Industrial Action

19th Sep 2025Bristol

Location

Bristol
Cause

Industrial Action
Effective

16/09/2025 - 19/09/2025

The industrial action affecting Bristol services has now ended. All services resumed their normal timetables from the early hours of this morning, 20 September.

We’re sorry for the disruption this has caused and the impact it’s had on your journeys. Unite the Union has announced further industrial action from 1st –14th October, but we still hope to find a solution that will avoid this action.

We will keep you informed of any developments on our website, and for live service info, please check the First Bus app.

Daily Service Updates

	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:	05/10/2025	17:51

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.
	Bristol	Due to various Road works along Church Road Two Mile Hill Road and Temple Meads we are experiencing delays to services especially at peak times. -The Horsefair B11 and B13 stops opp the old M&S will be closed between 20:00-06:00 from 1/10 until 09/10, please use stops further along opposite Poundland. '-Christmas Street will be closed between 2000-0600 on Monday 6 October. Services will be diverted. Passengers that normally board or alight at stop B5 are to go to stop B3 outside of the old police station.
	North Somerset	Redfield Road,Midsomer Norton will be closed to services 171, 172, 173, 174, 376a and 522 from 07:00 on Saturday 4 and will remain fully closed until 19:00 on Sunday 5 October.All services will be diverted via North Road and Church Lane in both directions.

Service		Current issues	Planned disruptions in the next week
1	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre - Broomhill	-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 further notice. -Due to various diversions, and lane closures at Bath Bridge Roundabout, services are 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. -Bus stops outside Primark on the Horsefair will be closed overnight between 2000-0600 on 1st.2nd,6th,7th,8th and 9th October. Passengers should use the bus stop further along the road opposite Poundland to board or alight.
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, delays are anticipated. -Due to various diversions and lane closures at Bath Bridge Roundabout, services are subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -Bus Stop suspension Wyck Beck Road/ Lyppincourt Road until early November 2025. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice. -Bus stops outside Primark on the Horsefair will be closed overnight between 2000-0600 on 1st.2nd,6th,7th,8th and 9th October. Passengers should use the bus stop further along the road opposite Poundland to board or alight.
2	Bath City Centre - Foxhill	Manvers Street, Bath will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 05:00 on Sunday 5th Sunday 12th and Sunday 19th Three consecutive Sundays. This service will be diverted. Please board/alight at either the Baptist Church on Pulteney Road or DST bus stop on Dorchester Street.
3	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford	Manvers Street, Bath will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 05:00 on Sunday 5th Sunday 12th and Sunday 19th Three consecutive Sundays. This service will be diverted. Please board/alight at either the Baptist Church on Pulteney Road or DST bus stop on Dorchester Street.
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, delays are anticipated. -Bus Stop suspension Wyck Beck Road/ Lyppincourt Road until early November 2025.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	Normal service.
5	St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Stoke Bishop	Normal service.
5/5a	Bath City Centre - Twerton - 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 Street,Bath will be closed from 12:00 on Thursday 2 and will remain fully closed until 23:59 on Sunday 5 October due to the Autumn Fayre.These services will be on diversion via Walcot Street. -Manvers Street, Bath will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 05:00 on Sunday 5th Sunday 12th and Sunday 19th Three consecutive Sundays. This service will be diverted. Please board/alight at either the Baptist Church on Pulteney Road or DST bus stop on Dorchester Street.
7	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill	Normal service.
7	Worle - Weston-super-Mare - Locking Parklands	We are unable to serve the Coronation Estate due to badly parked cars. Services will carry straight on to the hospital in both directions. We will not be serving Severn Road as well due to badly parked cars.
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	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - Fishponds	The Glass Wharf bus stop on Avon Street at Temple Meads will not be served in both directions until April 2026. Buses are diverting via Midland Road and Silverthorne Lane in both directions.
17	Bristol - Kingswood - Keynsham	Normal service.
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	Normal service.
20	Bath - Ralph Allen School	Normal service.
20	Weston-super-Mare - Burnham-on-Sea	Normal service.
21	Newbridge Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal services.
24	Southmead Hospital - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Vale	Normal service.
25	Bristol City Centre - Fishponds	-Service 25 is suffering from delays, particularly in peak times due to congestion, especially around Ashley Road and the Eastgate Centre.	-Glenfrome Road/James Street in Eastville heading towards Fishponds only will be closed between 09:30 - 15:00 on Wednesday 8 October.Bus stops between and including Sevier Street and Eastgate Road will not be served.
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Milsom Street,Bath will be closed from 12:00 on Thursday 2 and will remain fully closed until 23:59 on Sunday 5 October due to the Autumn Fayre.These services will be on diversion via Walcot Street.
36	Highridge - St Anne's	Normal service.
37	Knowle West - Severn Beach Industrial Estate	- 29 September until 10 October 0900-1600 Unable to serve Perrycroft Road -Urmston House. Passengers to board/alight Vicarage Road on Church Road/Bridge Campus.
39	*See X39 below*
41	Odd Down Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
41	Avonmouth - Bristol City Centre - Kingswood	Due to various Road works along Church Road and Two Mile Hill Road we are experiencing delays to services especially at peak times. Bus stops outside Primark on the Horsefair will be closed overnight between 2000-0600 on 1st.2nd,6th,7th,8th and 9th October. Passengers should use the bus stop further along the road opposite Poundland to board or alight.
42	Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens	-Bus stops outside Primark on the Horsefair will be closed overnight between 2000-0600 on 1st.2nd,6th,7th,8th and 9th October. Passengers should use the bus stop further along the road opposite Poundland to board or alight.
43	Imperial Park - Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath	Bus stops outside Primark on the Horsefair will be closed overnight between 2000-0600 on 1st.2nd,6th,7th,8th and 9th October. Passengers should use the bus stop further along the road opposite Poundland to board or alight.
44/45	Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath / Cherry Gardens	Bus stops outside Primark on the Horsefair will be closed overnight between 2000-0600 on 1st.2nd,6th,7th,8th and 9th October. Passengers should use the bus stop further along the road opposite Poundland to board or alight.
46	Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
47/47x	Bristol City Centre - Oldbury Court	Normal service.
48/48x	Bristol City Centre - Downend / Emersons Green	Normal service.
49/49x	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Emersons Green	Normal service.
50	Bristol City Centre - Frenchay	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	Normal service.
73	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	Wedmore Vale between the junctions of St Johns Lane and Glynn Vale in Bedminster will be closed to service 74 from 08:00 on Monday 6th October for approximately two months. Services will be diverted and missing Wedmore Vale and Weymouth Road stops.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	-Service 76 29 September until 10 October 0900-1800 Unable to serve Perrycroft Road -Urmston House. Passengers to board/alight Vicarage Road on Church Road/Bridge Campus.
77	Stoke Bishop - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top	Normal service.
125	Weston-super-Mare - Wrington	Normal service.
125s	Winscombe - Churchill Academy	Normal service.
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 further notice.
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 further notice.
373, 374, 375, 376, 376a, 376x	Bristol - Wells - Street - Taunton / Bridgwater / Yeovil	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice.
515	Imperial Park - Stockwood	Normal service.
522	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice.	-Orchard Way, Peasedown St John will be closed between 09:00 and 15:00 on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 October. Stops that will not be served are Westbury View, Faulkland View, French Close and Russet Way.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	Manvers Street, Bath will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 05:00 on Sunday 5th Sunday 12th and Sunday 19th Three consecutive Sundays. This service will be diverted. Please board/alight at either the Baptist Church on Pulteney Road or DST bus stop on Dorchester Street.
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	-The Bath Road,Beckington will be closed from 07:00 on Monday 6th October for an estimated two months.This service will be diverted via Warminster Road and the A36 in both directions.Birchwood Road stop will not be served.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	Normal service.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	Normal service.
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, however 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.
SB5	Coalpit Heath - 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	-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.	-29 September - 06 October Overnight 2000-0600 A38 at Almondsbury closed, Unable to serve Almondsbury Depot until Davids Lane. Passengers advised to board/alight Aztec West Roundabout /The Ship.
U1/U1N	Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre	Normal service.
U1/U1N	University of Bath - City Centre - Green Park / Oldfield Park	Normal service.
U2	University of Bath - Oldfield Park	Normal service.
U2	Bristol - Langford Campus - Weston-super-Mare	Colliters Way Long Ashton closed 06/10/2025 19:00-06:00. services unable to serve Winterstoke Road, Brokgate and Lyme Kiln Roundabout. Use the stop at Ashton Gate or Yanligh Close stops for Langford or Yanliegh Close and David Lloyd Leasure Centre stops for Bristol
U3	Bath Spa University - Bath City Centre - University of Bath	Normal service.
U4	Bath Spa University - Odd Down - University of Bath	Normal service.
U5	Bath Spa University - Newbridge & Twerton	Normal service.
X1/X1s	Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol	The bus stop at Asda heading towards Bristol will be closed overnight to service X1 between 19:00 and 06:00 on Sunday 5th October. Please use stop on other side of road.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Normal service.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	The Portbury Hundred will be closed overnight between 2100-0500 from 29 September to 10 October(weekdays only). Stops between Station Road and Conference Close will be missed.
X5	Hutton - Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	Normal service.
X6/X7	Bristol - Clevedon	Normal service.
X9	Bristol - Nailsea	Normal service.
X11	Weston-super-Mare - Clevedon	Normal service.
X12	Weston-super-Mare - Filton	Normal service. Runs on Weston College Days Only.
X14	Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus	The Portbury Hundred will be closed overnight between 2100-0500 from 29 September to 10 October(weekdays only). Stops between Station Road and Conference Close will be missed
X18	Nailsea - Weston-super-Mare & Loxton Campus	Normal service. Runs on Weston College Days Only.
X21	Bridgwater - Weston-super-Mare & Puxton Park	Normal service. Runs on Weston College Days Only.
Y1/Y2	Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village	Normal service.
Y6	Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury	-Monday 8 September Until (estimated) 14 November. Unable to serve Live and Let Live until Church Road on Badminton Road. Passengers to board/alight St Peters Church/Church Road. -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.