After a busy month things are quite quiet

Good evening everyone

Just to let you know there is no major related news at the moment apart from the fact the some buses have been changing routes

The SPARK is now in service

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Just to confirm some of the ADL Enviro 400H Citys are now in service on the 21 and 21A

Inside a SPARK bus Part 2

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Carrying from yesterdays post, here are some more photos of the SPARK bus

Another photo of a USB charger

And here are the rear seats on the lower deck

The SPARK launches tommorow

Inside a SPARK bus Part 1

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Here are some photos of a SPARK bus I took on Tuesday

The front of the bus

The upper deck

The steps (note the outside window

There are USB charging ports present throughout the bus

All change on Sunday at Plymouth Citybus

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Here are the timetable changes at Plymouth Citybus this Sunday

https://www.plymouthbus.co.uk/changes/

Park & Ride Revealed for MTV Crashes 2017

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Here is some information regarding the Park and Ride services:
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-26/07/2017-12:44:20:480

And here is a link to the livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOji9hHLGv0

Bus News Around Plymouth 068

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The main piece of news this week is the service changes including the new SPARK buses for Plymouth Citybus - they have WiFi, leather seats and also USB chargers. It was shown at today's Bus Users event in the City Centre

Photos will come in due course

And in the meantime here is the link to tonight's livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBbyQdTZqLY

And here is tomorrow's livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOji9hHLGv0

It's a busy week on the blog

Good evening everyone

Firstly apologies for no livestream this evening - this was due to technical issues.

And secondly I would just to like to let you this week with various route changes from Plymouth Citybus and some new buses joining Plymouth Citybus, I will be covering all this week's action on the blog.

Tommorow's livestream is at 19:20 UK time and can be accessed here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM6tAv2LbYl4doecPbx8BtQ/live

There will also be a livestream on Wednesday where the time to be confirmed.

Breaking news, 133 is now in swoops

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Here is a photo of Plymouth Citybus 133 (WA56 HHO). This bus has been painted in the current swoops livery unlike 134 and 135, both of which have been painted in Green Flash livery.

Above; 133 is now in swoops

Copyright: Jason Beverley

The livestream is at 19:45 tomorrow. A link will follow on the Facebook page

One Week Until The Cities Operate in the City

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Carrying on with the service changes on the 30th, next week the new ADL Enviro 400H City double deckers operate the 21 and 21A (the SPARK) replacing ADL Enviro 400s to be transferred to other routes.

The 11s are going blue

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Here is some info on the 11 and 11A getting Blue Flash buses

Link to the article here: https://www.plymouthbus.co.uk/flash/

10 days untl the timetable changes for Plymouth Citybus

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Just a reminder that there are 10 days until the Plymouth Citybus timetable changes

These are:
4/4A/5/5A/5B/5C becoming the Green Flash
11/11A/X11 becoming the Blue Flash
42/42A/42B/42C becoming the Red Flash
21/21A becoming the Spark

Times of the livestreams on the 24th & 25th July

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Here are the dates of the next livestreams

Monday 24 July 2017 - 19:45

Tuesday 25 July 2917 - 19:20

Bus News Around Plymouth 067

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Here is the news tonight regarding Stagecoach South West route Falcon:
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-18/07/2017-09:23:55:167

Also here is the link to the livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KaQQuUDtL0

Next livestream is on Monday 24th July 2017 at 19:45

Stagecoach news + the livestream from the 17th July 2017

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Here is the news from Stagecoach South West:
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-17/07/2017-10:53:48:312

Here is a link to tonight's livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x19yFtjIOK4

And tomorrow morning's livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM6tAv2LbYl4doecPbx8BtQ/live

Coming up tomorrow night

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Here is a link to tomorrow night's livestream

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM6tAv2LbYl4doecPbx8BtQ/live

Times of the livestreams on the 17th and 18th July 2017

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Here are the times of the livestreams next week

Monday 17 July 2017 - 19:45
Tuesday 18 July 2017 - 10:30

22,000 views and counting

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I can confirm that the 22,000 view mark has been reached on Buses around Plymouth

Events in the PCTPG coming up

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Here is a link to the PCTPG website regarding their upcoming events:
http://plymouthcitytransport.co.uk/upcoming-events/4588542657

The two upcoming ones are the Alton running day and the Bus Running Days

Plymouth Citybus changes coming up

Good evening everyone

Here is a link to the Plymouth Citybus website regarding their service updates
Please keep checking for more information.

https://www.plymouthbus.co.uk/changes/

Bus News Around Plymouth 066

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There is no major bus news for this week but general news including quite a few new routes from Plymouth Citybus as explained in Bus News Around Plymouth 065 (http://www.busesaroundplymouth.co.uk/2017/07/bus-news-around-plymouth-065.html)

And here is a link to today's livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V93FWJUSpu4

Next Monday's livestream is at 19:45 UK time

A link to today's livestream (10 July 2017)

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Here is a link to today's livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us8NUzDGr0Q

Tommorow's livestream is at 10:30am tommorow morning

A change to the livestreams in the week commencing 10th July 2017

Good evening everyone

Regarding the livestreams this week, the one taking place on Tuesday will be moved to an earlier time (more info in either the Livestream or the blog) but the one taking place tomorrow will still take place at 19:45 UK time

21,000 views and counting

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Just to let you all know the blog has reached 21,000 views and counting

Times of the livestreams on the 10th and 11th July

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Here are the times of he livestreams on the 10th and 11th July

Monday 10th July 2017 - 19:45
Tuesday 11th July 2017 - 19:20

Coming up at Citybus ... it's the SPARK

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Here is a link to the Plymouth Citybus website detailing their upcoming 'SPARK' buses for the 21 and 21A

https://www.plymouthbus.co.uk/spark/

Buses around Plymouth Tour around Milehouse Part 7

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Here is Part 7 of the Buses around Plymouth Tour around Milehouse

Firstly here are a couple of coaches including recently acquired 320

And last but not least it is R401 FFC

So, that is the tour in seven blog posts.

Bus News Around Plymouth 065

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Here are changes for Plymouth Citybus coming up on the 30th July concerning the buses that are on these routes.

Current Route	Current buses & branding	New Route	New buses & branding
5 & 5a	ADL Enviro 200s Green Flash	4, 4a, 5, 5a, 5b & 5c	ADL Enviro 200s Green Flash
11, 11a & X11	Mercedes Benz Citaros Swoops	No changes	Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urbans Blue Flash
21 & 21a	ADL Enviro 400s Red Flash	No changes	ADL Enviro 400H Citys Spark
42, 42a, 42b & 42c	Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urbans Blue Flash	No changes	ADL Enviro 400s Red Flash

Many thanks to Jason Beverley for providing me with the information used in this table.

Bus spotting on the 3rd July 2017

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Here is a photo from today's bus spotting

A MAN Ecocity of Plymouth Citybus and an ADL Enviro 400MMC of Stagecoach South West at Derriford Hospital.

Also here is the link to tonight's livestream:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM6tAv2LbYl4doecPbx8BtQ

Tomorrow's livestream is at 19:20 UK time

Buses around Plymouth Tour Around Milehouse Part 6

Here are some more photos from the tour at Milehouse

Here is a Dart and an Enviro

And here is newly painted Dart 61

Part 7 comes soon on Buses around Plymouth

The livestream is at 19:45 UK time tomorrow night on Youtube A link will be posted on the Buses around Plymouth Facebook page before then

PCTPG members, what are your thoughts?

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Here is a link to an attachment on the PCTPG website concerning a new depot

http://plymouthcitytransport.co.uk/download/i/mark_dl/u/4013040058/4632528387/Future%20Depot.pdf