Source: City of Plymouth
Plymouth residents and visitors will soon benefit from extended routes and timings on four bus services, thanks to grant funding from the Department for Transport.
From Monday 28 July the service 25, which runs between the city centre, Barbican and West Hoe, will run until 10pm instead of 6pm from Monday to Saturday. This will be a welcome improvement for people travelling to and from the waterfront later into the evening on these days (Sunday and bank holiday timetables will remain as they are).
From Sunday 31August the service 1A will run to Derriford Hospital on Sundays and bank holidays, providing a valuable direct link between Sherford, Plymstock and the hospital seven days a week. (It currently only runs between Sherford and the city centre on Sundays and bank holidays.)
The same will apply for the service 27, providing week-round access to the city centre and the hospital for residents in Lower Compton, Efford, Eggbuckland and Mainstone.
We will also continue to support evening journeys on the service 2 between the city centre and Mount Batten to maintain this important link for residents.
The contracts are being funded by the Department for Transport’s Bus Grant for 2025/26 and will run until March 2027.
Councillor John Stephens, Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Transport, said: “Helping people get to and from key parts of the city is a priority for us and we want to do all we can to ensure these links are there during the evenings, as well as on Sundays and bank holidays. These improvements will hopefully make a big difference to local bus passengers, as well as visitors.”
Unfortunately, due to very low passenger numbers, some journeys on the Council-subsidised service 4 between Plympton and the city centre (via Sherford and Plymstock) will be withdrawn from 31 August:
Outbound from Royal Parade to Plympton Ridgeway
6am departure (Monday to Friday)
8.10pm and 9.10pm departures (Monday to Saturday)
Inbound from Plympton Ridgeway to Royal Parade
9.05pm and 10.05pm departures (Monday to Friday)
9.01pm and 10.01pm departures (Saturday)
For information about the extended hours of operation on service 25, see the Plymouth Citybus website.
Information about services 1A, 2, 4 and 27 can be found on the Stagecoach South West website.