Southmead Hospital Bus Station - CLOSURE - (17, 24, 76 & Y6) - Friday 23rd to Monday 26th May

20th May 2025Bristol/South Gloucestershire

Location

Southmead Hospital Bus Station
Cause

Carriageway Works
Responsibility

N/A
Effective

23/05/2025 - 26/05/2025

Southmead Hospital Bus Station will be closed to services 17, 24, 76 and Y6 from 19:00 on Friday 23rd and will remain fully closed until 06:00 on Monday 26th May to facilitate essential carriageway works.

The bus stops for the above services will be closed and there will be temporary bus stops situated on Southmead Way just after the roundabout of Beaufort Way for each direction.

For service 17 heading towards Keynsham/Bus Station, service 24 heading towards Ashton Vale, service 76 heading towards Hengrove and service Y6 heading towards Chipping Sodbury it will be on the opposite side of the road to the Hospital entrance.

Directions are to turn left out of Hospital main doors across two roundabouts and the temporary bus stop will be across the road just past Beaufort Way roundabout.

For services 76 heading towards Cribbs Causeway and Y6 heading towards the Bus Station it will be on the opposite side of the road just past Beaufort Way opposite the other temporary bus stop.

There will be people around this location to assist you.

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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

Bus Stop Closures-02.06.25-Baldwin Street, Central Bristol-(3/4/8/24/72/47/47x/48/48x/49/49x/50)

Bus Stop Closures-Baldwin Street, Central Bristol-(3/4/8/24/72/47/48/48x/49/49x/50)

02nd June 2025 - 25th July 2025

Bristol

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Due to ongoing gas works at Baldwin Street the bus stop C13 (outside the ice cream parlour) will close and services will move up to use R11 (The Old Fish Market) between 02nd of June and the 11th July 2025

From The 14th July until the 25th of July, stop R11 (Old Fish Market) will close and buses will all use bus stop C13 (Ice Cream Parlour)

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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

Avonvale Road, Marsh Lane and Pile Marsh, Barton Hill - EMERGENCY CLOSURES - (5, SB7 & 16) - Tuesday 20th May

Various roads in Barton Hill area will be closed to service 5, SB7 and 16 between 07:00 and 18:00 on Tuesday 20th May to facilitate emergency carriageway works. We apologies for the very short notice but we have only just been notified of this closure.

Service 5 and SB7 will be diverted via Church Road, Russell Town Avenue, Whitehall Road, Chalks Road and Blackswarth Road to resume normal routes in both directions.

Regretfully the Church Street, Beam Street and Tyrell Gardens and Orchard Square bus stops will not be served by the service 5 in either direction and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Easton Road or Netham Road bus stops,

Service SB7 will be unable to serve the Edward Road, Gilbert Street, Heber Street and Tyrell Gardens bus stops in either direction and passengers are advised to board or alight at either Lawrence Hill Station or Netham Road bus stops.

Service 16 will be diverted via Blackswarth Road and Feeder Road in both directions

Regretfully the bus stops Blackswarth Road on Church Road, Orchard Square bus stop on Avonvale Road and the Granville Street bus stop on Marsh Lane will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at the Seneca Street bus stop on Church Road or the Feeder Road Footbridge bus stop.

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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

Long Term Road Closure- Woolavington Road, Woolavington (375)

Monday 14th April - Friday 4th July 2025

West Of England

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Due to National Grid works service 375 will be diverted to miss Woolavington Road and use A39 Bath Road Puriton Hill into Enterprise Way to access Puriton. This will be in both directions during the closure period.

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Regrettably RoF Factory stops and Cockers Hill bus stops will not be served during the closure period.

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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

Road Closure-Bradley Stoke Way, Northbound-(m1/T1)

Monday 17th February - Sunday 25th May 2025

South Gloucestershire

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These works have been extended from the original date of completion(2nd May 2025)

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Due to roadworks as part of the council active travel scheme, Bradley Stoke Way northbound will be closed to traffic and as such services m1 towards Cribbs Causeway and T1 towards Thornbury will be diverted to use Winterbourne Road, Orpheus Avenue and Baileys Court Road to resume normal route at Great Meadow Roundabout. Please expect some delays.

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The Great Meadow stop will not be able to be served, but buses will instead serve the Great Meadow Roundabout stop on Baileys Court Road. No other bus stops on the diversion will be served.

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Buses on the m1 towards Hengrove Park and T1 towards Bristol City Centre will not be affected.

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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:	20/05/2025	19:57

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.
	Bristol	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.	Love Saves The Day-24/25 May Services X1/X4/X6/X7a/X8/X9/U2 will be affected. See our dedicated web page for full details.
	North Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.

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 estimated 2 June 2025. -The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Broomhill is suspended until late May. Please use the temporary stop that has been installed prior to the traffic lights.
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 estimated 2 June 2025.
2	Bath City Centre - Foxhill	Normal service.
3	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford	Milsom St, New Bond Street and Northgate will be closed 2200-0500 between 19-24 May.Services will be diverted. Guildhall, Broad Street and Milsom Street bus stops will not be served.
3/4	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre	Normal service.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	Normal service.
5	St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Clifton	Normal service.
5	Bath City Centre - 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 St, New Bond Street and Northgate will be closed 2200-0500 between 19-24 May.Services will be diverted. Guildhall, Broad Street and Milsom Street bus stops will not be served.	-St Saviours Road in Larkhall, Bath will be closed from Tuesday 27th and will remain fully closed until 19:00 on Friday 30th May to facilitate carriageway works.Services will operate as normal to Claremont Road then divert via St Saviours Road (part unaffected) and terminate/ commence from the St Saviours Church bus stop on Holland Road.All stops around the Larkhall Loop will be missed and passengers are advised to board or alight at the St Saviours Church bus stop on Holland Road.
7	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill	Normal service.
7	Worle - Weston-super-Mare - Locking Parklands	Normal service.
7B/7H	Weston-super-Mare - Bleadon Hill or Hutton	Normal service.
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	Bristol City Centre - Kingswood - Fishponds	Normal service.
17	Bristol - Keynsham	Normal service.	Southmead Hospital Bus Station closed From 19.00 23 May until 06.00 on 26 May for Carriagway works. There will be Temporary Bus Stops on Southmead Way just after the roundabout Beaufort Way in both Directions
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	Normal service.
20	Ralph Allen School - Bath	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	-Mulready Close stop towards Ashton Vale is suspended until January 2026. Please use Cameron Walk stop. -Frayne Road stop towards Ashton Vale is currently suspended. Please use the Greenway Bush Lane or Durnford Street stops.	-Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road. --Southmead Hospital Bus Station closed From 19.00 23 May until 06.00 on 26 May for Carriagway works. There will be Temporary Bus Stops on Southmead Way just after the roundabout Beaufort Way in both Directions
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Milsom St, New Bond Street and Northgate will be closed 2200-0500 between 19-24 May.Services will be diverted. Guildhall, Broad Street and Milsom Street bus stops will not be served.
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.
42/43	Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens / Cadbury Heath	Normal Service.	Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road.
44/45	Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath / Cherry Gardens	Normal Service.
46	Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
47/47x	Bristol City Centre - Oldbury Court	Normal service.
48/48x	Bristol - Downend / Emersons Green	Normal Service.
49/49x	Bristol - Staple Hill / Emersons Green	Normal service.
50	Bristol - Frenchay	Normal Service.
51s	Winscombe - Churchill Academy	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
72	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated 2 June 2025.
73	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	Normal service.	Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	-Due to overnight resurfacing works along the A38 there will be night closures between 20.00-06.00 from 16 May -30 May and as such services will divert to use Station Road Great Stoke Way along Past Parkway to Hatchet Road and Then Gypsy Path Lane in Both Directions. Filton Church, Filton College, Cleve Road, Gypsy Patch Lane (Southbound) and Filton Airfield bus stops will be missed.	-Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road. -Southmead Hospital Bus Station closed From 19.00 23 May until 06.00 on 26 May for Carriagway works. There will be Temporary Bus Stops on Southmead Way just after the roundabout Beaufort Way in both Directions
77	Clifton Down - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top	Normal Service.
125	Weston-super-Mare - Wrington	Normal service.
126	Weston-super-Mare - Wells	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 estimated 2 June 2025.
173/174	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	-The A367 Bath Road in Oakhill will be closed to service 174 between 09:30 and 15:30 on Wednesday 21st May.Service 174 heading towards Wells will operate normal route to the end of Silver Street (B3355), then divert right onto Wells Road (B3139), left into A37 Marchants Hill (A37) to resume normal route at Bath Road junction.This will be in both directions.Bus stops between and including Killings Knap Farm and Oakhill Primary School will not be served during this closure period.
349	Bristol - Keynsham	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated 2 June 2025. -The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Keynsham is suspended until late May. Please use the temporary stop that has been installed prior to the traffic lights.
373, 374, 375, 376, 376a, 376x	Bristol - Wells - Street - Taunton / Bridgwater / Yeovil	-The road between Woolavington and Puriton is closed until September 2025. Buses on the 375 will serve Old Mill Road in Woolavington and then divert via the A39 and Enterprise Way into -Puriton - please expect delays. Stops between Woolavington Green and ROF Factory inclusive will not be served. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated 2 June 2025.	-Brooks Road in Street will be closed to services 373 and 376 between 09:30 and 15:30 from Monday 26th through to Friday 30th May due to roadworks. Service 373 will be diverted via Ivythorn Road in both directions and regretfully the bus stops on Brooks Road and Middle Leigh will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Hill House bus stop on Slugg Hill or The Tanyard on Leigh Road. Service 376 will be diverted via Ivythorn Lane to terminus in both directions i and all bus stops between and including Hecks Cider Farm and Ringolds Way will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at the terminus or The Tanyard bus stop on Leigh Road. - Market Place Somerton will close between 14.00-20.00 on 25 May. Passenger Board or alight at either the Behind Berry or Lynch House stops
522	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated 2 June 2025. -The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Keynsham/Bath is suspended until late May. Please use the temporary stop that has been installed prior to the traffic lights.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal Service.	-Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road.
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	Normal service.
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	Normal service.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	-Bradley Stoke Way is closed northbound. Buses are diverting and serving the Great Meadow Roundabout stop instead of the usual Great Meadow stop until Sunday 25 May 2025. -Roadworks with temporary traffic lights at the Airport Road/Bamfield/Creswicke Road junction at Hengrove are causing significant delays at peak times.	-Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	Normal service.	-Redcliff Hill towards the Bristol City Centre will be closed between 0700-1300 on 25 May. Passengers are advised to board/alight at the Ship Lane bus stop in Clarence Road.
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, but 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	-Bradley Stoke Way is closed northbound. Buses are diverting and serving the Great Meadow Roundabout stop instead of the usual Great Meadow stop until 25 May 2025. -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.
U1	Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre	Normal service.
U1/U2	University of Bath - Oldfield Park	Normal service.
U2	Bristol - Langford Campus	Normal service.
U3	Bristol - UWE Frenchay Night Bus	Normal service.
U5	Bath - Bath Spa University	Normal service.
X1/X1s	Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol	Normal service.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	-The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Bath is suspended until late May. Please use the temporary stop that has been installed prior to the traffic lights.	.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Normal service.
X5	Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	-Portishead High Street closed to Traffic near Gordano School, A temporary Stop will be place outside Aldi on Wyndham Way for Town Centre this will run until 13 June.
X6/X7/X7a	Bristol - Clevedon	Normal service.
X9	Bristol - Nailsea	Normal service.
X11	Weston-super-Mare - Clevedon	Normal service.
X14	Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus	Normal service.
Y1/Y2	Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village	Normal Service.
Y6	Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury	-Due to overnight resurfacing works along the A38 there will be night closures between 20.00-06.00 from 16 May -30 May and as such services will divert to use Station Road Great Stoke Way along Past Parkway to Hatchet Road and Then Gypsy Path Lane in Both Directions. Filton Church, Filton College, Cleve Road, Gypsy Patch Lane (Southbound) and Filton Airfield bus stops will be missed.	-Southmead Hospital Bus Station closed From 19.00 23 May until 06.00 on 26 May for Carriagway works. There will be Temporary Bus Stops on Southmead Way just after the roundabout Beaufort Way in both Directions

Long Term Road Closure-Victoria Street, Bristol (Northbound)-1/2/2a/39/X39/72/172/349/375/376/376a/522

31st March - 2nd June 2025

Bristol

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Due to ongoing travel improvement along the Victoria Street corridor, Victoria Street will be closed in the northbound direction (towards the city centre) from 31st March 2025. Temple Meads Station stop T7 at the end of Victoria Street will be closed.

Routes 1 and 2 towards Cribbs Causeway, 2a towards Brentry and 72 towards UWE Frenchay will instead stop at Temple Meads Station stop T2 on the main road (Temple Gate), and then divert via Temple Way and Counterslip to resume their normal route at Bristol Bridge. Buses will additionally serve stop T8 on Temple Way.

Routes 39/X39, 172, 349, 374, 375, 376, 376a and 522 will stop at Temple Meads Station stop T2 as normal, and then divert via Temple Way and Counterslip to resume their normal route at Bristol Bridge. These routes will also additionally stop at Temple Way stop T8 on the diversion.

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Southbound buses, travelling from the city centre towards Temple Meads Station, will not be affected and will operate their normal route.

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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