Changes to Truro and Penwith College routes from 8 September 2022

12th Aug 2022All areas

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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.

T1, T2, T3, U1, U1A, U1E - Diversion

Wednesday late night shopping - Wednesday 27th November 14.30pm - 22.30pm

Services T1, T2, T3, U1, U1A, U1E:

The following bus stops will not be served: The museum and Boscawen street during these times.

Services will set passengers down at the bus stand before Truro Museum, Truro Court, then continue into St Austell Street to Trafalgar roundabout, into Truro bus station. The diversion will be the same in reverse.

U1 & U1E Chiverton Interchange

From Monday the 2nd of December to Friday the 20th of December, there will be a closure along Chiverton Interchange from hours of 19:00.

Wednesday nights throughout the closures won’t be installed until 22.00 for late night shopping in Truro.

This will affect the following journeys from Threemilestone:

To Newquay:

20:49 U1E
22:49 U1E

To Falmouth:

19:26 U1
20:27 U1E
21:27 U1E
22:27 U1E

These services will be diverting via Chacewater, Scorrier and Blackwater.

Please note that this may cause some delays.

T2 & 17: The Terrace, Albert Road and Trelyon Avenue, St Ives

From Monday the 09th of December to Friday the 13th of December, there will be a road closure along The Terrace, Albert Road and Trelyon Avenue, St Ives between the hours of 19:00 and 06:00.

This will affect the following service:

Service	To	Scheduled
17	St Ives	19:20
T2	St Ives	19:31
17	St Ives	20:20
17	St Ives	21:50
17	St Ives	23:20
Service	To	Scheduled
17	Penzance	19:31
T2	Truro	19:43
17	Penzance	20:31
17	Penzance	22:01
17	Penzance	23:31

During these times, all services will turn around at Tesco Carbis Bay and terminate. They will the wait their time before the return journey.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

The Penzance Christmas lights switch on: 17, 17A & Mousehole

The Penzance Christmas lights switch on will be taking place on the 30th of November between the hours of 09:30 and 20:00.

This will affect services 17, 17A and the Mousehole.

Buses will be diverting as follows:

The Mousehole

Penzance to Mousehole

Buses will turn Left at Longboat Inn and follow up to the top of the Causeway. They will then turn right and head towards the West Cornwall Hospital roundabout. Here they will turn Left and travel down Penalverne drive to First and Last Pub where they will resume their normal line of route.

Mousehole to Penzance

From the First and Last Pub, buses will turn left up Penalverne drive to West Cornwall Hospital. They will then turn right at the roundabout and travel down towards the top of the Causeway. Here they will turn left on to Taroveor Road and follow down to the Sea View Chippy, turn right on to Adelaide Station and continue back to bus Station.

17/17A Pendeen & Madron

Buses will divert via Ross bridge, Penzance Prom, Alexandra Road and Penalverne Drive in both directions.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Truro Festive Friday and Christmas Street Markets 2024.

Between Friday the 22nd of November and Saturday the 21st of December, there will be a number of closures around Truro due to Festive Friday and Truro Christmas Street Markets 2024.

They will take place at the following times:

Friday 22nd November 2024 between 05:00 and 23:59
Saturday 23rd November 2024 between 06:00 and 19:00
Wednesday 27th November 2024 between 06:00 and 23:00
Saturday 30th November 2024 between 06:00 and 19:00
Wednesday 4th December 2024 between 06:00 and 23:00
Saturday 7th December 2024 between 06:00 and 19:00
Wednesday 11th December 2024 between 06:00 and 23:00
Saturday 14th December 2024 between 06:00 and 19:00
Wednesday 18th December 2024 between 06:00 and 23:00

During the above times, the following diversions will be in place:

Services T1, T2, T3, U1, U1A to & from Treliske, Threemilestone

Inbound from Rail Station,

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

Outbound

Buses will go to Trafalgar Roundabout and turn left. They will then go along St Austell Street, passing the NCP car park, pass 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 to & from Falmouth

Inbound

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

Outbound service will run as normal.

We apologise for any inconvenient this may cause.

St Agnes Village Christmas Lights Switch: U1A

St Agnes Village Christmas Lights Switch on will be taking place on Sunday the 1st of December between 16:30 and 18:00.

This will affect the U1A.

Buses will be diverting as follows:

From Truro

From Sevenmilestone garage, buses will right divert via Goonbell to reach the coast road close to the Wheal Kitty turn. They will then turn right for Perranporth and resume their normal line of route.

From Newquay

Buses will turn left just prior to wheal Kitty turn and follow through Goonbell to Sevenmilestone garage, where they will resume their normal line of route.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Service U1, U1A & U1E: Cliff Road, Newquay.

From Monday the 9th of December to Wednesday the 11th of December, there will be a closure along Cliff Road, Newquay.

This will affect services U1 U1A U1EU1 and T3.

Buses will be diverting as follows:

Services U1, U1A & U1E

Buses will divert at Trenance Gardens up Trenance Road to access Mount Wise to the bus Station.

They will do the same in Reverse on their return journey.

Please note, this diversion will also apply to GoCornwall services: 25, 58, 85, 88 & 93.

Service T3

After Chester Road, buses will turn left down Hilgrove road past Newquay Zoo to Trenance Gardens, then turn right up Trenance Road to access Mount Wise to the bus Station.

They will do the same in Reverse on their return journey.

Please note, this diversion will also apply to GoCornwall services: 21, 56, 91, 92, 92S, 94 & 185.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Truro College Timetable Amendments

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

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

Transport for Cornwall partnership will be reinstating the monthly child bus pass

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.

Services U1 U1A & U1E: 392 between Trevemper Road and the Superstore roundabout, Newquay

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

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.

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.

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Changes to Truro and Penwith College routes from 8 September 2022