Dartline Integration Continues

The integration of Dartline services into the Plymouth CityBus website is ongoing. Dartline timetables are now available on the CityBus site, featured on their own dedicated page as well as appended to the bottom of the full timetable list.

This ensures the timetables meet the same standards as the rest of the Citybus service, complete with full tracking.

There are also a few Dartline buses showing up on the "fleetlist" page (which is really just a list of buses currently tracking), though it’s noticeable they still use the old four-digit numbers, while most of the Dartline fleet now carries five-digit numbers. At the moment, the old Dartline site still redirects to Traveline for their bus services, but I’m sure that will be sorted out soon too!

A Great Scenic Journey, if you can find it

We already know that Stagecoach open top service 122 has started for the new season.

It was registered to start from 2nd April

Licence	Route	Start Point	End Point	Effective	Notes
PH1020951.385	122	Babbacombe	Devon Bay Hoburne Holiday Park	02-Apr-2023	To reintroduce seasonal Open Top service, operating daily on an hourly basis. NOT mentioned by Stagecoach and no timetable on Traveline

It wasn't mentioned though in the otherwise excellent run down of the weekends changes on the Stagecoach web site

But never mind, once a registration like this pops up its on my to-do list and I keep an eye out of the timetable appearing on Traveline. No joy there – we are now a week later and still no mention of this service on Traveline.

Oh well, at least I can get it on Stagecoach web site by searching for the timetable there..

Stagecoach really dont want you to find their timetable.

All was not totally lost though as I did come acrss a rather nice timetable here

https://www.englishriviera.co.uk/information/product-catch-all/golden-hop-122-open-top-bus-service-p2241633

which has link back to the Stagecoach site…

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/south-west/explore-torbay-by-open-top-bus

and finally a full timetable.

There is a page with the open top services – but unless you click through to the promos and offers pages you wont find it.

With all the good work with fully details explanations of all their service changes why spoil it by making it so hard to find this one!

There is however a fairly new web site which brings together some of the great scenic bus journeys available in the country called, appropriately https://www.greatscenicjourneys.co.uk/

This is a very nicely designed site to really show off selected routes, and we can click through to see the Devon collection

and yes – the 122 is there!

and you can click through to another nicely laid out page for the 122 with a useful description of the route and there is a link to View Route and Timetable…which sadly links to a 122 route map only!

Actually – if you click the View Tickets and fares button next to it you do get the Stagecoach page with the full timetable. So why couldnt the timetable link go to that page instead?

I am a determined to get details and will spend far to much time searching the web for information. Will all potential passengers put in as much effort – and why should they have to?

Anyway, lets end on a positive with a nice little video of the route from last year

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