5A Plymouth to Elburton via Oreston, Staddiscombe
Operated by Plymouth Citybus. First bus 05:45, last bus 23:30. 54 journeys on weekdays. Fares: adult single £2.50 to £3.00 — more.
Wanted a different 5A? 31 other bus routes are numbered 5A elsewhere in the UK — see every 5A bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 05:45 | 06:35 | 07:05 | 07:35 | 08:35 | 09:00 | 09:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 | 12:00 | 12:30 | 13:00 | 13:30 | 14:00 | 14:30 | 15:05 | 15:35 | 16:10 | 16:45 | 17:10 | 17:40 | 18:15 | 19:05 | 21:05 | 23:05 |
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| Royal Parade (Stop A12) | 05:45 | 06:35 | 07:05 | 07:35 | 08:35 | 09:00 | 09:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 | 12:00 | 12:30 | 13:00 | 13:30 | 14:00 | 14:30 | 15:05 | 15:35 | 16:10 | 16:45 | 17:10 | 17:40 | 18:15 | 19:05 | 21:05 | 23:05 |
| Higher Stert Terrace (NE-bound) | 05:50 | 06:41 | 07:12 | 07:42 | 08:42 | 09:07 | 09:37 | 10:07 | 10:37 | 11:07 | 11:37 | 12:07 | 12:37 | 13:07 | 13:37 | 14:07 | 14:37 | 15:12 | 15:42 | 16:17 | 16:52 | 17:17 | 17:47 | 18:22 | 19:11 | 21:11 | 23:11 |
| Rollis Park Road (SW-bound) | 05:54 | 06:45 | 07:19 | 07:51 | 08:49 | 09:14 | 09:44 | 10:14 | 10:44 | 11:14 | 11:44 | 12:14 | 12:44 | 13:14 | 13:44 | 14:14 | 14:44 | 15:20 | 15:50 | 16:25 | 17:00 | 17:25 | 17:54 | 18:29 | 19:15 | 21:15 | 23:15 |
| Broadway West (SE-bound) | 05:58 | 06:50 | 07:25 | 07:56 | 08:55 | 09:20 | 09:50 | 10:20 | 10:50 | 11:20 | 11:50 | 12:20 | 12:50 | 13:20 | 13:50 | 14:20 | 14:50 | 15:26 | 15:56 | 16:31 | 17:06 | 17:31 | 18:00 | 18:35 | 19:20 | 21:20 | 23:20 |
| Southgate Avenue (SE-bound) | 06:02 | 06:54 | 07:30 | 08:01 | 09:00 | 09:25 | 09:55 | 10:25 | 10:55 | 11:25 | 11:55 | 12:25 | 12:55 | 13:25 | 13:55 | 14:25 | 14:55 | 15:31 | 16:01 | 16:36 | 17:11 | 17:36 | 18:05 | 18:40 | 19:24 | 21:24 | 23:24 |
| Charnhill Way (N-bound) | 06:07 | 06:59 | 07:35 | 08:07 | 09:05 | 09:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 | 12:00 | 12:30 | 13:00 | 13:30 | 14:00 | 14:30 | 15:00 | 15:38 | 16:08 | 16:43 | 17:18 | 17:43 | 18:10 | 18:45 | 19:29 | 21:29 | 23:29 |
Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off. Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. Switch a table to All stops for every stop it calls at, or open a stop's own page for live departures there.
Fares on the 5A
Adult single £2.50 to £3.00 · Adult return £5.00 to £6.00 · Child single £2.00 to £3.00 · Child return £4.00 to £5.50
Adult single fare table, stage to stage
| – | Exeter St, Charles Church | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | £2.50 | Astor Field | ||||||||||||||||
| – | £2.50 | £2.50 | Plymouth Gate | |||||||||||||||
| – | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Morley Arms | ||||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £2.80 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Breakwater Road/Pomphlett | |||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.80 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Oreston Road | ||||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.80 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Two Parks | |||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Plymstock Broadway | ||||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.80 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Goosewell School | |||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.80 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Holmwood Av/Green Park Rd | ||||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.80 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Holmwood Avenue | |||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Social Club/Staddiscombe | ||||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.80 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Shapley Gardens/Staddisc | |||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.80 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Blackstone Cl/Charnhill Way | ||||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | – | – | – | – | – | £2.50 | Elburton Village | |||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | – | £2.80 | £2.80 | £2.50 | – | – | – | – | – | £2.50 | £2.50 | Stanborough Road | ||
| £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.80 | – | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | – | – | – | – | – | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | Dolphin Court Road | |
| £2.80 | £2.80 | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | – | £2.50 | £2.50 | £2.50 | – | – | – | – | – | £3.00 | £3.00 | £3.00 | £2.50 | Morrisons Pomphlett |
Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is Royal Parade.
Go-Ahead's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 1 October 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with Plymouth Citybus before you travel.
Tickets on the 5A
Plymouth Citybus publishes singles and day returns on this route for adults and children.
Adult Return · Young Person Return
…and 2 more tickets on this route.
Ticket types come from Plymouth Citybus's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 1 October 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Plymouth Citybus.
Christmas & bank holidays
These dates are not the usual timetable for the day they fall on. They come from the operator’s published data, which for Christmas and New Year is often late or incomplete, so check with Plymouth Citybus before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.
Not published yet: Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Operators often publish festive timetables only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
- Christmas Eve — Thursday, 24 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Thursday (126 journeys in both directions together, against 54), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Plymouth Citybus before you travel.
- Monday, 28 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Monday (126 journeys in both directions together, against 54), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Plymouth Citybus before you travel.
- Tuesday, 29 December 2026 towards Elburton: 27 journeys, first 05:45 towards Plymouth: 27 journeys, first 06:08
- Wednesday, 30 December 2026 towards Elburton: 27 journeys, first 05:45 towards Plymouth: 27 journeys, first 06:08
- New Year's Eve — Thursday, 31 December 2026 The operator’s data lists more buses on this date than on an ordinary Thursday (126 journeys in both directions together, against 54), which usually means two timetables have been added together by mistake. Check with Plymouth Citybus before you travel.
Route map
All stops on route 5A
5A towards Elburton
All 30 stops
- Royal Parade (Stop A12) Plymouth City Centre
- Viaduct (Stop B2) Plymouth City Centre
- Exeter Street (opp) Plymouth City Centre
- Friary Park (E-bound) Cattedown
- Cattedown Roundabout (E-bound) Cattedown
- Higher Stert Terrace (NE-bound) Cattedown
- Prince Rock School (SE-bound) Prince Rock
- Plymouth Gate (SE-bound) Prince Rock
- Sugar Mill (SE-bound) Pomphlett
- Breakwater Road (S-bound) Pomphlett
- Thornyville Villas (W-bound) Pomphlett
- Rollis Park Road (SW-bound) Oreston
- Oreston Road (SW-bound) Oreston
- Railway Cottages (E-bound) Oreston
- Birch Pond Road (E-bound) Plymstock
- Two Parks (E-bound) Plymstock
- Dean Cross (E-bound) Plymstock
- Broadway West (SE-bound) Plymstock
- Church Road (SE-bound) Plymstock
- Goosewell Primary (S-bound) Plymstock
- Greenhill Close (S-bound) Plymstock
- Challgood Rise (SW-bound) Plymstock
- Southgate Avenue (SE-bound) Staddiscombe
- Holmwood Avenue (NE-bound) Staddiscombe
- Lower Park Drive (SE-bound) Staddiscombe
- Social Club (SE-bound) Staddiscombe
- Coleman Drive (N-bound) Staddiscombe
- Shapleys Gardens (E-bound) Elburton
- Coltness Road (NE-bound) Elburton
- Charnhill Way (N-bound) Elburton
5A towards Plymouth
All 33 stops
- Charnhill Way (N-bound) Elburton
- James Close (E-bound) Elburton
- Elburton Methodist Church (NE-bound) Elburton
- Springfield Road (NE-bound) Elburton
- Elburton School (NW-bound) Elburton
- Stanborough Cross (NW-bound) Elburton
- Reservoir Road (W-bound) Elburton
- Russell Close (NW-bound) Plymstock
- Moorcroft Close (W-bound) Plymstock
- Southernway (SW-bound) Plymstock
- Dunstone View (S-bound) Plymstock
- Dunstone Road (S-bound) Plymstock
- Oakdene Rise (SW-bound) Plymstock
- Plymstock Bowling Club (W-bound) Plymstock
- Church Road (NW-bound) Plymstock
- Berry Park Road (NW-bound) Plymstock
- Plymstock Fire Station (W-bound) Plymstock
- Dean Cross (W-bound) Plymstock
- Two Parks (NW-bound) Plymstock
- Birch Pond Road (W-bound) Plymstock
- Railway Cottages (W-bound) Oreston
- Oreston Road (NE-bound) Oreston
- Rollis Park Road (NE-bound) Oreston
- Thornyville Villas (E-bound) Pomphlett
- Breakwater Road (N-bound) Pomphlett
- Morley Arms (NW-bound) Pomphlett
- Laira Bridge (NW-bound) Prince Rock
- Elliott Road (W-bound) Prince Rock
- Astor Fields (W-bound) Cattedown
- St Johns Church (W-bound) Cattedown
- Charles Church (o/s) Plymouth City Centre
- Viaduct (Stop B4) Plymouth City Centre
- Royal Parade (Stop A12) Plymouth City Centre
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 5A bus?
The first 5A departure on weekdays leaves at 05:45 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 5A bus?
The last 5A on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:30. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 5A bus cost?
Plymouth Citybus's published fares on the 5A: adult single £2.50 to £3.00, adult return £5.00 to £6.00, child single £2.00 to £3.00, child return £4.00 to £5.50. The 5A is confirmed by GOV.UK as part of the national fare cap, so a single costs at most £3 until 31 December 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Plymouth Citybus day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 5A bus?
The 5A is operated by Plymouth Citybus.
Timetable data from Plymouth Citybus via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South West England feed). Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.