Free bus travel for kids
19th July - 5th September
School’s out, and here's the perfect plan: free bus travel for under-16s across the West of England this summer! From July 19 to September 5, kids can hop on buses for free - no bus pass or tickets required!
This initiative is funded by the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority – led by Helen Godwin, the new Mayor of the West of England, with the support of Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire councils.
FAQ's
The offer is available from Saturday 19th July to Friday 5th September. Anyone aged 15 and under. There's no need to sign up or do anything in advance - under 16's can simply hop on the bus for free. There is no need to travel with a fare paying adult either. Most of our services are included in the offer, however there are a few that aren't included:
Drivers may ask for identification if they can't be sure of your child's age. If your child is unable to provide identification when requested by a driver, then they will be required to pay a full adult fare. We offer free First Bus photo ID passes and would advise older children to get one. |
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We’ve got you covered with some days out inspo…
Gromit Unleashed 3 Trail
Follow a free summer trail across Bristol with 50+ colourful sculptures of Wallace, Gromit, Feathers McGraw, and new robot Norbot. It’s all about film, fun, and supporting Bristol Children’s Hospital.
How to get there: Plan your journey on the First Bus App.
Weston-super-Mare Seafront & Grand Pier
Build sandcastles, ride donkeys and enjoy over 300 metres of arcade games – there’s something for everyone!
How to get there: Our X1 service from Bristol drops off right at the Seafront. If you're local, most of our services stop at the Interchange which is a short walk away.
Royal Victoria Park, Bath
Wander through the botanical gardens in Bath, enjoy a picnic or even take on the family at crazy golf. It’s just a short walk away from the city centre!
How to get there: Loads of our services stop close by - we recommend using the First Bus App to plan your journey.
Travel Alerts
Daily Service Updates
| 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: | 25/08/2025 | 16:30 | |
| Major Disruptions: | |||
| Bath and Somerset | No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information. | ||
| Bristol | -Lane closures at Gipsy Patch Lane flyover are causing severe delays for services in the area. Please see details below for each route. | -Summer Holiday timetables are in operation on various Bristol services. Please check firstbus.co.uk/servicechange 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 | -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until autumn 2025. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, but delays are anticipated. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. -Due to various diversions, and lane closures at Bath Bridge Roundabout, services are subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -At Brentry Lane towards Cribbs Causeway, there is a temporary bus stop in place outside number 189A Passage Road. |
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| 1 | Bath City Centre - Southdown | Southdown Road, Bath will be closed to service 1 from 07:00 on Tuesday 26 August and will remain fully closed until 18:00 on Friday 17 October. This service will be diverted. The Southdown Avenue, Oriel Grove, Langdon Road and Lytton Gardens bus stops will not be served. | |
| 1 | Weston-super-Mare - Sand Bay | Normal route. | |
| 1s | Kewstoke - Worle | Normal service. | |
| 2/2a | Cribbs Causeway/Brentry - Bristol City Centre - Stockwood | -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until autumn 2025. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, delays are anticipated. -Due to various diversions and lane closures at Bath Bridge Roundabout, services are subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -Bus Stop suspension Wyck Beck Road/ Lyppincourt Road until early November 2025 |
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| 2 | Bath City Centre - Foxhill | Normal service. | -Manvers Street, Bath will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 05:00 on Sunday 31 August. This service will be diverted.Please board/alight at either the Baptist Church on Pulteney Road or DST bus stop on Dorchester Street. |
| 3 | Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford | Normal service. | -Saracen Street, Bath will be closed overnight between 22:00 and 06:00 from Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 August. This service will be diverted and passengers are advised to board/alight at the Bus Station. -Manvers Street, Bath will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 05:00 on Sunday 31 August. This service will be diverted and passengers are advised to board/alight at Dorchester Street stop (bk). |
| 3/4 | Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre | -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until autumn 2025. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, delays are anticipated. -Bus Stop suspension Wyck Beck Road/ Lyppincourt Road until early November 2025 |
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| 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 | -28 July 0700 until 1 September 1700 Baytree Road closed. Unable to serve Forest Drive until Cedar Avenue. Passengers to board/alight Manor Road/Westbrook Road. | |
| 6/6a/7 | Bath City Centre - Fairfield Park/Larkhall | Normal service. | -Saracen Street, Bath will be closed overnight between 22:00 and 06:00 from Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 August. This service will be diverted and passengers are advised to board/alight at the Bus Station. -Manvers Street, Bath will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 05:00 on Sunday 31 August. This service will be diverted and passengers are advised to board/alight at Dorchester Street stop (bk). |
| 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 | The Glass Wharf bus stop on Avon Street at Temple Meads will not be served in both directions from 2 June until April 2026. Buses are diverting via Midland Road and Silverthorne Lane in both directions. This service is suffering from delays, particularly at peak times. | |
| 17 | Bristol - Kingswood - Keynsham | -Due to 4-way temporary traffic lights at Hanham roundabout services may experience delays. | |
| 19 | Bath - Bristol Parkway Station | -At UWE, the left turn from the Ring Road into Coldharbour Lane will be closed from Monday 21 July for the summer holidays until 31 August. Buses will divert via the back entrance into UWE, and miss out the UWE The Gardens stop. Please use the stop at UWE Campus Bus Station. Buses travelling towards Parkway Station will not be affected. Due to emergency works the Bus stop in Station Road Warmley cannot be served, Instead use the stop around the corner opposite the Public toilet on Main road until 1 September |
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| 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. | Newbridge Road, Bath from the junction of Upper Bristol Road/Windsor Bridge Road and Park and Ride site will be closed overnight 19:00 and 07:00 on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 August. This service will be on diversion.Passengers are advised to board or alight at the Park Lane bus stop on Upper Bristol Road or The Globe bus stop on the A4. |
| 24 | Southmead Hospital - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Vale | 0800 Tuesday 26 until 1700 Friday 29 August. Dunford Street, Breach Road, Luckwell Road, Winterstoke Road Marsh Lanes. Passengers to board or alight at either Bath Street bus stop on Ashton Road (towards Southmead) or the Frayne Road bus stop on Ashton Road (towards Ashton) or The Batches bus stops on South Liberty Lane or any of the bus stops on Winterstoke Road in either direction. | - 0800 30 August until 1800 31 August Unable to serve East Street Stop, Please board/alight Bedminster Parade outside Asda. |
| 31 | Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre | Normal service. | -Saracen Street, Bath will be closed overnight between 22:00 and 06:00 from Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 August. This service will be diverted and passengers are advised to board/alight at the Bus Station. |
| 36 | Highridge - St Anne's | -William Jessop Way in Hengrove will be closed from 07:00 on Monday 28 July and Will remain fully closed until 17:00 on Friday 29 August. Bridge Campus bus stop on William Jessop Way not be served. | |
| 37 | Knowle West - Severn Beach Industrial Estate | -Monday 18 August until 29 August 2000-0600 (excluding weekend and Bank Holiday Monday) Unable to serve Park Road, Woodwell Road, Station Road and Portway P & R bus stops. Diverting via Avonmouth Road, Lower High Street, High Street and Park Road in Shirehampton in both directions. -William Jessop Way in Hengrove will be closed from 07:00 on Monday 28 July and Will remain fully closed until 17:00 on Friday 29 August. Bridge Campus bus stop on William Jessop Way not be served. |
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| 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. | - Service 43 0800 30 August until 1800 31 August Unable to serve East Street Stop, Please board/alight Bedminster Parade outside Asda. |
| 44/45 | Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath / Cherry Gardens | -Due to 4-way temporary traffic lights until 1 September at Hanham roundabout services may experience delays and short-notice cancellations. | |
| 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 | Service not operating - school holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| 55 | Wrantage - Strode College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| 58 | Odd Down Park & Ride - Twerton Mill | Normal service. | |
| 70 | Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay | Normal route. | |
| 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 late August 2025. | |
| 73 | Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay | Normal service. | |
| 74 | Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke | Normal service. | - 0800 30 August until 1800 31 August Unable to serve East Street Stop, Please board/alight Bedminster Parade outside Asda. |
| 75/76 | Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway | -Service 75 - SEVERE DELAYS being experienced due to roadworks on Gloucester Road Flyover due to road restrictions ongoing. This may include last-minute trip cancellations.This service is diverting after Air Balloon Roundabout, Southmead Road, Penpark Road, Knowle Lane, Wyck Beck Road, Merlin Way and Hayes Way to Normal Route in Both Directions unable to serve Filton Church, Filton College, Filton Airfield, Cleve Road, Gipsy Patch Lane. Diversion in place between 0700 -1900. On going. -Normal service service 76 - but there may be knock on delays from the 75. |
- 0800 30 August until 1800 31 August Unable to serve East Street Stop, Please board/alight Bedminster Parade outside Asda. |
| 77 | Clifton Down - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top | -Alma road diversion works over run still ongoing Unable to serve Clifton Park bus stop passengers board/alight Clifton Park bus stop just after the junction of Clifton Park (outside of the Channings Bar) | |
| 125 | Weston-super-Mare - Wrington | Langford Road in Langford between Stock Lane and the A38 will be closed to service 125 from 07:00 on Wednesday 23 July and will remain fully closed until Thursday 4 September. Services will be diverted in both directions. | |
| 126 | Weston-super-Mare - Wells | Normal service. | |
| 171 | Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath | -Midsomer Norton unable to serve Somervale School , Paulton Road, Pinewood Road, Orchard Avenue until 29 August. | |
| 172 | Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath | -Midsomer Norton unable to serve Somervale School , Paulton Road,Pinewood Road, Orchard Avenue until 29 August. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. |
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| 173/174 | Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath | -Sundays only until 29 August unable to serve Paulton Road/Somervale School bus stops. Passengers to board/alight Town Hall bus stop or Kings Arms bus stop. -Silver Street,Midsomer Norton will be closed from Monday 25 until Saturday 30 August. Service 174 will be on diversion and unable to serve the Backhouse bus stop. |
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| 349 | Bristol - Keynsham | -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. |
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| 373, 374, 375, 376, 376a, 376x | Bristol - Wells - Street - Taunton / Bridgwater / Yeovil | -Bus Stop Suspension Morrisons Superstore in Glastonbury Until 1 September. Please board/alight Glastonbury Town Hall /Drill Hall. -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 late August 2025. -Service 376a Midsomer Norton unable to serve Somervale School , Paulton Road,Pinewood Road, Orchard Avenue until 29 August. |
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| 522 | Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath | -Midsomer Norton unable to serve Somervale School, Paulton Road, Pinewood Road, Orchard Avenue until 29 August. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. |
-31 August 0930-1530 Unable to serve War Memorial until Phillis Hill Bottom. Passengers to board/alight Paper Lane/Thicket Mead Roundabout. |
| A1 | Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer | Normal service. | - 0800 30 August until 1800 31 August Unable to serve East Street Stop, Please board/alight Bedminster Parade outside Asda. |
| A3 | Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer | Normal service. | |
| D1/D1x | Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster | -Winsley Hill in Limpley Stoke will be closed from Monday 21 July until Sunday 31 August for repairs to the railway bridge. The D1 will divert between Bath and Bradford on Avon via the London Road, A46 and Sally in the Wood. Some journeys in the early mornings, evenings, and all day on Sundays, will run to/from Winsley and then double back on themselves. At other times, buses will not serve Winsley. A shuttle bus has been arranged by Wiltshire Council. No buses will be able to serve Bathampton, Claverton or Limpley Stoke. Please see our separate web page for full information. -Cradle Bridge on Castle Street in Trowbridge town centre heading towards Warminster will be closed from 7 July and will remain fully closed until 17.00 on Friday 29 August. Services heading towards Warminster will be diverted via after the Town Hall bus stop on Market Street via Castle Street, Fore Street, Wicker Hill, Wicker Hill and Bythesea Road. |
-Saracen Street, Bath will be closed overnight between 22:00 and 06:00 from Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 August. This service will be diverted and passengers are advised to board/alight at the Bus Station. -Market Place, Warminster will be closed between 07:00 and 19:00 on Sunday 31 August to facilitate Warminster Market Day. Market Place, Portway Fire Station and Copheap Lane bus stops will not be served during the closure period. -Manvers Street, Bath will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 05:00 on Sunday 31 August. This service will be diverted. Please board/alight at the Bus Station. |
| D2/D2x | Bath - Frome | Normal service. | |
| m1 | Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus | -The left turn from the Ring Road into Coldharbour Lane will be closed from Monday 21 July for the summer holidays until 31 August. Buses will divert via the back entrance into UWE, and miss out the UWE The Gardens stop. | - 0800 30 August until 1800 31 August Unable to serve East Street Stop, Please board/alight Bedminster Parade outside Asda. |
| m2 | Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus | Normal service. | |
| m3/m3x | Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus | -The left turn from the Ring Road into Coldharbour Lane will be closed from Monday 21 July for the summer holidays until 31 August. Buses will divert via the back entrance into UWE and miss out the UWE The Gardens stop. Please use the stop at UWE Campus Bus Station. Buses travelling towards Emersons Green will not be affected. -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. |
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| m4 | Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus | -Service m4 is being affected by roadworks at Gipsy Patch Lane, and may be subject to short notice diversion to avoid getting stuck in severe congestion. The Titan Road and Bush Avenue stops will not be served when this is the case, but buses will stop at the Little Stoke School stops on Little Stoke Lane instead when they are diverted. Please check this page for updates. Buses are currently on normal route. -The left turn from the Ring Road into Coldharbour Lane will be closed from Monday 21 July for the summer holidays until 31 August. Buses will divert via the back entrance into UWE, and miss out the UWE The Gardens stop. Please use the stop at UWE Campus Bus Station. Buses travelling towards Cribbs Causeway will not be affected. |
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| OS1 | Oldfield School - Hanham | Service not operating - school holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| SB1 | Soundwell - St Brendan's College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| SB2 | Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| SB4 | Westerleigh - St Brendan's College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| SB5 | Coalpit Heath - St Brendan's College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| SB6 | Yate - St Brendan's College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| SB7 | Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| T1 | Bristol - Thornbury | -The northbound Bradley Stoke Way closure affecting buses towards Thornbury will move to Phase 3 from Monday 21 July until December 2025. Buses will run normal route to Webbs Wood, then divert via Brook Way to Willow Brook, missing out Webbs Wood Roundabout, The Bridge and Savages Wood Roundabout stops. The only stop they will serve on diversion will be the Braydon Avenue stop on Brook Way. -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. -Webbs Wood stop is currently suspended due to a northbound closure of Bradley Stoke Way. Please use the Webbs Wood Roundabout stop instead. |
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| U1 | Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre | Service not operating - University Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| U1/U2 | University of Bath - Oldfield Park | U2 - service not operating - University Holidays. | |
| U2 | Bristol - Langford Campus | Normal service. | |
| U3 | Bristol - UWE Frenchay Night Bus | Service not operating - University Holidays. | |
| U5 | Bath - Bath Spa University | Normal service. | |
| X1/X1s | Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol | -The A370 at Flax Bourton has now re-opened and buses are running normal route. Delays are expected due to temporary traffic lights, in place until 29 August. | |
| X39/39 | Bath - Bristol | Normal service. | Newbridge Road, Bath from the junction of Upper Bristol Road/Windsor Bridge Road and Park and Ride site will be closed overnight 19:00 and 07:00 on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 August. This service will be on diversion.Passengers are advised to board/alight Park Lane bus stop on Upper Bristol Road/The Globe bus stop on the A4. |
| X4 | Bristol - Portishead | Normal service. | |
| X5 | Weston-super-Mare - Portishead | -Walton Road, Clevedon will be closed from 28 July until 26 September.This service will divert via Tickenham Road, Northern Way, Ettingen Way and M5 to resume normal route at the bus stop by Gordano School. Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Clevedon Health Centre bus stops or Gordano School or Sheepfield Gardens for both directions of travel. | |
| X6/X7/X7a | Bristol - Clevedon | -The A370 at Flax Bourton has now re-opened and buses on the X7/X7a are running normal route. Delays are expected due to temporary traffic lights, in place until 29 August. -Service X6 Clarken Coombe, Long Ashton closure Monday 18 August until Monday 25 August. Unable to serve The David Lloyd Leisure Centre and The Ashton. Passengers wishing to use these stops Please use X7a service. |
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| X9 | Bristol - Nailsea | Normal service. | |
| X11 | Weston-super-Mare - Clevedon | Normal service. | |
| X14 | Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus | -Monday 18 August until 29 August 2000-0600 (excluding weekend and Bank Holiday Monday) Unable to serve Park Road, Woodwell Road, Station Road and Portway P & R bus stops. Diverting via Avonmouth Road, Lower High Street, High Street and Park Road in Shirehampton in both directions. |
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| Y1/Y2 | Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village | Normal service. | |
| Y6 | Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury | - This service is now diverting after serving Southmead Hospital it will then go through Henbury to Cribbs Causeway Bus Station. Unable to serve Kenmore Gardens until Gipsy Patch Lane in both directions. Diversion in place between 0700 -1900. On going. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until autumn 2025. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, but delays are anticipated. |
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East Street, Bedminster - CLOSURE - (24, 43, 74, 75, 76, A1 & M1) - Saturday 30th to Sunday 31st August
East Street in Bedminster will be closed from 08:00 on Saturday 30th and will remain fully closed until 18:00 on Sunday 31st August to facilitate carriageway works.
As a result of this closure services will be diverted via Dalby Avenue and will regretfully be unable to serve the East Street bus stop. Please use the Bedminster Parade bus stop outside of Asda as the alternative bus stop.
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