That would be great - would give Morvah a bus service again and the Portheras Cross end of Pendeen.
Yes, there's a lot of worry and uncertainty among those who rely on buses at the moment so I hope details are published as soon as possible and not the usual week or two before the changes. Now the registrations have been accepted there's no reason why details can't be published now, even if actual timetables appear a bit later.
Totally agree - should be on-line at least by the end of this week as the services have been registered.
It is a start although one thing noticeable is that the through Newquay - Falmouth link ceases to exist with a change in Truro once again necessary although I believe the revisions to the Par - Newquay train may provide that link starting later in 2026. Rather a step-up for Pendeen and St. Just which go up to 2bph for much of the week. As for the 25 I wouldn't be surprised if the differences in route between the 24 and 25 cause a degree of confusion with passengers. One idea might have been to drop the 25 completely and to instead increase the frequency of, and extend, the 23 to run Gorran Haven to St. Blazey. Either way the webpage does say that the timetables are largely final so there may yet be further amendments.
I not Mousehole Harbour loses its service.
It could do although looking at it on Google Maps it occurs to me that the Harbour stop is perhaps not tbe best placed of bus stops? If someone came down the hill on a bike or in a car and didn't know the bus stop was there ..... also there isn't much space for other vehicles to pass if you put a bus there: I wonder if that stop has caused problems for other road users.
Did a Double decker down there just before Christmas so will be fine, surely a 2000 series 200MMC would fit down to the Harbour
No it didn’t. You cannot get a decker past the Old Coastguard. You can’t even get a longer Solo down there.
I don't think getting the vehicle down there would be the problem so much as turning one but perhaps I am wrong.
I don't know how busy the 17 gets under First Kernow because whenever my last employers used to send me on errands to pick up at St. Ives, or if I had to go from Penzance to St. Ives. I would always use the train, rather than the bus, out of preference. I think I only once ever got on a bus from St. Erth and that was to get to Crowlas: a double-decker Service 17 which, IIRC, wasn't even near ¼ full. As for the T1 / T2, soon to be 14 / 18, I can only presume that perhaps Camborne - Truro is the busiest part of those routes but again I could be wrong.
Before the Minibuses it was Solos/SRs so I can't see a short 200 MMC having trouble but maybe I'm mistaken. I should of clarified the Decker was to the Coastguard Hotel.
Having never caught the route from the Harbour - only going on foot that makes complete sense from your description.
As I said in a previous reply I can't imagine it being very easy to turn a small bus at the Harbour stop and the stop at the Old Coastguard Hotel doesn't look any easier for turning either so where do First turn the vehicles? The minibuses might be turnable by the Harbour stop if you are careful with that right-hand turn from Parade Hill onto Commercial Road but I wouldn't like to try it with anything bigger!
I wonder if they’ve reduced the PVR as it’s only half hourly now…
The harbour turn is and always has been right from North Cliff into Fore Street then reversing in South Street.
It's always like that when buses don't serve the harbour during the Christmas lights. I popped over before Christmas and noted three consecutive buses doing three different things, which resulted in leaving a lot of people behind!
Half the battle was just ensuring people knew the harbour stop wasn’t being used.
Would have helped if there was a notice on it.
Absolutely - just lack of management.
Go Ahead appear to be more risk averse than First so it does not surprise me to see that the Harbour at Mousehole and the Safe Harbour at Fowey will no longer be served. Is there a safe pedestrian route from the Harbour to the Old Coastguards? It has been a very long time since my last visit. There were Bristol SUs and Harvey’s Albion Nimbus running the route back then.
There's a couple of ways, via the road up Parade Hill, or avoiding the road, but up a very steep hill.
Yes, very poor and it's been going on for years!