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Fares going up

Saved on 03/07/2008

Fare Changes in Devon from Sunday 6 July 2008 Following changes to the cost of fuel, it is with regret that we are changing the prices of most single and return fares as from 6th July in Devon. The prices of most First Day, First Week and First Month ticket prices will also change at the same time. First...

Fares going up

Citybus Changes

Saved on 03/07/2008

From the 27th July 2008 Plymouth Citybus will be implementing a number of changes to its Network, these are: Service 23/D & 24 due to ongoing problems accessing Charles Church from Ebrington Street these services are to be withdrawn from Ebrington Street and will instead operate between Mount...

Citybus Changes

Those were the days

Saved on 02/07/2008

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Those were the days

Life after Plymouth

Saved on 01/07/2008

©Malcolm Audsley - used with permission. Former Plymouth Citybus Atlantean STK126T is seen in the red and black livery of Southampton Citybus 15 yeas ago, looking very smart. I must admit I dont...

Life after Plymouth

Enviro 300 coming soon to a bus stop near you

Saved on 30/06/2008

Just when you thought the streets of Plymouth couldn't get more interesting, Citybus put yet another demonstrator on the road. SN08AAF is a new Enviro 300 and will be in Plymouth for a few weeks. It is planned to try it out on most of the routes so it could turn up just about anywhere. Thanks to Brian...

Enviro 300 coming soon to a bus stop near you

Plymothian Transit Blog Map

Saved on 28/06/2008

I have now plotted most of my blog posts onto a Google Map so you can see specific posts from any of the locations shown. Most of them so far are camera icons where you can click on the camera and see a listing of posts with photos from that location. There is still plenty to add to the map, I am only...

Plymothian Transit Blog Map

Going to waste

Saved on 27/06/2008

Plymouth City Council has made a massive investment in new refuse collection vehicles over the past year with a large number of brand new Mercedes Econics on the road. But there are several...

Going to waste

South Devon Conundrum

Saved on 26/06/2008

Yesterday I spent a couple of hours taking photos at Marsh Mills so of course I was able to observe a number of X80's and X45s coming in. Apart from One Trident seen leaving Plymouth all the X80s were Volvo B6BLE Wright bodied single deckers. Most like this one having a reasonable number of passengers,...

South Devon Conundrum

Viridor Waste Contract

Saved on 25/06/2008

Now that Chelson Meadow is full all our waste from Plymouth is being transported across the water into Cornwall, and its being taken there in a smart fleet of DAF CF Bulk Waste Trucks operated by Viridor....

Viridor Waste Contract

Plymouth Citybus Coach livery

Saved on 24/06/2008

©Brian George A while back we featured the new livery for the contract fleet that used be operate under the Plymouth Citycoach banner. The livery has now been finished off with a new 'wrap'...

Plymouth Citybus Coach livery

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