Goldfish62
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If Bustimes is to be believed, Tinner 33464 is on the 16 today. Most unusual for any double deck to be on this route.
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Only reason I can think of, other than 'force de majeur', would be too many through passengers to/from St Ives during the A17 disruption: a friend of mine in Ludgvan has told me in the past of difficulties getting on the Penzance-bound bus on a Saturday morning, BUT a larger bus on the route has implications for certain stops on the normal routeing, both at Heamoor and in the Gulval/Ludgvan area i.e. they can be skipped, although FK will always deny that has happened, in his experience.
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I would certainly hope no stops were skipped. It's only two-hourly on Saturdays.
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I wonder whether Cornwall Council have considered increasing the Saturday service to hourly again, at least until mid afternoon: it's not so long since it was.
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I guess we'll find out by April!
We will likely find out sooner! Will be off to Tc and n&p imminently
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Ah! We won't of course know the details of the timetables, but we'll at least know the routes.
The timetables I believe must be obtainable but not sure where. Plymouthian transit blog for example details new routes and times as soon as listed in n&p
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Yes, you can either inspect them in person at Leeds or they will send them by post on request with a fee of £3 per registration.
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God, the Stasi files were easier to access.
Both the Solo's that recently transferred to Cornwall have seen service although neither for what they were originally intended. 53814 I understand has seen limited use on Truro college services with 53816 the most active. It is seen in Penryn last week. 
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Mousehole 53826 is on the A17 today, while BoS liveried 53504 is on the M6. Come to think of it none of the Mousehole liveried Solos have actually been on the M6 in the past few days.
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Haha! Traveline often upload timetables well before operators publish them, so once the changes are published in N&P we can start checking the Traveline website.God, the Stasi files were easier to access.
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Slightly off topic, but there’s a white Scania OmniCity been floating around lately which is YN53 GGA. Saw it on the A30 the other day and again today at Treleigh. I think it had the service number 572 or 672 on it but can’t be sure. Any inklings on this?
Farm workers bus, seen it in Camborne again today. Mentioned here:-
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/cornish-bus-operators-excluding-first-kernow.116489/page-10
One day some clever person will invent a method where things like this could be made available for everybody to see. Perhaps this new telephonic device that some clever chap has invented might do it one day, once they don't need operators to connect you anymore.
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Shhh... Don't tell the TC's office...
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Or they could get that Gutenberg chappie to print it out (whatever that is) on papyrus and circulate it to interested parties - it might just catch on.
njlawley
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They email them now.
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They'd better update Section 3 of N & P then!
Accelerator59
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Ah I see. Thanks for that.
Gareth1980
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What Routes do Summercourt currently operate please?
Gareth1980
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Thank You!
That might reduce the number of buses Go Ahead need to find!
and presumably just the tip of an iceberg. I imagine there being more too.
As I understand it subsidy can’t be legally paid if there is a commercial alternative
TheGrandWazoo
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Should be interesting to see what is registered there and how FK grow their commercial network. Similarly hope that Bodmin is similarly part of the 2020 vision. Given what AC and MMH and team have done with FK, wish them all the best in developing the business further.