NEW START DATE - Hannah More Road, Nailsea - CLOSURE - (X9)

Road closure affecting Service 375 – Broadway, Chilton Polden

Broadway between Lippetts Way and Manor Road in Chilton Polden will be closed from 07:00 on Monday 7th October until 17:00 on Friday 1st November due to roadworks.

375 heading towards Bridgwater:

Buses will operate the normal route to the junction of Lippetts Way and King William Road, and divert via Scott Lane, A39, Manor Road and resume the normal route at the junction of Middle Road.

375 heading towards Bristol:

Buses will operate the reverse of the above.

UPDATE - 12:45 Thursday 26th September - The original diversion below will now be in place. There was an error made by the contractors in setting up this closure. Apologies for any confusion caused.

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Combe Street Lane in Yeovil heading towards Yeovil only will be closed to service 376 from 08:00 on Thursday 26th September and will remain fully closed until 17:00 on Wednesday 23rd October to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 376 heading towards Yeovil only will be diverted from the roundabout at the junction of Combe Lane Street and the A37 will be diverted via the A37 to resume normal route at the next roundabout at the junction of Mudford Road.

Service 376 heading towards Wells can operate normal route.

Regretfully the bus stops between and including Combe Street Lane buys stop and the Sparrow Road bus stop on Mudford Road will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight either the Coppitts Hill bus stop on the A37 or the Yeovil Hospital bus stop. Alternatively passengers can remain on the bus to Yeovil and travel back up on the bus to get off on the bus stops heading towards Wells. The bus stops on Ilchester Road (A37 diversion route will also be observed).

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The A39 Bath Road in Bridgwater between Bower Lane and Puriton Hill is currently closed to service 375 heading towards Wells and Bristol ONLY and will remain fully closed until Friday 15th November to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 375 are diverted and will not serve the Horsey Lane, Bradney Lane, Crandon Bridge, Knowle Hall or Puriton Hill bus stops and passengers are advised to board or alight at the Filling Station bus stop on Bath Road or the Village Hall bus stop in Puriton village.

The services that serve the College will continue to do so then divert.

Service 375 towards Bridgwater are able to operate normal route.

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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.

Broadway in Chilton Polden between Lippetts Way and Manor Road will be closed from 07:00 on Monday 7th October and will remain fully closed until 17:00 on Friday 1st Movember to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 375 will be diverted via Manor Road, A39 and Scotts Lane in both directions and will regretfully be unable to serve the White Hart inn, Post Office, The Laurels, Edington and St Peters Church in Catcott bus stops and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Park Close bus stop in Cossington or the Bus Shelter bus stop in Shipwick.

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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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Bath & Somerset

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

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