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We hope you are keeping Sunday 31st August 2025 clear to come to our ‘Devon General Remembered’ running day at Exmouth! We will be running free bus services from Exmouth to Budleigh Salterton, Littleham Village, Woodbury and Lympstone, and weather permitting, an open-top Town Tour. The event is based at Imperial Road, close to Exmouth railway station and town centre bus stops, and runs from 1000 to 1600.

Amongst the Devon General buses you can travel on will be this unique 1937/53 Saunders Roe-bodied AEC ‘Light Six’ Rebuild, ETT 995.

Posted 17th July 2025

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30 members, family and friends enjoyed the Society’s 2025 summer outing on Sunday 15th June, touring old Devon General routes around Dartmoor. Transport for the day was the Devon General Omnibus Trust’s preserved 1957 AEC Reliance VDV 798, which during its career spent some time based at Moretonhampstead depot.

A souvenir programme was produced for the participants.  You can download it here:

The tour started in Exeter at Sowton Park & Ride, and after further pick-ups in the city centre and St David’s Station, headed out to Moretonhampstead on the old 19 route. After a short break at Moretonhampstead to view the former Devon General depot in Court Street – most recently a motor museum, but now up for sale – SR798 followed the 16 route to Chagford, where a break was taken in the Square.

The tour continued via the 16 route to Okehampton until turning off and heading up to the railway station where a late lunch was taken. The station is the terminus of the line to Exeter that reopened for regular passenger services in November 2021. Members were able to view the Southern Railway-themed buildings and visit the Bulleid Buffet.

For the final leg of the tour SR798 followed the old Service 6 route back to Exeter.

VDV 798 at Sowton Park & Ride

VDV 798 at Moretonhampstead

VDV 798 at Chagford

VDV 798 at Okehampton Station

Thanks to Martin White for the images.

Posted 18th June 2025

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Posted 4th June 2025

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AEC Regent V 503 RUO at Thorverton during Devon General Remembered 2024. Thanks to Chris Drew for the photo.

We are returning to Exmouth for our 2025 ‘Devon General Remembered’ running day, on Sunday 31st August.

Based at Imperial Road in Exmouth, our event will feature preserved Devon General buses running free services around the town and to local destinations such as Budleigh Salterton. Weather permitting, there will also be an open-top bus tour. The Devon General Society sales stand will be present, selling bus books, magazines, photos and memorabilia, and our Membership stand will enable you to find out more about the DGS and to join us if you wish.

A souvenir programme will be available in advance and on the day, giving details of the timetables and the buses operating them – look out for further information about this. Vehicle entries are by invitation only and owners will be contacted soon.

A free feeder bus will run to the event from Exeter. Exmouth is easy to reach by public transport, with the main town centre bus stops and the railway station just a short walk from Imperial Road. There is also car parking nearby and plenty of cafes and shops. Public toilets are located next to the railway station.

Please keep Sunday 31st August 2025 free. We look forward to seeing you for a day beside the sea at Exmouth!

Posted 17th March 2025

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Nine Devon General buses and one Grey Cars coaches brought nostalgic travel to Tiverton on Sunday 1st September, at our ‘Devon General Remembered’ running day.

Mayor of Tiverton, Councillor Neal Davey, waves off the first bus

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
• 932 GTA Leyland Atlantean convertible open-top, from 1961
• 1 RDV AEC Reliance, from 1964
• 503 RUO AEC Regent V, from 1964
• VDV 137S Bristol VRT convertible open-top, from 1977
• A686KDV Leyland Olympian, from 1983

The buses and the coach provided free trips from the bus station on Tiverton town services, and out to Bampton, Thorverton and Tiverton Parkway, with an open topper running a local tour. In all, some 1,855 passenger journeys were made on the services. We would like to thank all the bus owners who brought their vehicles along, our enthusiastic team of  volunteers that made it all happen, and our sponsors.

Here are some images from the day, provided by Chris Drew, Paul Jenkins and Stephen Wren:

MTT 640

NTT 661

932 GTA

1 RDV

503 RUO

VDV 798

VDV 817

VDV137S

A686KDV

Posted 5th September 2024

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