Planned changes

Starting 4th November, we’re making some important changes to the following routes to improve punctuality:

• 220
• 273
• 274
• 470
• 890
• 900
• L1
• L2

In addition to these improvements, the 200A service will be added, with support from Penwith College. This will enable college students to travel to St Ives without waiting for a later bus. This will be introduced on 4th November but as a PM journey only.

Find timetables attached or by visiting: Timetables | First Bus

Following feedback from passengers, the Transport for Cornwall partnership will be reinstating the ability to purchase a monthly child bus pass from Sunday 6 October.

The cost of the pass will now be £65 and we hope to be able to keep the cost of the ticket at this price for the rest of the academic year.

Government funding for the bus fares pilot, introduced in April of 2022 , has meant we have been able to heavily subsidise more than 15 million bus journeys in the last 2.5 years and without this funding, passengers would have paid significantly more for their tickets. The funding has allowed us to also try new ticket options and prices, to understand the preference of bus passengers in Cornwall. It was always intended to increase the cost of tickets during the pilot and back to their market value as we near the end of the pilot.

While the decision to remove several ticketing options – including the child monthly pass - was based on data showing extremely low usage, we appreciate that this specific ticket has impacted on children who use bus services to travel to school and college, but are not eligible for home to school transport.

We remain in discussion with Government about the future funding of bus travel in Cornwall and await news of any future bus funding as part of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement at the end of the month. The Government’s national £2 bus fares scheme for single journeys remains in place until the end of December.

From Monday the 30th of September 2024 to Friday the 31st of January 2025, there will be a road closure on the A392 between Trevemper Road and the Superstore roundabout, Newquay.

This will affect service U1, U1A, U1E and college route 850.

Buses will be diverting as follows:

U1 U1A & U1E

Inbound to Newquay

Buses will travel in a clockwise direction via Trevemper Road, Boating Lake to Trenance Gardens and resuming their normal line of route towards Newquay Zoo. 

Outbound from Newquay

After Trenance Gardens, buses will carry on past the boating lake and turn left down the A392 and resume their normal line of route.

Please be aware that we will not be able to serve stops along Treninnick Hill.

850

AM

From Morrisons, Buses will travel up Treninnick Hill and then turn left at the top onto Trevemper Road. They will then travel past the lake and turn right onto the A392, Gannel Road and carry on up over the roundabout, right onto Crantock Street, and into the bus Station.

After the bus station, they will travel along East Street and Narrowcliff past the Train Station and turn right onto Hilgrove Road. After this they will continue past Newquay Zoo, back along Trevemper Road, and then right onto the A392 Trevemper Road and continue on its normal line of route.

PM

From A392 Trevemper Road, buses will carry on to Gannel Road and carry on up over the roundabout, right onto Crantock Street, and into the bus Station. They will travel along East Street and Narrowcliff past the Train Station and turn right onto Hilgrove Road. After this they will continue past Newquay Zoo, then turn left down Treninnick Hil towards Morrison.

Please follow link for our updated timetables: Timetables | First Bus

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.