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Latest News
The bus stops at Ham Lane on Elson Road will be closed for road works between 09.30 & 15.30 on the 23 to 27 February. No temporary stop is available. Please use an alternative stop at either Elson Church or Priory Road. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused during these works.
Newbridge Road in St Annes will be closed daily between 09:30 and 15:30 on Monday 28th and again on Tuesday 29th April to facilitate carriageway works.
Services will operate normal route as far as the bottom of St Annes Park Road then divert via Wick Road to resume normal route at St Annes Road and Newbridge Road junction.
Regretfully the Wick Road and Langton Court Road bus stops on Newbridge Road will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the First Avenue bus stop on St Annes Park Road or the Arlington Road bus stop.
New service 1A
Due to the increased students travelling to Robert Gordons University we are introducing an additional service between Castle Street and Robert Gordons University from Monday 27th February.
Service 1A will operate between 08:00 and 17:30 Monday to Friday.
Please click here to view timetable.
Temporary Stop Closure, The White House, A32 Gosport Road. Route 11.
In both directions
Due to communication works at the above stops, these will be closed on times and date shown below:
Start of suspension: 16/02/2023 0930
End of suspension: 16/02/2023 1530
Services Affected 57 & 57A
Red Road Closure
Due to roadworks, on Sunday 19th February until Thursday 23rd February between 09:00hrs and 16:00hrs each day Red Road will close.
During the closure the following diversions will be as follows
UPDATE - 09:15 Tuesday 5th March - Works have now been completed and the road will be open as normal this evening.
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Clevedon Road in Tickenham will be closed overnight to service X7 between 20:00 and 06:00 from Monday 19th February through to Tuesday 5th March (excluding weekends) to facilitate carriageway works.
Service X7 heading towards Clevedon will operate normal route as far as the end of Weston Road in Long Ashton then divert to resume normal route at Moor Lane in Clevedon.
Campsie Road Closure
To allow for works on Monday 20th February 09:00hrs until Friday 24th February 18:30hrs Campsie Road will be closed.
During the closure at the above times the following arrangement will be in place for the through journeys to Whitefield.
Due to pavement works on Guild Street outside SMH it may be necessary to divert our services between 18:00 and 23:00 on 15th, 20th, 21st and 22nd February
Service 1B heading to Guild Street
From Castle Street:
• continue up Union Street to Bridge Street lights
• left
• continue down to Wapping Street
• resume normal route