Bus service changes April 2025
Planned bus service changes to routes operating within the West of England area from 6 April 2025.
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List of service changes
Last updated 27 February 2025. Please note this list may still be subject to change.
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| Service | Areas of operation | Description | Effective Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (First) | North Somerset, | This service will have its usual summer season uplift, with the Monday – Saturday frequency increased from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes. The Sunday service will also resume for the summer, operating every 30 minutes. Departure times amended from each end of the route on all days of operation. Bay change at Weston-super-Mare Bus Interchange from D to B on journeys towards Station Approach. | 06 April 2025 |
| 1 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. On Monday to Friday and Saturday additional evening journeys will operate between Bristol Temple Meads Station and Henbury Crow Lane. | 06 April 2025 |
| 2 (First) | BaNES, | Revised route to operate via Fox Hill and new timetable on all days of operation. | 06 April 2025 |
| 2 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. Service 2 will be rerouted away from Henbury and instead take the quicker route to Cribbs Causeway from Brentry Roundabout via Passage Road / Wyck Beck Road. | 06 April 2025 |
| 2a (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| 3 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on Monday to Friday and Saturday to improve punctuality and reliability. An extra short trip will operate from St. Bede’s Catholic College towards Henbury at school finishing time. | 06 April 2025 |
| 4 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on Monday to Friday and Saturday to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| 5 (First) | North Somerset, | Service withdrawn | 06 April 2025 |
| 5 (First) | Bristol, | Running times revised on Monday to Friday and Saturday to improve punctuality. Change to the stopping arrangement in City Centre on journeys towards Clifton Village with buses observing The Haymarket (B8) and no longer serving Bond Street (S8). This change gives a coordinated City Centre stop towards Clifton with service 8 and 77. | 06 April 2025 |
| 6 (First) | North Somerset, | Route change with buses operating towards Town Centre via Locking Road, Francis Fox Road, Station, Walliscote Road to Bus Interchange and towards Worle operating from Bus Interchange via Alfred Street and then normal route. Bay change at Weston-super-Mare Bus Interchange from F to D. No change to Timetable. | 06 April 2025 |
| 7 (First) | North Somerset, | Route change with buses operating from Locking Parklands normal route to Station Approach then Station Road, Walliscote Road, WsM Interchange, Alfred Street to Boulevard and then normal route. On journeys from Worle buses will operate normal route to Boulevard and then Alfred Street, WsM Interchange, Walliscote Road, Station Road to Station Approach and then normal route. Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. Monday to Friday frequency reduced from every 20 minutes to every 30 minutes. Bay change at WsM Interchange from E to H on journeys towards Locking and from H to E on journeys towards Worle. | 06 April 2025 |
| 7B (First) | North Somerset, | New Service operating Monday to Fridays between Weston-super-Mare Interchange and Bleadon Hill via Coronation Estate. | 06 April 2025 |
| 7H (First) | North Somerset, | New Service operating Monday to Saturdays between Weston-super-Mare Interchange and Hutton via Coronation Estate. | 06 April 2025 |
| 8 (First) | BaNES, | Introduction of a Sunday timetable. | 06 April 2025 |
| 8 (First) | Bristol, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. Change to the stopping arrangement in City Centre on journeys towards Clifton Village with buses observing The Haymarket (B8) and no longer serving Bond Street (S8). This change gives a coordinated City Centre stop towards Clifton with service 5 and 77. | 06 April 2025 |
| 9 (First) | North Somerset, | Route change with buses now operating between Worle Retail Park and Weston-super-Mare via Worlebury, South Road and Seafront. Revised timetable including new Saturday service. | 06 April 2025 |
| 11 (Stagecoach West) | Bristol, South Glos, | Minor change to route 11 times on weekdays mornings only | 06 April 2025 |
| 16 (First) | Bristol, | New Service operating daily between Bristol City Centre and Fishponds via St Phillips, Barton Hill, St George and Kingswood. | 06 April 2025 |
| 17 (First) | BaNES, Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| 20 (First) | North Somerset, Somerset County Council, | This service will have its usual summer season uplift, with the Monday – Saturday frequency increased from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes. The Sunday service will also resume for the summer, operating hourly between 0900 and 1800. At WsM Bus Interchange, Service 20 will be terminating at Bay I and not Bay B. Due to bay change at Weston-super-Mare Bus Interchange the route around the Town Centre will also change with buses operating opposite of the current route between Station Approach Road and Bus Terminus. | 06 April 2025 |
| 24 (First) | Bristol, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| 25 (Stagecoach West) | Bristol, | Minor timetable change on trips from Fishponds to Bristol City Centre. | 06 April 2025 |
| 36 (First) | Bristol, | New Service operating daily between St Anne’s and Highridge via Brislington, Knowle West, Hengrove Park and Hartcliffe. | 06 April 2025 |
| 37 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | New Service operating daily between Knowle West and Avonmouth/Severn Beach Trading Estates via Hengrove Park, Hartcliffe, Bishopsworth, Bedminster Down and Portway. | 06 April 2025 |
| 39 (First) | BaNES, Bristol, | New timetable on all days of operation to improve reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| 42 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. Minor route change with buses operating from Wraxall Road via Parkwall Road, Newton Road, Park Road, Tower Road South and then normal route. | 06 April 2025 |
| 43 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. Route change, journeys currently terminating at Bishopsworth Vicarage Road will be extended to Imperial Park. There will be a minor frequency reduction in the off peak and Saturday. On Monday to Friday and Saturday the cross-city journeys operating to Imperial Park will terminate operation around two hours earlier. | 06 April 2025 |
| 44 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. Additional Monday to Friday journeys will operate in the AM and PM Peak. | 06 April 2025 |
| 45 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. Additional Monday to Friday journeys will operate in the AM and PM Peak. | 06 April 2025 |
| 46 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. Monday to Friday will have it’s usual frequency reduction over the summer period from every 20 minutes to every 30 minutes. | 06 April 2025 |
| 47 (First) | Bristol, | New Service operating Saturday mornings (one journey in each direction only) between Fishponds Straits Parade and Bristol City Centre via Eastville, Easton and Old Market. | 06 April 2025 |
| 47x (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. Monday to Friday Off Peak and Saturday frequency reduced from every 30 minutes to every 60 minutes. | 06 April 2025 |
| 48 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. All journeys will terminate at Downend. | 06 April 2025 |
| 48x (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. Additional morning and evening journeys will operate on all days of operation. | 06 April 2025 |
| 49 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. All journeys will terminate at Staple Hill. | 06 April 2025 |
| 49x (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. Additional morning and evening journeys will operate on all days of operation | 06 April 2025 |
| 50 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. There will be a route change to additionally serve Eastgate Retail Park with buses operating from Eastville Interchange via Muller Road, Glenfrome Road and Bell Hill. Monday to Friday and Saturday frequency will be reduced from every 30 minutes to every 60 minutes. On Monday to Friday and Saturday operational hours will be extended by one hour with last bus departing City Centre after 1900. | 06 April 2025 |
| 70 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Minor change to Sunday morning timetable. | 06 April 2025 |
| 73 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on Monday to Friday to improve punctuality and reliability. Minor changes to the timetable on weekends. | 06 April 2025 |
| 74 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Route change around Bradley Stoke. Buses will operate current route to Patchway Brook Roundabout and then serve Bowsland Way, Trench Lane and Woodlands Way in both directions. Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| 75 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on Monday to Friday to improve punctuality and reliability. Majority of the Monday to Friday AM and PM Peak journeys will terminate at Hengrove Park instead of Hengrove Depot. | 06 April 2025 |
| 76 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on Monday to Friday to improve punctuality and reliability. Majority of the Monday to Friday AM and PM Peak journeys will terminate at Hengrove Park instead of Hengrove Depot. | 06 April 2025 |
| 77 (First) | Bristol, | Route change with service no longer serving Henleaze and instead operating to Clifton Village and Blackboy Hill. Buses will additionally observe City Centre The Haymarket (B8) on journeys towards Clifton Village. This change gives a coordinated City Centre stop towards Clifton with service 5 and 8. Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| 99 (The Big Lemon C.I.C) | BaNES | Increased journeys on the evening service | 6 April 2025 |
| 126 (First) | North Somerset, Somerset, | Route change with buses now operating between Weston-super-Mare and Wells via Weston Milton and Locking. Hutton and Oldmixon and Uphill no longer served. Timetable also amended. | 06 April 2025 |
| 171 (First) | BaNES, Somerset | Minor timetable change to some evening journeys from Bath towards Paulton/Wells on Mondays to Fridays. | 06 April 2025 |
| 172 (First) | BaNES, Bristol, Somerset | Minor change to some journey timings on Monday to Friday in the Midsomer Norton, Radstock and Peasedown St John area to help provide even service distribution towards Bath. | 06 April 2025 |
| 173 (First) | BaNES, Somerset | Change of departure times throughout the timetable. | 06 April 2025 |
| 174 (First) | BaNES, Somerset | Minor change to afternoon timetable towards Bath on Mondays to Fridays to help provide more even service distribution. | 06 April 2025 |
| 349 (First) | BaNES, Bristol, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| 505 (Stagecoach West) | Bristol, North Somerset, | Sunday journeys will now serve Long Ashton P&R | 06 April 2025 |
| 522 (First) | BaNES, Bristol, | On Mondays to Saturdays, service will divert via Orchard Way in Peasedown St John as current service D2x does. We will continue to run current route via Bath Road on Sundays. Monday to Friday and Saturday last departure times from Bristol and Bath will be around an hour earlier. Running times revised on Monday to Friday to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| 532 (Eurocoaches Ltd) | BaNES, South Glos, | Extension of part of the route in Pucklechurch to serve Oak Tree Avenue. Timetable also revised. | 07 April 2025 |
| 534 (Eurocoaches Ltd) | Bristol, South Glos, | Timetable change to improve punctuality. | 06 April 2025 |
| A1 (First) | Bristol, North Somerset, | On Monday to Friday service will operate every 7 / 8 minutes and on Saturday and Sunday operate every 8 minutes. Improved evening and night time service, running every 30 minutes through the night. Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| A3 (First) | North Somerset, | Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday frequency increased from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes for the majority of the day. Additionally, the Brockley Stores bus stop in both directions will also be observed. Bay change at WsM Interchange from F to B towards Bristol Airport and from I to J towards Weston-super-Mare. | 06 April 2025 |
| D1 (First) | BaNES, Wiltshire | Route change in Trowbridge Town Centre. | 06 April 2025 |
| D1x (First) | BaNES, Wiltshire | Route change in Trowbridge Town Centre and timetable change | 06 April 2025 |
| D2 (First) | BaNES, Somerset | Revised route in Frome. Revised timetable across all days of operation. | 06 April 2025 |
| D2x (First) | BaNES, Somerset | Revised route, now following much of the existing D2 route between Bath and Frome but not serving Rode or Beckington. Revised timetable across all days of operation. | 06 April 2025 |
| M1 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | On Monday to Friday short trip from Bedminster to UWE Frenchay Campus will be withdrawn due to low usage. No other change to the timetable Due to ongoing part road closure in Bradley Stoke to Bradley Stoke Way, journeys from the City Centre direction only will continue to operate current route to Great Stoke Way then Winterbourne Road, Orpheus Avenue, Bailey Court Road, Bradley Stoke Way and back to normal route. | 06 April 2025 |
| M2 (First) | Bristol, North Somerset, | On Mondays to Saturdays two additional later journeys (departing City Centre Cabot Circus at around 2159 and 2259) New Sunday service introduced operating every 30 minutes between 0800 and 1800. | 06 April 2025 |
| P1 (The Big Lemon C.I.C) | BaNES, Bristol, North Somerset, | Inbound route towards Bristol changed for reliability to operate via Redcliff Hill instead of Clarence Road and change to afternoon departure times from Bristol. | 06 April 2025 |
| SB1 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| SB2 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| SB3 (First) | Bristol, | Service withdrawn | 06 April 2025 |
| SB4 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Service revised to start at Westerleigh Mill Crescent and will run a revised route around Kingswood serving more stops. | 06 April 2025 |
| SB5 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| SB6 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Route extended to start from Yate Goose Green Way and run via Cranleigh Court Road and Station Road before continuing from Yate Shopping Centre. | 06 April 2025 |
| SB7 (First) | Bristol, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| T1 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Monday to Friday additional AM Peak journeys. Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. Due to ongoing part road closure in Bradley Stoke to Bradley Stoke Way, journeys from the City Centre direction only will continue to operate current route to Great Stoke Way then Winterbourne Road, Orpheus Avenue, Bailey Court Road, Bradley Stoke Way and back to normal route. | 06 April 2025 |
| T7 (Newport Bus) | Bristol, South Glos, Monmouthshire. | Revised timetable | 06 April 2025 |
| U5 (First) | BaNES, | New Timetable on all days of operation. | 06 April 2025 |
| Weston Area (WESTlink) | North Somerset, | Additional stops to serve colleges | 06 April 2025 |
| X1 (First) | Bristol, North Somerset, | Departure times revised on all days of operation. | 06 April 2025 |
| X1s (First) | Bristol, North Somerset, | New Service operating Mondays to Friday’s (one journey in each direction only) between ASDA in Weston-super-Mare and Bristol City Centre to serve Long Ashton village. | 06 April 2025 |
| X4 (First) | Bristol, North Somerset, | Departure times revised on all days of operation. On Friday the 2326 and 0026 departing from from Portishead will operate all the way to Bristol Bus Station | 06 April 2025 |
| X5 (First) | North Somerset, | Service X5 rerouted between Weston Interchange and Worle Terminus via Locking Road and New Bristol Road instead of Weston Village, and between Worle Terminus and Clevedon via M5 Motorway instead of Congresbury, Cleeve and Claverham. Minor changes to route within Clevedon and Portishead. Changes to departure times on all days of operation. | 06 April 2025 |
| X6 (First) | Bristol, North Somerset, | Monday to Friday and Saturday frequency increased from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes. New Sunday service will be introduced operating every 60 minutes between around 0800 and 2000. All Service X6 journeys will terminate at Six Ways instead of Edward Road in Clevedon. | 06 April 2025 |
| X7 (First) | Bristol, North Somerset, | Service X7 journeys will have route change with buses no longer operating via Long Ashton and Wraxall and instead will use A370 and Backwell. In addition service will be extended to Edward Road in Clevedon. On Monday to Friday and Saturday journeys from around 1830 will be withdrawn and replaced with a new Service X7a. All Sunday journeys will be withdrawn and replaced with new Service X7a journeys. | 06 April 2025 |
| X7a (First) | Bristol, North Somerset, | New Service operating evenings on Monday to Saturdays, and all day Sunday between bristol Bus Station and Clevedon via Long Ashton, Nailsea and Tickenham. | 06 April 2025 |
| X8 (First) | Bristol, North Somerset, | Service X8 withdrawn and replaced with new Service X7 / X7A | 06 April 2025 |
| X9 (First) | Bristol, North Somerset, | Departure times amended on all days of operation. | 06 April 2025 |
| X10 (The Big Lemon C.I.C) | Bristol, North Somerset, South Glos, | Timetable change throughout the Monday to Friday timetable. In particular, first journey from Clevedon to run earlier for workers and students at SGS College. Saturday timetable is unchanged. | 06 April 2025 |
| X14 (First) | Bristol, North Somerset, | New Service operating Friday and Saturday nights only in the Bristol City Centre to Weston-super-Mare direction only. Operating via Shirehampton, Portishead, Clevedon and Worle. | 06 April 2025 |
| X39 (First) | BaNES, Bristol, | New timetable on all days of operation to improve reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| X91 (The Big Lemon C.I.C) | BaNES, Bristol, North Somerset, | Route change inbound towards Bristol to serve Redcliff Hill to improve service reliability. Service will now also call at all stops between Ubley and Imperial Park. | 06 April 2025 |
| Y1 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
| Y2 (First) | Bristol, South Glos, | Running times revised on all days of operation to improve punctuality and reliability. | 06 April 2025 |
Planned bus service changes dates
Bus operators can only submit bus registration applications to the West of England Bus Registrations Authority to operate a new service, change or cancel an existing service*, twice a year – in line with the West of England Enhanced Partnership (EP)‘s requirements.
The agreed “effective from” change dates are approximately from the beginning of April and September, each year. This page will be updated with all planned service changes, ahead of effective dates.
*Please note cross-boundary applications (for services operating in and outside of the West of England area) are still required to submit bus registration applications to the Office of the Traffic Commissioner, and where these are not required to comply with the West of England EP requirements, they may still fall outside the agreed “effective from” change dates above.
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