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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
Cancelled ! - Bus Station closure 24.10.24
Cancelled - Bristol Bus Station Night Closures
24.10.24 - 26.10.24
Following negotiations with contractors, who are working on our electrification programme, we have been able to minimise the disruption to Bristol Bus Station, which will be open as usual from today. Please note we will now not be closing the station over the following two nights – bus services will operate as normal.
Road Closure-28.10.24-A370 Bristol Road-(X1/A3)
Road Closure A370 Bristol Road
20:00-06:00 28th Oct-9th Nov
West of England
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Nightly closures of the A370 Bristol Road at its junction with Wrington Road will mean services X1 and A3 will be diverted from Colliters Way roundabout, Long Ashton to use A38 Bridgewater Road all the way through to Langford to then use B3133 Stock Lane and Brinsea Road to resume at Congresbury.
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Regrettably, Flax Bourton Layby, The Grange, Post office Lane, Stancombe Lane,The George, Faifield Way, Liesure Centre, Crossroads, Church Lane, Kellways,Chelvey Batch North, Chelvey Batch South, Brockley Stores, Littlewood Lane, Garden Centre, Millier Road,Warner Close,Thje Star, Wrington Road and Tesco stops will not be served during the nightly closures.
Passengers are strongly advised to make other travel arrangements.
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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
Road Closure- 28.10.24- Pound Lane, Nailsea (X7)
Road Closure
Pound Lane, Nailsea (X7)
Monday 28th Oct until Friday the 1st of Nov 08:00 - 17:00
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Pound Road will be closed for resurfacing works.
Buses will divert to use Clevedon Road in Both Directions during the closure.
Regrettably Christ Church, Whitesfield Road, Fosseway, Forse Close, Fryth way, Ravenswood School and Kingshill School stops will not be served during the closure.
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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
Road Closure -25.10.24 -Marine Parade - WSM
Road Closure
Marine Parade WSM
Friday 25th October 2024 18:30-20:00
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Due to the Annual Fireworks by the sea event, Marine Parade will be closed for a short period.
Passengers are advised buses will not be serving Marine Parade and will be diverting away.
Service 1 and 5 will divert into south Parade and into Alfred street to the interchange.
Service 7 will head south via Alfred Street Neva Road and Walliscote Road
Service X1 and 126 will divert into Ellenborough Park North and Walliscote Road onto Station Road to the interchange.
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Regrettably Marine Parade, Grand Pier and Winter Garden stops will not be in served during the closure.
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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
Road Closure -Bamfield Northbound (M1) - 25.10.24
Road Closure Bamfield, Whitchurch (M1)
09:00 - 16:00 25th October 2024
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Due to Carriageway works, Bamfield will be closed to Northbound traffic (from Whitchurch to Hengrove) from 09:00 until 16:00 on the 25th of October for one day.
Service M1 will divert to head from Whitchurch Lane to Hengrove Way to resume normal route at Creswicke Road.
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Regrettably Alverstoke, Thurlstone and Paddock Garden Stops will not be served during the closure.
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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
Road closure- Southbound Bamfield, (M1) 24.10.24
Road Closure part- Bamfield, Whitchurch (M1)
09:00 - 16:00 24th October 2024
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Due to Carriageway works, Bamfield will be closed to Southbound traffic (from Hengrove to Whitchurch) from 09:00 – 16:00 on the 24th October (1day)
Service M1 will divert from Bamfield to use Hengrove Way and Whitchurch Lane into South Bristol hospital.
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Regrettably Alverstoke, Thurlstone and Paddock Garden Stops will not be served during the closure.
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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
Road Closures- Bristol Uni Open Day Event serv (U1/72) 26.10.24
Road Closure Tyndall Avenue, Cotham, Service 72/U1
26th October 2024
12:00-18:00
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Services 72 and U1 will not be able to serve Tyndall Avenue and as such will divert via Elmdale Road and Tyndalls Park Road.
Regrettably Elton Road, Tyndall Avenue and Myrtle Road bus stops will not be served during this closure.
Long trips on the U1 will see it terminate at Queens Road to resume normal route along Park Row, this will mean stops Queens Avenue and Cantocks Close will not be served during the closure.
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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
Road closure, Barton Hill Rd- (5) 23.10.24
Road Closure - Barton Hill Road,
Barton Hill Serv 5
09:00 - 12:00 23/10/2024
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Due to Carraigeway works, service 5 will divert away from St Phillips to use Church Road (Redfield) and Avonvale road to continue normal route into Pile Marsh.
The reverse of this diversion is from the Netham Road heading into Bristol.
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Regrettably Church Road, Beam St and Orchard Sq bus stops will not be served during this closure.
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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
Road Closure+Winsley Shuttle -26.10.24 - B3108 Limpley Stoke - (D1)
Road Closure
B3108 Limpley Stoke:
Winsley Shuttle bus operations
(D1)
Saturday 26th October to Monday 28th October
14:00-02:00
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D1 service will be on a diversion via the London Road and Bypass to head to Winsley via the Bradford Road and Sally in the Wood and into Bradford on Avon which will connect to the shuttle service during the Closures.
There will be a shuttle Bus in Bradford on Avon for passengers heading to Winsley SATURDAY ONLY with times below:
Bradford-on-Avon Town Bridge 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00
Winsley Wheatsheaf Junction arr 14:15 15:15 16:15 17:15 18:15
Winsley Wheatsheaf Junction dep 14:19 15:19 16:19 17:15 18:15
Bradford-on-Avon Town Bridge 14:34 15:34 16:34 17:30 18:30
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Regrettably, Corkwell turn, Murhill Turn, Crockford Farm,River Bridge, Viaduct Hotel, Aqueduct, Village, Hantone Hill, Down Lane, Devonshire Road, St Georges Hill, Trossachs Drive, Minster Way,Darlington Road and Forester Road will not be served during the closures.
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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
Warminster Hill (Chalford) Night Closure
Road Closure
Warminster Hill (Chalford) (Service D1)
21/22/23/24/25th Oct
7pm - 6am nightly
Wiltshire
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Services will divert from Warminster Rd (past the ALDI on the Right) turn Right onto A3098 Leigh Rd follow onto Leigh park Way, Mane Way, down to Penknap Rd onto Tower hill.
Follow down the A3098 to Join the A36 at Black Dog Hill and follow south to the main roundabout for the A350. Take the first exit Right upto the Westbury road Junction to turn Right to take normal route.
This will be the same in reverse.
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Regrettably Bus stops Chalford House Hotel, The Bell and Bus Shelter will not be served during the closure.
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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