Service changes in Bath & Wells from 24 April 2022
Bath
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Effective11/06/2022 - 11/06/2022
Bus operator First West of England is making changes to some of its services in Bath and Wells from Sunday 24 April.
The majority of services are unaffected but some routes in Bath will see poorly used journeys removed to ensure services can be delivered more reliably in an environment where, despite frequency reductions made at the end of October last year, ongoing driver shortages are causing issues with reliability.
Doug Claringbold, Managing Director of First West of England, said: “We continue to work closely with the West of England Combined Authority to agree service levels as required by the Government’s funding scheme. These changes will ensure that we can run our Bath services more reliably whilst driver numbers remain an issue”.
The full list of changes is as follows: -
Service 1 - due to low passenger demand, some daily journeys will be withdrawn and Sunday frequency will reduce from every 30 minutes to every 40 minutes.
Service 2 - Some morning journeys will change as a result of low passenger numbers. Monday to Friday frequency will reduce from every 15 minutes to every 30 minutes (off peak only). Peak journeys will remain every 20 minutes. Saturday frequency will reduce from every 15 minutes to every 20 minutes. Due to low passenger demand, some daily journeys will be withdrawn.
Services 3 and 3a - Service 3a will be withdrawn Monday to Friday but Service 3 will serve Elmhurst estate during Monday to Friday daytime to replace these current Service 3a journeys. Due to the withdrawal of the 3a service, Service 3 will increase to every 20 minutes Monday to Friday. Due to low passenger demand, some daily journeys will be withdrawn
Service 19 - due to low passenger demand, the first journey, Monday to Friday to Downend will be withdrawn. The first Monday to Friday journey operated from 24 April will be extended between Kingswood and Downend. Cherry Gardens will be added as a timing point so customers have more visibility when planning connections between services 19 and 45.
Service 5 - due to low passenger demand, some daily journeys will be withdrawn
Service 39/X39 - the first 3 journeys will now depart from ‘The Globe’. Due to low passenger demand, some daily journeys will be withdrawn
Services 22, U1, U2 and U5 – revised University timetables will be introduced for the spring/summer period.
U5 timetable from 24 April 2022
Service D2 - a small timetable amendment on Monday to Friday will be implemented for school movements. Due to low passenger demand, some Saturday morning journeys will be withdrawn
Services not listed above are unchanged.
From 24 April the following changes will take effect in Wells: -
Service 126 - a revised route will be introduced in Weston-super-Mare, with journeys starting and terminating at the new bus interchange and not travelling down to Marine Parade. Saturday frequency will increase from every 120 minutes to every 60 minutes, whilst some journeys will be withdrawn due to low passenger demand.
A further change will take place in July 2022, when the Sunday timetable will be reinstated. The frequency will be every 60 minutes over the summer holidays.
Services not listed above are unchanged.
