Changes to Truro and Penwith College routes from 8 September 2022

12th Aug 2022All areas

Location

Buses to Truro and Penwith College
Cause

Changes for the new academic year
Effective

08/09/2022 - 29/04/2023

We’re making a few changes to buses that serve Truro and Penwith Colleges from the start of term - Thursday 8 September 2022.

You can find detailed maps and timetables in the Truro and Penwith College travel guide.

Below are the route changes:

27	The first and last buses of the day no longer extend to/from Cornwall Services. From Cornwall Services, Victoria and Roche, the 890 will now serve the same bus stops towards college in the morning. From Stenalees, Bugle and Penwithick, the 220 will now run the opposite direction, picking you up at the opposite side of the road in the morning.
160 200	The 160 will run from Carbis Bay Tesco – if you are looking to travel from stops between Carbis Bay and St Erth, you can use the 17 to get to/from Penwith College. The 200 will start from St Ives Malakoff in the morning – anyone needing to travel from Penbeagle, Halsetown and beyond can use the 160 and connect at St Ives. It’s the same going home, the 160 will connect at St Ives to take you to Penbeagle, Halsetown and beyond. This is so we can run a bigger bus on the 200 from St Ives.
220	Will start from Penwithick and serve Bugle, Stenalees and Whitemoor before running along the current route from Nanpean. From Whitemoor and St Dennis, the 890 will now run the opposite direction picking you up at the opposite side of the road.
270	Is replaced by the 220 and 890. From Cornwall Services, Victoria and Roche, the 890 will now serve the same bus stops towards college in the morning. From Stenalees, Bugle and Penwithick, the 220 will now run the opposite direction, picking you up at the opposite side of the road in the morning.
271	An extra bus will run mid-morning from Holmbush Inn to Truro College and back.
400 470	400 will start from Illogan Co-op and run via Bridge to Portreath then via current route to Truro College. 470 will start from Redruth rail station – Illogan is served by changes to the 400. If you used to get the 470 in Illogan, you can now use the 400, but it will pick you up on the opposite side of the road.
890	Will start from Bodmin Business Park and serve Roche and St Dennis. Launceston, Five Lanes and Bolventor are no longer served due to very low use.
950	The connecting bus from Polzeath will no longer run due to very low use.
Land’s End Coaster	The bus towards Penzace for the start of the Penwith College day will run to an amended route. The bus towards Truro College has a minor timetable change.
U4X	Will now serve Marazion

You can find detailed maps and timetables in the Truro and Penwith College travel guide.

Service U2: A393, Lanner

From Sunday the 30th of June to Saturday the 13th of July, there will be a closure along the A393, Lanner between the hours of 19:00 and 06:00.

This will affect the U2 service.

Buses will be diverting as follows:

Buses will take their normal lime of route on the A393 until they reach the Fox and Hounds public house. They will then take the turning on the right for the B3298 towards Carharrack and continue along the B3298 until they get to Scorrier. After this they will turn left onto B3298 to the roundabout A3047 then onto Mount Ambrosethen, along Sandy Lane until they reach the top of Lanner where they will turn right back onto their normal line of route.

The same will apply for the return journey.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Service U1 & U1E: B3277 link road from Chiverton Junction

From Monday the 24th of June to Friday the 12th of July, there will be a full closure of the B3277 link road from Chiverton Junction to the Services roundabout as part of the ongoing A30 roadworks.

This will affect the U1A and U1E services.

Buses will be diverting as follows:

Towards Newquay:

Buses will join the A30 at Chiverton Cross and proceed down to the Blackwater exit. They will then turn right onto the bridge over the A30, and then right onto the A3047 through Blackwater Village. They will then travel back to the roundabout by Rowe's Bakery and rejoin the B3277 towards St Agnes.

Towards Truro:

Will be the same in reverse turning right before Chiverton Arms on to road past Holiday Camp, right onto A3047 through Blackwater and then back onto A30 as far as Chiverton Cross exit to the new roundabout where they will resume their normal line of route.

Please note that this will add 20 to 30 minutes onto each journey depending on traffic.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

The Big Truro Market

On Saturday the 25th of May & Saturday the 31st of August, The Big Truro Market will be taking place between the hours of 05:00 and 19:00 closing off Boscawn Street.

This will affect services in and around Truro.

Buses will be diverting as follows:

Services from Treliske,

Buses will travel from Truro Rail Station and drop off outside the Museum. They will then travel to Victoria Square and back to Ferris Town, turn right up past the Law Courts and take the back road passing the NCP car park to Trafalgar Roundabout and then into the Bus Station.

Outbound

Buses will travel to Trafalgar Roundabout and turn left, go along St Austell Street passing the NCP car park. Then passing the Law Courts and turn left to go past the Museum and into Victoria Square. From here they will pick up outside Mallets and resume their normal line of route to the Rail Station.

Services U1/U1A from Falmouth

From Lander Monument buses will travel down Lemon Street, then turn right into Fairmantle Street, pass Iceland to the roundabout, bear left onto Morlaix Avenue, and then turn left for the Bus station.

Outbound buses will not be affected.

We apologise for any inconvenience his may cause.

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Changes to Truro and Penwith College routes from 8 September 2022