Public Transport Of The Plymouth Area
Saturday, 10 October 2009

Trip to Truro

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Well what was going to be a quite innocent and hopefully uneventful journey down to Truro turned from 2 hours into 4 hours! I set my sights ...
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Thursday, 1 October 2009

The Olympians live on

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The link below is well worth a look. 'vss1x' of Flickr has put this photo online of C412 and C413 HJN together in there new home at ...

The new 81A

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As I have mensioned in previous blogs, 81A is now in effect an X81, cutting out the journey via Stoke and the station etc and going straight...
Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Torpoint changes (Day 2)

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I'm afraid I'm picture less for today's 'events' so I have taken that 'nostalgic' picture where C412 HJN is oper...
Monday, 28 September 2009

Torpoint Changes

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Now I do apolgise for such a terrible picture but don't worry I have my excuses lined up! My battery charger has been playing up recentl...
Sunday, 27 September 2009

The end

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Yesterday saw the final operations from two of the county's depots. Firstly I visited St Austell yesterday morning to take my first and ...
Friday, 25 September 2009

They're on the road!

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My first capture of one of the new Plymouth Citybus Volvo B7s on the road! I was going to photograph a Vario coming into the bus station, bu...
Wednesday, 23 September 2009

9 days to 9 months?

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A source has informed me that that Tamar Cruising will now be operating the Cremyll Ferry for another 9 months. This has not ben confirmed y...
Tuesday, 22 September 2009

Torpoint's new Dart

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AS promised here is a proper picture of the new Dennis Dart MPD at Torpoint, 43809, seen here operating an 81. She does look very smart in t...

Plymouth's new buses

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Plymouth is fast gaining Volvo B7s from Manchester, not to replace the older fleet, but simply to add to the fleet for the new services. The...
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Monday, 21 September 2009

Major accident in Cremyll

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Bus services were disrupted after 4:00 today after an incident on the road coming out of Cremyll. A van was traveling out of the village. By...

First glimpse of the Dart

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Sorry its not the greatest picture in the world but here is the new bus parked up in Torpoint yesterday. 40002 still seems to be the Dart of...
Saturday, 19 September 2009

K801 ORL gains a Scania engine

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Well for one short trip anyway! On the way back from the Kingsbridge rally which I shall report about on a later date, we saw K801 ORL rolli...
Tuesday, 15 September 2009

The End of the End

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Today really has marked the absolute end of the Leyland Olympians in the area. This is the text I received at 2:54pm this afternoon telling ...
Sunday, 13 September 2009

Snap on Sunday

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This weeks Snap on Sunday is from my recent holiday in Hastings! I have yet to do a write up but if I'm honest there isn't much wort...
Friday, 11 September 2009

Varios on the move

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Amazingly both of the Ex-Torpoint Mercedes Varios have now entered preservation!! S412 GUB was aquired by the WNPG, for only £1 and will be ...
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Friday, 28 August 2009

Another farewell

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This time its Varios. Yes even the once dominating Varios are starting to be sent off. Firstly 2 of the original Torpoint Varios. S412 GUB (...
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Thursday, 27 August 2009

Fleet updates

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With thanks to David Shepard we can now report that sadly C417 HJN has been scrapped at Henry Flashman's . Dave managed to find out tha...

Cruising with the Cuff

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While waiting for my bus back home at Royal Parade today, who drove down but Derrick Cuff! But not in a bus, his '58' reg Mercedes S...

Pole in action

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The pole that was put up in Cremyll months ago when re-surfacing was taking place is finally being used! it has lied dorment since then but ...
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Laurence Mayhew
Hello. I am a young transport enthusiast from the Plymouth area here to give you all the goings on of public transport in and around Plymouth - with occasional blogs on other sectors.
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