Road Closure-04.05.25-Colston Avenue(Part) -Various Services

2nd May 2025Bristol

Location

Colston Avenue Southbound
Cause

Resurfacing
Responsibility

local Authority
Effective

04/05/2025 - 04/05/2025

Road Closure-Colston Avenue(part)-(m1/m2/m3/m4/A1/6/7/24/42/43/44/45/48/48x/49/49x/70/73/74/75/76)

06:30 - 10:30 Sunday 4th May 2025

Bristol

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Due to emergency pothole repairs, part of Colston Street (outside 4500 miles to Dheli restaurant) will be closed to traffic and as such the buses will be diverted to use Nelson St, Fairfax Street, Broadweir for Old Market Services, Newgate, Baldwin Street into Marsh Street for normal route towards Redcliffe or back into Broad Quay to start service.

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Regrettably The Centre stop C9 (48/48x49/49x), The Centre Stop C1 (A1/m1/m2), The Centre stop, Broad Quay C3 (70), and the Centre stop C5(24/43/73/74/75/76) will not be served during the closure.

Passengers are advised to use stops on Rupert Street and Prince Street (Queen Square Stop Q1) for any services 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)

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

Hengrove Way/Airport Road - (37, 74, m1) - OVERNIGHT CLOSURE - 22nd - 24th September

ROAD CLOSURE – Hengrove Way/Airport Road, Hengrove – Services 37, 74 & m1

The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way will be closed overnight to the above services between 20:00 and 07:00 from Monday 22nd to Wednesday 24th September (three nights) to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 37 heading towards Avonmouth to divert via Novers Lane, Whitchurch Lane and Hengrove Park in both directions.

Service 74 heading towards Hengrove Depot will divert via Throgmorton Road, Creswick Road, Creswicke Road, Novers Lane and Hengrove Way.

Service 74 to Bradley Stoke will divert as above and via Throgmorton to resume normal route at the junction of Airport Road.

Service m1 heading toward Hengrove Park to divert via Hartcliffe Way, Novers Lane, Whitchurch Lane and Hengrove Park.

Bamfield, Whitchurch - (37, m1) - CLOSURE - Monday 22nd September - Thursday 25th September

ROAD CLOSURE – Bamfield, Whitchurch

Services 37 & m1

Bamfield in Whitchurch will be closed again to service 37 and m1 between 08:00 and 18:00 from Monday 22nd to Thursday 25th September to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 37 heading towards Avonmouth are diverting via Hengrove Way, Whitchurch Lane and left at the traffic lights.

Service 37 heading towards Knowle are to operate the reverse of the above.

Service m1 heading towards Cribbs Causeway are diverting via Whitchurch Lane, right at the roundabout and Creswicke Road.

Service m1 heading towards Hengrove are to operate the reverse of the above.

	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.

	Industrial Action affecting services
	Industrial Action will affect some services in Bristol on Tuesday 16th, Wednesday 17th, Thursday 18th and Friday 19th September. Buses on Bath services 1, 2, 3, 4, 5/5a, 6/6a, 7, 8, 13, 19 (to and from Bristol Parkway), 20, 21, 31, 39/X39 (to and from Bristol), 41, 58, D1/D1x, D2/D2x, OS1, U1/U1N, U2, U3, U4 and U5 will run as normal. Buses on Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset services 1, 1s, 6, 7, 9, 20, 125, 125s, 126, 611, A3 (Weston Airport Flyer), U2, X1, X1s, X4, X5, X6, X7, X9, X11, X12, X14, X18 and X21 will run as normal. Buses on Wells services 55, 171, 172 (Bath - Bristol), 173, 174, 373, 374, 375, 376, 376a and 376x will run as normal. The following services in Bristol will run as normal: 16, 17, 19, 39, 349, 522, metrobus m1, m2, m3/m3x, m4, OS1, SB1, SB2, SB4, SB5, SB6, SB7, T1, U2, X1, X4, X6, X7, X9, X12, X14, X39, Y1, Y2 and Y6 will run as normal. Other Bristol services will operate a reduced or no service, as per below. Please note - short notice changes may occur. Real Time Information screens at bus stops will be updated with the revised timetables. The app and journey planner results will not reflect the revised timetables.

	Expected strike service level on affected Bristol services:
	Last Updated:	15/09/2025	15:18
Service	Expected hours of operation	Expected frequency of operation	Disruptions
Bristol 1	07.00-19.00	Every 30 minutes
Bristol 2/2a	07.00-19.00	Every 30 minutes on service 2 between Stockwood and Union Street/The Horsefair only (not serving The Centre). For Southmead and Cribbs Causeway please use service 76.
Bristol 3/4	07.00-19.00	Service 3 will operate every 60 minutes. Service 4 will not operate.
Bristol 5	08.00-18.00	Every 75 minutes between St. Anne's and The Centre only.
Bristol 6/7	07.00-19.00	Service 7 will run approximately hourly. Service 6 will not operate.
Bristol 8	07.30-19.00	Every 15 minutes
Bristol 24	07.00-19.00	Every 30 minutes
Bristol 25	Will not operate	Will not operate
Bristol 36	College-timed journeys only	The only journeys that will run will be the 07.44, 10.34 and 14.34 from Highridge to St. Anne's, and the 09.10, 13.00 and 16.10 from St Anne's to Highridge
Bristol 37	Will run as normal	Will run as normal
Bristol 41	Will not operate	Will not operate
Bristol 42/43	07.00-19.00	The 43 will run every 30 minutes between the City Centre and Cadbury Heath only. The 42 will not operate.
Bristol 44/45	07.00-19.00	The 44 will run half hourly. The 45 will not run.
Bristol 46, 47, 47x, 48, 48x, 49, 49x	07.00-19.00	The 48x will run hourly. The 49x will run half hourly. Other services will not operate.
Bristol 50	No Service. The 19 and metrobus services will run as normal.	No Service. The 19 and metrobus services will run as normal.
Bristol 70	07.00-19.00	Every 30 minutes
Bristol 72	Will not operate	Will not operate
Bristol 73	07.00-19.00	Hourly
Bristol 74	05.30-midnight	Half hourly between Hengrove and Bristol Parkway. No service between Bristol Parkway and Bradley Stoke. Please note - the m1 and T1 will be running as normal through Bradley Stoke. The 16 will be running as normal through Knowle West.
Bristol 75/76	07.00-22.00	Every 30 minutes on each service, every 15 minutes combined. All buses on the 76 will run to and from Cribbs Causeway.
Bristol 77	Will not operate	Will not operate
Bristol 515 (eves)	Will not operate	Will not operate
Bristol A1	24hr	Half hourly
Bristol SB1-SB7	Will run as normal	Will run as normal
Bristol U1/U1N	Will not operate	Will not operate