DEVON
 
Despite being a very rural county, Devon has a very good bus network provided by several different bus companies.  To assist travellers, Devon County Council produces a range of timetable books and maps, details of which can be found on the internet at

www.devon.gov.uk/index/transport/public_transport/buses/bus_guides_and_maps.htm

(NOTE - Although there is an on-line form for ordering these publications, you may find it easier to obtain them by sending an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Most Devonbus publications are also usually available in Exeter Bus Staion's enquiry office).
 
 
Important Long Distance Bus Services
 
X9    -  Exeter - Okehampton - Holsworthy - Bude
X38  -  Exeter - Plymouth
X46  -  Exeter - Torquay - Paignton
X53  -  Exeter - Lyme Regis - Bridport - Weymouth - Poole
X64  -  Exeter - Newton Abbott - Totnes - Kingsbridge (also to Salcombe on Sundays)
X80  -  Plymouth - Totnes - Paignton - Torquay
X92  -  Exeter - Wellington - Taunton
 
1 / 2 / 21  -  Barnstaple - Bideford - Appledore / Westwood Ho !
12    -  Newton Abbott - Torquay - Paignton - Brixham
82    -  Exeter - Mortonhampstead - Princeton - Plymouth (a 3 hour trip across the middle of Dartmoor during the Summer, usually in a double decker)
93    -  Plymouth - Kingsbridge - Dartmouth
111  -  Torquay - Paignton - Totnes - Dartmouth
120  -  Torquay / Paignton - Kingswear (usually operated by a open top bus during the summer)
155  -  Exeter - Tiverton - Barnstaple
186  -  Barnstaple - Okehampton - Tavistock (connecting for Plymouth)  #
315  -  Exeter - Crediton - Bideford - North Tawton - Barnstaple
325 / 377  -  Exeter - Crediton - Copplestone - Barnstaple
337  -  Barnstaple - South Moulton - Taunton (shoppers bus)
380  -  Exeter - Honiton - Axminster
510  -  Exeter - Okehampton - Launceton - Newquay
 
#  =  New service from October 2008, replacing existing service 86
 
Particularly Scenic Services
Many bus services that operate outside the built up areas of Devonpass through pleasent countryside, but  in addition to routes 82, 93, 111, 186, 315, 325 & 337 listed above, the following services are particularly worth sampling:
 
2       -  Exeter - Dawlish - Teignmouth - Newton Abbott
3       -  Barnstaple - Ilfracombe - Combe Martin
81C  -  Plymouth - Torpint - Cawsand - Cremyl  (crosses the Torpoint Ferry)
173 / 359  Exeter - Mortonhampstead
302  -  Barnstaple - Woolacombe
319  -  Barnstaple - Bideford - Clovelly - Hartland (also to Bude on Sundays)
360  -  Exeter - Dunchideock - Bridford
 
In addition, a network of special inter-connecting bus services operates across Dartmoor on Sundays during the Summer - see the special Dartmoor Sunday Rover leaflet.