rh bodied volvo b10m 50 open top buses at penzance in may 2010 parent firstgroup headquarters camborne service area cornwall somerset service type bus services routes 82 1 depots 6 fleet 419 september 2015 2 website firstkernow.co.uk busesofsomerset.co.uk first south west 3 is a bus company operating services in the english counties of somerset and cornwall . it is a subsidiary of firstgroup . first south west includes the first kernow buses of somerset and buses of taunton brands . contents 1 history 2 routes 3 fleet 4 depots 4.1 outstations 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit alexander dennis enviro400 in plymouth in june 2012 plaxton pointer ii bodied dennis dart in plymouth in august 2007 preserved ecw bodied leyland olympian in the old livery at penzance bus station in april 2012 first south west was known as first devon & cornwall until 2015 . this had been formed from two previous firstgroup companies western national in cornwall and south devon and red bus in north devon . firstgroup purchased independent cornish operator truronian in april 2008 and merged it into first devon & cornwall . 4 5 first somerset & avon routes around taunton and bridgwater were transferred to first devon & cornwall in 2014 and rebranded as the buses of somerset . on 6 september 2015 the plymouth dartmouth and tavistock garages were taken over by stagecoach south west . 6 7 torpoint depot is being used clarification needed to store the unused members of the fleet . at the same time first devon & cornwall changed their name to first south west to reflect their new area of operation which is only in cornwall and south somerset . routes edit first south west routes cover much of cornwall . it operates the park & ride service in truro . 8 in march 2015 first kernow commenced operating some of western greyhound following its sudden closure . fleet edit as at march 2013 the fleet consisted of 240 buses and coaches . 9 first south west operate one of the older firstgroup fleets with an average of 11.6 years . 10 new purchases are rare with most buses transferred from other group fleets . 11 until december 2006 first south west operated the last sizeable fleet of bristol vrt double deck buses in the united kingdom . 12 some of these bristol vrts were preserved . as at september 2013 the oldest buses in the fleet were seven 1987 alexander rh bodied volvo b10m 50s that have been converted to open top buses for services between penzance lands end and st ives . 11 13 depots edit bridgwater camborne newquay penzance taunton truro outstations edit eden project falmouth helston minehead padstow see also edit list of bus operators of the united kingdom references edit http www.firstgroup.com ukbus devon cornwall journey planning timetables index.php operator 6 & page 1 & redirect no http www.ukbuses.co.uk fleet fdc.pdf companies house extract company no 1669417 first south west limited first to buy truronian busandcoach.com 15 february 2008 anticipated acquisition by firstgroup plc of truronian limited office of fair trading 11 april 2008 first agrees sale of south devon business to stagecoach firstgroup 10 july 2015 firstbus agrees to sell plymouth operations to stagecoach plymouth herald 13 july 2015 cornwall council http www.cornwall.gov.uk transport and streets public transport park and ride firstgroup fleetlist steve white about us first devon & cornwall a b first devon kernow somerset truronian uk buses 1 september 2013 fdc vr running day 09 12 06 sulzerpower.com service 300 cornwall explorer first south west external links edit media related to first devon and cornwall at wikimedia commons first kernow website cornwall buses buses of somerset website somerset buses v t e firstgroup united kingdom bus companies first aberdeen first berkshire & the thames valley first cymru first essex first glasgow first greater manchester first hampshire & dorset first midlands first leicester 94 % first midland red first potteries first 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