Recent Posts Tagged With citybus

• Citybus go Solo

  Posted on Wednesday February 3rd, 2010 at 11:45 pm in go ahead, incoming, citybus, optare solo

  Citybus Solos have arrived The first Optare Solo's for Plymouth Citybus have arrived safely and are being prepared for service. The first one was expected to go to the paint shop th...

• Long service coming to an end

  Posted on Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 at 11:38 pm in citybus

   Half a century between them  Its hard to believe that these two fine buses have served Plymouth for over twenty five years each, but all good things come to an end eventually. 1...

• Citybus Fleet Catch up

  Posted on Friday January 29th, 2010 at 12:11 am in citybus, caught on camera, fleet update

  Catch up of Plymouth Citybus N101-112UTT batch Now I have a camera again, one of my main aims is to get back on top with the current livery situation of the main bus fleets...

• Plymouth Citybus incoming Solos

  Posted on Friday January 22nd, 2010 at 11:57 am in go ahead, incoming, citybus

  First batch of Solos's due to Plymouth shortly... ©emdjtd42 Go North East's Optare Solo 613 NM02DNU is seen at Gateshead MetroCentre, on a 143, on March 16th 2009. ...

• Escaped from Plymouth: L258YOD

  Posted on Monday January 18th, 2010 at 12:05 am in citybus, mercedes 709, escaped from plymouth

  A little bit of Citybus still working in Glasgow © Dave Ballantyne (with permission) Seeing as the Mercedes 709s are now coming to an end for Plymouth Citybus, when Dave ...

• Deeply Regrettable Cuts

  Posted on Saturday January 16th, 2010 at 06:29 am in go ahead, citybus

  FOURTEEN jobs will be axed at Plymouth Citybus next month FOURTEEN jobs will be axed at Plymouth Citybus next month after its new owners announced a wave of "deeply regrettable...

• Citybus about to go Solo

  Posted on Saturday January 16th, 2010 at 12:24 am in incoming, citybus

  Citybus bread vans about to be replaced If you are a fan of the Citybus bread vans (Mercedes 709's) then you may not have left to enjoy them. Citybus are very shortly due a few Opt...

• Twitter and Facebook Growth for buses

  Posted on Thursday January 14th, 2010 at 12:59 am in facebook, twitter, fdc, citybus

  It has been a difficult time for everyone however it has shown the usefulness of this page and Twitter. Please keep in touch and tell all your friends to sign up. At last it seems w...

• Saltash to loose out?

  Posted on Tuesday January 12th, 2010 at 11:27 pm in citybus, cutbacks, saltash

  Saltash to loose its 152 service?. I was intrigued to see a 'tweet' that suggested that Saltash was to loose its direct bus service to Derriford Hospital. Saltash...

• Snow Balls

  Posted on Saturday January 9th, 2010 at 12:37 am in weather, fdc, citybus

  We even started getting buses down Keswick Crescent Just a quickie for now, but yesterday saw services pretty much getting back to normal in all but a few cases. First put out that ...

• Citybus pull out of Kent

  Posted on Friday January 8th, 2010 at 12:44 am in weather, twitter, fdc, congestion, citybus, derriford

  Sorry but ice has forced us out of Woodford and Maidstone! Once again the use of Facebook and Twitter has been a real boon for the bus companies and passengers. There was no more sn...

• Snow services

  Posted on Thursday January 7th, 2010 at 12:39 am in weather, fdc, citybus

   Another very cold day - it actually snowed in Plymouth - and proper snow this time! As was expected the weather caused major problems in Plymouth yesterday. Having logged onto Twitter first thing in the mo...

• A bit of a day of it

  Posted on Wednesday January 6th, 2010 at 12:00 am in twitter, fdc, citybus

  Could you offer the driver a hot cup of tea please? I'm sure they would be grateful and so would we! There is only really one story at the moment - and that is the weather! Although...

• Tesco Free Bus Timetables

  Posted on Monday January 4th, 2010 at 11:55 pm in tesco, citybus

  New timetables for Tesco Lee Mill and Roborough free bus services now on-line It was announced shortly before Christmas that Plymouth Citybus will be operating the free bus services for Tesco Lee Mill and Roboro...

• Become a Citybus Fan

  Posted on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 at 08:13 am in facebook, twitter, citybus

  Plymouth Citybus on Facebook Continuing the mini-series looking at how our local companies are using the internet we have a look at how Plymouth Citybus are using Facebook. ...

• Go-Ahead Q & A

  Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 06:47 am in go ahead, citybus, citybus sale

   Go-Ahead Plymouth boss Answers the Questions There is a short Q&A today on This is Plymouth the future of Plymouth Citybus from the new MD: Are jobs safe? There's ...

• Twittering so far

  Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 07:18 am in twitter, fdc, citybus

   Battle of the Twits It was back on the 10th December that I posted the arrival of both Plymouth Citybus and First D&C on Twitter. I mentioned than that First had followed Citybus but was informed by Fi...

• Every Little Helps

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 04:24 am in tesco, citybus

  Citybus get Tesco Free Bus contract for 2010 If you follow Citybus on Twitter you will have seen this message yesterday: We are delighted to announce a partnership with Tes...

• N103UTT Brand New

  Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 12:45 am in citybus, dennis dart

   The start of the low floor revolution - in Plymouth ©EYBusman seen at Plaxtons before delivery to Plymouth Citybus, and looking very smart in the original low floor livery As usual you are enc...

• Its a bad choice of wrap for Citybus

  Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 01:56 am in advert, citybus

   Citybus suggest you get a taxi instead Citybus 126 seen last April urging everyone to catch a taxi instead. I have no idea if this bus is still in this livery, althou...

• Plymouth Buses all a Twitter

  Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 12:04 am in www, go ahead, fdc, citybus

   You wait for one Twitter account and two come along at once Go-Ahead have only owned Plymouth Citybus for a week so its very early days for them to start making a difference to ...

• A medical episode

  Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 12:57 am in accident, citybus, derriford, road works

  Citybus Citaro Drama Police and paramedics were called after a Citybus came off the road by the Texaco garage in Plympton Road at around 12.10pm Monday. The bus mounted the kerb and...

• Go-Ahead Move In

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 12:18 am in go ahead, citybus, citybus sale

    Go-Ahead appoint new MD for Citybus As expected Go-Ahead waste no time in making their presence felt at Citybus. With the ink barely dry on the paper, the company announced that it was ap...

• Go Ahead gets the Go Ahead

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 01:27 pm in go ahead, citybus, citybus sale

  City Council to sell Plymouth Citybus The controversial sale of a council-owned bus firm to a private company in Devon has been approved. A £20.2m bid by Go-Ahead for Plymouth City...

• Monday goes back to Sunday again

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 01:26 am in citybus

    Extra Buses for Monday 28th December 2009 - Oh no there isnt! Oh dear - it seems that there has been another change to the Christmas services being provided by Plymouth Citybus....

• The post Christmas Shopping Trip made easier

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 01:38 am in citybus

  Extra Buses for Monday 28th December 2009 You may already have spotted the amendment to the post about Citybus Christmas services a few days ago but we can now give you confirmation ...

• Christmas is coming…

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 04:13 pm in citybus

    Christmas Period Services for Plymouth Citybus Plymouth Citybus have announced their Christmas services: Thursday 24 December 2009 Normal Service** Friday 25 December 2009 NO SERVICE ...

• Citybus and Paypoint

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 12:45 am in Tickets, citybus

  " Exclusive to Paypoint ” ...

• Seeing Doubles

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 01:29 am in citybus, western greyhound, bus wars

  "They are certainly going for high visibility in Saltash ” Ian the Rev Flickr Busworld Photography The three-axle...

• Pay Point

  Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 05:49 am in citybus

  "Looks like another good idea” * * * * * * * * * * * This post was meant to go live on Saturday but for some rea...