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The Big Truro Market
From Saturday the 25th of May to Saturday the 31st of August, The Big Truro Market will be taking place between the hours of 05:00 and 19:00 closing off Boscawn Street.
This will affect services in and around Truro.
Buses will be diverting as follows:
Services from Treliske,
Buses will travel from Truro Rail Station and drop off outside the Museum. They will then travel to Victoria Square and back to Ferris Town, turn right up past the Law Courts and take the back road passing the NCP car park to Trafalgar Roundabout and then into the Bus Station.
Outbound
Buses will travel to Trafalgar Roundabout and turn left, go along St Austell Street passing the NCP car park. Then passing the Law Courts and turn left to go past the Museum and into Victoria Square. From here they will pick up outside Mallets and resume their normal line of route to the Rail Station.
Services U1/U1A from Falmouth
From Lander Monument buses will travel down Lemon Street, then turn right into Fairmantle Street, pass Iceland to the roundabout, bear left onto Morlaix Avenue, and then turn left for the Bus station.
Outbound buses will not be affected.
We apologise for any inconvenience his may cause.
Service T3: Parka Road and Station Road, St Columb Road
From Tuesday the 28th of May to Wednesday the 29th of May, there will be a closure at Parka Road and Station Road, St Columb Road.
This will affect service T3.
Buses will be diverting as follows:
Towards Truro
Buses will take their normal line of route to Atlantic Reach, then to Halloon roundabout. They will then continue along the A39 to Hilghgate Hill Roundabout. They will then take the first exit and travel to the mini roundabout onto Moorland Road. After this they will continue onto Fraddon Hill and turn right onto Parka Road where they will resume their normal line of route at St Columb Road Co-op.
Towards Newquay
Buses will take their normal line of route to St Columb Road Co-op, then turn left onto Parka Road. They will then turn left onto Fraddon Hill and continue through Indian Queens turning right at the second mini roundabout and onto Hilghgate Hill Roundabout. They will then take the fourth exit and take the A39 to Halloon roundabout where they will resume their normal line of route at Atlantic Reach.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Service U4: Wedron Street and Godolphine Road, Helston
from Monday the 10th of June to Friday the 14th of June, there will be a closure along Wedron Street and Godolphine Road, Helston between the hours of 23:30 and 07:00.
This will affect the U4 service towards Falmouth.
Buses will be diverting as follows:
After serving Helston Boating Lake, buses will divert up Furry Way and turn left onto Meneage Street. They will then turn left down Coinagehall Street where they will pick up outside the Blue Anchor (opposite the normal stop). After this they will loop back around Furry way, with the next stop being Tesco.
Please note that buses will be unable to serve the Godolphin House Stop for the duration of this closure.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Service U1, UA & U1E: A390, Truro
From Monday the 20th of May to Saturday the 8th of June, there will be a road closure along the A390, Truro, between the hours of 19:00 and 06:00.
This will affect the U1, U1A & U1E service.
Buses will be diverting via Greenbottom and Fernleigh Barn Camp site in both directions.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Service 17A: Madron
Buses will be unable to serve Madron from Monday the 20th of May to the 31st of May 2024 between 0730 and 1700, excluding weekends and bank holiday weekend 25th to 27th.
This will affect service 17A.
There will be a Shuttle Bus Monday to Friday between Penzance and Madron.
Penzance Bus Station departing at 09:15, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 13:30, 14:30, 15:31 & 16:46.
Madron Church departing at 08:34, 09:43, 10:47, 11:47, 12:47, 13:47, 14:47, 15:52, 17:07.
Shuttle operated by Go-Cornwall.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Service U4: Wendron Street, Helston
From the 30th of May to the 31st of May 2024, there will be a closure along Wendron Street, Helston between the hours of 19:00 and 05:00.
This will affect the U4 services operating towards Falmouth.
Buses will be diverting as follows:
Buses will take their norrmal line of route to Helston Boating Lake. They will then turn right onto A394 Whitehill Terrace. At the roundabout outside the SPAR shop, they will turn left into Meneague Street, and continue along Meneague Street and turn left into Coinage Hall Street.
Please note that buses will serve the bus stop outside the Blue Anchor for both directions.
After the Blue Anchor, buses will proceed to the roundabout and turn left onto A394 Whitehill Terrace and right at the SPAR onto Meneague Street. They will then continue to the roundabout outside the Cottage Hospital and turn left onto A394 Clodgey Lane and left again continuing along Clodgey Lane to the next roundabout where they will turn left. After this they will continue along Clodgey Lane, turn right into TESCOs, and resume their normal line of route.
Please note that for the duration of this closure, we will be unable to serve stops in Godolphin Road.
Buses operating towards Penzance will be unaffected by the above diversion.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Service 24: Charlestown Road St Austell
There will be a closure along Charlestown Road St Austell from Saturday 18th of May to Sunday 19th May 2024 for tree felling.
This will affect service 24.
Buses will be diverting as follows:
Buses will take their normal line of route to ASDA then turn right onto the A390 as usual. They will then continue to the next set of traffic lights where they will turn right into Porthpean Road. At the roundabout, they will follow the road ahead and take the first road on the left onto Duporth Road.
Following the road to the T junction at the end, they will turn left into Charlestown Road and then right into Church Road where they will resume their normal line of route.
Towards St Austell:
Buses will take their normal line of route to Charlestown Church and then follow the road to the T junction at the end. They will then turn left into Charlestown Road, right into Duporth Road, and follow Duporth Road to the T junction at the end. Here they will turn right into Porthpean Road. At the roundabout, they will take the second exit and to continue along Porthpean Road.
At the traffic lights, they will turn left onto A390 Cromwell Road where they will resume their normal line of route.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.