Stagecoach confirms Boxing Day buses

Stagecoach South West confirmed today that it will be operating Boxing Day bus services on key routes across Exeter, East Devon and Torbay.

For anyone wishing to travel into and around Exeter the following services will be running:

Red Park & Ride will run a Sunday timetable, with the last bus from Honiton Road at 1718 and the last bus from the city centre at 1736. Buses will show ‘M2’ on the destination blind to serve all stops along the Pinhoe Road route
Route ‘A’ will run a Sunday timetable. The last bus from Alphington will be at 1721, the last bus from Thornpark Rise will be at 1725. From the High Street the last buses to Alphington and Thornpark Rise will both leave at 1740
Route 5 will run a Sunday timetable. The last bus will leave Exeter bus station at 1745 and Crediton at 1812
Route 57 will run a special 30 minute timetable. The first bus to Exeter will leave from Brixington at 0905 and Exmouth Town Centre at 0928. The last bus to Exeter will leave from Brixington at 1805 and Exmouth Town Centre at 1828. The first bus to Exmouth from Exeter bus station will leave at 0840 and the last bus to Exmouth will leave Exeter bus station at 1740.

For anyone wishing to travel across Torbay and Newton Abbot, a new Boxing Day service will be running on the Hop12. Buses will run up to every 30 minutes with the first departure from Paignton Bus Station at 0840 and the first departure from Brixham at 0922. Last buses will leave Brixham at 1722 (to Newton Abbot), 1752 (to Torquay) and 1822 (to Paignton Bus Station). From Newton Abbot the first departure will be at 0905 and the last at 1735 (to Brixham) and 1805 (to Torquay and Paignton Bus Station).

Michael Watson, Managing Director of Stagecoach South West, explained: “Last year was the first time we operated Boxing Day services, focusing on Exeter.

"We’ve taken on board what we’ve learned to offer an improved service this year to help meet our customers’ needs. This includes introducing special timetables on the 57 from Exmouth and Hop12 in Torbay in order to provide more connections.

"I hope these services prove even more popular this year and that we can continue to build on them in years to come.”

Route 57 provides connections between Brixington, Exmouth, Lympstone, Topsham, Countess Wear and Exeter, whilst route 12 connects Brixham, Paignton, Torquay, Kingskerswell and Newton Abbot. Normal fares will apply on all of the services.

An adult return on the Red Park & Ride is £2.40 or, for £5.90, up to 5 people can travel on a group return. For customers travelling with Exeter an Exeter Dayrider is only £3.60, for those travelling from Crediton an Exeter Dayrider Plus is £5.50 and for those coming from Exmouth an adult Explorer is £7.50. In Torbay a Torbay Dayrider costs just £4.90 and can be used right across the Bay and as far as Newton Abbot. £1 child ‘add on’ tickets are also available - up to 3 children can be ‘added on’ per full fare paying adult1.

As well as the Boxing Day buses Stagecoach will operate a Saturday service on weekdays across the holiday period, except for Christmas Day and New Years' Day when they will be closed. Buses will finish at around 8pm on both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

In the run up to Christmas, the Red and Green Park & Ride services operate extended hours every late night Thursday, with the last services departing the city centre at 2210 (Red) and 2200 (Green). At the weekends, all three Park & Ride sites are open on Saturdays and have extra buses running until the last services depart the city centre. On Sundays only the Red Park & Ride operates. Most Ex-citi routes run late into the evening 7 days a week with last services departing from the city centre after 2300 Mondays to Saturdays and between 2200 and 2300 on Sundays. Passengers travelling to Broadclyst, Cullompton, Exminster, Dawlish, Topsham and Exmouth can also catch last buses from the bus station after 2300 Mondays to Saturdays.

Full details of all seasonal timetables are available online at www.stagecoachbus.com/southwest and www.travelinesw.com or in the special holiday services leaflet. For latest service updates customers can follow Stagecoach on Twitter @stagecoachsw.