SHAFTESBURY & DISTRICT
MOTOR SERVICES
How the route network
developed over the years |
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Whilst services and routes have
come and gone over the years some have remained remarkably little
changed such as the 32, 34 and 36. Salisbury and Dorchester
remain as continuing destinations, whereas Yeovil has disappeared from
the route list. Poole and Bournemouth were added, as were summer
seaside services in more recent years, after a gap of many years. |
1978 timetable |
1987 timetable |
1993 timetable |
2001 timetable |
2010 timetable |
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25 |
Wincanton - Kington - Gillingham - Stoke - Wincanton (Thursdays) |
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28/ 54 |
Shaftesbury - Hindon - Fovant - Salisbury (Mondays to Saturdays (evenings)) |
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31 |
Hill Farm - Shaftesbury (Mondays to Fridays, town service) |
(served by 32, 40A, 46) |
(served by 32, 39, 46, 47) |
(served by 32, 38, 39) |
(served by 35, 37, 38, 39, 45) |
32 |
Shaftesbury - Orchards - Stur Newton (Mondays) |
Shaftesbury - Orchards - Stur Newton (1st, 3rd Mondays) |
Shaftesbury - Orchards - Stur Newton (Mondays) |
Shaftesbury - Orchards - Stur Newton (Mondays) |
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33 |
Blandford - Fontmell - Shaftesbury (Schooldays) |
Iwerne Minster - Ashmore - Shaftesbury (Schooldays) |
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33A |
Fontmell Magna - Shaftesbury - East Orchard (Schooldays) |
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34 |
Margaret Marsh - Orchards - Shaftesbury (Thursdays) |
Margaret Marsh - Orchards - Shaftesbury (Thursdays) |
Margaret Marsh - Orchards - Shaftesbury (Thursdays) |
Todber - Margaret Marsh - Orchards - Shaftesbury (Thursdays) | Moorside - Margaret Marsh - Orchards - Shaftesbury (Thursdays) |
35 |
Stur Newton - Marnhull - Stours - Shaftesbury (Tuesdays, connects to Salisbury service) |
Stours - Gillingham - Shaftesbury (Tuesdays, connects to Salisbury service) |
Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Morden - Swanage (Thursdays in summer) |
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36 |
Marnhull - Todber - Stours - Shaftesbury (Thursdays) |
Marnhull - Todber - Stours - Shaftesbury (Thursdays) |
East Stour - Todber - Marnhull - Shaftesbury (Thursdays) |
East Stour - Todber - Marnhull - Shaftesbury (Thursdays) | East Stour - Marnhull - Stours - Shaftesbury (Thursdays) |
37 |
Stur Newton - Marnhull - Gillingham (Fridays) |
Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Spetisbury - Poole (Mondays) |
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38 |
Shaftesbury - Stours - Henstridge - Stalbridge (Tuesdays) |
Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Handley - Bournemouth (Fridays) | Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Handley - Bournemouth (Fridays) |
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39 |
Stalbridge - Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Salisbury (Tuesdays) |
Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Salisbury (Tuesdays) |
Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Salisbury (Tuesdays) |
Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Salisbury (Tuesdays) |
Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Salisbury (Tuesdays) |
40 |
Shaftesbury - Gillingham - Okefords - Woolland - Dorchester (2nd, 4th Wednesdays) |
Gillingham - Okefords - Winterbornes - Dorchester (Wednesdays) |
Shaftesbury - Gillingham - Okefords - Winterbornes - Dorchester (Wednesdays) |
Gillingham - Okefords - Winterbornes - Dorchester (Wednesdays) |
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40A |
Shaftesbury - Gillingham - Okefords - Winterbornes - Dorchester (1st, 3rd, 5th Wednesdays) |
Shaftesbury - Gillingham - Okefords - Winterbornes - Dorchester (Wednesdays) |
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41 |
Gillingham - Common Mead Lane (Fridays, town service) |
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42 |
(route number not apparently used) |
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43 |
Bovington - Wool - East Lulworth - Lulworth Cove (Sundays in summer, but did not operate) |
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43A |
Shaftesbury - Blandford - Wool - Lulworth Cove (Sundays in summer, but did not operate) |
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44 |
Bovington - Wool - Lulworth Cove (Sundays in summer, but did not operate) |
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45 |
Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Bere Regis - Weymouth (Mondays in summer) |
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46 |
Shaftesbury - Gillingham - Todber - Henstridge - Sherborne - Yeovil (Fridays) |
Shaftesbury - Stour Row - Todber - Henstridge - Sherborne - Yeovil (Fridays) |
Gillingham - Todber - Henstridge - Sherborne - Yeovil (Fridays) |
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46N |
Shaftesbury - Gillingham - Yeovil (Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays (evenings)) |
Shaftesbury - Gillingham - Yeovil (Fridays, Saturdays (evenings)) |
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47 |
Gillingham - Todber - Winterbornes - Poole (2nd, 4th Mondays) |
Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Iwerne Minster - Blandford - Poole (2nd, 4th Mondays) |
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48 |
Henstridge - Marnhull - Stur Newton - Poole (1st, 3rd Mondays) |
Gillingham - Stours - Henstridge - Stur Newton - Blandford - Poole (1st, 3rd Mondays) |
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49 |
Iwerne Steepleton - Shaftesbury (Mondays to Fridays in school term) |
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50 |
Stur Newton - Shaftesbury - Marnhull (Mondays to Fridays in school term) |
(operated by Cudlipp Coaches at this time) |
Stur Newton - Shaftesbury - Marnhull (Mondays to Fridays in school term) |
West / East Orchard - Shaftesbury (Schooldays) |
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51 |
Gillingham - Marnhull - Stur Newton (Mondays to Fridays in school term) |
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52 |
Shaftesbury - Rushmore (Mondays to Fridays in school term) |
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53 |
Dinton - Fovant - Shaftesbury (Mondays to Fridays in school holidays) |
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58 |
Shaftesbury - Bourton - Zeals - Mere - Gillingham (Mondays to Saturdays) |
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59 |
Shaftesbury - Gillingham - Shaftesbury Shuttle (Mondays to Saturdays) |
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80 |
Gillingham - Mere - Maiden Bradley - Frome - Bath (Wednesdays and Saturdays) |
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159 |
Shaftesbury - Motcombe - Gillingham (Schooldays) |
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400 |
Ashmore - Handley - Salisbury (Tuesdays, Saturdays) |
Cann Common - Ashmore - Handley - Salisbury (Tuesdays) |
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401 |
Handley - Ashmore - Shaftesbury (Thursdays) |
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803 |
Mere - Gillingham (Schooldays) |
From 28th July 2011 the operation of the ex-Victory service 400 to
Salisbury on Tuesdays passed to Damory Coaches (a Go-Ahead Group
subsidiary) as part of
a major retendering exercise of bus routes by Dorset County
Council. At the same time several long standing weekly routes
were deregistered, whilst operation of the daily Shaftesbury to
Gillingham
route was also lost to Damory Coaches of Blandford. This left the
following routes in operation at that time: 25 Wincanton - Gillingham Thursdays 35 Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Swanage summer Thursdays 37 Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Poole Mondays 39 Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Salisbury Tuesdays 45 Gillingham - Shaftesbury - Weymouth summer Mondays 80 Gillingham - Frome - Bath Wednesdays and Saturdays 159 Shaftesbury - Gillingham school journeys only By late 2013 the routes had contracted further with only the 37, 39 and 80 remaining in operation by Shaftesbury & District. Route 52 Bourton - Hindon - Tisbury - Warminster (Thursdays) was subsequently added. By summer 2015 operations now were only on routes 37, 39 and 52. The 80 to Frome and Bath had passed to Frome Minibuses on 1st February 2015. Summer of 2016 saw only two routes still operating, Mondays to Poole and Tuesdays to Salisbury. To note that the weekly route to Salisbury has survived in operation on Tuesdays for 40 years from the very earliest days of Shaftesbury & District. All three remaining routes ceased operation after 24 July 2017 following withdrawal of local authority support by Dorset. |
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