Clock Change Impact Update

25th Oct 2024All areas

Effective

27/10/2024 - 27/10/2024

The clocks go back 1 hour at 2am on Sunday 27th October 2024 (switching from BST to GMT).

BST= British Summer Time (clocks go forward)

GMT= Greenwich Mean Time (clocks go back)

Services which operate during the clock change will run as below.

Bristol Services

Service 70 - Bristol Temple Meads to UWE Frenchay Campus

Journeys will run at BST time until 0255 from City Centre and 0330 from UWE Frenchay Campus, after which will run according to GMT.

Service 75 - Hengrove to Cribbs Causeway

Journeys will run at BST until 0332 from Hengrove Depot and 0317 from Cribbs Causeway, after which will run according to GMT.

Service 76 - Hengrove to Henbury

Journeys will run at BST until 0307 from Hengrove Depot and 0345 from Cribbs Causeway, after which will run according to GMT.

Service U1 - Stoke Bishop Transport Hub to City Centre

Last BST from Queens Avenue 0415, Stoke Bishop Transport Hub 0400, after which will run according to GMT time.

Service A1 (Airport Flyer) - City Centre to Bristol Airport:

Will reflect clock change
First GMT at 0246 from Bristol Airport, 0210 from Bristol Bus Station
Last BST at 0125 from Bristol Airport, 0045 from Bristol Bus Station

Service 43 - Bishopsworth - Cadbury Heath

Journeys will run at BST until 0320 from City Centre, 0248 from Kingswood, after which will run according to GMT.

Service U3 - UWE Frenchay Campus to City Centre

Journeys will run at BST until 0406 from City Centre, 0405 from UWE Frenchay Campus, after which will run according to GMT.

Service 48 - City Centre - Emersons Green

Journeys will run at BST until 0340 from City Centre, 0423 from Downend, after which will run according to GMT.

Service 49 - City Centre - Emersons Green

Journeys will run at BST until 0430 from City Centre, 0356 from Staple Hill, after which will run according to GMT.

Bath Services

U1 - University of Bath to Oldfield Park

Journeys will run at BST until 0400 from University of Bath, after which will run according to GMT.

39 - Bath to Bristol

Journeys will run at BST until 0210 from Bath Bus Station & 0310 from Bristol Bus Station, after which will run according to GMT.

Bus Stop Closures-02.06.25-Baldwin Street, Central Bristol-(3/4/8/24/72/47/47x/48/48x/49/49x/50)

Bus Stop Closures-Baldwin Street, Central Bristol-(3/4/8/24/72/47/48/48x/49/49x/50)

02nd June 2025 - 25th July 2025

Bristol

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Due to ongoing gas works at Baldwin Street the bus stop C13 (outside the ice cream parlour) will close and services will move up to use R11 (The Old Fish Market) between 02nd of June and the 11th July 2025

From The 14th July until the 25th of July, stop R11 (Old Fish Market) will close and buses will all use bus stop C13 (Ice Cream Parlour)

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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

	This is our Service Updates page. Information is listed by service number, and any major disruptions will be listed at the top of the page. For more detail of any planned diversions, please see the separate entries on the Current Issues page of our website. Individual journey cancellations are shown on our app.

	Last Updated:	21/07/2025	06:15

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.
	Bristol	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.	Summer Holiday timetables on various Bristol services start from Monday 21 July. Please check firstbus.co.uk/servicechange for full details.
	North Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.

Service		Current issues	Planned disruptions in the next week
1	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre - Broomhill	-Passage Road at Henbury is closed southbound from 14 July to 3 August 2025. Buses towards Broomhill are diverting via Knole Lane and Charlton Road, and unable to serve Brentry Lane or The Ridgeway stops. Buses are serving the "Burghill Road" stop on the diversion. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until autumn 2025. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, but delays are anticipated. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. -Due to these various diversions, and lane closures at Bath Bridges Roundabout as well, service 1 is subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -At Brentry Lane towards Cribbs Causeway, there is a temporary bus stop in place outside number 189A Passage Road.
1	Bath City Centre - Southdown	Normal service.
1	Weston-super-Mare - Sand Bay	Normal service
1s	Kewstoke - Worle	Normal service.
2/2a	Cribbs Causeway/Brentry - Bristol City Centre - Stockwood	Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until autumn 2025. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, but delays are anticipated.
2	Bath City Centre - Foxhill	Normal service.
3	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford	Normal service.
3/4	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre	Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until autumn 2025. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, but delays are anticipated.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	Normal service.
5	St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Clifton	Normal service.
5	Bath City Centre - Whiteway	Normal service.
6	Bristol City Centre - Kingswood	Normal service.
6	Worle - Weston-super-Mare	Update 19 July 2025 0900 works are still on going until further notice. Chestnut Avenue and Verbena Way bus stops in Verbena Way will not be served until completion of roadworks. Passengers are advised to board/alight at Lark Road or Silverberry Road.
6/6a/7	Bath City Centre - Fairfield Park/Larkhall	Normal service.
7	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill	Normal service.
7	Worle - Weston-super-Mare - Locking Parklands	Normal service.
7B/7H	Weston-super-Mare - Bleadon Hill or Hutton	Normal service.
8	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - Clifton	Normal service.
8	Bath City Centre - Kingsway	Normal service.
9	Weston-super-Mare - Worle	Normal service.
13	Foxhill - Bath City Centre - Elmhurst	Normal service.
16	Bristol City Centre - Kingswood - Fishponds	The Glass Wharf bus stop on Avon Street at Temple Meads will not be served in both directions from 2 June until April 2026. Buses are diverting via Midland Road and Silverthorne Lane in both directions. This service is suffering from delays, particularly at peak times.
17	Bristol - Kingswood - Keynsham	Normal service.
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	-Normal service. -At UWE, the left turn from the Ring Road into Coldharbour Lane will be closed from Monday 21 July for the summer holidays until 31 August. Buses will divert via the back entrance into UWE, and miss out the UWE The Gardens stop. Please use the stop at UWE Campus Bus Station. Buses travelling towards Parkway Station will not be affected.
20	Ralph Allen School - Bath	Normal service.
20	Weston-super-Mare - Burnham-on-Sea	Normal service.
21	Newbridge Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
24	Southmead Hospital - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Vale	Due to Temporary Traffic Lights on the route, delays are being experienced.
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
36	Highridge - St Anne's	Normal service.
37	Knowle West - Severn Beach Industrial Estate	Normal service.
39	*See X39 below*
41	Odd Down Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
41	Avonmouth - Bristol City Centre - Kingswood	Normal service.
42/43	Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens / Cadbury Heath	Normal service.	Cock Road in Kingswood will be closed to the service 42 from 07:00 on Tuesday 22 July and will remain fully closed until 18:00 on Friday 1 August. This service will be diverted via Hanham. Regretfully the Kennmoor Close, Ashford Way, Westons Way, Cock Road Chapel and Hollyguest Road bus stops will not be served.
44/45	Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath / Cherry Gardens	Normal service.
46	Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
47/47x	Bristol City Centre - Oldbury Court	Normal service.	Downend Road in Fishponds between Cross Hands Public House and Downend village roundabout will be closed between 09:30 and 15:30 on Thursday 24 July. Services will be diverted in both directions.
48/48x	Bristol - Downend / Emersons Green	Normal service.	Downend Road in Fishponds between Cross Hands Public House and Downend village roundabout will be closed between 09:30 and 15:30 on Thursday 24 July. Services will be diverted in both directions.
49/49x	Bristol - Staple Hill / Emersons Green	Normal service.
50	Bristol - Frenchay	Normal service.
51s	Winscombe - Churchill Academy	Normal service.
55	Wrantage - Strode College	Normal service.
58	Odd Down Park & Ride - Twerton Mill	Normal service.
70	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
72	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025.
73	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	Normal service.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	Normal service.
77	Clifton Down - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top	Due to Alma Road being closed, service 77 will divert via Pembroke Road, St Pauls Road and Whiteladies Road until approximatly 8 August 2025.
125	Weston-super-Mare - Wrington	Normal service.	Langford Road in Langford between Stock Lane and the A38 will be closed to service 125 from 07:00 on Wednesday 23 July and will remain fully closed until Thursday 4 September. Services will be diverted in both directions.
126	Weston-super-Mare - Wells	Normal service.
171	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.
172	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025.
173/174	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.
349	Bristol - Keynsham	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. -The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Keynsham is suspended until mid July. Please use the temporary stop that has been installed prior to the traffic lights.
373, 374, 375, 376, 376a, 376x	Bristol - Wells - Street - Taunton / Bridgwater / Yeovil	-The road between Woolavington and Puriton is closed until September 2025. Buses on the 375 will serve Old Mill Road in Woolavington and then divert via the A39 and Enterprise Way into Puriton - please expect delays. Stops between Woolavington Green and ROF Factory inclusive will not be served. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. -Update Saturday 19 July works still on going until further notice.Mudford Road in Yeovil will be closed to service 376 from 07:00 on Monday 30 June and will remain fully closed until Friday 18 July. Bus stops between Coombe Street Lane and Mudford Road/Sparrow Road will not be served. Passengers board/alight Coppitts Hill bus stop on Ilchester Road (A37) or Yeovil Hospital bus stops.
522	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	-Normal service. -From Wednesday 16 July, buses on the A1 will move into the new Public Transport Interchange at Bristol Airport, and no longer stop at the terminal forecourt. We'll be using stands 4 and 5.
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	-Normal service. -From Wednesday 16 July, buses on the A3 will move into the new Public Transport Interchange at Bristol Airport, and no longer stop in the bus station. We'll be using stands 2.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	-Winsley Hill in Limpley Stoke will be closed from Monday 21 July until Sunday 31 August for repairs to the railway bridge. The D1 will divert between Bath and Bradford on Avon via the London Road, A46 and Sally in the Wood. Some journeys in the early mornings, evenings, and all day on Sundays, will run to/from Winsley and then double back on themselves. At other times, buses will not serve Winsley. A shuttle bus has been arranged by Wiltshire Council. No buses will be able to serve Bathampton, Claverton or Limpley Stoke. Please see our separate web page for full information. -Cradle Bridge on Castle Street in Trowbridge town centre heading towards Warminster will be closed from 7 July and will remain fully closed until 17.00 on Friday 29 August. Services heading towards Warminster will be diverted via after the Town Hall bus stop on Market Street via Castle Street, Fore Street, Wicker Hill, Wicker Hill and Bythesea Road.
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	The High Street on the B3110 in Norton St Phillip will be closed from first bus on Saturday 19 and will remain closed until last bus on Sunday 20 July. All of the normal route between Bath Bus Station and Rode will be missed out. This is a change to the original diversion due to buses being unable to safely negotiate the originally planned diversion. Apologies for the inconvenicence caused. Services will be diverted via the A366 Farleigh Road and the A36 in both directions. Unable to serve bus stops between St Marys Building until Chatley House inclusive.	Marston Lane in Frome will be closed to service D2 between 09:30 and 15:30 on Tuesday 22 July. This service will be diverted via The Butts direct to Sainsbury's in both directions.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	--The left turn from the Ring Road into Coldharbour Lane will be closed from Monday 21 July for the summer holidays until 31 August. Buses will divert via the back entrance into UWE, and miss out the UWE The Gardens stop. Please use the stop at UWE Campus Bus Station. Buses travelling towards Cribbs Causeway will not be affected. -The northbound Bradley Stoke Way closure affecting buses towards Cribbs Causeway will move to Phase 3 from 21 July until December 2025. The m1 will serve all its usual bus stops, but will divert via Brook Way between Webbs Wood and Willow Brook which will cause delays -The A4174 between the M32 and Coldharbour Lane will be closed overnight to services between 20:00 and 06:00 on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July (two nights). The only stop missed will be UWE Gardens bus stop.	-Overnight works until 25 July between 20:00-06:00 on Bradley Stoke way Between Bailys Court Road and Savages Wood Road. Services to Cribbs Causeway Will Divert Via Bradley Court Road, Brook Way and Savages Wood Road, Unable to serve Webbs Wood Roundabout in Both directions.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	Normal service.
m3/m3x	Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus	-The left turn from the Ring Road into Coldharbour Lane will be closed from Monday 21 July for the summer holidays until 31 August. Buses will divert via the back entrance into UWE, and miss out the UWE The Gardens stop. Please use the stop at UWE Campus Bus Station. Buses travelling towards Emersons Green will not be affected. -Feynmann Way is closed due to a defective road surface until further notice. Buses are diverting via Jenner Boulevard. No stops are missed out, but journey times will be extended. -The A4174 between the M32 and Coldharbour Lane will be closed overnight to services between 20:00 and 06:00 on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July (two nights). The only stop missed will be UWE Gardens bus stop.
m4	Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus	-The left turn from the Ring Road into Coldharbour Lane will be closed from Monday 21 July for the summer holidays until 31 August. Buses will divert via the back entrance into UWE, and miss out the UWE The Gardens stop. Please use the stop at UWE Campus Bus Station. Buses travelling towards Cribbs Causeway will not be affected. -The A4174 between the M32 and Coldharbour Lane will be closed overnight to services between 20:00 and 06:00 on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July (two nights). The only stop missed will be UWE Gardens bus stop.
OS1	Oldfield School - Hanham	Normal service.
SB1	Soundwell - St Brendan's College	Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September.
SB2	Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College	Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September.
SB4	Westerleigh - St Brendan's College	Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September.
SB5	Coalpit Heath - St Brendan's College	Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September.
SB6	Yate - St Brendan's College	Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September.
SB7	Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College	Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September.
T1	Bristol - Thornbury	--Monday 21 July - Friday 25 July 0930-1530 Gloucester Road in Thornbury will have a part closure between Butts Lane and The Plain. Buses will be unable to serve Collester Way on Morton Way, Stafford Crescent. Passengers should board/alight at Cheviot Drive or Rock Street. -The northbound Bradley Stoke Way closure affecting buses towards Thornbury will move to Phase 3 from Monday 21 July until December 2025. Buses will run normal route to Webbs Wood, then divert via Brook Way to Willow Brook, missing out Webbs Wood Roundabout, The Bridge and Savages Wood Roundabout stops. The only stop they will serve on diversion will be the Braydon Avenue stop on Brook Way. -Thornbury Road in Alveston is closed towards Thornbury until winter 2025, buses are diverting via Greenhill Lane and missing The Ship bus stop, serving Beanhill Crescent stop instead. -Webbs Wood stop is currently suspended due to a northbound closure of Bradley Stoke Way. Please use the Webbs Wood Roundabout stop instead.
U1	Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre	Service not operating - University Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September.
U1/U2	University of Bath - Oldfield Park	U1 - reduced summer timetable in operation. U2 - service not operating - University Holidays.
U2	Bristol - Langford Campus	Normal service.
U3	Bristol - UWE Frenchay Night Bus	Service not operating - University Holidays.
U5	Bath - Bath Spa University	Normal service.
X1/X1s	Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol	Normal service.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Normal service.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	'Normal service.
X5	Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	Portishead High Street is closed until approximately 26 July. Brampton Way, Church Road South, Victoria Square, Royal Mail Office and The Precinct bus stops aren't being served, and buses are diverting via Bristol Road and Wyndham Way.
X6/X7/X7a	Bristol - Clevedon	Normal service.
X9	Bristol - Nailsea	Normal service.
X11	Weston-super-Mare - Clevedon	Normal service.
X14	Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus	Normal service.
Y1/Y2	Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village	Normal service.
Y6	Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury	Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until autumn 2025. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, but delays are anticipated.