Getting around
Contact the Devon County Public Transport Help Line (01392-382800; www.devon.gov.uk/devonbus; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri) for information and timetables. It also provides the invaluable Devon Public Transport Map and the Discovery Guide to Dartmoor.
First Western National (01271-376524; www.firstgroup.com) serves most of north Devon and much of the south and east, including most Dartmoor services.
Stagecoach Devon (01392-427711; www.stagecoachbus.com) operates mostly local services and buses from Plymouth to Exeter or Totnes. Timetables are available to download from the website. The Day Explorer (adult £5) allows one day’s travel on Stagecoach Devon buses, while the Goldrider pass (one week £18) is valid for a week.
Devon’s rail network skirts along the south coast through Exeter and Plymouth to Cornwall. There are picturesque stretches where the line hugs the seashore. Two branch lines run north: the 39-mile Tarka Line from Exeter to Barnstaple and the 15-mile Tamar Valley Line from Plymouth to Gunnislake. The Devon Day Ranger (£10) allows a day’s unlimited travel on Devon trains including Plymouth and the Tamar Valley line.
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