Buses in Devon 2019

In the non-too distant past mention buses in Devon to a bus enthusiast and thoughts of the red and ivory buses of Devon General will come to mind. In fact Devon General celebrated what would have been it’s centenary, if it was still operating, in 2019. In 2019 the contemporary bus scene is dominated by Stagecoach South West, with modern buses wearing the corporate livery, but with a number of exceptions. In the Torbay area, for example we see new ADL Enviro400MMC double-deckers painted in a smart two-tone red and white livery laid out in corporate style for the ‘hop12’ group of routes. There is a green version of the livery, hop22, as well as a purple one hop2. Open-top buses feature a two-tone yellow and white livery (hop122) with buses in the Torbay area featuring cartoon characters - with younger travellers encouraged to spot these buses. We begin this review of buses in Devon with a visit to Exeter in June 2019.