Network and planning your route

The map below shows the network of bus routes in Cornwall as from 15 February 2026 when First have ceased operations in Cornwall and Go Cornwall Bus’s new services start.

If you cannot zoom in enough on your browser to see the detail of the map, try downloading this network map pdf to your computer and then enlarge the image from there.

You may be able to work out from the map the number(s) of the buses that you need to catch to get from your proposed starting point to your destination. Then look up the timetables and find the appropriate times of the buses. Generally, the timetables show a Monday to Saturday service and a different timetable for Sundays and bank holidays. Note, however, that the Monday-Saturday times may have notes against them indicating that they only run on Monday-Friday, or on Saturday, or on school days, or on college days, or on holidays, or with reduced start and end points. 

Alternatively, you can use one of the travel planners available from websites or apps.
Traveline South West is part of a national public transport information service where anyone can plan a journey by bus, coach, rail etc. You put in your proposed starting point, destination, time and date of travel and the website will present you with one or more options for the journey. Note that, if a change is necessary from one service to another, make sure that the time gap between the arrival of one and the departure of the next one is sufficient to make the connection. Be careful if there are only a few minutes between one and the other and there is not another bus due for a while after that - you could have a long wait!
The Transport for Cornwall website offers a similar facility, see TfC directions and the TfC app that you download on to your smartphone has the same planning features.