Service Changes 1st*August 2016
Service 1 Wessex*(Bristol Centre Cribbs Causeway/Henbury) Change of route by the operator, service will now not be serving Cribbs Causeway and instead travelling from Westbury on Trym and Redland to Bristol Centre only. Frequency will be every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday.
Service 3A, 3C, 3X*(Bristol Centre/Clifton Aztec West) Timetable amended but number of journeys remain the same Monday to Friday. No change to route.
Service Changes 4th*September 2016
Service 1 First*(Cribbs Causeway Bristol Centre Broom Hill) timetable amended, no change to route. On Sundays and Public Holidays the daytime frequency has been increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes along the route.
Service 2 First*(Cribbs Causeway Bristol Centre Stockwood) timetable amended, no change to route. On Sundays and Public Holidays, the daytime frequency has been increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes along the entire route. Some Monday to Saturday late night journeys between the City Centre and Stockwood will be withdrawn.
Service X5 First*(Cribbs Causeway Portishead W-s-M) timetable amended but frequency remain the same across all days of operation. The section of route between Bristol Parkway Station and UWE Frenchay Campus will be withdrawn but passengers wishing to travel to and from UWE Frenchay Campus can change at Bristol Parkway Station for services 16, 18, 18A and 19.
The route in Clevedon is revised and will now additionally serve Millcross and Yeolands Drive. Some additional journeys to and from Portbury Docks have been introduce.
Service 6 First*(Kingswood Bristol Centre) No change to route but the Monday to Friday off-peak and Saturday timetable will be reduced from every 20 minutes to every 30 minutes. Monday to Friday peak time frequency will remain unchanged at every 20 minutes. Monday to Saturday evenings the frequency will be reduced from every 30 minutes to every 60 minutes.
Service 7 First*(Staple Hill Mangotsfield Bristol Centre) The route in Staple Hill for journeys towards the City Centre will be amended with buses serving White Lodge Road and Broad Street instead of part of Signal Road and Teewell Hill. This change is on the grounds of road safety.
The Monday to Friday off-peak and Saturday timetable will be reduced from every 20 minutes to every 30 minutes. Monday to Friday peak times frequency will remain unchanged. Monday to Sunday evenings the frequency will be reduced from every 30 minutes to every 60 minutes. Additional Sunday and Bank Holiday evening journeys will be introduced, the last departure will now be at 2310.
Service X7/Severn Express First(Bristol Chepstow Newport) service to be called Severn Express will no longer be referred to as Service X7, timetable amended but frequency remain the same across all days of operation.
Service 16 First*(Bristol Parkway Kingswood Hanham) New Service 16 provides a partial replacement for Service 81 serving Bristol Parkway to Hanham via Cossham Hospital and Kingswood. Service 16 will start at Bristol Parkway at times designed to connect with Service 82 where possible and will follow the current Service 81 route as far as Kingswood.
Service 16 will operate a slightly revised route from Kingswood and will operate via Courtney Road, Westons Way and Cock Road before joining the route at Hanham Road (provides a partial replacement for Service 17A). Service 16 will then operate via Hanham High Street before terminating at the Blue Bowl. For the return journey, Service 16 will operate a one-way loop around Hanham Common before returning towards Kingswood and Bristol Parkway. Service 16 will operate approximately every 60 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime.
The section of route on Service 81 between Yate and Bristol Parkway will be withdrawn. Service 82 follows the same route as Service 81 over this section and will continue to do so.
Service 17 First*(Keynsham Hanham- Kingswood Southmead Hospital) No change of route or frequency between Southmead Hospital and Keynsham. Service 17 will be supplemented by an additional journey every 60 minutes between Southmead Hospital and Kingswood via Staple Hill, meaning a 30 minute frequency between these points along the Service 17 route.
Service 17A First*(Keynsham Kingswood Southmead Hospital) this service has been cancelled by the operator, the section between Southmead Hospital and Kingswood will be served by the 17 every 30 minutes.
Service 42 serves North Common, Oldland Common and Bitton, providing links to Kingswood, where passengers can change for Service 17 towards Southmead Hospital. Service 16 (re-numbered from Service 81) will additionally serve Courtney Road, Westons Way and Cock Road and provide a partial replacement for Service 17A.
Service 18 First*(Emersons Green Southmead Hospital Henbury) Route enhanced to include Monday to Saturday evenings journeys and new hourly timetable on Sunday and Bank holidays. Service now extended into Lyde Green Park and Ride site on Sundays and Bank holidays
Service 18A First*(Emersons Green Southmead Hospital Avonmouth) Service improved to now operate an hourly timetable on Saturdays following support from Bristol and South Gloucestershire councils, there will be a 30 minute frequency along combined sections of route on the 18 and 18A on Mondays to Saturdays.
Service 37/37A First*(Bath Bitton Bristol) Change of route, from Bath Bus Station Service 37 will follow the same route as Services 38 and 39 as far as Keynsham town centre and will then operate via Keynsham Road to Willsbridge, before following the current route via Longwell Green, Hanham and Lawrence Hill into Bristol.
This change of route means that Service 37 will no longer serve Oldfield School, Swineford, Kelston or Bitton. These locations will continue to be served by every 30 minutes by Service 19, which links Bath and Cribbs Causeway via Oldfield School, Swineford, Kelston, Bitton, Cadbury Heath, Kingswood, Staple Hill, Downend, UWE and Bristol Parkway. Passengers wishing to travel to Bristol from Bitton can change buses to Services 43, 44 and 45 at Cadbury Heath, which provides up to 10 buses per hour into Bristol.
One AM journey from Bristol to Bath and one PM journey from Bath to Bristol will operate as a Service 37A, which follows the current Service 37 route via Oldfield School, Swineford, Kelston and Bitton.
Service 44 First*(Bristol Centre Hanham Cadbury Heath) timetable amended but frequency remain the same across all days of operation. Some late evening journeys have been removed due to low passenger demand, no change to route.
Service 45 First*(Bristol Centre Longwell Green Cadbury Heath) timetable amended but frequency remain the same across all days of operation. One late evening journey has been removed due to low passenger demand, no change to route.
Service 48 First*(Bristol Centre Downend Emersons Green) Overnight journeys will now only serve between the City Centre and Downend, The Trident and will not service Blackhorse and Emersons Green, rest of timetable amended but frequency remain the same across all days of operation.
Service 48A First*(Bristol Centre Fishponds UWE) Monday to Friday daytime frequency will be increased from every 20 minutes to at least every 10 minutes, which coincides with the start of the new academic year at UWE. No change to route
Service 49 First*(Bristol Centre Staple Hill Emersons Green) Overnight journeys will now only serve between the City Centre and Staple Hill, Teewell Hill timetable amended but frequency remain the same across all days of operation.
Service 60 Stagecoach*(Dursley W-u-E Thornbury) timetable amended but frequency remain the same across all days of operation, service will serve passengers wishing to go to Katherine Lady Berkeley School from Thornbury, Falfield and Charfield, No change to route.
Service 62/X62 Stagecoach(Gloucester Berkeley Bristol Centre) New service replacing 88 operating Monday to Saturday between Gloucester/Dursley and Bristol via Berkeley and Falfield (Gables Hotel) then direct to Bristol via the M5, M4 and M32. Seven journeys to/from Bristol will be provided Monday to Friday and five journeys on Saturdays. In Bristol the service will start/ finish at Bristol Bus Station. One peak journey called X62 will serve Aztec West and Filton College along A38 instead of M32.
Service 70 First*(UWE Filton Ave Bristol Centre) Monday to Friday, the frequency of buses will increase from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes. There is no change to the frequency on other days of operation.
The route between the City Centre and Bristol Temple Meads will be revised. From Colston Avenue, Service 70 will operate via Broad Quay, Prince Street, The Grove and Redcliffe Way to Bristol Temple Meads.
Service 71 First*(UWE Frenchay Campus Bristol Centre UWE Bower Ashton Campus) Service will be extended beyond the City Centre to UWE Bower Ashton Campus via Anchor Road, Hotwell Road, Brunel Way and Kennel Lodge Road but will no longer serve Bristol Temple Meads. Monday to Friday frequency of buses will increase from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes, there is no change to the frequency on other days of operation.
Service 72 First*(UWE Redland Bristol Centre) The service has been extended to start and terminate at Bristol Temple Meads, the service will operate via Cotham to Redland and will therefore no longer serve Whiteladies Road and Blackboy Hill. This route change will provide a direct link between the University of Bristol and UWE. No change to frequency of the route.
Service 73 First*(Cribbs Causeway Bradley Stoke Bristol Centre) Route extended to Bristol Temple Meads Station, route between Bristol Centre and Cribbs Causeway remains the same, timetable amended but change in frequency Monday to Friday to the peak time frequency, with buses generally operating every 15 minutes.
Service X74 First*(Bradley Stoke UWE Bristol) this service has been cancelled by the operator, there are a number of alternatives along certain section of the route.
A new Service UWE will be introduced and will provide a replacement for service X74 between the City Centre and UWE along with the existing X14 operated by Wessex Bus.
Little Stoke will continue to be served by services 18/18A, 19, 82 and 625 with Services 18/18A and 19 providing up to four buses per hour to and from UWE.
Filton continues to be served by services 75, 78 and 79, providing a service to and from the City Centre.
Passengers on Brook Way (section served by Service X74) may be able to use Services 73/X73 and 77.
There will be no service serving Braydon Avenue, however, frequent alternative services are available from either end of Braydon Avenue on Brook Way and Little Stoke Lane.
Service 75 First*(Cribbs Causeway Filton Bristol Centre Hengrove) Monday to Friday off-peak times and Saturdays frequency will be reduced from every 10 minutes to every 12 minutes. There is no change to the frequency at peak times and no change to route.
Service 76 First*(Cribbs Causeway Henbury Bristol Centre Hengrove) Monday to Friday off-peak times and Saturdays frequency will be reduced from every 10 minutes to every 12 minutes. There is no change to the frequency at peak times and no change to route.
Service 81 First*(Yate Bristol Parkway Hanham) Service 81 will be re-numbered and partially replaced by new Service 16. Please refer to Service 16 for further details.
Service 82 First*(Yate Bristol Parkway Southmead Hospital) Service will operate between Southmead Hospital and Yate only and will therefore no longer serve the section of route between Yate and Wotton-under-Edge via Chipping Sodbury. The route between Southmead Hospital and Yate will remain unchanged.
Service 84 and 85 will retain the link between Yate and Wotton-under-Edge via Chipping Sodbury and Wickwar.
The frequency Sundays and Public Holidays will be increased to hourly instead of two hourly frequency, no change to other days of operation frequency.
Service 84 Stagecoach*(Yate Wickwar W-u-E Hawkesbury Upton Yate) Change of operator from Wessex to Stagecoach, timetable amended across all days of operation. Serving now in a circular route in one direction with the 85 in the opposite direction. Route serving Yate train station, Yate shopping Centre, Wickwar, Cromhall, Charfield, Wotton-Under-Edge, Hawkesbury Upton, Horton, Chipping Sodbury back to Yate.
Frequency will be every 90 minutes. Connections can be made at Yate Shopping Centre to the 86 service. Existing school journeys will remain to KLB and Chipping Sodbury schools.
Service 85 Stagecoach*(Yate Hawkesbury Upton W-u-E Wickwar Yate) New Service operated by Stagecoach, operating on Monday to Saturdays. Serving a circular route in one direction with the 84 in the opposite direction. Route serving Yate Train Station, Yate shopping Centre, Chipping Sodbury, Horton, Hawkesbury Upton, Wotton-Under-Edge, Charfield, Cromhall, Wickwar back to Yate.
Frequency will be every 90 minutes. Connections can be made at Yate Shopping Centre to the 86 service. Existing school journeys will remain to KLB and Chipping Sodbury schools.
Service 86 Stagecoach*(Yate Emersons Green Kingswood Longwell Green) Change of operator from Wessex to Stagecoach, to improve the reliability and punctuality of service the timetable is amended across all days of operation with frequency remaining every 120 minutes. Service serving Yate to Kingswood route as before but now serving the Science Park and Lyde Green instead of Emersons Way. Service also extended to Longwell Green Aspects via Courtney Road.
Previous section of route between Yate and Wotton-under-Edge have been removed and are now served by the 84 and 85 services. Connections can be made at Yate Shopping centre to these services. Please check
www.travelinesw.com for more information on the timetable and route map before travelling.
Service 87 Severnside Transport(Thornbury Wotton Under Edge) this service has been cancelled by the operator due to removal of funding from South Gloucestershire Council, service 60 run by Stagecoach replaces this service and has the same route and frequency between Thornbury and Wotton-under-Edge also being extended to Dursley.
Service 88 Stagecoach*(Berkeley Bristol Centre) this service has been renumbered to the 62/X62 service, please refer to service 62 for more information.
Service 101 Crosville Motors*(W-s-M Clevedon Cribbs Causeway) timetable amended but frequency remain the same across all days of operation to and from Cribbs Causeway except for removal of last journey from Cribbs Causeway. No change to route.
Service 114 Faresaver*(Malmesbury Acton Turville King Edwards School) this service has been cancelled by the operator.
Service 201 Mikes Travel*(Thornbury Wotton-under-Edge Gloucester) this service has been withdrawn by the operator due to low passenger numbers and removal of funding from Gloucestershire Council.
Service 207 Mikes Travel/Community Connexions*(Dursley Thornbury) this service has been withdrawn by the operator due to low passenger numbers and removal of funding from Gloucestershire Council.
Service 228/79 Faresaver*(Marshfield Colerne Bath) timetable amended across all days of operation but no change in frequency or route.
Service 444 Faresaver*(Yate St Gregorys School) this service has been withdrawn by the operator.
Service 501 Wessex Bus*(Bristol Parkway Southmead Hospital Avonmouth) this service has been withdrawn by the operator due to low patronage numbers and removal of funding from Bristol City Council. As an alternative service 18 and 18A operated by First Bus duplicates this service and provides a combined 30 minute frequency along this route.
Service 502 Wessex Bus*(Bristol Parkway Southmead Hospital Shirehampton) this service has been withdrawn by the operator due to low patronage numbers and removal of funding from Bristol City Council. As an alternative service 18 and 18A operated by First Bus duplicates this service and provides a combined 30 minute frequency along this route.
Service 620 Stagecoach*(Old Sodbury Yate Bath) Change of operator from Wessex to Stagecoach, timetable amended across all days of operation but no change in frequency or route.
Service 622 (Sunday and Bank Holidays only) Wessex Bus*(Thornbury Cribbs Causeway) change of operator on Sundays and Bank Holidays only from Wessex Bus to Stagecoach, please see service 627 for more details.
No change to Monday to Saturday timetable operated by Severnside Transport
Service 624 Severnside Transport(Severn Beach Bristol Centre) this service has been withdrawn by the operator due to removal of funding from South Gloucestershire Council. Passengers from Severn Beach and Easter Compton can connect at Cribbs Causeway for direct services to Bristol Centre.
Service 625 (Sunday and Bank Holidays only) Wessex Bus*(Severn Beach Cribbs Causeway) Change of operator on Sundays and Bank Holidays only from Wessex Bus to Stagecoach, please see service 628 for more details.
No change to Monday to Saturday timetable operated by Severnside Transport.
Service 627 (Sunday and Bank Holidays only) Stagecoach*(Thornbury Cribbs Causeway) Renumbered from 622, Change of operator from Wessex Bus to Stagecoach, no change to route or frequency.
Service 628 (Sunday and Bank Holidays only) Stagecoach*(Severn Beach Cribbs Causeway) Renumbered from 625, Change of operator from Wessex Bus to Stagecoach, no change to route or frequency.
Service 635 Faresaver*(Marshfield Chippenham) Service extended to now serve Marshfield Almhouses, High Street and Withymead Estate two journeys a day Monday to Friday only.*
Service 922 Acorn*(Leyhill Tytherington Castle School) Change of operator from Eurotaxis to Acorn, no change to timetable or route.
Service 924 Acorn*(Pilning Easter Compton St Peters Primary) Change of operator from Eurotaxis to Acorn, no change to timetable or route.
Service 963 Eurotaxis*(Patchway Winterbourne Academy) extension of route to now serve Woodlands Lane, Trench Lane and Bowsland Way, timetable to start 10 minutes earlier at 0755, no change to rest of route.
Service Belles Express Stagecoach(Gloucester Bristol Centre) this service has been cancelled by the operator.
Service UWE First*(UWE Frenchay Campus Bristol Centre) Service UWE will provide an express service between the City Centre and UWE Frenchay Campus. During UWE term time, Service UWE will operate every 10 minutes at peak times and every 15 minutes off peak. During the evenings (UWE term time only) service UWE will operate every 20 minutes. On Saturdays and Sundays the service will operate every 30 minutes during the day.
During UWE holidays, Service UWE will operate every 30 minutes during the day Monday to Friday and there will be no service at weekends.
Any ideas anyone? Presumably more DAFs.