Ten Devon General buses and one Exeter City Transport bus brought back memories at Exmouth on Sunday 31st August 2025, at our ‘Devon General Remembered’ running day. The inclusion of an Exeter bus was historically accurate, as the city buses ran on Services 5/85 Crediton – Exeter – Exmouth for many years, under the Joint Services Agreement between Devon General and Exeter Corporation.
Mayor of Exmouth, Councillor Graham Deasy, launches Devon General Remembered at Exmouth
The following vehicles took part:
- ETT 995 AEC ‘Light Six’ rebuild, from 1937/1953
- MTT 640 Leyland Titan, from 1951
- NTT 661 AEC Regent III, from 1952
- VDV 798 AEC Reliance, from 1957
- VDV 817 AEC Regent V, from 1957
- XTA 839, Albion Nimbus, from 1958
- 974 AFJ Guy Arab IV, from 1960 (Exeter City Transport)
- 932 GTA Leyland Atlantean convertible open top, from 1961
- 503 RUO AEC Regent V, from 1964
- CTT 513C AEC Regent V, from 1965
- A686KDV Leyland Olympian, from 1983
The buses provided free trips from Imperial Road – the site of the former Devon General bus depot in Exmouth – on recreated local routes around the town and out to Budleigh Salterton, Clyst St George, Littleham Village, Lympstone and Woodbury. An open topper ran a circular tour around Exmouth. In all, some 1,977 passenger journeys were made on the services, notwithstanding the wet weather for much of the day. We would like to thank all the bus owners who brought their vehicles along, our enthusiatic team of volunteers that made it all happen, and our sponsors – East Devon District Council, Exmouth Town Council, and Stagecoach South West.
Here are some images from the day, provided by Chris Drew, Paul Jenkins, Richard Nardi and Stephen Wren.
ETT 995 Imperial Road Exmouth
MTT 640
NTT 661 The Royal Avenue Exmouth
VDV 798 Nutwell Road Lympstone
VDV 817 Imperial Road Exmouth
XTA 839 Imperial Road Exmouth
974 AFJ Imperial Road Exmouth
932 GTA The Royal Avenue Exmouth
503 RUO
CTT 513C between Budleigh Salterton and Exmouth
A686KDV Coach park Exmouth
Posted 3rd September 2025
