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MOTOR BUS ROUTE "80" PLYMOUTH to CROWNHILL and BOWDEN CROSS On Saturday November 23rd 1935 the Western National Omnibus Company started a new motor bus service number 80 from Plymouth to Crownhill and Bowden Cross. The service ran from Plymouth's St Andrew's Cross through Old Town Street, Tavistock Road, North Hill, Mutley Plain, Hender's Corner, Hartley, Crownhill (Tamar Hotel), Fort Austin Avenue to Bowden Cross. In fact, the majority of the journeys terminated at the Tamar Hotel, Crownhill, and only the 9.38am, 11.38am, 1.38pm, 3.38pm, 5.38pm, 7.38pm, and 9.38pm (last bus) ones ran right through to Bowden Cross, where they arrived seventeen minutes after leaving St Andrew's Cross. The inward journeys started from the Widey Cafe at Crownhill, except for the 9.56am, 11.56am, 1.56pm, 3.56pm, 5.56pm, 7.56pm, and 9.56 (last bus) from Bowden Cross. On Sundays the first outward journey was the 11.38am, which went to Bowden Cross, and returned as the first inward journey at 11.56am. The single adult fares from Plymouth in the summer of 1939 were: to to the old City boundary at Hartley, 2d; to Manadon Lodge, 3d; to the Tamar Hotel, 4d; and to Bowden Cross, 5d. The return fare to Bowden Cross was 8d. It was reported in August 1941 that services to Crownhill were being operated by a London-red 54-seat double-deck vehicle borrowed from the Brighton and Hove Omnibus Company. As from Thursday October 1st 1942 Western National service 80 became Plymouth Joint Services route 80.
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