Greater Exeter
Service B – Monkerton – Exminster via City Centre
Timetable will be revised following a review of customer demand.
- The section between Exminster and Matford Park and Ride will be withdrawn because of low demand and the availability of Service 2 between Exminster and Exeter City Centre.
- A schoolday link between Exminster and Matford Brook Academy will be retained through new Service X, procured by Devon County Council and operated by Greenslades.
- Service X will also retain a link between Exminster and Marsh Barton.
- Following the withdrawal of Service C, the section between Matford Park and Ride and Alphington via Chudleigh Road will transfer to Service B.
- The revised route will serve two of Exeter’s largest new housing developments.
- Saturday daytime frequency will increase from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes, providing an additional journey opportunity every hour.
- Sunday and Public Holiday daytime frequency will double from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes.
- New Sunday and Public Holiday evening journeys will be introduced to match the service offered on other days.
Service C – Matford Park & Ride – Sowton Park & Ride via City Centre
Following a review of Service C and other services operating over common sections of route to Service C, the decision has been taken to withdraw the service.
Alternative travel options include:
- New Service PR1 between Sowton Park and Ride and Exeter City Centre, operating as a limited-stop service from approximately 0700 to 1900 Monday to Saturday, up to every 15 minutes.
- Honiton Road Park and Ride, offering up to 10 departures per hour to and from the City Centre.
- Customers using Service C travelling to and from Heavitree can use the high number of alternative services operating through the area.
- Matford Park and Ride will continue to be served by Services B, 7, 38 and 39, providing up to six buses per hour to and from the City Centre.
- South West Exeter housing developments currently served by Service C will transfer to Service B.
- With the introduction of electric vehicles across the Exeter bus network it has been confirmed that these vehicles will be unable to pass under Tan Lane bridge, due to the height restriction, which would force a change of route and meaning it would not be practical to serve Haven Banks.
- Devon County Council has procured new Service X, operated by Greenslades, to serve the Haven Banks area.
Service E – City Centre – Exwick
Timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality.
Sunday and Public Holiday evening departures are amended to match other days of operation, providing a more consistent evening timetable throughout the week.
Service H – Exeter St David’s – Digby
Timetable changes to improve reliability and punctuality, with some morning departures will advanced, while some afternoon departures will be pushed back.
Service M – City Centre – Mount Dinham
Stagecoach will take over operation of Service M from 30 August following a Devon County Council tender.
There will be no changes to the route or timetable. The service will continue to provide two round trips per day, Monday to Saturday, between the City Centre and Mount Dinham.
Service P – Crossmead – Pinhoe via City Centre
Some Monday to Friday and Saturday early-morning journeys will operate with financial support from Devon County Council.
There will be no timetable changes.
Service R/S – Wonford and Thornpark Rise Circular
Timetable changes to improve reliability and punctuality, with some journeys times reduced and some departure times amended during the early morning and early evening.
Service U – City Centre – Union Road
Following a recent tender round by Devon County Council, Stagecoach will take over operation of Service U from 30 August 2026.
There will be no changes to the route or timetable. The service will continue to provide three round trips per day, Monday to Saturday, between the City Centre and Union Road.
Service UNI – City Centre – Cowley Bridge
Service UNI which previously operated on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights between approximately 2400 and 0400 during university term time will be withdrawn and not return for the new academic year.
Customers may benefit from Saturday overnight journeys on Service 4 which will be extended to and from University of Exeter.
Services 1 – Exeter – Cullompton
Service 1A – Exeter – Cullompton - Tiverton
Following a capacity review of services between Exeter and Cullompton, there will be some changes to the Service 1 timetable, with some minor changes to Service 1A timetable:
- Monday to Saturday daytime frequency on Service 1 will reduce from every 15 minutes to every 20 minutes.
- Journeys serving Clyst Vale School in the afternoon will be slightly retimed to reflect changes to the school day.
- A small number of early-morning and early-evening journeys will be withdrawn.
Service 2 – Exeter – Newton Abbot via Dawlish
Due to the withdrawal of Service B from Exminster, customers wishing to travel between Exminster and Exeter City Centre will need to do so on Service 2.
- Buses will start and terminate at Stop A, Sherborne Road, Newton Abbot.
- The route in and out of Sherborne Road in Newton Abbot will be amended the above, with no other bus stops affected.
- Additional Monday to Friday college-day journeys will be introduced to accommodate college movements for Dawlish Community College to and from Exminster, with an 0835 arrival and 1545 departure.
Service 4 – University of Exeter / Exeter St Davids – Cranbrook via City Centre
Timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality.
The route of Service 4 between the City Centre and University of Exeter will change:
- From the City Centre, buses will travel directly to the University of Exeter, then continue to Exeter St Davids, where the service will terminate.
- Journeys towards Cranbrook will start from Exeter St Davids and then operate via University of Exeter, before continuing towards the City Centre and onwards to Cranbrook.
- The change will provide faster and more direct journeys to the University and remove waiting time around the university loop.
- Saturday overnight journeys between the City Centre and Cranbrook will be extended to and from the University of Exeter, providing improved access to leisure facilities and for University of Exeter students.
- Early-morning and evening Sunday and Public Holiday journeys will operate directly between Exeter St Davids and the City Centre and will not serve the University.
Service 4A – Exeter St Davids – Exeter Airport via City Centre
Timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality.
Services 5 – Exeter – Crediton
Service 5A – Exeter – Crediton - Okehampton
Service 5C – Exeter – Crediton – Chulmleigh
Minor timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality.
Service 5B – Exeter – Barnstaple
Minor timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality.
The route will no longer serve Instow Quay and will instead operate more directly via the Link Road and East-the-Water, which occasional journeys already follow.
The route change provides an alternative for selected journeys on Service 15/15A, which will no longer operate to and from Barnstaple.
Some additional short journeys between Barnstaple/East-the-Water and Bideford will operate to provide alternatives to current Service 15/15A journeys.
Service 6A – Exeter – Okehampton
Service 6A will be withdrawn as it is no longer commercially viable.
Devon County Council will amend Dartline Service 66 to provide an alternative.
Service 7 – Exeter – Dartmouth via Newton Abbot and Totnes
The 0545 Monday to Friday journey from Exeter to Totnes will instead start from Matford Park and Ride.
Service 11 – Torquay – Dawlish Warren
Timetable changes, including reduced journey times and amended departure times, will improve reliability and punctuality.
Service 12 – Newton Abbot – Brixham via Torquay and Paignton
Timetable changes will reduce journey and dwell times in Paignton and Torquay to improve reliability and punctuality.
Changes to accommodate school and college movements, especially for Brixham College and Churston Grammar School, with journeys timed to suit the start and end of the college/school day.
Journeys towards Newton Abbot, buses will operate via Queen Street and Courtenay Street to Sherborne Road, rather than The Avenue, Kingsteignton Road, Halcyon Road, Highweek Street and Market Street. This will reduce journey times and improve access to retail and leisure facilities.
No change to the route in Newton Abbot for journeys towards Brixham, however, journeys will start from Stop F in Sherborne Road.
Sunday and Public Holiday increased daytime frequency of every 15 minutes will become year round.
Service 13 – Kingsteignton – Brixham via Torbay Hospital
Timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality.
- The 1745 Monday to Friday Torbay Hospital to Brixham journey will be withdrawn because of low demand.
- The 1845 Monday to Friday Brixham to Torbay Hospital journey will be withdrawn because of low demand.
- A number of Monday to Friday peak time journeys will be re-timed to accommodate school and college movements, such as Brixham College, with appropriately timed morning arrivals and afternoon departures.
- The 0720 schooldays-only journey from Brixham to Cuthbert Mayne School will become Service 13A.
- The 1530 schooldays-only journey from Cuthbert Mayne School to South Devon College will become Service 13A.
Service 38 – Exeter – Buckfastleigh – Plymouth
Journeys towards Exeter will depart from Stop A9, Royal Parade in Plymouth, following a review of bus-stop capacity.
Service 39 – Bovey Tracey – Newton Abbot
Timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality with departure times amended to assist on-time departures.
Some early-morning journeys will receive financial support from Devon County Council.
- The 0625 Monday to Friday journey from Exeter to Newton Abbot journey will be curtailed to start at Matford Park and Ride.
- The 1800 Monday to Friday Newton Abbot to Exeter journey will be curtailed to terminate at Matford Park and Ride.
Service 55 – Exeter – Tiverton / Cowleymoor
Monday to Friday and Saturday daytime journeys will be extended beyond Tiverton Bus Station to operate a loop around North Tiverton and Cowleymoor.
This extension to Service 55 journeys will provide a number of new journey opportunities for Tiverton residents, including to and from Exeter, without the need to change buses in Tiverton Bus Station.
There will also be changes to Services 343/348/349 in Tiverton and customers should check the new timetables before travelling.
Service 57 – Exeter – Exmouth via Topsham
New Saturday timetable introduced, utilising additional resource to provide additional recovery time in Exeter and Exmouth, with most departure times amended.
Service 95 – Exmouth – Sandy Bay
Between Sunday 30 August and Saturday 31 October 2026, the off-peak timetable will operate, with departures up to every 60 minutes.
Service 98 – Exmouth – Littleham
Minor timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality.
New hourly evening and all-day Sunday and Public Holiday journeys will be introduced, providing a partial replacement for Service 99E.
Service 99E – Brixington – Littleham via Exmouth Town Centre
To simplify the Exmouth bus network, Service 99E, which currently operates hourly during the evening and all day on Sunday and Public Holidays will be withdrawn.
Service 99E operates a route different to daytime routes and even serves roads that do not have a daytime bus service, which has meant customers have found using the service confusing.
Customers should refer to the changes to Services 98, 157 and 357 for details of alternative journey options to Service 99E.
Service 110 – Marldon – Totnes
The route will be amended to serve Foxhole and avoid Kings Ash Road with the Kings Ash House stop will no longer be served.
Marldon Road, Smallcombe Road and Foxhole Road will be served instead, improving access and reliability.
The route changes provide better access to the service and will improve reliability and punctuality.
Service 157 – Exmouth – Sidmouth via Budleigh Salterton
Service 357 – Exmouth – Budleigh Salterton
Minor timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality.
Evening and all-day Sunday and Public Holiday journeys on Service 157 between Exmouth and Budleigh (Granary Lane) will be replaced by journeys on Service 357, which provide a new service at these times to the Avenues, following customer requests.
The new Service 357 evening and all day Sunday and Public Holiday journeys will operate the full and standard route and coincides with the withdrawal of Service 99E and the simplification of the Exmouth bus network.
Service 366 – Kenn – Exeter
Stagecoach will take over operation of Service 366 from 30 August following a Devon County Council tender.
There will be no route or timetable changes. The service 366 will continue to provide a Monday to Saturday journey from Kenn to Exeter at 0935, with a return from Exeter to Kenn at 1315.
Service 379 – Axminster – Seaton / Beer
Service 379 will operate until Sunday 25 October 2026, after which operation will pause until the 2027 season.
Service BC1 – Tiverton – Bicton College
Minor timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality.
The route will be extended to and from Tiverton, removing the need to connect with Service 373 and providing a replacement for Service BC5, which will no longer serve Tiverton.
Service BC2 – Matford Park and Ride – Bicton College
Minor timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality.
Service BC3 – Newton Abbot – Bicton College
Minor timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality.
Service BC4 – Axminster – Bicton College
Minor timetable changes will improve reliability and punctuality.
Service BC5 – Crediton – Bicton College
Minor timetable changes to improve reliability and punctuality.
Route amended to start and terminate at Crediton and will no longer serve Tiverton, meaning the section of route between Tiverton and Cowley Bridge will no longer be served.
Customers travelling to and from Tiverton should use Service BC1 and customers travelling to and from intermediate points between Tiverton and Cowley Bridge, such as Rewe and Stoke Cannon can use connecting Service 55.
Connections between Services 5B and BC5 are improved and will now take place in Crediton.
Service PR1 – Sowton Park and Ride – City Centre
A new Service PR1 will be introduced providing a dedicated park and ride service between Sowton Park and Ride and the City Centre.
Service PR1 will operate every 15 minutes Monday to Friday and Saturday between approximately 0700 and 1900.
Towards the City Centre, Service PR1 will start at Sowton Park and Ride and set down at Middlemoor, Nelson Way, Heavitree Shops and Paris Street.
Towards Sowton Park and Ride, Service PR1 will start at Paris Street and pick up at Sidwell Street, Cheeke Street, Heavitree Road, Fore Street, East Wonford Hill, Sidmouth Road, Middlemoor and Sidmouth Road.
Service PR1 will operate under contract to Devon County Council and provide an alternative to Service C, which will be withdrawn.
