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Welcome to First Bus, your local bus service helping you to get round Bristol, Bath and the West as cheaply and as easily as possible! With nearly 100 bus services operating around the region, we can make it much easier for you to get to where you’re heading.
From online tickets to timetables and route maps, we have a vast amount of resources to help you get around as easily as possible. With so many buses running regularly throughout Bristol, Bath and the West, there is always a bus ready to take you where you need to go. Above, you can find information regarding our buses including timetables, route maps, prices and even use our journey planner to ensure a smooth ride. Enjoy the journey.
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Travel Alerts
URGENT - Severn Road Roundabout, Avonmouth - CLOSURE - (AZ1)
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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For more information please contact our Customer Services Department
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
Frenchay - DIVERSION - (50)
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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For more information please contact our Customer Services Department
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
A36, Limpley Stoke - CLOSURE - (D2x)
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.
Service changes in the West of England from 1 September 2024
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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DATE EXTENSION - South Road, Weston-super-Mare - CLOSURE - (5)
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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For more information please contact our Customer Services Department
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
** UPDATED ** - Hutton Village - EMERGENCY CLOSURE - (126)
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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For more information, please contact our Customer Services Department
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
NEW START DATE - Hannah More Road, Nailsea - CLOSURE - (X9)
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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For more information please contact our Customer Services Department
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
UPDATE - Long Cross (part), Lawrence Weston - CLOSURE - (3 & 4)
UPDATE - 09:00 Thursday 12th September. Please note that a further section of Long Cross by the junction of Chapel Lane will be closed but services will be allowed to operate as normal. However the Chapel Lane bus stops in both directions WILL NOT be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at the Musgrove Close bus stops for either direction.
Long Cross in Lawrence Weston between Moor Grove and Kings Weston Avenue will be closed to services 3 and 4 between 07:00 and 12:00 (five hours) on Saturday 14th September to facilitate carriageway works.
Services 3 and 4 will be diverted between Lower High Street and Kings Weston Lane during this closure and regretfully the bus stops The Bean Acre, Kings Weston Avenue, Mancroft Avenue, Badenham Grove and Moor Grove will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at Priory Gardens bus stop on Lower High Street or Moor Grove bus stop on Long Cross heading towards Cribbs Causeway or the Long Cross lay-by bus stop or Meadow Grove bus stop on Lower High Street heading towards Broadmead.
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For more information please contact our Customer Services Department
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
A432 Badminton Road M4 bridge - CLOSURE - (Y1)
The A432 Badminton Road will be closed from the Willy Wicket roundabout to the junction of Church Road in Frampton Cotterell from 19:00 on Wednesday 12th July to service Y1 until further notice, until at least 2025.
The A432 Badminton Road is still open between Church Road and Cuckoo Lane for vehicles and the bridge will remain open to pedestrians and cyclists until the bridge over the M4 is demolished.
Please note as a result of this closure the service Y1 will suffer inevitable delays and passengers are advised to allow extra time on their journeys. This will also cause delays to all other services in the area due to the high volume of dispersed traffic finding alternative routes.
The Bristol Zone boundary bus stop will be the Quarry Barton bus stop on Bristol Road by Whiteshill Common.
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Service Y1 heading towards Yate & Chipping Sodbury will operate as normal as far as the traffic lights at Hambrook junction but instead of going straight across, will divert left onto the B4058 Bristol Road (serving 'The Stream' bus stop), through Winterbourne village, then turn right into Church Road to its end and left onto Badminton Road (part unaffected) to resume normal route. Service Y1 heading towards Bristol will operate the reverse of the above.
Regretfully the following bus stops will not be served during this closure in both directions:
Hambrook - Cuckoo Lane - Down Road - Park Lane - Station Road - St Saviours Church - Heathcote Drive
Heading towards Bristol the Church Road bus stop on Badminton Road will also not be served.
All bus stops on the diversion route will be observed in both directions including the bus stop outside of the Co-op in Winterbourne village heading towards Bristol.
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For more information please contact our Customer Services Department
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
Sandy Park Road, Brislington - LONG TERM CLOSURE - (1)
Sandy Park Road between Wick Road and Arnos Court will be closed to service 1from 07:00 on Monday 16th September and will REMAIN FULLY CLOSED until Friday 31st January 2025 to facilitate carriageway works being carried out by Wales and West Utilities.
Service 1 heading towards Cribbs Causeway will turn left at the top of Allison Road onto Wick Road, onto Bath Road, then follow Bath Road to resume normal route by Arnos Court Hotel
Service 1 heading towards Broomhill will operate the reverse of the above.
Passengers are advised to board or alight at the bus stops on the top of Allison Road or Arnos Court.
The bus stops on diversion route, Grove Park Road bus stop by the Church (heading towards Broadmead) both Eagle Road bus stops and both Tramway Road bus stops and Arnos Court bus stop (prior to traffic lights) heading towards Broadmead will also be observed.
We apologise for any inconvenience this closure will no doubt cause.
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For more information please contact our Customer Services Department
Telephone: 0345 646 0707 (Calls cost 12p per minute plus network charges)
Customer service contact us
Postal address: First Bus, Enterprise House, Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0DZ