tavistock	05-Apr-2026	Revised version of the timetable with a short journey added on Saturdays	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.446	118	Tavistock	Okehampton	05-Apr-2026	To operate a revised Tender Timetable to now serve Bridestowe, and in readiness for the opening of Okehampton Interchange. This interim timetable will continue to operate to Okehampton Hospital and railway station, until Interchange Opens this summer. An additional stop has been added at Lydford Shelter.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.012	120	Paignton Bus Station	Kingswear Banjo	24-May-2026	New stops added to route.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1017984.113	178	Newton Abbot	Okehampton	07-Apr-2026	Variation to timetable. The peak-time journeys introduced as a trial with BSIP funding are removed due to very low usage.	ALANSWAY COACHES LTD
PH0005305.126	387A	Sidmouth Triangle, Sidmouth	Station Road, Feniton	22-Feb-2026	Thursdays only	DEALTOP LIMITED
PH1020951.074	B	Science Park	Exminster	05-Apr-2026	Change to operation of school journey to improve timetable consistency	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1081198.027	Crab 1	Sampton Field Salcombe	Sampton Field Salcombe	03-May-2026	Pick up from Sampton Field Salcombe and stop only at Crab Quay, the same will apply for the return.	TALLY HO! COACHES LIMITED
PH2023951.007	Folk 1	King's Down Tail Campsite, Sidmouth	Triangle, Sidmouth	31-Jul-2026	For Duration of Sidmouth Folk Festival-Friday-Friday following Week- 8 Days of each year.	GREENSLADES TOURS (EXETER) LTD
PH1020951.060	I (J)	Digby or Whipton Barton	Countess Wear, Digby	05-Apr-2026	Service I & J, due to congestion and being unable to wait time at Sidwell Street stop 36, timing point has been remove from stop 36 and changed to Sidwell Street Stop 18 (next stop) no other changes.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.434	K	Cowley Bridge	Pennsylvania	05-Apr-2026	Service K, due to congestion and being unable to wait time at Sidwell Street stop 36, timing point has been remove from stop 36 and changed to Sidwell Street Stop 18 (next stop) no other changes.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1020951.431	P12	Churston Park and Ride	Brixham Brewery Lane	02-May-2026	Churston Park and Ride to Brixham to operate Saturday 2nd May - Monday 4th May 2026 for the Brixham Pirate Festival 2026.	STAGECOACH DEVON LTD
PH1081198.028	Park and Ride	Park and Ride Field, Salcombe	Shadycombe Road, Salcombe	23-May-2026	route change	TALLY HO! COACHES LIMITED
PH0006159.414	X51 (X53)	Bridport Coach Station	Axminster Rail Station	01-May-2026	Variation to timetable (NO TIMETABLE CHANGE FOUND)	FIRST HAMPSHIRE & DORSET LIMITED
PH0006159.414	X51 (X53)	Bridport Coach Station	Axminster Rail Station	23-May-2026	Timetables revised to account for summer season traffic, with no change to frequencies. Last buses will be later, and a 2-hourly service will operate on Sundays during the summer	FIRST HAMPSHIRE & DORSET LIMITED

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