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The roundabout in Severn Road will be closed overnight to service AZ1 between 20:00 and 06:00 from Monday 9th through to Friday 20th September (ten nights excluding weekend) to facilitate carriageway works.

Service AZ1 will be diverted between Station Road and the Amazon site in both directions and will be unable to serve the Hallen Road, Windmill Lane and Hallen Windsor Crescent bus stops will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at the Station Road bus stops.

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UPDATE - 16:30 Friday 13th September - The works below have now been completed and service X1 and A3 will operate as normal.

The A370, Rhodyate Hill in Congresbury will be closed overnight to services X1 and A3 between 20:00 and 06:00 from Tuesday 10th through to Thursday 12th September (three nights) to facilitate carriageway works.

Service X1 heading towards Bristol and service A3 heading towards Bristol Airport will operate normal route as far as the traffic lights at the junction of Smallway and the A370 in Congresbury then divert via Claverham village to resume normal route on the A370 at the junction of Bishops Road in Cleeve.

Services X1 and A3 heading towards Weston will operate the reverse of the above.

Regretfully the following bus stops will not be served,

Tesco 

Wrington Road 

The Star

Warner Close

Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Station Road (towards Weston) or Congresbury Bridge (towards Bristol) in Congresbury or Millier Road in Cleeve for both directions

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The Bath Road (A39) between Pedwell Hill and Taunton Road in Ashcott will be closed to service 375 between 18:00 and 23:59 from Tuesday 10th through to Thursday 12th September (three nights) to facilitate carriageway works.

This will only apply to the 18:25 journey from Bridgwater which arrives in Ashcott at 19:17. 

Service 375 will be diverted via Pedwell Hill and Taunton Road and will not serve the following bus stops.

The Albion Inn

Old Nursery Lane

The Batch

The Pipers Inn

Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Shapwick Turn bus stop on Shapwick Hill or the Walton Church bus stop in Walton village.

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UPDATE - 09:00 Friday 13th September - Keynsham Road is now open and service 17 are now back on normal route.

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Diversion of service 50 - Frenchay

Due to overhanging low trees, service 50 (commencing Monday 2nd September 2024) will temporarily be unable to serve the bus stops along Begbrook Park or Beckspool Road, until further notice.

These stops are: Froomshaw Road, Pearces Hill, St John's Church, Cedar Hill, Village Hall and Beckspool Road (stop before the junction).

Buses from Bristol City Centre will instead use Bristol Road onto the Ring Road, then turn around using the M32 junction, before heading back down Bristol Road to resume the normal route. Delays are expected.

Update: we are now expecting to resume the normal route at some point during week commencing 30th September - please keep an eye on this web page for further information. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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Long term closure of the A36 at Limpley Stoke

From Monday 12th August, the A36 at Limpley Stoke will be closed until Spring 2025 while repairs to the road take place. Service D2x will be unable to use the A36, and due to the low bridge at Midford, double deck buses cannot use the B3110.

Instead, the D2x will operate after Frome Market Place via Welshmill Road, Welshmill Lane, Whatcombe Road, Buckland Dinham, Radstock, Peasedown St John (serving Orchard Way) and Dunkerton to and from Bath. Journey times have been revised, but the duration is similar to before.

The new timetable and route map for the D2/D2x from 12th August 2024 can be seen attached below.

Clink, Beckington, Woolverton, the A36, Limpley Stoke, Bathampton and the Grand Parade area of Bath City Centre will not be served by the D2x.

The D2 will be unchanged and continue to operate its usual route - however please be aware that there is a timetable change due from 1st September as part of our service changes, please click here for more information.

The below changes, which will see improvements to the overall bus network in the West of England, are part of a bi-annual review of routes, and will come into effect from Sunday 1 September.

For a number of services, the timetable & route will not change - please refer to the unaffected routes drop-down list in each area for these services.

The new timetables are available to view on our Forthcoming Timetables page. New print at home route maps & timetables will be added under each service over the coming weeks. 

Bristol

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Yate & Thornbury

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North Somerset

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Bath & Somerset

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UPDATE - 09:30 Monday 29th July.

The works on South Road have now been extended due to unforeseen circumstances. For further details, please see below.

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South Road in Weston-super-Mare is currently closed to service 5 and will remain fully closed until 17:00 Wednesday 16th October to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 5 will be diverted from the end of St Josephs Road via Upper Church Road, Lower Church Road, Knightstone Road and Highbury Road to resume normal route at Atlantic Road.

Regretfully the bus stops between and including Upper Church Road and Court Apartments on South Road will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the All Saints Church bus stop on St Josephs Road or the Highbury Road bus stop on Atlantic Road.

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Hutton Hill in the village of Hutton is currently closed to service 126 until further notice due to a landslide. The closure is for unknown duration and when details of re-opening have been confirmed the web page will be updated.

Service 126 heading towards Wells will divert via Moor Lane, Moor Croft Road and Vereland Road, resuming normal route at Hutton Hill (Part unaffected). The only bus stop missed out fully will be the Primary School stop, however for customers travelling towards Wells, at the bus stops along the diversion route you will need to wait for the bus on the opposite side of the road to normal.

Service 126 heading towards Weston is unaffected and will follow normal route.

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Hannah More Road in Nailsea will be closed again to service X9 from 07:00 on Thursday 19th September and will remain fully closed mid November 2024 (estimated) to facilitate gas main repair works.

Service X9 heading towards Nailsea terminus (Ash Hayes Road) can operate as normal.

Service X9 heading towards Bristol will operate along The Perrings as normal but instead of turning left into Whiteoak Way will continue along The Perrings and then turn right at the end onto Queens Road to resume normal route.

Regretfully all bus stops between and including Harptree Close and The Perrings West will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Youngwood Lane bus stop or the bus stop on The Perrings (on the diversion route). The Hillcrest Road bus stop on Mizzymead Road is also an alternative.

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Telephone: 0345 646 0707 (Calls cost 12p per minute plus network charges)

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Postal address: First Bus, Enterprise House, Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0DZ