Cornwall Transit

Cornwall Transit 004

Part 3 was back on the 3rd February 2015
Slightly delayed this week but as usual we look back at the last couple of weeks on VOSA and ahead to any timetable changes due over the next couple of weeks.

Western Greyhound

VOSA

Western Greyhound have registered a lot of timetable changes for the end of March:

• PH0006741/4 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between NEWQUAY Bus Station and PADSTOW Old Rail Station
  given service number 556/557 effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Route and Timetable.
• PH0006741/9 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between St Austell Station and Bodmin Morrisons given service number 527
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Route and Timetable.
• PH0006741/11 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between Bodmin Parkway Station and Padstow Old Railway Station given service number 555
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Timetable.
• PH0006741/21 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between TRURO and NEWQUAY given service number 585
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Route and Timetable.
• PH0006741/35 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between Newquay Bus Station and St Austell Station given service number 523
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Route and Timetable.
• PH0006741/37 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between St Agnes and St Ives Malakoff given service number 547
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Route and Timetable.
• PH0006741/40 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between NEWQUAY BUS STATION and ST AUSTELL BUS STATION given service number 521/520
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Route and Timetable.
• PH0006741/72 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between St Austell Station and Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske given service number 522
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Route and Timetable.
• PH0006741/76 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between Truro, Boscawen Street and St Mawes Car Park given service number 550
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Timetable.
• PH0006741/107 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between Newquay Bus Station and Truro, Boscawen Street given service number 587
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Route and Timetable.
• PH0006741/108 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between Wadebridge Bus Station and Truro Victoria Square given service number 594
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Timetable.
• PH0006741/109 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between Newquay Bus Station and Truro given service number 597/594
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Timetable.
• PH0006741/112 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between NEWQUAY BUS STATION and BODMIN (MOUNT FOLLY) given service number 593
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Route and Timetable.
• PH0006741/113 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Variation Accepted: Operating between Bodmin (Mount Folly) and Liskeard given service number 593
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.
  To amend Timetable.
• PH0006741/117 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Cancellation Accepted: Operating between ST IVES ( THE MALAKOFF ) and LANDS END
  given service number 547
  effective from 29-Mar-2015.

New routes registered:

• PH0006741/123 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Registration Accepted
  Starting Point: St Austell Bus Station
  Finish Point: Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske
  Via: St Austell, Truro, Probus
  Service Number: 527
  Service Type: Normal Stopping
  Effective Date: 29-MAR-2015
  Other Details: Daily service
• PH0006741/124 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Registration Accepted
  Starting Point: Truro, Victoria Square
  Finish Point: Newquay Bus Station
  Via: St Agnes, Perranporth
  Service Number: 583
  Service Type: Normal Stopping
  Effective Date: 29-MAR-2015
  Other Details: Daily service.
• PH0006741/125 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Registration Accepted
  Starting Point: Newquay Bus Station
  Finish Point: Truro, Boscawen Street
  Via: Rejerah, Zelah
  Service Number: 590
  Service Type: Normal Stopping/Hail & Ride
  Effective Date: 02-MAY-2015
  Other Details: Monday to Saturday hourly.

Timetables

There was a whole batch of cancellations on VOSA a while back:

• PH0006741/65 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Okehampton West Street and Launceston given service number 510 effective from 21-Feb-2015.
• PH0006741/95 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Wadebridge Bus Station and Camelford given service number 510 effective from 21-Feb-2015.
• PH0006741/96 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Camelford, Museum and Launceston, Westgate Street given service number 510 effective from 21-Feb-2015.
• PH0006741/97 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Okehampton, West Street and Exeter Bus Station given service number 510/599 effective from 21-Feb-2015.
• PH0006741/98 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Bude, Strand and Holsworthy, Church given service number 599 effective from 21-Feb-2015.
• PH0006741/99 - WESTERN GREYHOUND LTD, WESTERN HOUSE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR
  Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Holsworthy, Church/Library and Okehampton, West Street given service number 599 effective from 21-Feb-2015.

It looks a lot, but essentially its just the one route!
the 510 finally comes to an end this coming weekend when it is replaced * by Stagecoach (6 and 6A). Interestingly there is still no mention if this on the Western Greyhound web site (as at Sunday 15th).

Vehicles

Once a month Ross Newman publishes a very useful list of all the buses passing through Ensign, probably the largest bus dealership in the country. For January there was a large batch of Mercedes Varios purchased from Western Greyhound:

• 554 WK53BNB
• 558 WK02SAT
• 560 WK02BUS
• 562 WK53EUT
• 565 WK04CUC
• 567 WK54BHN
• 569 WK54BHP
• 570 WK05CFD
• 573 WK05AOX
• 576 WK03BUS
  
• 577 WK04HSD
• 579 WK04KUO
• 580 WK04OTA
• 581 WK04CCC

It wasnt just Mercedes though. A batch of Optare Solos have also departed to Ensign:

• 983 WK11APO
• 984 WK11APU
• 985 WK11APV
• 986 WK11APX

and finally one Dennis Dart:

• 208 NA52AWP
  



Photo credit: Nick Rice under Creative Commons Licence.

Its not all been one-way traffic out of Cornwall. Coming the other way from Ensign to join WG have been DAF (VDL) SB120s:

• FJ54ZDP
• FJ54ZDT
• LF52TKD
• LF52TKO
• LF52TKJ
• LF52TKC

and Volvo B7TL W578DGU A batch of Dennis Darts are starting to appear from Stagecoach:
287 W671TNV (Stagecoach 33384).
431 P936MKL is a Volvo Olympian Nothern Counties bus still in pink and carrying Velvet names.

Eastwood

VOSA:

• PH1086607/14 - NICHOLAS COLIN EASTWOOD T/A Royal Buses, VICTORY HEIGHTS, THE BURROWS, ST. IVES, TR26 1GD Variation Accepted: Operating between St Ives, Royal Square and Polamnter given service number 55 effective from 01-Apr-2015. To amend Timetable.

Travel Cornwall

One late service change registered on VOSA:

• PH1011427/76 - SUMMERCOURT TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL CORNWALL, THE OLD COACH GARAGE, ST. AUSTELL STREET, SUMMERCOURT, NEWQUAY, TR8 5DR Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Veryan School and Summercourt Bus Garage given service number 450 effective from 09-Feb-2015. To amend Timetable. (minor time change on one journey)

  New Timetable

  

OTS MINIBUS & COACH HIRE

VOSA

• 09 FEB 2015: PH1093399/3 - OFFICE & TRANSPORT SERVICES LTD T/A OTS MINIBUS & COACH HIRE, 50 FORE STREET, CONSTANTINE, FALMOUTH, TR11 5AB
  Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Falmouth, Quarry Car Park and Falmouth, Quarry Car Park
  given service number Falmouth Shuttle Bus effective from 05-Apr-2015.
• 09 FEB 2015: PH1093399/10 - OFFICE & TRANSPORT SERVICES LTD T/A OTS MINIBUS & COACH HIRE, 50 FORE STREET, CONSTANTINE, FALMOUTH, TR11 5AB
  Registration Accepted
  Starting Point: Falmouth, The Moor
  Finish Point: Falmouth, The Moor
  Via: Church Corner, Falmouth Sea Front
  Service Number: 366
  Service Type: Normal Stopping
  Effective Date: 06-APR-2015
  Other Details: Monday to Saturday every 20 minutes.
• 09 FEB 2015: PH1093399/11 - OFFICE & TRANSPORT SERVICES LTD T/A OTS MINIBUS & COACH HIRE, 50 FORE STREET, CONSTANTINE, FALMOUTH, TR11 5AB
  Registration Accepted
  Starting Point: Falmouth Moor
  Finish Point: Falmouth Moor
  Via: The Dell, Pendennis Point
  Service Number: 367
  Service Type: Normal Stopping
  Effective Date: 07-APR-2015
  Other Details: Monday to Friday hourly.

In the News

The big news is the withdrawal of Western Greyhound 510. As * above, Stagecoach have indeed replaced a main part of the route with their new 6 6A services, but this does not cover all sections of the route:A NEW bus route announced last week will solve Bude and Launceston's bus service problems, it has been claimed – but concerns remain over connections for Camelford residents The new services will replace the X9 and X10 as well as the 510, and begin on February 22. New services will link Bude and Launceston to Exeter, both going via Okehampton; some will link Bude and Exeter via Launceston.
"We haven't heard yet which services will replace the 510 between Launceston, Camelford and Wadebridge," he said. "I know Cornwall Council is looking at all the options to make sure that residents who don't have access to a car in Tregadillett, Pipers Pool, Hallworthy, Davidstow and other communities along the route aren't left stranded. dam Paynter, Lib Dem Cornwall councillor for Launceston North, said he was very concerned at a cut in the number of buses serving the Tregadillett area: "It's important the village keeps its public transport links into Launceston and farther afield so those who don't have access to a car aren't left isolated."
Read more: http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/Concerns-Camelford-Launceston-link-despite-new/story-26007001-detail/story.html#ixzz3RqJTh42T Follow us: @cornishguardian on Twitter | cornishguardian on Facebook

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