tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post876259617932650401..comments2024-03-18T23:11:58.780+00:00Comments on Plymothian Transit: Devon Transit 047didbygrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01858408719372985035noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-39521163233804029602016-11-12T17:26:00.889+00:002016-11-12T17:26:00.889+00:00Makes sense X38 is struggling I think ad falcon do...Makes sense X38 is struggling I think ad falcon doing really well on same route. they can further enhance Falcon by picking up local journeys Lee Mill to Plymouth for example. Direct service £3.30 return instead of catching Citybus service and having to go through Plympton..getting stuck in traffic and also going via Laira etc. Much quicker journey on a lovely comfy coach and cheaper as well. Gold I suspect will go back to hourly now X80 out of the way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-75895234420588591592016-11-12T15:34:28.261+00:002016-11-12T15:34:28.261+00:00Its strange they taking on more drivers yet cuttin...Its strange they taking on more drivers yet cutting these routes. Wonder what they will do with the Gold/X38 resource?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-67760424451420383572016-11-11T19:39:29.890+00:002016-11-11T19:39:29.890+00:00You're not far wrong with your predicition. It...You're not far wrong with your predicition. It's happening sooner than that I'm lead to believe.<br />The Gold, X38 and 39 is have major service cuts. AmbuSpike1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03126664947513702080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-27368063688769991202016-11-11T19:24:48.177+00:002016-11-11T19:24:48.177+00:00Those with concession passes get a discounted tick...Those with concession passes get a discounted ticket on the falcon services. £5 return from Plymouth to Bristol I believe. <br /><br />Also they have registered the falcon as a service due to the reduction of the X38, 39 and Gold services that are happening in December / January time. AmbuSpike1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03126664947513702080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-4782019921621731842016-10-23T16:50:04.294+01:002016-10-23T16:50:04.294+01:00In Reply to Julian, the Optare solos for the 32 ar...In Reply to Julian, the Optare solos for the 32 are being sourced from the Reserve Fleet in Exeter, Not sure if Eventually the 31/34 Torquay Local Routes will also be Reduced to Solo's,the 05 Tridents I presume will go into Reserve in Exeter or Plymouth allowing the Cascades of More 04 plate Tridents to Migrate to Stagecoach South, would imagine a Couple of Gold Buses would go To Exeter/ Plymouth to Operate the X38, the 13 Service also Loses 2 Solos as the Route is Shortened and the 13B is withdrawn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-42805555570681542102016-10-21T19:26:10.310+01:002016-10-21T19:26:10.310+01:00Your right about the Marketing side it's very ...Your right about the Marketing side it's very poor considering the Network Stagecoach South West have , back in the 1980s and 1990s Devon General and Bayline and Stagecoach had an Exceptionally Good Manager and Marketing Man Mike Palmer who Year after year continually Improved the Torbay Network year on Year he also had the Vision to introduce the Well Known Round Robin Day out Bus,Boat,Steam train which he built on when Managing River Link, he Remains involved even Now, his South Devon Bus Guide was an Excellent publication for visitors to Torbay and South Hams, Stagecoach have never quite matched it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-34188421225824808162016-10-21T19:12:20.675+01:002016-10-21T19:12:20.675+01:00Torbay Should be the Silk Purse of Torbay unfortun...Torbay Should be the Silk Purse of Torbay unfortunately due to Total lack of Understanding and Poor and I'll equipped Management at all levels it's often been regarded as the Sows' ear,The 32 Service will be Operated by 7/8 Optare solos Replacing the 05 plate Tridents will go into Reserve Replacing the 04 Tridents Launched in 2004 on Paignton Sea front which Are going to Stagecoach South Shortly,The Slow Decline of the X46 Started back in 2006-2007 with the Tri Axle Hong Kong Olympians which continually failed and the Launch of the Platinum Ticket 🎫Exclusive to the X46-X38 which was overpriced and Put a lot of Season ticket holders back to Car Sharing and on the Riviera Train Line,in. recent times it's had the Timetable messed about so many times, it's Doesn't make a lot of Money well it doesn't take Einstein to work out The majority of the Ticket holders pay for a Weekly or 4 Weekly Ticket and most of the Revenue is taken Monday and Tuesday.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-83498200474527781372016-10-21T18:30:55.103+01:002016-10-21T18:30:55.103+01:00Most changes are normal winter changes including t...Most changes are normal winter changes including the X46 and in winter you wouldn't expect late night buses to continue.Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-86486024174256135612016-10-20T11:30:21.149+01:002016-10-20T11:30:21.149+01:00It looks like there are some fairly drastic freque...It looks like there are some fairly drastic frequency cuts in Torbay. The 32 looks to be withdrawn between Torquay Harbour and St Marychurch, leaving this stretch - which not so long ago could boast up to seven buses an hour - to the 22 running every 20 minutes. There are some extra evening 22 journeys over this stretch, which don't link up with the evening 22 journeys between Paignton and Roselands! <br /><br />Conversely, the 32 receives a boost between Torquay Harbour, Chelston and Shiphay with buses running up to every ten minutes; every other bus continues to Torbay Hospital and The Willows maintaining the present 20-minute frequency on this section. I understand that the 32 is also to be single-decked, with these changes removing the 04-registered Tridents from Torbay. It occurs to me that this could easily combine at The Willows with the 34 to create a circular route. <br /><br />The X46 (to be the 46) is also in line for a drastic cut. It is reduced to just four return journeys on Mondays-Saturdays, so it appears it will be operated with just one bus. The first journey starts back at paignton and the last journey continues there. The late-evening Friday and Saturday journeys, only introduced in May, are gone - I suspect a complete lack of publicity is to blame, as you wouldn't know they existed unless you happened to come across them in the timetable. Juliannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-19852376558433573712016-10-20T09:29:54.565+01:002016-10-20T09:29:54.565+01:00Devon CC says the National Bus Pass is not valid o...Devon CC says the National Bus Pass is not valid on express services or services on which seats can be booked. You can book Falcon on Megabus and it's express, so the pass is never likely to become valid. The Pass is for local buses only and excluding tourist services etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-49814431048442697362016-10-20T00:15:25.372+01:002016-10-20T00:15:25.372+01:00Yep - giving the journey time in classic "fro...Yep - giving the journey time in classic "from my house" mode I'm afraid! The regulars grumble at Optares, but at the minute it's mainly them or MPDs - pleasingly, we had a whole week of 25 on the 25 recently!a_c_ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14633110544247605719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-24501387863881813342016-10-19T22:54:05.314+01:002016-10-19T22:54:05.314+01:00https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3ZY71pr27bHZVgye...https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3ZY71pr27bHZVgyeEp4SW9SVGs/view?usp=sharingdidbygrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01858408719372985035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-30236980599153563462016-10-19T21:51:11.781+01:002016-10-19T21:51:11.781+01:00There are only two stops added at Lee Mill and int...There are only two stops added at Lee Mill and interestingly one between bristol airport and bristol.Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-38688205800912950882016-10-19T19:48:52.557+01:002016-10-19T19:48:52.557+01:00Can someone send me link to new 61/62 timetable on...Can someone send me link to new 61/62 timetable on travelline or the website it self.Spotterz_DevonHDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08902044675296012592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-70833231151406052142016-10-19T17:52:12.229+01:002016-10-19T17:52:12.229+01:00The Astor Field stop has been part of the timetabl...The Astor Field stop has been part of the timetable since the incarnation of the Falcon service, it just isn't listed on the timetable but if you scroll down to the bottom it states 'coaches only stop at places shown in the timetable and these extra stops Astor Field in Plymouth'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-52587356456066775042016-10-19T15:58:20.901+01:002016-10-19T15:58:20.901+01:00Does that mean that pensioner/disabled free passes...Does that mean that pensioner/disabled free passes will be accepted?Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-46419676824785065182016-10-19T09:22:17.502+01:002016-10-19T09:22:17.502+01:00The 09.15 service is the first of the day, 09.15 b...The 09.15 service is the first of the day, 09.15 being the time at West Hoe, so I'm not surprised. Maybe more thought needs to be given to which vehicles to use on which service -- I have noted everything from Optares to the occasional double-decker in summer. (On the latter, shame there are no open top busses in the summer holidays. Maybe CityBus could follow the example of MoreBus's Purbeck services, and have a couple of busses from which roofs could be removed for the summer? Just a thought.)PeterRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-87167353311238620992016-10-19T09:10:56.514+01:002016-10-19T09:10:56.514+01:00And talking of Saltash, the 11 that leaves Plymout...And talking of Saltash, the 11 that leaves Plymouth at 1315 (1310 in the new timetable) becomes an X11, running non-stop St Budeaux to Notter Bridge. As does one mid-morning arrival in Plymouth.Colly405https://www.blogger.com/profile/11883003572431901921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-49951271283261147202016-10-19T09:03:54.751+01:002016-10-19T09:03:54.751+01:00Also, *everything* anticlockwise will be a 51, inc...Also, *everything* anticlockwise will be a 51, including the journeys that start at Holly Park.Colly405https://www.blogger.com/profile/11883003572431901921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-1509518376450475762016-10-19T08:59:55.609+01:002016-10-19T08:59:55.609+01:00The changes to the 27 and 28 group look to be that...The changes to the 27 and 28 group look to be that the Sunday daytime service improves from hourly (alternating between a 27B and a 28B) to half-hourly (alternating between a 27 and a 28). But the Sunday evening service that is currently every 2 hours (27B) is dropped.Colly405https://www.blogger.com/profile/11883003572431901921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-28824400209170670232016-10-19T08:48:43.414+01:002016-10-19T08:48:43.414+01:0025 changes look to be the addition of an hourly Su...25 changes look to be the addition of an hourly Sunday daytime serviceColly405https://www.blogger.com/profile/11883003572431901921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-62735123851510210152016-10-18T22:37:03.419+01:002016-10-18T22:37:03.419+01:00With the Falcon to stop at Astor Fields, Marsh Mil...With the Falcon to stop at Astor Fields, Marsh Mills, Lee Mill and South Brent.. I think we will see the cancellation of the X38 in 2017.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-73549276782584520292016-10-18T22:21:56.928+01:002016-10-18T22:21:56.928+01:00By registering Falcon local trips like Exeter to C...By registering Falcon local trips like Exeter to Cullompton will be permitted. So in theory will Bristol to AirportKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-19232855493713353282016-10-18T22:19:09.711+01:002016-10-18T22:19:09.711+01:00The 61A is probably just a VOSA admin thing. Each...The 61A is probably just a VOSA admin thing. Each VOSA registration has its own service numbers on it and if the timetable gets changed they often don't change those numbers. So the 61A will continue to appear on the registration unless PCB cancel that particular registration and create a new one with a different (registration) number. So my guess would be that the 61A isn't coming back, it's just the 61 and 62 changing their timetable.<br /><br />But I could be wrong!Rickynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-58755760636872318182016-10-18T21:12:14.670+01:002016-10-18T21:12:14.670+01:00Registration would allow journeys of less than 15 ...Registration would allow journeys of less than 15 miles to be made, and also for the service to be eligible for Bus Service Operators Grant (worth over £4m a year on National Express coaching operations).Man of Kentnoreply@blogger.com