It was announced at the beginning of March that bus and coach company OTS, based in Falmouth would be working in partnership with Go Cornwall Bus to deliver improvements to bus services in and around the town.

To deliver the contract OTS have invested over £750,000 in brand new Mercedes buses, more information can be found on that by clicking here.

From today (30th) OTS will be saying welcome aboard and operating the new services.

Announced on Facebook, OTS said:

"We are very proud to be operating these services under the exciting new countywide "Transport for Cornwall" network with Cornwall Council and our partner operators. Look out for our shiny bright red buses!

"We also need to apologise. We wish we could have published the full details of these services sooner, but frequent amendments as a result of the current Coronavirus pandemic have delayed this until today."

These services are:

- 33: St Keverne to Helston via Manaccan. Formerly service 323.

- 35/35A: Falmouth to Helston via Mawnan and Constantine. This service now operates direct to Budock. For buses to Acacia & Conway Road, see services 65/65A.

- 42: Falmouth to Camborne via Stithians. Formerly service 442.

- 60: Falmouth Town Centre Loop. Formerly service 366. *Please bear in mind this service is temporarily withdrawn in the light of the Coronavirus outbreak.*

- 65/65A: Falmouth Town services to Acacia, Conway Road, Longfield, Golden Bank and Swanvale (clockwise and anti-clockwise).

- 67: Falmouth Coastal Circular. Formerly service 367.

- 69/69A. Falmouth to Mylor via Flushing (69) and Mabe via Greenwood Crescent & ASDA (69A).

Click here to see the timetable.

OTS added:

"We will be operating much more frequent timetables on these services as soon as we can justify it. We thank you for your patience in these trying times, and we thank our staff for their remarkable resilience.

"Please be patient with our staff over the coming days and weeks while they adjust to our new network in the face of unprecedented challenges. Please observe Government Guidelines and pay by contactless where possible."