PH0000135.155 [46] Tavistock Okehampton 25 MAY 2014 ►29 JUN 2016
PH0000135.155 [46] Tavistock Okehampton 25 MAY 2014 ►29 JUN 2016
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As of the 25th May 2014, Plymouth Citybus are pleased to announce the launch of its new service 11 from Plymouth City Centre to Okehampton, with additional services to Tavistock. Service 11 will run 7 days a week with 2 journeys on a Sunday, continuing onto Barnstable using service number 75B.
Service will now operate via Milehouse to Tavistock instead of Mutley Plain. Service will no longer serve Derriford Hospital (see service 42/42A/42B for alternative services). Timetable changes to reflect this change to route, plus additional journeys operating via Brentor to Okehampton.
To help meet the £50 million budget reduction required by Government spending cuts next year, we now face making savings of £1.7m from our annual public transport budget. It will be the first time that we have proposed making service reductions for four years. Most bus services in Devon are run commercially by bus companies at no cost to the Council. However, we spend £5.376m a year to support nearly 200 public bus services, carrying around 4.5m passengers every year. These services would not run without this support. We also manage the National Bus Pass Scheme for 175,000 pass holders in Devon. This costs us more than £9m every year. Efficiencies have already been achieved across the wider Transport Coordination Service to meet previous savings.
We would like to find out what you think about our proposals to reduce services. Please let us know what their impact might be on you. The proposals would start to come into effect during the second half of 2015.
Service 11/ 75
Barnstaple, Great Torrington, Okehampton, Tavistock
Proposal
Complete withdrawal - Sunday and Public Holiday service.
Estimated no.of passengers journeys per year (ie one way trips) no longer catered for on this or alternative services: 3,000
Annual Saving: £39,273
Service 46 Renumbered from Current service 11 Revised running times between Peter Tavy & Okehampton
Sunday service and 1st journey to and from Okehampton on Saturday withdrawn. Some afternoon peak journeys given 10 minutes extra Plymouth to Tavistock..
Reduction in service between Plymouth and Tavistock, minor changes on trips between Tavistock and Okehampton
Due to the collapsed cattle grid at Mary Tavy toward Brentor, from 29th June 2016 we will be operating a shuttle service on behalf of Devon County Council between Brentor War Memorial and Lydford War Memorial.
The main service 46 will operate along the A386 to Downton, turn into Lydford and turn at the War Memorial and meet up with the shuttle service to transfer passengers. This will be operated in both directions between Okehampton and Tavistock.
This service will operate Monday to Saturday.We will return to normal service once we have been Informed that the cattle grid has been replaced
Service 46 46A 46B continues under PH0000135.154 Plymouth - Tavistock only