Road Closures-10.02.25/11.02.25-Cheltenham Road Arches-(72/73/74/75/76/77)

5th Feb 2025Bristol

Location

Cheltenham Road, The Arches
Cause

Bridge inspections
Responsibility

Network Rail
Effective

10/02/2025 - 12/02/2025

Road Closures-Cheltenham Road (The Arches)-(72/73/74/75/76/77)

21:00 - 05:00 Monday 10th February (Northbound toward Horfield) 21:00 - 05:00 Tuesday 11th February (Southbound toward Centre)

Bristol

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Due to essential bridge works Cheltenham Road will be closed over 2 nights and as such buses will be diverted in a different direction on each night.

Monday 10th Feb will see the Northbound section closed and buses will use Cromwell Road onto Chesterfield Road and Ashley Down Road. Tuesday 11th Feb the Southbound section will close and services will be diverted from Ashley Down Road (Royal Oak) into Chesterfield Road and Cromwell Road to resume normal after the Bridge.

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Regrettably Zetland Road Junction, Sommerville Road, Hatherley Road, Nevil Road and Ashley Down Road stops will not be served in the direction of the closures during the closure periods.

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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

EMERGENCY ROAD CLOSURE - Somerset Levels between Bridgwaer and Eastlyn - (374) - Monday 26th January until further notice

UPDATE - 09:30 Tuesday 27th January

The Somerset Levels between Bridgwater and East Lyng is currently closed until further notice due to flooding.

Services 374 will terminate and commence from Bridgwater Bus Station.

Regretfully the village after Ashcott will NOT SERVE Pedwell, Greinton, Greylake, Othery, Burrowbridge, The Lyngs, Durston, The Creeches, Ruishton or Taunton.

Passengers wishing to travel to Taunton are to use the service 21 from Bridgwater Bus Station Bay 4 which is run by Buses of Somerset. Your tickets will be valid on this service.

Service 374 from Bridgwater Bus Station to Wells will depart at 10:00, 11:56, 14:03, 15,51 and 17:57.

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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:	30/01/2026	16:25

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	Delays to services to and from Bristol and Somerset destinations, due to a closure of the M5 motorway.
	Bristol	M5 MOTORWAY CLOSURE - we are experiencing heavy Traffic in and around Bristol City Centre, including Anchor Road, Jacobs Wells Road Hotwell Road The Portway and Pill Road. There is also very heavy traffic around Bedminster and Temple Meads Station. Clifton is gridlocked. All services are delayed, and services in the Clifton area are not moving at all at the present time.
	North Somerset	M5 MOTORWAY CLOSURE is causing severe delays to all services in the area due to heavy congestion. -Update 16:05 There are now delays of up to an hour and a half on services X1-9 and the U2. Weston town services are also running with delays.

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 further notice. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queen's Road and St Paul's Road. No bus stops are missed however delays are anticipated as buses follow diversion route. Estimated completion mid February 2026.
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 further notice. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queen's Road and St Paul's Road. No bus stops are missed however delays are anticipated as buses follow diversion route. Estimated completion mid February 2026.
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 Queen's Road and St Paul's Road. No bus stops are missed however delays are anticipated as buses follow diversion route. Estimated completion mid February 2026.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	Normal service.
5	St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Stoke Bishop	SEVERE DELAYS due to gridlock in Clifton, due to M5 closure. Buses are currently not able to move in Clifton.
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	Normal service.
7	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill	Normal service.
7	Worle - Weston-super-Mare - Locking Parklands	Normal service.
8	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - Clifton	SEVERE DELAYS due to gridlock in Clifton, due to M5 closure. UPDATE 16:15 - all 6 buses on this service are currently trapped in gridlock in the Clifton area, and the buses are not able to move at the current time.
8	Bath City Centre - Kingsway	Normal service
9	Weston-super-Mare - Worle	Normal service.	Monks Hill in Worlebury, Weston closed 07:00 Monday 2 February until 18:00 Friday 6 February. Unable to serve the Golf Club bus stop on Monks Hill. Please use stops at Milton Hill or Worlebury Hill Road.
13	Foxhill - Bath City Centre - Elmhurst	Normal Service
16	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - Fishponds	-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. -Lodge Hill,Cossham closed 07:00 Wednesday 7 January closed until 17:00 Tuesday 17 February. The only bus stop missed is the Cossham Hospital heading towards Fishponds. Please use stop at Dalkieth Avenue on Ingleside Road.
17	Bristol - Kingswood - Keynsham	Normal service.
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	Parkwall Road and Newton Road in Cadbury Heath closed Overnight 19:00 and 06:00 Wednesday 28 January until Friday 13 February (excluding weekends). Unable to serve Cadbury Heath Road/Park Wall Road/Newton Road. Please use stops at St Ivel Way/Park Estate Shops/Park Crescent.
20	Bath - Ralph Allen School	Runs on School Days Only. 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	Broad Weir bus stop S12 in the City Centre is closed until further notice. Buses are using the temporary stop on Lower Castle Street (after the traffic lights) instead.
25	Bristol City Centre - Fishponds	Normal service.
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	Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens	Service 42 Parkwall Road and Newton Road in Cadbury Heath closed Overnight 19:00 and 06:00 Wednesday 28 January until Friday 13 February (excluding weekends). Unable to serve Newton Road and Hampton close bus stops. Please use either Park Estate Shops bus stop or Park Crescent bus stop depending on your direction of travel or the bus stop on Wraxall Road.
43	Imperial Park - Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath	Normal service.
44/45	Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath / Cherry Gardens	Service 44 Parkwall Road and Newton Road in Cadbury Heath closed Overnight 19:00 and 06:00 Wednesday 28 January until Friday 13 February (excluding weekends). Unable to serve Newton Road and Hampton close bus stops. Please use either Park Estate Shops bus stop or Park Crescent bus stop depending on your direction of travel or the bus stop on Wraxall Road.
46	Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Broad Weir bus stop S12 in the City Centre is closed until further notice. Buses are using the temporary stop on Lower Castle Street (after the traffic lights) instead.
47/47x	Bristol City Centre - Oldbury Court	Broad Weir bus stop S12 in the City Centre is closed until further notice. Buses are using the temporary stop on Lower Castle Street (after the traffic lights) instead.
48/48x	Bristol City Centre - Downend / Emersons Green	Broad Weir bus stop S12 in the City Centre is closed until further notice. Buses are using the temporary stop on Lower Castle Street (after the traffic lights) instead.
49/49x	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Emersons Green	Broad Weir bus stop S12 in the City Centre is closed until further notice. Buses are using the temporary stop on Lower Castle Street (after the traffic lights) instead.
50	Bristol City Centre - Frenchay	Broad Weir bus stop S12 in the City Centre is closed until further notice. Buses are using the temporary stop on Lower Castle Street (after the traffic lights) instead.
55	Wrantage - Strode College	Normal service. Runs on College Days Only.
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	Bowslands Way Heading towards Bradley Stoke closed 0600 13 January until Sunday 1 March. Unable to serve stops on Bowslands Way/Trench Lane/Woodlands Lane. Please use stops at Pear Tree Road.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	Bowslands Way Heading towards Bradley Stoke closed 0600 13 January until Sunday 1 March. Unable to serve stops on Bowslands Way/Trench Lane/Woodlands Lane. Please use stops at Pear Tree Road.
77	Stoke Bishop - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top	SEVERE DELAYS due to gridlock in Clifton, due to M5 closure.
125	Weston-super-Mare - Wrington	Normal service.
125s	Winscombe - Churchill Academy	Normal service. Runs on School Days Only.
126	Weston-super-Mare - Wells	UPDATE 16.00 Diversion still in place. MAJOR DIVERSION Due to Road Traffic Collision. Unable to serve any stops between Helicopter Museum until Shute Shelve Hill inclusive. Please use stops at Cross in Axbridge or The Barrows in Weston. For Banwell, Sandford or Winscombe, please use the U2 or 125 services. This is being monitored continually. We have been advised this is likely to be in place for the remainder of the day. We will resume normal route when safe to do so.
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	-On going. Due to flooding the emergency gates are closed on the A361, service 374 from Ashcott will remain on the A39 to Bawdrip and then run into Bridgwater, terminating at Bridgwater Bus Station Bay 6. Passengers are then advised to use service services 21/2A to Taunton, tickets will be accepted. We do apologise for any inconvenience. Modified departure times from Bridgwater Bus Station for 374 back to Wells and Bristol will be 10:00 11:56 14:03 15:51 17:47. There is no service between Ashcott and Taunton. Provisionally in place until 11 February. Being monitored daily. -Service 373 Emergency Closure Old Wells Road in Glastonbury until provisionally 1800 Tuesday 3 February. Unable to serve stops between West Mendip Hospital (Community Hospital) until Wells Road inclusive - there is therefore no service to/from Windmill Hill. Please use stops at Long Drove or Glastonbury High Street. -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.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
A4	Bath - Bristol Airport AirDecker	Normal service. Check www.airdecker.com for on the day service information.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	Argyle Street, Bath closed 19:00 and 01:00 on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 January. Unable to serve Laura Place. Please use stops at Guild Hall or Grand Parade or Holburne Museum.
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	Normal service.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	Normal service.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	The Wapping Wharf stop towards the City Centre is closed. Buses are using a temporary stop situated around 250m before the usual stop, until October 2026.
m3/m3x	Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus	Normal service.
m4	Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus	Normal service.
OS1	Oldfield School - Hanham	Runs on School Days Only. Normal service.
SB1	Soundwell - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
SB2	Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College	-Runs on College Days Only. -Lodge Hill,Cossham closed 07:00 Wednesday 7 January until 17:00 Tuesday 17 February. The only bus stop missed is the Cossham Hospital heading towards Fishponds. Please use stop at Dalkieth Avenue on Ingleside Road.
SB4	Westerleigh - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
SB5	Coalpit Heath - St Brendan's College	-Runs on College Days Only. -Lodge Hill,Cossham closed 07:00 Wednesday 7 January until 17:00 Tuesday 17 February. The only bus stop missed is the Cossham Hospital heading towards Fishponds. Please use stop at Dalkieth Avenue on Ingleside Road.
SB6	Yate - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only.
SB7	Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
T1	Bristol - Thornbury	Various sections of the A38 in Almondsbury will be closed Overnight 2000-0600 from 6 January until Sunday 15 February (including Weekends). Unable to serve between and including Almondsbury Depot and Davids Lane. Please use stops at Aztec West Roundabout/Streamleaze Court (to Thornbury)/Rock Street (to Bristol). -This diversion will also apply to buses towards Bristol after 2000 each night Monday - Saturdays only.
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. (Revision Timetable)
U2	Bristol - Langford Campus - Weston-super-Mare	Normal service.
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	Stuart Road, W-s-M is closed until further notice. Regretfully the bus stops Holms Road Buttermere Road and Yeo Close will not be served. Please use the Selworthy Road bus stops for both directions.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Normal service.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Due to the closure of the M5 we are experiencing delays of up to 1 Hour at the present Time
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.	North End from the roundabout at the junction of Arnolds Way closed 07:00 Monday 2 February until 19:00 Friday 6 March. Please see dedicated web-page for full details.
X12	Weston-super-Mare - Filton	Runs on Weston College Days Only. Normal service.
X14	Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus	Normal service.
X18	Nailsea - Weston-super-Mare & Loxton Campus	Normal service.	North End from the roundabout at the junction of Arnolds Way closed 07:00 Monday 2 February until 19:00 Friday 6 March. Please see dedicated web-page for full details.
X21	Bridgwater - Weston-super-Mare & Puxton Park	Normal service.
Y1/Y2	Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village	Normal service.
Y6	Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury	-Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queen's Road and St Paul's Road. No Stops missed however Delays anticipated as buses follow diversion route. Estimated completion mid February 2026.