Bus Travel - Taunton, March 2009

The travel advice service given to those attending the TravelWatch SouthWest, 7th March 2009, General Meeting was as follows.

The bus will depart from Exeter Bus Station at 0900hrs and will return from
Somerset College of Arts and Technology campus at the conclusion of the
meeting.

Bus connections are available to Exeter Bus Station from the following
locations:-

Bideford Quay (Stagecoach Devon service 315) at 0645hrs
Bude Strand (First service X9) at 0640hrs
Crediton Tourist Information Centre (Stagecoach Devon service 315) at
0818hrs
Exmouth Strand (Stagecoach Devon service 57) at 0811hrs
Newton Abbot Sherborne Road (Stagecoach Devon service X64) at 0750hrs Paignton Bus Station (Stagecoach Devon service X46) at 0710hrs
Plymouth Bretonside Bus Station (Stagecoach Devon service X38) at 0730hrs
Sidmouth Triangle (Stagecoach Devon service 52B) at 0757hrs
Torquay Strand (Stagecoach Devon service X46) at 0725hrs
Totnes Royal Seven Stars (Stagecoach Devon service X64) at 0730hrs

The bus will depart from Taunton Railway Station at 1025hrs and 1055hrs and will return from Somerset College of Arts and Technology campus at the conclusion of the meeting (1510hrs).

The 1025hrs bus departure from Taunton Railway Station will connect with the arrivals of the following trains:-

0647hrs ex Penzance FGW train calling at St Erth (0658hrs), Hayle (0702hrs), Camborne (0712hrs), Redruth (0719hrs), Truro (0731hrs), St Austell (0749hrs), Par (0756hrs), Lostwithiel (0803hrs), Bodmin Parkway (0810hrs), Liskeard (0823hrs), Plymouth (0852hrs), Totnes (0919hrs), Newton Abbot (0932hrs), Exeter St Davids (0954hrs) and Tiverton Parkway (1009hrs)

0853hrs ex Cheltenham Spa XC train calling at Bristol Parkway (0926hrs) and Bristol Temple Meads (0944hrs)

The 1055hrs bus departure from Taunton Railway Station will connect with the arrivals of the following trains:-

0925hrs ex Plymouth XC train calling at Totnes (0950hrs), Newton Abbot (1003hrs), Exeter St Davids (1023hrs) and Tiverton Parkway (1037hrs)

0939hrs ex Pewsey FGW train calling at Westbury (0959hrs) and Castle Cary (1016hrs)

The directors of TravelWatch South West are most grateful to Stagecoach Devon and the company's managing director, Michelle Hargreaves, for the sponsorship of these 'free' bus services between Exeter Bus Station, Taunton Railway Station and the venue for the seventh consecutive meeting.