{"id":8061,"date":"2024-08-06T07:58:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T07:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/struggling-with-serice-to-saltash-1\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T07:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T07:58:16","slug":"struggling-with-serice-to-saltash-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/struggling-with-serice-to-saltash-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Struggling With Serice to Saltash (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Once upo a time, if you wanted to go from Plymouth to Saltash, you coud take a train and cross the magnificent Royal Albert Bridge seen in part above. Or you could take a tram to Saltash Passage thn a ferry across the River Tamar.\n
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The ferry predates any recognisable form of public transport, but by the time of the trams, it was already carrying the new-fangled motor car.<\/p>\n

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The trams begat bises …<\/p>\n

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… but all was to change with the oening of the Tamar Road Bridge in 1961.<\/p>\n

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The two ferry slips can be clearly seen in the aerial view below; in the shadow of the rail bridge.<\/p>\n

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Once the toad bridge was open buses began running through from Plymouth to Saltash. These were, of course, operated by Western National.<\/p>\n

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With privatisation, Western National was bought by First Bus and subsequently local buses from Plymouth to Saltash were nubered route 1 …<\/p>\n

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… and route 2.<\/p>\n

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Then First Bus suffered vehement competition from Plymouth City Bus and ultimately threw in the towel and Stagecoach took over their few remaining routes.<\/div>\n
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With a few hiccups, Stagecoach services settled down to being numbered 2 and 2A for Saltash.\n
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There is a map on the Stagecoach web site which suggests that the service could be thought of as a bit complicated.\n
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But it is simply two lollipops a the end of a main road route from Plymouth. Part of the service tuns across the town and via a big “hook” to terminate at Mount Batten.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately the map in the Cornwall bus timetable book is very unhelpful …<\/p>\n

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… but that is not surprising as the maps cover the whole of the county with no local enlargements.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The first thing we notice from the March Cornwall booklet is that the onward route from Plymouth to Mount Batten is ignored.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Well it is in D*v*n where the Piskies can easily become Dragons! There does, however seem to be some disagreement as to what these little fellows look like …\n
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… or what they don’t look like!<\/p>\n

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fbb thinks their appearance may vary according to the amount of alcoholic beverage consumed before meeting one. What is agreed, however, is that they are Piskies<\/span> in Cornwall, parts of Devon and just over the border in Dorset,\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

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Elsewhere in the UK they are called Pixies<\/span>.<\/div>\n
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There is no evidence that Piskies have ever travelled by bus from Plymouth to Saltash, but if they had, they would have struggled with the timetables, as did fbb.<\/div>\n
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More detailed analysis had to wait until after yesterday’s Fellowship meeting – and will therefore conclude tomorrow.<\/div>\n
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In the meantime. here is a First Bus single decker on its way to Mount Batten on service 2 …\n
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…\u00a0 and a picture of Mountbatten Metro station entrance!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Next Saltash blog : Wednesday 7th Aug\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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