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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: | 06/10/2025 | 19:54 | |
Major Disruptions: | |||
Bath and Somerset | No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information. | ||
Bristol | The M32 towards Bristol between junctions 1 (Filton) and 2 (Eastville) to Bristol only will be closed overnight to services T1, Y1, Y2, m1, m3, m4 & U3 between 21:00 and 06:00 on Monday 6th October.Frenchay Gate (Begbrook) bus stop will be closed and passengers are advised to board or alight the m1, m3 and m4 at the bus stop at the bottom of Stoke Lane. -The Horsefair B11 and B13 stops opp the old M&S will be closed between 20:00-06:00 from 1/10 until 09/10, please use stops further along opposite Poundland. '-Christmas Street will be closed between 2000-0600 on Monday 6 October. Services will be diverted. Passengers that normally board or alight at stop B5 are to go to stop B3 outside of the old police station. |
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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 further notice. -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. -Bus stops outside Primark on the Horsefair will be closed overnight between 2000-0600 on 1st.2nd,6th,7th,8th and 9th October. Passengers should use the bus stop further along the road opposite Poundland to board or alight. |
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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 | -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. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice. -Bus stops outside Primark on the Horsefair will be closed overnight between 2000-0600 on 1st.2nd,6th,7th,8th and 9th October. Passengers should use the bus stop further along the road opposite Poundland to board or alight. |
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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 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 - Stoke Bishop | Normal service. | Netham Road bridge heading towards Clifton only will be closed between 09:30 and 14:45 on Tuesday 14th October.Regrettably Netham Road, Terrell Gardens and the Orchard Square bus stops will not be served. |
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 | 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 | Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - Fishponds | The 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. | |
17 | Bristol - Kingswood - Keynsham | Normal service. | |
19 | Bath - Bristol Parkway Station | Normal service. | |
20 | Bath - Ralph Allen School | Normal service. | |
20 | Weston-super-Mare - Burnham-on-Sea | Normal service. | |
21 | Newbridge Park & Ride - Bath City Centre | Normal services. | |
24 | Southmead Hospital - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Vale | Normal service. | |
25 | Bristol City Centre - Fishponds | -Service 25 is suffering from delays, particularly in peak times due to congestion, especially around Ashley Road and the Eastgate Centre. | '-Glenfrome Road/James Street in Eastville heading towards Fishponds only will be closed between 09:30 - 15:00 on Wednesday 8 October.Bus stops between and including Sevier Street and Eastgate Road will not be served. |
31 | Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre | Normal service. | |
36 | Highridge - St Anne's | Normal service. | |
37 | Knowle West - Severn Beach Industrial Estate | - 29 September until 10 October 0900-1600 Unable to serve Perrycroft Road -Urmston House. Passengers to board/alight Vicarage Road on Church Road/Bridge Campus. | |
39 | See X39 below | ||
41 | Odd Down Park & Ride - Bath City Centre | Normal service. | |
41 | Avonmouth - Bristol City Centre - Kingswood | Due to various Road works along Church Road and Two Mile Hill Road we are experiencing delays to services especially at peak times. Bus stops outside Primark on the Horsefair will be closed overnight between 2000-0600 on 1st.2nd,6th,7th,8th and 9th October. Passengers should use the bus stop further along the road opposite Poundland to board or alight. |
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42 | Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens | -Bus stops outside Primark on the Horsefair will be closed overnight between 2000-0600 on 1st.2nd,6th,7th,8th and 9th October. Passengers should use the bus stop further along the road opposite Poundland to board or alight. | |
43 | Imperial Park - Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath | Bus stops outside Primark on the Horsefair will be closed overnight between 2000-0600 on 1st.2nd,6th,7th,8th and 9th October. Passengers should use the bus stop further along the road opposite Poundland to board or alight. | |
44/45 | Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath / Cherry Gardens | Bus stops outside Primark on the Horsefair will be closed overnight between 2000-0600 on 1st.2nd,6th,7th,8th and 9th October. Passengers should use the bus stop further along the road opposite Poundland to board or alight. | |
46 | Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay | Normal service. | |
47/47x | Bristol City Centre - Oldbury Court | Normal service. | |
48/48x | Bristol City Centre - Downend / Emersons Green | Normal service. | |
49/49x | Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Emersons Green | Normal service. | |
50 | Bristol City Centre - Frenchay | 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 | 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 | Wedmore Vale between the junctions of St Johns Lane and Glynn Vale in Bedminster will be closed to service 74 from 08:00 on Monday 6th October for approximately two months. Services will be diverted and missing Wedmore Vale and Weymouth Road stops. | |
75/76 | Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway | -Service 76 29 September until 10 October 0900-1800 Unable to serve Perrycroft Road -Urmston House. Passengers to board/alight Vicarage Road on Church Road/Bridge Campus. | |
77 | Stoke Bishop - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top | Normal service. | |
125 | Weston-super-Mare - Wrington | Normal service. | |
125s | Winscombe - Churchill Academy | Normal service. | |
126 | Weston-super-Mare - Wells | Normal service. | |
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 | -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice. -Services 374, 375, 376 and 376x have been diverted until the 13th October due to the closure of Old Wells Road. Old Wells Road and Waggon and Horses bus stops will be missed |
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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. |
-Orchard Way, Peasedown St John will be closed between 09:00 and 15:00 on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 October. Stops that will not be served are Westbury View, Faulkland View, French Close and Russet Way. |
A1 | Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer | Normal service. | |
A3 | Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer |
Normal service. | |
D1/D1x | Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster | ||
D2/D2x | Bath - Frome | -The Bath Road,Beckington will be closed from 07:00 on Monday 6th October for an estimated two months.This service will be diverted via Warminster Road and the A36 in both directions.Birchwood Road stop will not be served. | |
m1 | Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus | Normal service. | |
m2 | Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus | Normal service. | |
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, however 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 | -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/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. | |
U2 | Bristol - Langford Campus - Weston-super-Mare | Proposed closure of Colliters Way has been postponed | |
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 | Normal service. | |
X39/39 | Bath - Bristol | Normal service. | |
X4 | Bristol - Portishead | The Portbury Hundred will be closed overnight between 2100-0500 from 29 September to 10 October(weekdays only). Stops between Station Road and Conference Close will be missed. | |
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. | |
X12 | Weston-super-Mare - Filton | Normal service. Runs on Weston College Days Only. |
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X14 | Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus | The Portbury Hundred will be closed overnight between 2100-0500 from 29 September to 10 October(weekdays only). Stops between Station Road and Conference Close will be missed | |
X18 | Nailsea - Weston-super-Mare & Loxton Campus | Normal service. Runs on Weston College Days Only. |
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X21 | Bridgwater - Weston-super-Mare & Puxton Park | 'Brent Road,East Brent will be closed 07:00 on Tuesday 7th and will remain fully closed until 17:00 on Thursday 9th October.Bus stops between and including East Brent Village Hall and Ash Tree Road in Berrow will not be served.Please use The Triangle bus stop in Berrow. | |
Y1/Y2 | Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village | Normal service. | |
Y6 | Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury | -Monday 8 September Until (estimated) 14 November. Unable to serve Live and Let Live until Church Road on Badminton Road. Passengers to board/alight St Peters Church/Church Road. -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. |
East Street, Bedminster - EMERGENCY CLOSURE - (24, 43, 74, 75, 76, A1 & M1) - Monday 6th October - Until Further Notice
East Street in Bedminster is currently closed will remain fully closed until further notice to facilitate emergency gas main repair 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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