Monday, 25 December 2023

Buses around Plymouth Advent Calendar 2023 Door 25

 Door 25

A Christmas message


Hello everyone and Happy Christmas 2023 has been a good year for the blog with livestreams every month and I am looking forward to 2024 with more of the same. 

Tuesday, 19 December 2023

Monday, 18 December 2023

Buses around Plymouth Advent Calendar 2023 Door 18

 Door 18

Livestream tomorrow


Hello everyone


A livestream is scheduled for 18:00 UK time tomorrow night



Sunday, 17 December 2023

Buses around Plymouth 2023 Advent Calendar Door 17

 Door 17

Some news from Plymouth Citybus about Skipper tickets


Hello everyone


Here is some news from Plymouth Citybus about Skipper tickets

https://www.plymouthbus.co.uk/skipper-tickets-update


Please come back tomorrow for Door 18


Tuesday, 12 December 2023

Buses around Plymouth 2023 Advent Calendar

 Door 12

Link to tonight’s livestream

https://fb.watch/oUxAZDSDh9/?mibextid=KsPBc6

Monday, 11 December 2023

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Buses around Plymouth Advent Calendar 2023 Door 07

 Door 7 

Livestream next Tuesday


Hello everyone

The next livestream is taking place next Tuesday at 18:00 UK time


Please come back tomorrow for Door 8



Wednesday, 6 December 2023

Buses around Plymouth Advent Calendar 2023 Door 06

 Door 6

Information about the Plymouth Citybus and Go Cornwall Bus Santa Bus


Hello everyone


Here is some information about the Plymouth Citybus and Go Cornwall Bus Santa Bus

https://www.plymouthbus.co.uk/santa-bus-2023

Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Buses Around Plymouth Advent Calendar 2023 Door 05

 Door 5

Information from Stagecoach South West


Hello everyone


Here is a link to some information from Stagecoach South West about their Christmas timetables

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/south-west/christmas-and-new-year-bus-services

Saturday, 2 December 2023

Buses around Plymouth 2023 Advent Calendar Door 02

 Door 2

No news tonight

Buses around Plymouth Advent Calendar 2023 Door 01

 Door 1

Livestreams this month


Hello everyone


The livestreams this month are on:

Tuesday 14th December 2023 at 18:00 UK time

Tuesday 21st December 2023 at 18:00 UK time 



Monday, 20 November 2023

Livestream tomorrow at 18:00 UK time

 Hello everyone


Tomorrow’s livestream will be at 18:00 UK time on the Buses around Plymouth Facebook page 

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Link to the next livestream

 Hello everyone


Here is a link to tonight’s livestream

https://fb.watch/ojCAiaFdtA/


The next livestream will be on Tuesday 21st November 2023 at 18:00 UK time

Sunday, 24 September 2023

Sunday, 3 September 2023

Times of the livestreams this month

 Hello everyone


Here are the times of the livestreams this month


Sunday 24 September 2023 at 18:00 UK time

Monday 25 September 2023 at 18:00 UK time


These will be on the Buses around Plymouth Facebook page

Sunday, 13 August 2023

Link to tonight’s livestream

 Hello everyone


Here is a link to tonight’s livestream

https://fb.watch/moOArmX5fl/


Tomorrows livestream will be on Facebook at 18:00 UK time


Here is the link to the Buses around Plymouth Facebook page: 

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100083032457273&name=xhp_nt__fb__action__open_user

Thursday, 3 August 2023

Plymouth Argyle match day services

 Hello everyone

In advance of Plymouth Argyle starting their football season this week, Plymouth Citybus are providing match day services. Details are below from Plymouth Citybus' website (https://www.plymouthbus.co.uk/argyle-match-day-services)


Argyle Match Day Services

Today Thu 3rd Aug 2023

We will be providing services directly to Argyle Football Club for every home game for the 23/24 championship season.

The services will be running from several locations around the city, providing a connection to the ground both before and after the match.

You can purchase your ticket either on the bus or via our app and you are able to use your return part of the ticket on any normal service in order to get back home.

You can find the timetable below.

Plymouth%20Football%20buses.pdf

Please note that concession passes and normal day/week or month rider tickets are not accepted.

Monday, 31 July 2023

Links to the live streams

Hello everyone

Here are some links to this month’s live streams

Sunday 30th July 2023: https://fb.watch/m7PEwCHznv/
Monday 31st July 2023: https://fb.watch/m7Px30ZkwL/

Saturday, 1 July 2023

Friday, 30 June 2023

Link to tonights livestream

Hello everyone


Here is a link to tonight's livestream

 https://www.facebook.com/busesaroundplymouth/videos/1290548348218877

Thursday, 4 May 2023

A breast screening awareness bus is in Plymouth

​Hello everyone


Here is some news from Plymouth Citybus

(https://www.plymouthbus.co.uk/breast-screening-awareness-bus-plymouth-drives-message-home)


A new breast screening awareness bus has hit the road in Plymouth as part of a campaign to encourage more people to attend their appointments.


It follows recently updated figures which show a worrying fall in the uptake of breast screening appointments nationally and locally, with the overall uptake in the Plymouth health area dropping to 72.5%. In some parts of Plymouth, the figure has dropped to 54%.


Thanks to funding from Plymouth-based breast care charity The Primrose Foundation and The Primrose Breast Care Centre Screening Team at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, a Plymouth Citybus double decker has been given a makeover in the Primrose Foundation colours of pink, yellow and grey.


For the next 12 months, the bus will be used by Plymouth Citybus on routes across the city, but primarily where breast screening take-up is known to be particularly low.


The bus is part of a three-year ‘Support Us To Support You’ campaign launched by the Foundation in October 2022, which is aimed at increasing breast care awareness and raising more funds towards local NHS breast services.


The sides of the bus carry the slogan, ‘Breast Screening Saves Lives – Always attend your free screening appointment’. The ‘Support Us To Support You’’ message is displayed on the back of the bus.


Dr Karen Paisley, Director of Breast Screening at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, said: “This is a great initiative to try and improve uptake for breast screening. We know that the impact of screening in saving lives from breast cancer is greater the more women that attend for their screening mammogram.


“Screening saves about one life from breast cancer for every 200 women screened, as cancers are diagnosed and treated earlier than they would have been without screening. Unfortunately, there has been a drop in uptake recently. Overall, uptake in our local programme was only 72.5% in 2021-22, a drop of nearly 8% in the last 10 years (78.5% in 2010-11) and is as low as 54% in some areas of Plymouth City.
“While this compares favourably with national uptake (62.3% in 2021-22, a drop of 15% since 2010-11), we are working hard locally to explore the reasons for non-attendance and to try and address these, ensure equity of access, improve uptake and, consequently, improve the mortality benefit of breast screening.”


Madeleine Matthews, Fundraising Coordinator of The Primrose Foundation, added: “With this bus, we are taking the all-important message right into the heart of our community. We are hoping that the bright, eye-catching double-decker bus will grab people’s attention and encourage them to use the West Devon and East Cornwall breast screening services.”


The Foundation has supported The Primrose Breast Care Centre for over 27 years, raising public awareness and millions of pounds, to enhance breast care treatments. Each year over 25,000 people are seen by the service and between 400-600 breast cancers are diagnosed and treated.


The bus is being paid for in part by money raised by a group of nine local women who call themselves ‘Dare 2’. They have all received a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment at The Primrose Breast Care Centre. The women raised almost £12,000 at a charity ‘Dare 2 Dance’ evening at The Duke of Cornwall Hotel last autumn. They specifically asked that their donation be used to promote awareness about the importance of attending breast screening appointments when invited.


Madeleine said: “We pride ourselves on working closely with our supporters and fundraisers by giving them a real opportunity to make a difference in their local breast care service, and this latest project is a great example of this. We rely on our fundraisers, and it’s important they have a real say in how the funds are used.”


Dare 2 member and Chair of the Primrose Foundation, Fiona Osmaston, from Plymouth, says she owes her life to breast screening: “My own cancer was picked up through routine screening,” she said. “I didn’t have any symptoms – no lumps, bumps, or orange peel skin.  Without the diligence of the radiographers at the screening service at Plymouth Guildhall and those skilled colleagues who viewed the mammograms, my cancer would not have been picked up at such an early stage. That’s why funding this awareness bus for a year is so important.”


The Dare 2 group has raised over £33,000 since it was launched in 2019. As well as the bus, their efforts have funded training bursaries, a fellowship, and a beautifully decorated quiet room in The Primrose Breast Care Centre.


Fiona said: “All of us in the Dare 2 group have had direct experience of screening, either symptomatic where we’ve been referred by our GP, or as part of our routine breast screening. Many of our group therefore owe a huge debt of gratitude to the Primrose Breast Care Centre. Following my diagnosis, I experienced first-class treatment. It’s why I want to do all I can to help ensure that anyone else who goes through the Breast Care Service has an exceptional experience during a worrying time.”


Madeleine added: “The bus campaign has only been made possible by generous fundraisers – and by the ongoing support from the bus company. Plymouth Citybus have supported the charity in many different ways over the years, and recently provided the breast screening service with 100 free day riders to be issued to anyone who is unable to attend their breast screening appointment due to financial difficulties.


“They also put our ‘Support Us To Support You’ campaign posters in all their fleet of buses during November 2022, to help promote screening awareness. So we are very grateful to them and to everyone who has supported us in spreading the campaign’s important messages.”


Visit The Primrose Foundation website for more information and ways you can support the charity. www.primrosefoundation.org

Wednesday, 3 May 2023

Some information on bus services from Stagecoach South West this weekend

 Hello everyone


Here is some information from Stagecoach South West services this weekend from their website

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-27/04/2023-09:19:01:206


Buses will continue to operate across the weekend of the coronation, allowing people to connect to street parties and celebrations in the region.

Buses will operate the normal Saturday timetable on Saturday 6th May, with a Sunday service offered on Sunday 7th and the Bank Holiday Monday 8th May. View timetables here 

Saturday, 29 April 2023

Link to tonight's livestream

 Hello everyone


Here is a link to tonight's livestream:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live?ref=watch_permalink&v=624951139157191


Tomorrow's livestream will be at 20:45 UK time


Congratulations to Plymouth Argyle on being promoted


Wednesday, 26 April 2023

Livestreams this weekend

 Hello everyone


Here are the times of the livestream this weekend


Saturday 29 April 2023        20:45 UK time

Sunday 30 April 2023          20:45 UK time


Sunday, 16 April 2023

Devon County Show bus information from Stagecoach

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Here is some news from Stagecoach South West about the Devon County Show which can be read here (https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-12/04/2023-14:38:39:227)


A fantastic day out for all ages, the Devon County Show is back again on Thursday 18th, Friday 19th and Saturday 20th May 2023. And there’s no better way to get to the show than by bus!

View the Devon County Show bus timetable here.

Route 9/9A departs Exeter Bus Station Bay 9 for the Devon County Show, Westpoint via Digby and Clyst St Mary with every other bus also stopping at Exeter St Davids Station. Additional buses are provided in partnership with the Devon County Show and Stagecoach, offering you a connection up to every 15 minutes to the show ground.

You can also interchange from a variety of trains and buses into the city from the stops at Exeter St David’s Station and Exeter Bus Station. Earlier and later journeys also operate – please view the full 9/9A timetable for further details.

Plus all single fares are now just £2 or less*, so you'll have more money to spend on the day!

*Variations and exclusions apply. Ends 30th June 2023.

Tuesday, 17 January 2023

Some bus news from the Council

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Here is some bus news from Plymouth City Council


https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/two-local-bus-routes-partially-restored?fbclid=IwAR2tKH3ltDG0lOknRf5wvGnhxXuuboQyfpoevGGIBzjOTAPJgaPrZE__s6I


Two of the local bus routes that were withdrawn due to low customer usage and extreme pressures on Plymouth City Council’s finances will be partially reintroduced at the end of the month.

Last November, the Council had to make the difficult decision to withdraw subsidies for five of the 14 ‘non-commercial’ bus routes in Plymouth.

This was one of a number of proposals to address the unprecedented £37.6m shortfall in the Council’s revenue budget for next year and followed a procurement exercise where all tenders came back over-budget.

Retaining all 14 routes could have cost up to £1m a year and, given the severe financial pressures, it was simply not affordable.

Since this time, the Council has been working with Devon County Council and local bus operators to look at whether there are any options to reintroduce services.

At today’s Cabinet meeting (17 January), Councillor Jonathan Drean announced that officers had been successful in finding a solution that will extend the number 59 bus to Merafield and onto the city centre via Marsh Mills (to partially replace the original 19 service) and the launch of a new commercial service from Holly Park and Ringmore Way to the city centre (which will partially replace the 44A service).

Both of the services come at no cost to the Council.

Councillor Drean said: “We face huge financial challenges. The tender returns would have resulted in nearly £1m to be found to retain all the existing routes. It is simply not affordable and many of the routes require high subsidies due to the low overall patronage.

“I know that this was disappointing and behind the scenes Council officers and myself have been working really hard to see if there was any way that some of the routes, albeit partially, could be reintroduced.

“I would like to express my thanks to Devon County Council and Plymouth Citybus for working with us on finding a solution. But I need to emphasise to people who live on those routes that bus services can only operate if they are commercially viable. Therefore, if you don’t use them, you will unfortunately lose them.”

The 59 service is a route that Plymouth Citybus currently operates under contract to Devon County Council.  The new extension will begin on Monday 30 January and partially replaces the previous route 19.

It will operate four journeys a day in each direction, reinstating links for Merafield residents to both the Ridgeway and the city centre, as well as expanding travel to Sparkwell, Shaugh Prior and Bickleigh. The timetable also has a peak time journey to and from the city centre, which will hopefully help generate commuter numbers on this route.

In addition, following detailed discussions with Citybus, a new service 13 from Holly Park and Ringmore Way, providing links to West Park, St Budeaux and the city centre, will also begin from the end of the month. This route partially replaces the 44A between Holly Park and St Budeaux.

The new service will comprise four journeys a day in each direction, Monday to Friday. The service will be more limited than what was provided before and will be run on a commercial basis. Plymouth Citybus will be reviewing its use after six months to ensure that it is financially viable.

Tuesday, 3 January 2023

Plenty of photos coming up this week

 Good evening everyone.

There will be plenty of photos this week on the blog.

Please come back later on in the week for some.

Monday, 2 January 2023

A link to tonight’s livestream

​Hello everyone


Here is a link to tonight’s livestream

https://fb.watch/hP1gWtCAsS/


And here is a photo of one of Plymouth Citybus’ newly acquired Optare Solos



Sunday, 1 January 2023

7 years of Buses around Plymouth and A link to tonight’s livestream

​Hello everyone


7 years ago today it all started ‘A brand new year, a brand new blog’


Here is a link to tonight’s livestream:

https://fb.watch/hNJFBFSh5U/


Please come back at 19:00 UK time tomorrow for tomorrows livestream.