Due to ongoing traffic issues on Wiggington Road the HSB service will be diverted.
Diversion route:
Normal route to Crichton Avenue Bridge, then left onto Wiggington Road, using the stop immediately on the left as a terminus. Then Clifton Moorgate, Water Lane, normal route onto Rawcliffe Drive.
Stops not served:
Hospital, Wiggington Road.
Additional stops:
Wiggington Road Carpark.
Temporary Stop Closure.
Perbeck Drive towards Fareham, route 28A.
Friday 16th until Tuesday 20th December
0800 – 1800 each day
Due to communication works the above stop will be closed.
A temporary stop will be supplied by the works promoter between 0800 – 1800 daily.
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From online tickets to timetables and route maps, we have a vast amount of resources to help you get around as easily as possible. With so many buses running regularly throughout Bristol, Bath and the West, there is always a bus ready to take you where you need to go. Above, you can find information regarding our buses including timetables, route maps, prices and even use our journey planner to ensure a smooth ride. Enjoy the journey.

Our Journey
Your journeys mean everything to us, but we’ve been on our own journey too. We know bus isn’t always perfect, but we’ve been listening to our communities, and making changes for the better. Find out more.
Latest News
Children from Bradley Stoke Community School Primary Phase enjoyed their very own First West of England bus for the morning on Wednesday when they took a mystery roundtrip to Bristol and back. The four and five-year-olds, some of whom had never been on a bus before, had lots of fun singing and learning with their teachers.
Service 76
The Street (Weeley) will be closed on the 4th December between 17:00 until 18:00.
The Street bus stop will not be served during this closure.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
If you are planning to visit York on Saturday 3rd December, please note that the Monks Cross Park & Ride service will be very busy due to a York City FC game taking place at LNER Community Stadium.
Alternative Park & Ride's are available at 4 other sites across York (Poppleton Bar P&R remains closed) - find more information on our other sites here.
The prices of the Essex County Council Sunday Saver tickets are increasing from Sunday 11th December to £4.70 Adult, £2.40 Child under 16 and £11.80 Family (2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children) ticket.
They are not valid (issued or accepted) on the following services:
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
Service M3
Springburn Road on slip
To allow for works on Thursday 1st December between 09:00hrs until 15:30hrs Springburn Road southbound on slip from Hawthorn Street will close.
During the closure the following diversions will be in operation:
Service M3 towards Milton