How to use the service

There are 16 seats on the bus and whilst it’s not essential it is best to call the previous evening (before 9pm) to make sure of your seat, particularly if you are picking up the bus from the more remote areas on the route. If you’re cycling in the area and want to bring your bike on the bus you will need to book to ensure there is room. Please use the numbers listed beside each days schedule.

Coleridge Facts

• Since 1978, when the service began with a bus on loan, volunteer drivers have brought people from the rural surroundings of Kingsbridge into the town - picking up in different locations each morning from Tuesday to Friday every week.
  
  
• There are also occasional afternoon excursions to destinations suggested by the passengers - maybe to a garden centre or a scenic tour of Dartmoor or a bigger centre for shopping. The Coleridge Bus is a lifeline for many - and is much more than just a means of transport.
  
  
• The service is self-supporting - not grant aided. Since 1978 fund-raising has kept the Coleridge Bus independent.
  
  
• It is regulated and bound by legislation in the same way as other public transport services.
  
  
• Most of the volunteer drivers hold PSV licences which qualify them to drive anything from a small bus to a double-decker. The challenges of the narrow, twisting South Hams lanes dictate the size of the Coleridge Bus.
  
  
• The Coleridge Bus is probably the longest running community bus in the South West and as far as we are aware is the only on operating on a full bus company licence and operated by volunteers.