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freetoview33

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As a regular user to the 3 and 4 there is no way of splitting them. It's not a service you'd get end to end but it is needed in it's current form. Extending the 11 would be loopy unless it was along the lines of the old 18 but then again it's less viable than the service as it is.
 
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As a regular user to the 3 and 4 there is no way of splitting them. It's not a service you'd get end to end but it is needed in it's current form. Extending the 11 would be loopy unless it was along the lines of the old 18 but then again it's less viable than the service as it is.
Is the 4 not the quickest route between Cribbs and the centre?
 

matt_splat

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i think looking at the timetables from the 15th we really are starting to see what is of value to first and what isn't route wise
 

Streamr_MXP

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bustimes seems to have removed all services from Wells, Weston-s-m & Bath, along with 33834 and possibly more buses for no apparent reason? I wonder what's going on...
 

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@freetoview33 knows it. It's Lawrence Weston - short for LW?

I know Turbo Island is very much for the Hipsters and more famous, but for me, Banjo Island (which wasn't far from where I lived) is my favourite bit of Bristol geographical nick-namery!!

Oh, I'd have never have guessed that. Thought it was some Spanish resort!

Cadders will always be Banjo Island for me. And of course, Trowvegas for my current town of Trowbridge (although not to be much longer!)
 

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bustimes seems to have removed all services from Wells, Weston-s-m & Bath, along with 33834 and possibly more buses for no apparent reason? I wonder what's going on...

the same has happened up here in Oldham all firstbus not showing on map
 

Streamr_MXP

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Earlier today, whilst travelling on the 177 to Bristol, I spotted WX58 JXO, 37605 on route 376. It appears it has returned from Bath, and is strangely operating the 376, along with Unibus MMC's. I thought the B9TL's were leaving Wells?
 

TheGrandWazoo

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Earlier today, whilst travelling on the 177 to Bristol, I spotted WX58 JXO, 37605 on route 376. It appears it has returned from Bath, and is strangely operating the 376, along with Unibus MMC's. I thought the B9TL's were leaving Wells?
They are but in time. Not all the e400s have arrived at Wells - some are still requiring painting and the ones done have displaced the Eclipses first AFAIK.
 

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37396 has collided with scaffolding in Oldfield Park on the 1 this lunchtime. (Bath Chronicle)
 

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The new 39/X39 timetable from the 14th of June shows that there will be an X39 every 15 minutes as normal and there will also be a 39 running only from Hicks Gate to Bristol every 15 minutes throughout the daytime too.
 

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1, 2, M1, 75, T2 are quicker. 3 and 73 are slower than the 4.
Always forget about the T2! Not so frequent of course, so think I have generally used the 2 if needing to travel between the two places.... which isn't very often. That said, looks like I was wildly inaccurate with my assumption of it being the 4!
 

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Didn't a Bath vehicle strike scaffolding or something similar about 18 months ago? One of the ALX B7TLs?
It was 32007 hit scaffolding at the end of New Bond Street when turning into Broad Street on a Lansdown P & R (!) That was sometime in August 2018 as it was in the bodyshop being repaired 24 August 2018.
 

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The tracker is back working on bustimes now but it only shows Bristol buses. The Bath and WsM buses dont work but do show up under the Bristol ones if they have the same number.
 

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They are but in time. Not all the e400s have arrived at Wells - some are still requiring painting and the ones done have displaced the Eclipses first AFAIK.
There are Olympia liveried Enviros at Wells again, (33831/3), having caught 33833 today so I wonder if Bath are trying to get their Uni MMCs back? Meanwhile 33834/7 have been seen in Bath, a few weeks ago now, repainted, though still haven't made their way to Wells for some reason. 33836 is the only repainted 14 reg Enviro at Wells.
 

freetoview33

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Always forget about the T2! Not so frequent of course, so think I have generally used the 2 if needing to travel between the two places.... which isn't very often. That said, looks like I was wildly inaccurate with my assumption of it being the 4!
At the moment off peak (midday departures) journey times from Cribbs to Town are

SE 25 mins (To Bus Station) When it ran
M1 32 mins (To The Centre)
T2 35 mins (To Bus Station)
1 42 mins (To Horsefair)
75 47 mins (To Broad Quay)
2 49 mins (To Horsefair)
4 52 mins (To Union Street)
3 61 mins (To Union Street)
73 62 mins (To Haymarket)
 

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At the moment off peak (midday departures) journey times from Cribbs to Town are

SE 25 mins (To Bus Station) When it ran
M1 32 mins (To The Centre)
T2 35 mins (To Bus Station)
1 42 mins (To Horsefair)
75 47 mins (To Broad Quay)
2 49 mins (To Horsefair)
4 52 mins (To Union Street)
3 61 mins (To Union Street)
73 62 mins (To Haymarket)

For convenience, the m1 is my go to, but for variety I like the 1.
 

Whiteway215

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37396 has collided with scaffolding in Oldfield Park on the 1 this lunchtime. (Bath Chronicle)
I liked the First West of England service update for this. The 1 was unable to travel its normal route to Moorland Road and was diverted via Wellsway and Englishcombe Lane. Englishcombe Lane hasn’t seen a bus service since Oct 1980 when the 15/215 City Centre to Whiteway Cemetery (Haycombe) was taken off as part of the Market Analysis Project (MAP) changes at that time.
 

ATW158Xpress

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At the moment off peak (midday departures) journey times from Cribbs to Town are

SE 25 mins (To Bus Station) When it ran
M1 32 mins (To The Centre)
T2 35 mins (To Bus Station)
1 42 mins (To Horsefair)
75 47 mins (To Broad Quay)
2 49 mins (To Horsefair)
4 52 mins (To Union Street)
3 61 mins (To Union Street)
73 62 mins (To Haymarket)
SE do you mean SEV service? SEV is due to finish on 14 June with no replacement service atm.
 

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