DATE CHANGE - Westbourne Road, Blackhorse - CLOSURE - (48)

28th May 2024South Gloucestershire

Location

Westbourne Road - Blackhorse
Cause

Carriageway Works
Responsibility

Local Authority
Effective

03/06/2024 - 03/06/2024

UPDATE - 10:45 Tuesday 28th May - New date, see below.

Westbourne Road in Blackhorse will now be closed overnight to service 48 between 19:00 and 06:00 on Monday 3rd June (one night) to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 48 will be diverted via Blackhorse Lane in both directions.

Regretfully the Beaufort Road, Springfield Road and Westerleigh Road bus stops will not be served in either direction and passengers are advised to board or alight at either Blackhorse Lane bus stop or the Meadgate bus stop by the garage on Emersons Way.

UPDATE: Works at this location have overrun. Buses are now expected to resume normal route from first bus on Tuesday 22nd November.

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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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Road Closure-20.05.2025-Ashton Road, Ashton-(24)

Road Closure-Ashton Road, Ashton-(24)

09:30-15:30 Tuesday 20th May 2025

Bristol

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Due to resurfacing preparations Ashton Road will be closed and as such buses will divert to use Luckwell Road in both directions during the closure period.

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Regrettably Breach Road, Durnford Street, Bath Street, Frayne Road, Greenway Bush Lane and Greville Road bus stops will not be served during the closure period.

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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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Road Closure-Long Cross, Lawrence Weston - (3 & 4)

08:00-16:00 Monday 19th May 2025

Bristol

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Due to resurfacing works near the junction of Moor Grove, Long Cross to Kingsweston Avenue (nr Shirehampton) will be closed to traffic and as such the buses will divert to use Kingsweston Lane, St Andrews Road and Avonmouth Way to and from Shirehampton for the duration of the closure.

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Regrettably Moor Grove, Badenham Grove, The Roman Villa, and Bean Acre bus stops will not be served.

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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

Long Term Road Closure- Woolavington Road, Woolavington (375)

Monday 14th April - Friday 4th July 2025

West Of England

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Due to National Grid works service 375 will be diverted to miss Woolavington Road and use A39 Bath Road Puriton Hill into Enterprise Way to access Puriton. This will be in both directions during the closure period.

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Regrettably RoF Factory stops and Cockers Hill bus stops will not be served during the closure period.

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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-Bradley Stoke Way, Northbound-(m1/T1)

Monday 17th February - Sunday 25th May 2025

South Gloucestershire

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These works have been extended from the original date of completion(2nd May 2025)

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Due to roadworks as part of the council active travel scheme, Bradley Stoke Way northbound will be closed to traffic and as such services m1 towards Cribbs Causeway and T1 towards Thornbury will be diverted to use Winterbourne Road, Orpheus Avenue and Baileys Court Road to resume normal route at Great Meadow Roundabout. Please expect some delays.

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The Great Meadow stop will not be able to be served, but buses will instead serve the Great Meadow Roundabout stop on Baileys Court Road. No other bus stops on the diversion will be served.

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Buses on the m1 towards Hengrove Park and T1 towards Bristol City Centre will not be affected.

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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:	19/05/2025	19:51

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.
	Bristol	Update 19:50 - Due to emergency roadworks Anchor Road going away from Bristol City Centre is closed. The 41,X1,X4,X6,X7 & X9 will not be stopping on the Anchor Road stop by 'We the curious' or at Gasferry Road, but have been diverted up Park Street and back down Jacobs Wells Road. Please use the bus stops on The Centre instead. Buses into the City Centre are not affected.	Love Saves The Day-24/25 May Services X1/X4/X6/X7a/X8/X9/U2 will be affected. See our dedicated web page 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	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated 2 June 2025. -The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Broomhill is suspended until late May. Please use the temporary stop that has been installed prior to the traffic lights.
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	Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated 2 June 2025.
2	Bath City Centre - Foxhill	Normal service.
3	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford	Milsom St, New Bond Street and Northgate will be closed 2200-0500 between 19-24 May.Services will be diverted. Guildhall, Broad Street and Milsom Street bus stops will not be served.
3/4	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre	Normal service.
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	Normal service.
6/6a/7	Bath City Centre - Fairfield Park/Larkhall	-Milsom St, New Bond Street and Northgate will be closed 2200-0500 between 19-24 May.Services will be diverted. Guildhall, Broad Street and Milsom Street bus stops will not be served.
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	Normal Service.
17	Bristol - Keynsham	Normal service.
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	Normal service.
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	-Mulready Close stop towards Ashton Vale is suspended until January 2026. Please use Cameron Walk stop. -Frayne Road stop towards Ashton Vale is currently suspended. Please use the Greenway Bush Lane or Durnford Street stops. -Update-Due to works over-running this closure will be in place on 20 May as well.Due to resurfacing Preperations Ashton Road will be closed 09.30-15.30 19 May. Breach Road, Durnford Street, Bath Street, Frayne Road, Greenway Bush Lane and Greville Road bus stops will be missed	-Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road.
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Milsom St, New Bond Street and Northgate will be closed 2200-0500 between 19-24 May.Services will be diverted. Guildhall, Broad Street and Milsom Street bus stops will not be served.
36	Highridge - St Anne's	-Update: This closure will be in place on Monday 19 May as works are over-running.Due to resurfacing works Leinster Avenue, Knowle between 0930-1530 16 May unable to serve Filwood Broadway, Carlsbrooke Road, Inns Court, Hurston Road and Broadbury Road bus stops.Services are on diversion via Ilminster Avenue and Inns Court Road.
37	Knowle West - Severn Beach Industrial Estate	-Update: This closure will be in place on Monday 19 May as works are over-running.Due to resurfacing works Leinster Avenue, Knowle between 0930-1530 16 May unable to serve Filwood Broadway, Carlsbrooke Road, Inns Court, Hurston Road and Broadbury Road bus stops.Services are on diversion via Ilminster Avenue and Inns Court Road.
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.	'-Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road.
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.
48/48x	Bristol - Downend / Emersons Green	Normal Service.
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	-The south section of Cheltenham Road at Stokes Croft will be closed 20.00-06.00 Monday 19 May. Services diverted via Jamaica Street and Marlborough Street. Stokes Croft N2 stop will not be served but passengers are aware they can use Stokes Croft N3.
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 2 June 2025. -The south section of Cheltenham Road at Stokes Croft will be closed 20.00-06.00 Monday 19 May. Services diverted via Jamaica Street and Marlborough Street. Stokes Croft N2 stop will not be served but passengers are aware they can use Stokes Croft N3.
73	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	-Cadogan Road will be closed 0930-1530 on 19 May. Services will divert via Hengrove Lane, Wells Road and Airport Road in Both Directions. Cadogan Road stops will be missed. -The south section of Cheltenham Road at Stokes Croft will be closed 20.00-06.00 Monday 19 May. Services diverted via Jamaica Street and Marlborough Street. Stokes Croft N2 stop will not be served but passengers are aware they can use Stokes Croft N3.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	Normal service.	'-Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	-Due to overnight resurfacing works along the A38 there will be night closures between 20.00-06.00 from 16 May -30 May and as such services will divert to use Station Road Great Stoke Way along Past Parkway to Hatchet Road and Then Gypsy Path Lane in Both Directions. Filton Church, Filton College, Cleve Road, Gypsy Patch Lane (Southbound) and Filton Airfield bus stops will be missed.	'-Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road.
77	Clifton Down - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top	-The south section of Cheltenham Road at Stokes Croft will be closed 20.00-06.00 Monday 19 May. Services diverted via Jamaica Street and Marlborough Street. Stokes Croft N2 stop will not be served but passengers are aware they can use Stokes Croft N3.
125	Weston-super-Mare - Wrington	Normal service.
126	Weston-super-Mare - Wells	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 2 June 2025. -The Hillcrest stops in Pensford are currently suspended, until 19 May. Please use the Pensford Bridge stops instead.
173/174	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.	-The A367 Bath Road in Oakhill will be closed to service 174 between 09:30 and 15:30 on Wednesday 21st May.Service 174 heading towards Wells will operate normal route to the end of Silver Street (B3355), then divert right onto Wells Road (B3139), left into A37 Marchants Hill (A37) to resume normal route at Bath Road junction.This will be in both directions.Bus stops between and including Killings Knap Farm and Oakhill Primary School will not be served during this closure period.
349	Bristol - Keynsham	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated 2 June 2025. -The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Keynsham is suspended until late May. 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 2 June 2025. -The Hillcrest stops in Pensford are currently suspended, until 19 May. Please use the Pensford Bridge stops instead.
522	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	- Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated 2 June 2025. -The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Keynsham/Bath is suspended until late May. Please use the temporary stop that has been installed prior to the traffic lights.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal Service.	-Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road.
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	Normal service.
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	Normal service.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	-Bradley Stoke Way is closed northbound. Buses are diverting and serving the Great Meadow Roundabout stop instead of the usual Great Meadow stop until Sunday 25 May 2025. -Roadworks with temporary traffic lights at the Airport Road/Bamfield/Creswicke Road junction at Hengrove are causing significant delays at peak times.	'-Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	Normal service.	'-Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road.
m3/m3x	Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus	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.
m4	Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus	Normal service.
OS1	Oldfield School - Hanham	Normal service.
SB1	Soundwell - St Brendan's College	Normal service.
SB2	Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College	Normal service.
SB4	Westerleigh - St Brendan's College	Normal service.
SB6	Yate - St Brendan's College	Normal service.
SB7	Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College	Normal Service.
T1	Bristol - Thornbury	-Bradley Stoke Way is closed northbound. Buses are diverting and serving the Great Meadow Roundabout stop instead of the usual Great Meadow stop until 25 May 2025. -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.
U1	Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre	Normal service.
U1/U2	University of Bath - Oldfield Park	Normal service.
U2	Bristol - Langford Campus	Normal service.
U3	Bristol - UWE Frenchay Night Bus	Normal service.
U5	Bath - Bath Spa University	Normal service.
X1/X1s	Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol	Normal service.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	-The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Bath is suspended until late May. Please use the temporary stop that has been installed prior to the traffic lights.	.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Normal service.
X5	Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	-Portishead High Street closed to Traffic near Gordano School, A temporary Stop will be place outside Aldi on Wyndham Way for Town Centre this will run until 13 June.
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	-Due to overnight resurfacing works along the A38 there will be night closures between 20.00-06.00 from 16 May -30 May and as such services will divert to use Station Road Great Stoke Way along Past Parkway to Hatchet Road and Then Gypsy Path Lane in Both Directions. Filton Church, Filton College, Cleve Road, Gypsy Patch Lane (Southbound) and Filton Airfield bus stops will be missed.

Long Term Road Closure-Victoria Street, Bristol (Northbound)-1/2/2a/39/X39/72/172/349/375/376/376a/522

31st March - 2nd June 2025

Bristol

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Due to ongoing travel improvement along the Victoria Street corridor, Victoria Street will be closed in the northbound direction (towards the city centre) from 31st March 2025. Temple Meads Station stop T7 at the end of Victoria Street will be closed.

Routes 1 and 2 towards Cribbs Causeway, 2a towards Brentry and 72 towards UWE Frenchay will instead stop at Temple Meads Station stop T2 on the main road (Temple Gate), and then divert via Temple Way and Counterslip to resume their normal route at Bristol Bridge. Buses will additionally serve stop T8 on Temple Way.

Routes 39/X39, 172, 349, 374, 375, 376, 376a and 522 will stop at Temple Meads Station stop T2 as normal, and then divert via Temple Way and Counterslip to resume their normal route at Bristol Bridge. These routes will also additionally stop at Temple Way stop T8 on the diversion.

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Southbound buses, travelling from the city centre towards Temple Meads Station, will not be affected and will operate their 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)

Customer service contact us

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