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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    I am concerned that the TT's for the T1/Y1 shows these services operating later in the evenings than before lockdown at the expense of T2/Y2 thus depriving people who would require a service T2 to Thornbury from the A38 Gloucester Road or Y2 to Yate from the A432 Fishponds Road / Downend Road /...
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    West Country Independents

    the 300/301 was run by Bristtol Omnibus Company and commenced operations following the opening of the original Severn Bridge.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    When I moved to Yate there was the 31 to Swindon, the 32 to Cirencester, the 400 to Stroud, the 128 ? to Chippenham from Chipping Sodbury and there was a couple of services using the A46 at Old Sodbury which I thought ran Bath - Cheltenham but I can't recall service number. That was in the...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Was there at one time a Bath to Cheltenham service which had connections at Cheltenham for Stratford ?
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    Strangest bus destination screens?

    In my area via points are essential on the blind as from the small town I live in there are 5 services to Bristol each following a different route depending on which via villages the service serves.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Bristol Post reporting FWE ticket machines updated to display number of passengers and display 'bus full' on the destination.
  7. M

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Never use P&R at Christmas times.
  8. M

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Was on a Stagecoach service, found to be harmless after the panic.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Having looked at a map revert to descending the hill from Landsdown, then right at the traffic lights and continue along George Street and then left into Gay Street terminating at Queen Square and going round the Square as the service used to a number of moons ago.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    I can't see why the Lansdown P & R can't revert to the former terminus in the square with that column thingy in the centre garden and follow the same route as before.
  11. M

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    No distancing instructors on the 2 gas buses I travelled on today apart from the front pair of seats just by the doors.
  12. M

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Does Baker Dolphin operate stage services, I remember some time in the past seeing them as operator of contracted services.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    I note the Bristol Post is today reporting that the North Somerset Council is urgently seeking a replacement for the X5 Weston - Cribbs Causeway.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    I would be interested to know the route the gas buses used to get to Bristol on their delivery run. A driver told me he thought one refueling stop was at Nottingham. Any poster to this forum able to enlighten me, thanks.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    First are still on the lookout for the site north of Bristol for a depot/out station. I know a site which was identified to First between the M4 and the ring road at Willy Wicket but they were beaten hands down for the land by Travelodge who snapped up the land, obtained planning permission and...
  16. M

    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    be interesting to see your picture.
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    Websites and apps that have a bus tracker that shows the reg number or fleet number of the vehicles.

    First West of England were on bustimes.org but seems to have turned off their tracking at present as stops were still showing normal timetable rti but now the la responsible for the rti has switched the system off and is displaying refer to timetables. Of course the displayed timetables are the...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    A P&R at Hicks Gate would also allow for a Metrobus service provided from there to Abbey Wood, Filton, Pathway, Aztec West and Cribbs.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    I've been on a dual door bus and when I needed to alight at a metrobus stop (Hambrooke) and duly standing by the rear door the bus stopped, the driver opened the front doors, I called 'doors please driver' to which the driver replied, 'this in not a metrobus service'.!!!!

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