Please see below a feed of latest news and major service updates for bus services in Devon. If you require information on operational issues, such as delays and short-term diversions, please contact the operator of the bus service affected. View a list of bus operator contact details.

Upcoming service changes

Last updated: 9th May 2025

Please find details below of upcoming bus service changes. Timetables will be uploaded to our Interactive Bus Map on the day they go live, but if you need to view the timetable beforehand and there is no timetable link provided below, please either contact the operator of the bus service or email devonbus@devon.gov.uk.

• Changes in March 2025

  From 9th March 2025

  • X51 / X53: Axminster – Weymouth (First)
    • Revised timetable
  • PR3: Digby P&R – RD&E Hospital (Dartline)
    • Revised timetable – more trips go via Sowton Park and Ride

  From 30th March 2025

  • 1: Plymouth – Tavistock (Stagecoach)
    • Revised timetable
  • 3: Kingsbridge – Plymouth (Stagecoach)
    • New journeys on Sundays and Public Holidays
  • 89: Tavistock Town Service (Stagecoach)
    • Revised timetable

• Changes in April 2025

  From 5th April 2025

  • 91: Dartmouth Park and Ride (Stagecoach)
    • Service reintroduced for summer season
  • 378: Seaton – Lyme Regis (AVMT Buses)
    • Summer timetable begins

  From 6th April 2025

  • 95: Exmouth – Sandy Bay (Stagecoach)
    • Service reintroduced for summer season

  From 19th April 2025

  • 271: Newton Abbot – Haytor – Widecombe “Haytor Hoppa” (Country Bus)
    • Service reintroduced for summer season

  From 20th April 2025

  • Major changes to many services

    • Please see our page about 20th April changes

• Changes in May 2025

  From 5th May 2025

  • 171: Newton Abbot – Moretonhampstead – Tavistock (Country Bus)
    • Service restarts for summer season with revised timetable
  • 172: Tavistock – Ashburton – Newton Abbot (Country Bus)
    • Service restarts for summer season

  From 19th May 2025

  • 20: Seaton – Taunton (Stagecoach)
    • Will no longer serve Prowses in Hemyock. The nearest alternative stops will be opposite The Blackdown Practice on Station Road or outside the Catherine Wheel in the Square.
  • 366: Kenn – Exeter (Dartline)
    • Will depart Kenn and Kennford 10 minutes earlier in the morning, and arrive back there 10 minutes later in the afternoon, until 25 July 2025. This is due to a road closure near Clapham.

  From 24th May 2025

  • 54: Plymouth – Bovisand (Stagecoach)
    • Service restarts for summer season

  From 25th May 2025

  • 11: Dawlish Warren – Torquay (Stagecoach)
    • New service replacing route 22 on this section.
  • 12: Newton Abbot – Brixham (Stagecoach)
    • Revised timetable
  • 21C: Barnstaple – Croyde Bay – Georgeham (Stagecoach)
    • Enhanced timetable for summer starts
  • 22: Dawlish Warren – South Devon College (Stagecoach)
    • The section of route between Dawlish Warren and Torquay will be renumbered service 11 (see above).
    • The 22 will only operate between St Marychurch and South Devon College.
  • 31: Ilfracombe – Woolacombe (Taw & Torridge, Stagecoach)
    • This service will also run on Sunday and Public Holidays until 14 September 2025. The Sunday and Public Holiday journeys will be operated by Stagecoach.
  • X51, X53: Axminster – Weymouth (First Bus)
    • Enhanced timetable for summer starts
  • 301: Barnstaple – Combe Martin (Stagecoach)
    • This service will also run on Sunday and Public Holidays until 14 September 2025.
  • 92: Dartmouth – Totnes (Stagecoach)
    • Short journeys between Dartmouth Pontoon and Dartmouth Park and Ride will be withdrawn. See service 91 for buses to/from the Park and Ride.
  • 120: Brixham – Kingswear (Stagecoach)
    • Revised timetable and new Sunday and Public Holiday service starts.

  From 26 May 2025

  • EX1: Minehead – Lynmouth – Ilfracombe (First Bus)
    • Previously known as Exmoor Coaster, this service will return for 2025.

  From 31 May 2025

  • New Night bus journeys will start on the following routes, on Saturday nights/Sunday mornings until December 2025 (all Stagecoach):
    • N1: Plymouth – Tavistock
    • 1A: Exeter – Cullompton
    • 2: Exeter – Dawlish
    • 5: Exeter – Crediton
    • 21: Barnstaple – Bideford
    • 21B: Barnstaple – Ilfracombe
    • 57: Exeter – Exmouth

Devon County Show 2025

Travelling to Devon County Show on 15th, 16th or 17th May? Stagecoach will be running frequent buses from Exeter to Westpoint including extra journeys (service 9W) from St Davids Station. View summary timetable for services 9, 9A and 9W to/from Exeter.

You could also catch the 9 from Honiton, 9A or 52 from Seaton, 9 or 9A from Sidmouth and Newton Poppleford or 58 from Exmouth and Woodbury – these services will all stop on the main A3052 outside Westpoint if requested. For timetables, see our Interactive Bus Map.

Minor changes to Exeter City Centre bus stops

From 20th April 2025 there will be some changes to where buses stop in Exeter City Centre. This is to ease congestion at bus stops and improve the customer experience. Please see our updated Exeter City Centre bus stops map.

National Bus Strategy

Find out more and keep up to date with Devon County Council’s response to the National Bus Strategy “Bus Back Better”