The UK is world-renowned for its operation of open-top buses in the vast majority of its tourist towns and cities and along its scenic coastlines. Richard Sharman investigates the hive of activity that has occurred in Cornwall over the last year with First South West’s rapidly growing open-top fleet
If someone said to you Cornwall, what would you instantly think of? Lands End, the filming location for the popular television programme Doc Martin, the famous Cornish Pasty or the beautiful rugged coastline and tin mines? It is a county that has so much to offer, and that is why First South West has been developing new brands and routes to help the 210,000 annual tourists, both domestic and European, leave their cars at the holiday park or nearby a bus station and take the open-top bus to explore the region.
Transport for Cornwall is born
29 March 2020 was a date that changed the landscape for First Bus’ most distant operating company from its Aberdeen head office; that was the date that Cornwall Council launched a new bus network with new tender awards, a new all-over red livery and the name Transport for Cornwall.
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