(04 Jan 2017, 9:58 pm)peter wrote The timetable displays it in a kind of loop format.
Beyond the Ridgeway the stopping points are displayed as follows:
Harton Nook
Marsden Inn
Horsley Hill Square Arrive
Harton Nook Prince Edward Road
And on return
Harton Nook
Marsden Inn
Horsley Hill Square Depart
Harton Nook Prince Edward Road
So as you can see, it's just the same stopping points repeated for both directions. The key is the arrival/departure from Horsley Hill Square which shows there is in fact a mere 1 minute layover - daytime buses arrive at 53 and 23 and depart at 54 and 24. As such the 'new' PVR is indeed 3. I can see how the two different Harton Nook stops may have caught you out!
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