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14:50 Penzance to Exeter St Davids
15:20 Plymouth to Gunnislake
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17:44 Plymouth to Gunnislake
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18:28 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare
12/01/25 18:35 Severn Beach to Bristol Temple Meads
18:35 Gunnislake to Plymouth
18:58 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
19:35 Severn Beach to Bristol Temple Meads
20:08 Trowbridge to Cardiff Central
20:25 Avonmouth to Bristol Temple Meads
20:26 Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
20:28 Weston-Super-Mare to London Paddington
20:37 Trowbridge to Bristol Temple Meads
21:05 Weston-Super-Mare to Bristol Temple Meads
21:28 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
22:30 Cardiff Central to Bath Spa
22:35 Bristol Temple Meads to Trowbridge
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14:00 Cheltenham Spa to Swindon
15:08 Trowbridge to Cardiff Central
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12/01/25 15:35 Severn Beach to Weston-Super-Mare
15:42 Exeter St Davids to Cardiff Central
16:05 Trowbridge to Cardiff Central
12/01/25 16:35 Severn Beach to Weston-Super-Mare
17:28 London Paddington to Weston-Super-Mare
17:37 Barnstaple to Exeter Central
18:00 Cardiff Central to Taunton
18:25 Cardiff Central to Trowbridge
19:00 Cardiff Central to Taunton
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« on: December 09, 2023, 16:36:33 »

Withdrawn from London Route 159 early afternoon amongst howls of anguish from bus lovers and howls of delight from disability rights campaigners - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEC_Routemaster
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« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2023, 18:05:44 »

Incroyable that the type of bus I caught for travel to school - and would on rare occasions receive bun pennies in the change for the fare (and on even more rare occasions pay the fare in bun pennies) - was still in service as recently as 2005.

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