Travel /Transport

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Saltash Tunnel. £25 million update upgrade on the A38 Saltash Tunnel from autumn 2024 to Winter 2025/26. The networks are scheduled to help keep journeys safe, reliable and reduce the risk of unplanned closures. More details of the schedule can be found on National Highways website

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Latest updates

• Starting Monday 13 January - Overnight tunnel closures
• Starting on Monday 13 January, the overnight tunnel closures will begin.
• From Monday 13 January until the end of February 2025, the eastbound carriageway of the tunnel will be closed on weeknights (8pm to 6am). This will enable us to work in and around the tunnel.
• To limit disruption, our initial closures will only affect eastbound traffic. Westbound traffic will be able to use the tunnel as usual.
• Eastbound traffic will use local diversion routes. The tunnel will be open as normal during the day and at weekends.
• By closing the tunnel only at night, we can reduce the impact on the local community and drivers.
• At the end of February, the full overnight closures will begin in both directions. We will provide further updates in due course.
• The overnight tunnel closures will continue until Winter 2025 / 2026.
• Diversions
• From 13 January until the end of February 2025, eastbound traffic will be diverted overnight from Carkeel roundabout via the B3271 and North Road.

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Downderry and Seaton Community Bus. Weekly to Plymouth and Liskeard, plus excursions.

See Community Bus page for full details

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Bus Timetable. from March 2024 Go Cornwall Bus. See Route 75 for buses through our villages Click here

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Public Transport Survey  We are grateful those who responded to the Public Transport Survey we conducted in the Spring of 2022. The report was published in the autumn and presented at the AGM of St German & Area Public Transport Group on 11 October 2022 - see below.

Almost 400 people responded to the survey, train and bus users, and some who did not use public transport but had views they wanted to share. What follows is a brief early comment on the results.

There was overwhelming support for a well-connected public transport system, linking villages etc to ferries, to St Germans station, to market towns etc. There was also a wish to be able to get from an inland location to the sea. Of those people using St Germans station, 60% travelled by car. 35% used public transport to get to work or education, BUT there were frequent comments about NOT being able to get to work using public transport - for many it was that there is not an early enough bus or train. Clearly bus and train users generally appreciated having public transport. However, lots of people commented on matters of reliability (buses or trains delayed or cancelled) and mentioned high fares. There were also negative comments about the lack of connexion between modes of transport.

Read the full Survey:

* St Germans Public Transport Survey Results  

David Whiteway (GWR) has sent answers to the Train questions which had been submitted before the meeting.

* GWR Responses to STGPT AGM Oct 2022

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 Bus Route From September 2023. The 75 service will operate every two hours, but will no longer serve Great Park. The bus will arrive in Liskeard before 10.00 a.m. (0947) - responding to feedback at the June public meeting. We have been told that there will no longer be a 75A St Germans bus to Plymouth, as not enough passengers have been using the service. There will still be a morning and afternoon school bus, however. Cornwall Council are in ongoing negotiations with Saltash Red Bus to provide some feeder buses in the East Cornwall area. We will continue to attempt to get a service through St Germans, Polbathic etc that will suit people’s needs - but I fear it will take some time for anything to be achieve

Trains:  Further strikes have been announced by the RMT week beginning 29Jan 2024. Check with GWR for changes affectong the South West

CityBus Timetable. No 75; Liskeard - Torpoint - Liskeard View Here