Services 1,1A,1B & 1E
A814 Dumbarton Road
Various roads in and around Central Bristol and Broadmead will be closed between 10:00 and 14:00 (estimated) on Saturday 13th July to facilitate this year's Pride Parade.
Whilst these closures are in place the following diversions will apply.
Please note these diversions maybe subject to change depending on events on the day and there will be extra Inspectors on duty to assist you.
There is a map of the bus stops attached at the bottom of this page.
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Service 81/81A
School Road (Langham) will be closed from Monday 3rd July until Friday 7th July
Towards Dedham:
Buses will divert via Park Lane, Wick Road and Birchwood Road.
First Glasgow’s bus fleet will soon have over 200 emission free vehicles, following the delivery of the first new electric buses to the operator’s Scotstoun depot this week.
Service 80 / 80A
Dedham Road - Emergency Road Closure
30th June until 6th July
Diversion Route:
Towards Dedham: The bus will turn around at Cooks Hill, and head back towards Colchester. It will then turn left into Langham Road, left into Langham Lane, then right into Park Lane. The bus will then join the A12 Northbound, and exit at the next junction, following the road on the line of route.
The bus stop called Well Hill on Hambledon Road Denmead will be closed for three days, 4th -7th July for water utility works. No temporary stop will be used, so please use an alternative stop during these works. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
There will be various road closures on Hareness Road,Minto Road and Blackness Road between 15 – 22 July
Join us
We are always interested to hear from people who are keen to be apart of the team at the beginning of a new era in bus services in Rochdale, Bury and the surrounding area.
We offer excellent pay and benefits and access to a choice of other rewards. For further details visit First Bus Careers
First Manchester operate services in Rochdale and Bury as part of the phase two rollout of franchised bus services by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).
We’ll also be delivering services to six schools in the region. These are: St Monica’s High School in Prestwich, Co-op Academy and Co-op Academy North in Blackley, St Cuthbert’s School in Rochdale, Waterhead Academy in Oldham and St Matthew RC High School in Moston. There will be no changes to the service numbers of buses used on the routes.
Our absolute priority will be to deliver a reliable service in partnership with TfGM with a best-in-class, customer-first approach to support journeys.
Our depot operations
Buses in the distinctive Bee Network yellow livery will operate from our Rochdale depot on Corporation Road, where we are investing £750,000 with a focus on enhanced engineering facilities, including a new double height workshop bay for vehicle repair and maintenance. The yard area will also be improved to provide better space for operations.
The depot will manage more than 30 routes in the Rochdale and Bury area together with six school services using a fleet of over 60 buses and capacity to expand this to 90 vehicles.
Service 590 Halifax – Todmorden – Rochdale
Please note this service into Greater Manchester will not be part of the Bee Network as it is operated from the First Bus depot in Halifax and will continue as normal. The timetable can be viewed here