Mevagissey Bus Link - Stated Operator and Route Number?

[tango602]

Evening all,

I might be heading down to Mevagissey soon and have found that a rail ticket is available to here from St Austell

Can anyone with a First Great Western network timetable please tell me the stated operator and route number for this bus link?

Thanks in advance,
tango602

 

[richw]

Evening all,

I might be heading down to Mevagissey soon and have found that a rail ticket is available to here from St Austell

Can anyone with a First Great Western network timetable please tell me the stated operator and route number for this bus link?

Thanks in advance,
tango602

First 24 goes at xx45
Western greyhound 524 goes at xx30
Western greyhound 525 goes at xx00

FGW travel planner uses a bus at xx36 from St Austell which doesn't exist, and xx00 for the examples I've looked at.

 

[OwlMan]

Information from iKB

Mevagissey – Bus Link

Interchange station: St. Austell
Fares

Through prices may be calculated using the add-on amounts to the fares to ST AUSTELL shown in your TIS or the Fares Finder.
Add-on amounts
Single £2.80 (from 18 May 2014 £3.00)
Day Return £4.00 (from 18 May 2014 £4.50)
7 Day Season £20.00
Through Season ticket fares are not available. Fares are also available in the reverse direction.
Discounts

Normal Child discounts apply.
Normal Railcard discounts apply including Cornish Railcards.
No discounts apply for Privilege Travel and Inter-Rail Travel.
Holders of Privilege Travel facilities and Inter-Rail cards should be advised to book rail tickets to/from the connecting station and purchase bus tickets separately from the bus operator.
Ticketing

Destination name & NLC: Mevagissey Bus H711
Availability and Conditions of use

Tickets issued are valid on the services of all Train Operators (except where the ticket validity or route creates restrictions).
Refunds

Normal arrangements apply.
Services

Link operator/route: Western Greyhound 526.
Accompanied animals and articles

Hand luggage only.
Accompanied dogs may be conveyed on the buses at the discretion of the driver (may be chargeable).
Public information

Customers may obtain further details of the bus service by calling ’traveline’ 0871 200 22 33 or visiting www.traveline.info.

 

[causton]

So great, only valid on a route that doesn't exist!

Guessing it is the 524/525 you'll be taking then

 

[Romilly]

I think that that 526 last ran on 2nd November 2013.

 

[richw]

So great, only valid on a route that doesn't exist!

Guessing it is the 524/525 you'll be taking then

It was withdrawn November 2013, so only 14 months to update validity! FGW website still shows the connections for the times of the 526 when it last ran!

 

[tango602]

Sorry to have to bring this one back up but I contacted Western Greyhound today and according to them this fare no longer exists although the First Great Western site shows the fare and a tweet sent to them did not discredit the existence of the fare.

Can anyone advise what I should do as I am planning to make the journey next week

Thanks,
tango602

 

[richw]

I suspect I saw the tweet and the response was any bus which was incorrect information.

Good to hear Western Greyhound have started responding to customers/ answering their phones.

First, Western Greyhound and Travel Cornwall all operate between St Austell and Mevagissey, although Travel Cornwall I don't believe use the bus station.
Travel Cornwall is also less frequent -3 or 4 journeys a day.

The timings issued by FGW do not exist by any of these operators.

The fare shows as set by FGW - the route number it shows valid on hasn't existed for about 2 years.