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Dawlish A379 closure
The A379 in Dawlish will be closed from 13 to 19 April 2026, affecting bus services 2, 11 and 186. View information poster for service 2 or view information poster for services 11 and 186.
Upcoming service changes
Last updated: 27 April 2026
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.
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Changes in March 2026
From 29 March 2026
- 95: Exmouth – Sandy Bay (Stagecoach)
- Resumes for 2026 on an off-peak timetable.
- G: Exeter Hamlin Gardens – The Quay (Greenslades)
- The additional journeys on Friday & Saturday evenings to Exeter Quay, introduced as a trial with BSIP funding, are withdrawn due to very low usage.
- 95: Exmouth – Sandy Bay (Stagecoach)
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Changes in April 2026
From 4 April 2026
- 378: Seaton – Lyme Regis (AVMT Buses)
- Summer timetable starts
- 885: Axminster – Beer (AVMT Buses)
- On Saturdays, the 11:55 from Seaton to Beer and return is withdrawn on this commercial service. Passengers from Seaton to Beer can catch the 899 service at 11:45 instead, from Sea Front. Passengers from Beer to Seaton can catch the next alternative service at 13:14 from Beer Cross (service 899).
- Stagecoach Sunday 379 service along this route reintroduced from the 5 April.
From 5 April 2026
There will be a number of local bus changes across Devon from this date.
- 1: Tavistock – Plymouth (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable to improve reliability. An additional early morning journey is added and journeys will now operate up to every 20 minutes.
- 2: Exeter – Newton Abbot via Dawlish & Teignmouth (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable to improve time-keeping.
- 4: Exeter – Cranbrook (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable to improve punctuality. Journeys will now operate up to every 15 minutes
- 7: Exeter – Newton Abbot – Totnes – Dartmouth (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable, all journeys now continue beyond Totnes to Dartmouth as service 7, providing new, clearer links for customers.
- 9: Exeter – Honiton (Stagecoach)
- On Sundays and Public Holiday mornings, an additional journey from Sidmouth to Honiton will operate until 25 October 2026.
- 16: Bideford Town (Stagecoach)
- Minor amendments to the timetable. Journeys will now operate via Bay View Road
- 21 / 21A: Barnstaple – Westward Ho!/Appledore (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable to improve reliability. Amendments to the evening service pattern.
- 21B: Barnstaple Railway Station – Ilfracombe (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable to improve reliability
- 39: Exeter – Newton Abbot (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable to improve punctuality.
- 52: Seaton – Exeter (Dartline)
- Service will be diverted via Aylesbeare to replace service 356.
- 55: Tiverton – Exeter (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable to reflect demand. Buses will continue to operate up to every 20 minutes at peak times
- 81: South Devon College (Stagecoach)
- Service SD3 will be replaced with new service 81
- 84: Tavistock – Holsworthy (Stagecoach)
- New service replacing the Tavistock to Holsworthy via Launceston section of service 85. Revised timetable
- 85: Barnstaple – Holsworthy (Stagecoach)
- All journeys that currently extend through to Tavistock will terminate at Holsworthy. Service 84 will replace the Tavistock – Holsworthy section. There are minor amendments to the timetable.
- 87: Bere Alston – Tavistock (Stagecoach)
- Minor amendment to the 09:10 journey from Bere Ferrers which will now depart at 09:12 following local requests.
- 92: Totnes – Dartmouth (Stagecoach)
- Service will be renumbered to service 7, and most journeys will operate as a through service to Exeter via Newton Abbot. Revised timetable.
- 98 / 98A: Exmouth – Littleham (Stagecoach)
- All journeys will follow the 98A line of route on this Stagecoach commercially operated service. Buses will operate up to every hour.
- 118: Tavistock – Okehampton (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable. Journeys will continue to terminate at the Railway Station and Limehayes Road, until Okehampton Interchange station opens. This service will then extend to Okehampton Interchange via the new housing developments on Crediton Road.
- 157: Exmouth – Budleigh Salterton – Sidmouth (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable to improve reliability and allow double-deck operation throughout the Summer to meet demand.
- 178: Newton Abbot – Chagford (Country Bus)
- The peak-time journeys introduced as a trial with BSIP funding are removed due to very low usage.
- 303: Barnstaple – Woolacombe (Stagecoach)
- This service will no longer operate via Charles Dart Crescent. The 1545 journey from Barnstaple to Charles Dart Crescent will now operate as service 309. The 1750 journey from Barnstaple will now commence from Braunton. Any customers wishing to travel from Barnstaple will be able to connect at Braunton from service 21C.
- 309: Barnstaple Railway Station – Lynmouth (Stagecoach)
- All journeys will now operate via Charles Dart Crescent and Easterclose Cross.
- 310: Barnstaple Railway Station – Lynmouth (Stagecoach)
- There are minor amendments to the timetable to allow a connection to rail services at 0830 at Barnstaple Railway Station.
- 347: Cheriton Fitzpaine – Crediton (Dartline)
- The Friday morning journey from Cheriton Fitzpaine is retimed to 1027
- 356: Exeter – Budleigh Salterton (Greenslades)
- Due to low usage and a very high cost per passenger (over £40 per return journey made) this once per day service will no longer operate. Service 52 will be diverted to serve Aylesbeare. All other parts of the route remain connected to the public transport network.
- 379: Axminster – Beer (Sundays) (Stagecoach)
- Sunday and Public Holiday service reintroduced for summer 2026. Will operate until 25 October 2026.
- 694: Kentisbeare – Cullompton (Dartline)
- The additional journeys on Monday & Thursday from Kentisbeare to Cullompton introduced as a trial with BSIP funding are removed due to very low usage.
- A: Alphington – Exeter (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable. Buses will now operate up to every 20 minutes at peak times and every 15 minutes off-peak.
- C: Alphington – Matford – Exeter – Sowton P&R (Stagecoach)
- With s106 developer funding, service C will be extended beyond Matford P&R to Alphington to serve the new developments at Matford Brook, Victoria Heights and St Michaels Meadow. The route will be as follows: Matford Park & Ride, Bad Homburg Way, A379, Chudleigh Road, Church Road, turn at the roundabout next to Lidl, Church Road, Dawlish Road, Chantry Meadow, Chudleigh Road, A379, Bad Homburg Way, Matford Park & Ride.
- E: Exwick – Exeter (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable, buses will now operate up to every 15 minutes
- R / S: Exeter – Rifford Road – Exeter (Stagecoach)
- Revised timetable. Buses will now operate up to every 30 minutes each way round the loop, providing a bus up to every 15 minutes.
Minor timetable amendments – in addition, the following Stagecoach services will have minor timetable amendments, for reliability and/or operational reasons:
- 3: Plymouth – Kingsbridge
- 4A: Exeter St Davids – Airport
- 5: Exeter – Crediton
- 5A: Exeter – Okehampton
- 5B: Exeter – Barnstaple
- 5C: Exeter – Chulmleigh
- 14: Bideford Town
- 15: Bideford Town
- 19: Barnstaple NDDH – Roundswell
- 21C: Barnstaple – Croyde – Georgeham
- 38: Exeter – Plymouth
- 71 / 72: Barnstaple – Torrington – Shebbear
- 80: Paignton – Plymouth
- 99: Exmouth Town
- 99E: Exmouth Town
- 301: Barnstaple – Combe Martin
- 351: Tiverton Town
- 357: Exmouth – Budleigh Salterton
- 373: Tiverton – Cullompton
- B: Exeter Science Park – Exminster
- 378: Seaton – Lyme Regis (AVMT Buses)
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Changes in May 2026
From 23 May 2026
- 271: Newton Abbot – Widecombe Circular “Haytor Hoppa” (Country Bus)
- Service returns for 2026 season, operating on Thursdays and Saturdays until 19 September. No longer serves Newton Abbot Station.
- 300: Ilfracombe – Lynmouth – Minehead (Stagecoach)
- New service operating until 31 August 2026, replacing the Exmoor Coaster that has operated in previous years. The route will be operated in two connecting parts (change of bus required in Lynmouth) with 3 journeys each way across both sections.
From 24 May 2026
- 12: Newton Abbot – Torquay – Paignton – Brixham (Stagecoach)
- Minor amendments to timetable and increase in Sunday & Public Holiday timetable.
- 13: Newton Abbot – Torbay Hospital – Brixham (Stagecoach)
- Minor amendments to timetable.
- 31: Ilfracombe – Woolacombe (Taw & Torridge)
- Summer Sunday and Public Holiday service begins, operated by Stagecoach.
- Monday to Saturday service will continue to be operated by Taw & Torridge with no changes.
- 95: Exmouth – Sandy Bay (Stagecoach)
- Peak timetable begins, operating up to every 30 minutes.
- 21C: Barnstaple – Croyde (Stagecoach)
- Summer Sunday and Public Holiday service begins.
- 301: Barnstaple – Combe Martin (Stagecoach)
- Summer Sunday and Public Holiday service begins.
- 303: Barnstaple – Woolacombe (Stagecoach)
- 1812 journey from Braunton to Woolacombe will also operate on Saturdays for the summer period.
- 310: Barnstaple – Lynmouth (Stagecoach)
- Summer Sunday and Public Holiday service begins.
- 271: Newton Abbot – Widecombe Circular “Haytor Hoppa” (Country Bus)
Night buses
From 31 May 2025, Stagecoach are operating night services on key routes across their network. These will operate on Saturday nights/early Sunday mornings until 20 December, as well as factory Friday and New Years Eve.
In Devon, routes 1 (Plymouth), 1A (Exeter), 2, 5, 21, 21B and 57 will have Night buses. Find out more on our Night buses page.
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”
