Details are now coming through of Plymouth CityBus and Stagecoach South West changes in Plymouth from Sunday 4th September. There are also a handful of changes to services in South Devon from Monday 5th September.
Plymouth CityBus from Sunday 4th September
5 - the schoolday-only journeys to and from Coombe Dean School will be replaced by a new school route 806 (see below)
27/27B - route withdrawn
28 - route revised and extended to Transit Way - full details to follow (not yet on Traveline). No mention of route 28A.
34/34A - 34A withdrawn, 34 reverts to operating via Millbay and King William Yard at all times. The schoolday journeys which continue as route 5 to/from Coombe Dean School will be partially replaced by new school route 806 (see below)
35/35A - rerouted via Weston Park Road in Peverell
36 - contract for the Plymouth City College route 36 passes from Stagecoach to Plymouth CityBus
50S/51S - these journeys will be replaced by a new school route 107 (see below)
61/62 - route revised, with all buses running as route 61. The revised route will take in Milehouse Park & Ride as a partial replacement for Stagecoach route 101 which is being withdrawn - full details to follow (not yet on Traveline)
107 - new school route, Milehouse to Tor Bridge High School (Estover) via St Budeaux, Whitleigh and Southway. Replaces 50S/51S
806 - new school route, Devonport Granby Way to Coombe Dean School (Plymstock) via City Centre. Replaces school journeys on routes 34 and 5.
Apart from the above, routes 23/24, 33, 42, 42A, 42C and 43 all have timetable changes to improve reliability.
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Plymouth CityBus has now produced a full list of the changes from Sunday 4th September, which is considerably longer than before. The list also includes Go Cornwall Bus services that operate to and from Plymouth.
www.plymouthbus.co.uk/plymouth-service-changesFollowing the announcement that the Government's Bus Recovery Grant funding is to be extended into 2023, it is possible that some of these changes may not now take place.5/5A - minor timetable changes on Saturday and school holiday afternoons. Sunday evening 21.05 journey to Elburton withdrawn. The schoolday journeys which operate to and from Coombe Dean School will be replaced by new school route 806 operating between Devonport (Granby Way), City Centre and Coombe Dean School.
8/9 - minor timetable changes. All morning journeys to operate via Mayflower Street. Afternoon and Sunday timing changes to improve reliability.
11 (Go Cornwall Bus) - new timetable, restored as a through Plymouth to Padstow route.
12 (Go Cornwall Bus) - new timetable, hourly service between Plymouth and Callington retained but Callington-Launceston reduced to two-hourly (Launceston-Bude is already two-hourly).
16 - minor timetable changes, afternoons and Sundays retimed to improve reliability.
20A - minor timing changes to improve reliability. On Saturdays, the journeys at 08.22 from Plympton and 19.20 from Plymouth are withdrawn.
21/21A - timings during afternoons, evenings and Saturday mornings changes to improve reliability. On Saturdays and during school holidays additional journeys will operate between City Centre and St Budeaux Square as route 21B to increase capacity.
23/24 - minor timetable changes to improve reliability, some Sunday journeys will be up to five minutes earlier.
27/27B/28/28A - withdrawn in their existing form, replaced by revised routes 27 and 28.
- new 27: from City Centre to George Park & Ride via Lower Compton, Shallowford Road. Austin Crescent, Estover ASDA, Mainstone and Estover Industrial Estate. Operates hourly Monday-Saturday, no evening or Sunday service.
- new 28: from City Centre via Eggbuckland Road, Deer Park Road, Culver Way, Charfield Drive, Crownhill, Manadon Roundabout, St Peter's Drive, Sheridan Road to Transit Way. Operates every 30 minutes on weekdays and hourly on Sundays, no evening service. Most journeys interwork with route 61 at Transit Way allowing through journeys.
33 - early morning, Sunday and schoolday afternoon journeys retimed to improve reliability.
34/34A - Revised timetable and route 34A withdrawn, with all route 34 journeys operating via Millbay and Royal William Yard at all times. Evening services retimed to improve reliability, and 06.38 departure from Royal William Yard towards Derriford Hospital will also operate during school holidays. The journeys which continue to Coombe Dean School (as route 5) will be replaced by a new school route 806 operating between Devonport (Granby Way), City Centre and Coombe Dean School.
35/35A - rerouted via Weston Park Road instead of Peverell Park Road (see route 41), revised afternoon times to improve reliability.
36 - Plymouth City College contract service taken over from Stagecoach. Will operate every 30 minutes on Mondays-Fridays during college terms with additional journeys at peak times, some journeys extended to Devonport and Oceangate. New City Centre departure point at stop A2 on Royal Parade.
41 - new timetable; revised to operate on Mondays to Fridays (including school holidays) and rerouted between Mutley and Manadon Roundabout via Peverell Park Road and Outland Road. Extended from Mayflower Street to Royal Parade in the City Centre.
42/42A - timing changes to improve reliability.
43 - timing changes to improve reliability
44/44A - Revised timetable to improve reliability. Sunday journeys will operate via The Viaduct in both directions instead of the Mayflower Street loop inbound.
50/51 - timetable changes to improve reliability. More resources added on Saturdays, allowing buses to operate via Transit Way throughout the day. Evening services will not operate via Keswick Crescent and Sunday evening route 50 journeys will not operate around the Crownhill loop. Route 50S/51S journeys will be replaced by new school route 107 operating between Milehouse and Tor Bridge High School.
61/62 - revised route and timetable, with all buses operating as route 61. From City Centre via Plymouth Station (Saltash Road), Alma Road, Milehouse Park & Ride, Outland Road, Ham Drive, Honicknowle Lane, St. Pancras Avenue, Honicknowle Lane, Honicknowle Green, Coombe Park Road and Crownhill Road to Transit Way. Operates every 30 minutes on Mondays-Saturdays and hourly Sundays, no evening service. Routes 35/35A will provide an alternative service to Weston Park Road via Mutley. The service to the St Peter's Drive/Sheridan Road area (Brake Farm) will be partially replaced by the revised 28 (see above). Most route 61 and 28 journeys will interwork at Transit Way so through journeys will be possible.
70/70A (Go Cornwall Bus) - revised timetable. All journeys will operate via Great Park in Torpoint.
75/75A (Go Cornwall Bus) - revised timetable. Route 75A will be withdrawn apart from local schoolday journeys within Cornwall for Saltash Community School.
107 - new school route, Milehouse to Tor Bridge High School (Estover) via St Budeaux, Whitleigh and Southway. Replaces 50S/51S
806 - new school route, Devonport Granby Way to Coombe Dean School (Plymstock) via City Centre. Replaces school journeys on routes 34 and 5.