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Note that these new stories cover nearly three years of news. Whilst the information in any one item was correct at the time of publication, changes often occur after publication and readers should check with subsequent news to ensure that they are aware of the up to date situation.

20 June 2025: 24 hours in Penzance - a tale by bus industry veteran, Roger French. Read more.
14 June 2025: Truro Classic Car Show 6 July - special park and ride service. Read more.
12 June 2025: Bus fare cap extended to 2027. Read more.
2 June 2025: First Bus loses Truro College contract. Read more.
1 June 2025: All no. 7/7A services cancelled today. Read more.
22 May 2025: St Ives to Lands End service; and Newquay night buses. Read more.
10 May 2025: Park and ride tickets on sale at terminals again. Read more.
23 April 2025: Real time bus tracking information updated in line with new timetables. Read more.
23 April 2025: First Bus stops posting on X, formerly known as Twitter. Read more.
16 April 2025: Reminder of timetable changes from 20 April. Read more.
15 April 2025: Answer to question about park and ride and car park prices. Read more.
4 April 2025: New timetable book published. Read more.
3 April 2025: Extra bus services to Eden over Easter holidays. Read more.
29 March 2025: Truro park and ride prices up again from 1 April. Read more.
13 March 2025: Timetable changes from 20 April. Read more.
12 March 2025: First Bus messes up on school transport contracts. Read more.
12 March 2025: Yet another U-turn for ticketing on the park and ride. Read more.
4 March 2025: Young persons (19-25 years) fares: more information. Read more.
3 March 2025: All day and all week tickets for young people reduced in price. Read more.
18 February 2025: TfC app still giving misleading information for bus arrival times. Read more.
12 February 2025: Open top bus services in Cornwall to cease. Read more.
27 January 2025: How to fund public transport in the long term. Read more.
21 January 2025: Beware of “free travel” offer says Go Cornwall Bus - it is a scam. Read more.
10 January 2025: New TfC app real time information system not real time after all. Read more.
9 January 2025: Transport for Cornwall new website and app, disappointing. Read more.
8 January 2025: Transport for Cornwall - three websites disappear. Read more.
5 January 2025: Transport for Cornwall - three websites, three different prices for same ticket. Read more.
2 January 2025: More details on fare rises, it is bad news. Read more.
20 December 2024: It is back to the future for tickets on the park and ride service. Read more.
19 December 2024: Fare rises in 2025. Read more.
17 December 2024: Christmas/New Year bus services. Read more.
12 December 2024: Council car park charges: no increases in 2025. Read more.
7 December 2024: Tracking of buses and tap on/tap off explained. Read more.
24 November 2024: Transport for Cornwall app to launch in early 2025. Read more.
18 November 2024: Travel Cornwall operation taken over by Go Cornwall Bus. Read more.
14 November 2024: Cornwall Council panders to Ryanair and refuses to impose air passenger fee. Read more.
30 October 2024: Chancellor freezes fuel duty. Read more.
28 October 2024: Bus fare cap to rise to £3 from 1 January 2025. Read more.
22 October 2024: Some College bus timetables changing from 4 November. Read more.
21 October 2024: Good news for park and ride as engineers say “demolish Moorfield car park. Read more.
19 October 2024: Padstow bus stop row rumbles on. Read more.
18 October 2024: Autumn half term, clarification on bus timetables over next two weeks. Read more.
7 October 2024: Night buses lowered crime rates say police. Read more.
4 October 2024: Monthly child bus pass to be re-introduced. Read more.
1 October 2024: Story on bus fare increases updated. Read more.
24 September 2024: Bus fares increasing from 29 September. Read more.
24 September 2024: Rame Peninsula Public Transport Users Group meeting 31 October. Read more.
19 September 2024: First Bus announced as winner of park and ride contract. Read more.
14 September 2024: Go Cornwall Bus publishes new timetable book for Callywith College services. Read more.
8 September 2024: New contract for park and ride awarded to unnamed operator. Read more.
1 September 2024: Call for bus services to be franchised in West of England. Read more.
30 August 2024: New timetables, individual pdf files available. Read more.
28 August 2024: New September timetable book published. Read more.
17 August 2024: First Bus drivers potential industrial action, talks continuing with union. Read more.
9 August 2024: Transport for Cornwall website resurrected. Read more.
7 August 2024: New bus timetables from 1 September 2024. Read more.
7 August 2024: Truro City Football Club park and ride arrangements. Read more.
5 August 2024: Transport for Cornwall website R.I.P. - long live Cornwall by Bus. Read more.
2 August 2024: First Bus drivers still planning to strike in August. Read more.
2 August 2024: Go Cornwall Bus Twitter feed back online; Transport for Cornwall website offline. Read more.
30 July 2024: More bollocks from Cornwall Council about transport website. Read more.
27 July 2024: Padstow summer park and ride service. Read more.
26 July 2024: Twitter locks Go Cornwall Bus out of its account. Read more.
25 July 2024: First Bus drivers’ strikes update. Read more.
25 July 2024: Special family fares update. Read more.
21 July 2024: First Bus drivers’ planned strike update. Read more.
20 July 2024: Special family day and week fares on buses for the summer. Read more.
13 July 2024: Details of new timetables now available. Read more.
12 July 2024: New timetable book published with effect from 14 July. Read more.
10 July 2024: First Bus drivers vote to strike from 23 July. Read more.
8 July 2024: First Bus running a focus group on multi-operator ticketing. Read more.
8 July 2024: Park and ride report internal review - patronage figures confidential. Read more.
25 June 2024: Possible strike action by bus drivers in Cornwall. Read more.
23 June 2024: New night bus on Saturday nights out of Newquay. Read more.
20 June 2024: Conservative manifesto pledges to continue £2 bus fare cap. Read more.
5 June 2024: Royal Cornwall Show 6-8 June, impact on bus services. Read more.
28 May 2024: Three services in a row cancelled by Go Cornwall Bus. Read more.
28 May 2024: Review of park and ride confirms serious decline in patronage. Read more.
18 May 2024: Go Cornwall Bus 85 timetable revised from 12 May. Read more.
12 May 2024: Council invites tenders for provision of park and ride service. Read more.
10 May 2024: Council and bus companies sneak out announcement about fare increases. Read more.
7 May 2024: Council officials don’t know the price of a bus fare. Read more.
29 April 2024: Go Cornwall Bus app improved with notification of cancelled services. Read more.
28 April 2024: Rame Peninsula Public Transport Users Group AGM 17 June. Read more.
25 April 2024: Mid Cornwall Metro - an independent analysis of the project. Read more.
24 April 2024: Car park charges increased without a new Parking Order. Read more.
17 April 2024: £2 bus fare cap - will it last until end of 2024? Read more.
28 March 2024: Electric buses coming to the streets of Cornwall. Read more.
22 March 2024: Easter bus services - check the times. Read more.
21 March 2024: A few minor glitches in new timetable book. Read more.
15 March 2024: New timetable book published. Read more.
10 March 2024: Truro St Austell new timetable explained. Read more.
4 March 2024: Park and ride prices increasing again. Read more.
3 March 2024: New timetables from 31 March published. Read more.
27 February 2024: Significant changes to timetables from 31 March. Read more.
16 February 2024: First South West accounts show large loss in 2022-23. Read more.
3 February 2024: Cut price car park scheme will lead to disastrous consequences. Read more.
16 January 2024: Truro park and ride - Council kicks the can down the road. Read more.
12 January 2024: First Bus customer service sadly lacking. Read more.
5 January 2024: No news on operation of Truro park and ride service. Read more.
23 December 2023: No. 70 services diverted by road closure in Cawsand January 2024. Read more.
15 December 2023: No. 90 services diverted away from Ladock because of tree strike hazard. Read more.
1 December 2023: Bus companies publish information about Christmas and New Year services. Read more.
28 November 2023: Tap and cap overcharging: nothing do with us says Cornwall Council. Read more.
27 November 2023: RTPI showing vacant seat numbers unreliable. Read more.
22 November 2023: Update on GWR pay as you go smartcard: it works! Read more.
20 November 2023: Data on park and ride tickets purchased via First Bus app. Read more.
15 November 2023: Tap and cap charging errors a “known issue” say Cornwall Council. Read more.
13 November 2023: New no. 7 service Sennen Cove to Gurnards Head from 13 November. Read more.
6 November 2023: GWR launch pay as you go smartcard for tap on/tap on railway. Read more.
4 November 2023: Cornwall Council tweets about £2 max. fare but fails to update website. Read more.
3 November 2023: Go Cornwall Bus app reverts to only showing its own services. Read more.
2 November 2023: Confirmation of £2 maximum single fare through 2024. Read more.
21 October 2023: Small changes to some timetables from 29 October. Read more.
14 October 2023: School holiday timetables apply w/c 16 October on some routes. Read more.
11 October 2023: Town zone pricing anomalies revised, now all good value. Read more.
9 October 2023: Tamar Crossings tolls consultation. Read more.
5 October 2023: Bus and Train User blog features Liskeard to Launceston service. Read more.
4 October 2023: £2 maximum fare extended again until end of December 2024. Read more.
25 September 2023: First Bus 17 Penzance to St Ives, new timetable from 1 October. Read more.
24 September 2023: Coastal tourist routes, Lands End, Falmouth and north coast finish in October. Read more.
23 September 2023: Driver sickness leads to many First Bus cancellations. Read more.
21 September 2023: Real time passenger information: 3 versions of reality. Read more.
21 September 2023: New style timetables being rolled out at bus stops. Read more.
16 September 2023: First 27 and Go Cornwall Bus 27 follow each other along A390. Read more.
11 September 2023: Catch the bus month campaign unfortunate timing as services fail to run. Read more.
10 September 2023: Bad day on Bodmin to St Austell route as two-thirds of services cancelled. Read more.
7 September 2023: Mysterious Go Cornwall Bus on 27 route on Saturday afternoon. Read more.
4 September 2023: Some of the timetable changes effective from 3 September. Read more.
2 September 2023: Bus passenger charter extended again with no expiry date. Read more.
2 September 2023: New timetable book published. Read more.
30 August 2023: Changes to Stagecoach timetables from 3 September. Read more.
28 August 2023: Awaiting publication of new timetables applicable from 3 September. Read more.
26 August 2023: First Bus gives Cornwall Council notice to cease operating Truro park and ride. Read more.
20 August 2023: Friday a bad day in Bude for bus cancellations; Saturday a bad day in Newquay. Read more.
17 August 2023: Cornwall Council is not imposing any penalties on Go Cornwall Bus for cancelled services. Read more.
2 August 2023: Tap on/tap off payment mistake reimbursed. Read more.
1 August 2023: Newquay town service no. 58 not running during Boardmasters. Read more.
26 July 2023: New timetables from 3 September. Read more.
20 July 2023: Town zone prices are good value but there are anomalies. Read more.
17 July 2023: New summer timetables on Go Cornwall routes 21, 25, 56, 93/94 from 23 July. Read more.
13 July 2023: Go Cornwall Bus 85 revised timetable for Saturday 15 July only. Read more.
12 July 2023: U1 and U1A services to be split at Truro to mitigate delays caused by A30 roadworks. Read more.
1 July 2023: Transport for Cornwall website reverts to existing price information. Read more.
27 June 2023: Transport for Cornwall website has new prices, but doesn’t say they have gone up. Read more.
26 June 2023: Additional buses on U4 route from 2 July for summer period. Read more.
23 June 2023: Prices of bus fare ticket bundles going up on 2 July. Read more.
21 June 2023: First 24 services cancelled for third day in a row. Read more.
20 June 2023: First 24 services cancelled for second day in a row. Read more.
18 June 2023: Several First 24 services will not be running on 19 June. Read more.
13 June 2023: Chiverton Carland A30 closure over weekend of 16-19 June. Read more.
12 June 2023: 22 service bus stop information in Probus corrected. Read more.
11 June 2023: New comprehensive bus timetable book published from 28 May. Read more.
6 June 2023: Royal Cornwall Show impact on 95 service, temporary timetable published. Read more.
1 June 2023: Bad evening on 24 service as late evening buses not running. Read more.
23 May 2023: Council now imposing contractual penalties for non performance by Go Cornwall. Read more.
23 May 2023: Go Cornwall bus timetable changes from 28 May. Read more.
22 May 2023: Lands End coaster changes to hourly timetable from 28 May. Read more.
17 May 2023: Government announce further extension to the £2 single fare cap. Read more.
16 May 2023: Another bad day for passengers as First cancel 15 services. Read more.
15 May 2023: A bad day for bus passengers as 32 services cancelled at short notice. Read more.
9 May 2023: Several Go Cornwall services cancelled at short notice. Read more.
3 May 2023: Bus passenger charter expiry date extended. Read more.
24 April 2023: Meeting with Cornwall Council. Read more.
19 April 2023: Cornwall Council extends expiry dates on park and ride multi-day tickets. Read more.
10 April 2023: Go Cornwall publish Sunday and bank holiday timetable for 85 route. Read more.
7 April 2023: Amended version of 56 timetable published by Go Cornwall. Read more.
6 April 2023: Park and ride ticket refund achieved from First. Read more.
3 April 2023: Park and ride multi-day ticket expiry dates explained. Read more.
23 March 2023: Park and ride ticketing, formal complaint to Cornwall Council. Read more.
20 March 2023: Park and ride fare increases from 1 April. Read more.
19 March 2023: Evidence of specific failings in the RTPI systems. Read more.
19 March 2023: No change to concessionary fares scheme after pointless public consultation. Read more.
7 March 2023: New timetables to take effect from 2 April. Read more.
19 February 2023: Maximum £2 single fare extended until end June 2023. Read more.
13 February 2023: Park and ride ticket system fundamentally changed. Read more.
27 January 2023: Mid Cornwall round trip. Read more.
9 January 2023: RTPI system fabricates information about buses. Read more.
9 January 2023: Maximum single fare of £2 works using tap and cap system. Read more.
8 January 2023: Single bus fares capped at £2 for January to March. Read more.
25 December 2022: Bus services over Christmas and New Year. Read more.
24 December 2022: Unsafe building hit by car means A390 at Grampound closed to all traffic. Read more.
14 December 2022: Consultation on changes to concessionary bus travel scheme. Read more.
3 December 2022: Transport for Cornwall website, small step forward. Read more.
30 November 2022: Reply to question to Cornwall Council. Read more.
27 November 2022: Question to Cornwall Council about failings of Transport for Cornwall website. Read more.
21 November 2022: Progress on RTPI system as it shows cancelled service on strike day. Read more.
18 November 2022: RTPI system fails to advise passengers of cancellations on bus strike days. Read more.
17 November 2022: further strikes by First Bus drivers going ahead 18 & 21 November. Read more.
9 November 2022: Transport for Cornwall website not keeping timetables up to date. Read more.
1 November 2022: strikes by First Bus drivers again planned for 4 November. Read more.
28 October 2022: meaningless information from Cornwall Council on Bus Fares Pilot progress. Read more.
27 October 2022: changes to some GoCornwall timetables from 30 October. Read more.
24 October 2022: care worker stranded because of service failures by GoCornwall Bus. Read more.
13 October 2022: still awaiting Sunday timetables on route 27. Read more.
12 October 2022: a small reconnoitre on route 95 at St Kew Highway. Read more.
7 October 2022: strikes by First Bus drivers could impact services across Cornwall. Read more.
21 September 2022: “phantom” and “stealth” buses on the real time passenger information system. Read more.
18 September 2022: new timetables - issues with information in some timetable cases at bus stops. Read more.