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MOTOR BUS ROUTE "132" PLYMOUTH to BIDEFORD On Monday May 13th 1929 the Western National Omnibus Company formally took over the National Omnibus Company's service 132 from Bideford to Plymouth. From Wednesday January 1st 1930 this became Western National's service 132 and it was operated jointly with the Southern National Omnibus Company Ltd. The service ran from Plymouth's St Andrew's Cross through Old Town Street, Tavistock Road, North Hill, Mutley Plain, Crownhill, Yelverton, Horrabridge, Tavistock, Lamerton, Milton Abbot, Launceston Square, St Gile's-in-the-Heath, Tetcott Cross, Holsworthy Square, Frithelstock, Monkleigh, and Landcross before terminating by the Quayside at Bideford. During the winter season of 1935-36 buses left Plymouth's St Andrew's Cross at 8.30am, 1.30pm and 6pm, taking one and a half hours to get to Launceston and three hours ten minutes for the full journey. The first bus from Bideford on a Monday morning left at 8am and was due to arrive in Plymouth at 11.15am. The rest of the week it left at 9am and was due in Plymouthn at 12.20pm. The next services left Bideford at 12.40pm and 6.40pm. Adult single fares from Plymouth in the winter of 1935-36 were: to Launceston, 3s 6d; to Holsworthy, 5 shillings; to Bideford, 6 shillings. The return fares to those places were 5s 6d, 7s 6d and ten shillings respectively, although there was a Cheap Day Return fare to Launceston for 4s 6d. Return tickets could be used to get home to Plymouth from Yelverton, Tavistock and Launceston by the Great Western Railway and from Tavistock and Holsworthy by the Southern Railway. For a short time in 1950 there was a 132A service between Devonport and Appledore.
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