January 2023 service changes
Bristol
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LocationBristol
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CauseNew service and punctuality changes
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Effective22/01/2023 - 05/02/2023
January 2023 service changes
There will be changes to services 19, 70, 73, m1, m2, m3/m3x and Y6 in Bristol from Sunday 22nd January 2023. New metrobus service m4 will start operating from this date.
Route m4 will operate between Cribbs Causeway and Bristol City Centre, linking The Mall, Bristol Parkway Station and University of the West of England with the centre of the city. Works along the m4’s new route – which include the installation of a new railway bridge and brand-new bus lanes on Gipsy Patch Lane, as well as upgrades to bus stops – have been carried out by South Gloucestershire Council with funding from the West of England Combined Authority and mean faster and more direct links to the city centre from new areas can be provided. The service will in the future serve the new Brabazon development at the old Filton Airfield site. To start with, buses will operate via Hayes Way.
The upgraded bus stops along the route will all feature real-time information and the installation of iPoints (combined ticket machines and information displays), along with landscaping, will be completed over the next few weeks. Like existing metrobus services, the m4 will operate as a Buy Before You Board and Tap On, Tap Off service for faster journeys. For more information on metrobus ticketing please see travelwest.info/metrobus
Service m1 Hengrove Park – Bristol City Centre – Cribbs Causeway. A revised timetable will be introduced to improve punctuality. Buses will be given more time to complete their journeys, including having more time to get through the City Centre. Click here for the new timetable.
Service m2 Long Ashton Park & Ride – Bristol City Centre. A revised timetable will be introduced to improve punctuality. Click here for the new timetable.
Services m3 and m3x Emersons Green – Bristol City Centre. A revised timetable will be introduced to improve punctuality. Buses will be given more time to complete their journeys. Due to this, we have had to alter the timings of some weekday m3x peak time journeys. There will still be three journeys each way a day. The majority of short workings between the City Centre and UWE Frenchay only will no longer operate and will be replaced by service m4. Evening services to and from Emersons Green will have better spacing than at present. Click here for the new timetable.
Service m4 Cribbs Causeway – Bristol City Centre. New service, operating every 20 minutes during the main part of the day on Monday – Saturdays, with buses every 30 minutes during the evening. Buses on Sundays will run every 30 minutes, with an earlier finish. Click here for the new timetable.
Service 19 Bath – Cribbs Causeway. This service will no longer operate between Bristol Parkway Station and Cribbs Causeway. Customers from the Bristol Parkway and Stoke Gifford areas will be able to use new service m4 to make this journey. Service Y6 will continue to serve Little Stoke on its way between Cribbs Causeway and Bristol Parkway Station and will additionally serve Charlton Boulevard (see below). Customers wishing to travel to and from Cribbs Causeway can change buses at UWE Frenchay Bus Station onto service m1 and m4 onwards to Cribbs Causeway or alternatively at Bristol Parkway Station (m4 and Y6). Buses will be given more time to complete their journeys to improve punctuality. Click here for the new timetable.
Service 70 Bristol Temple Meads – UWE Frenchay. This service will have a revised timetable to improve punctuality and the service interval along Filton Avenue. Click here for the new timetable.
Service 73 Bristol Temple Meads – Cribbs Causeway. This service will no longer operate between Bradley Stoke North and Cribbs Causeway. Buses from Bristol will terminate at the Eagles Wood stop on Woodlands Lane. Customers from the Bristol Parkway and Stoke Gifford areas will be able to use new service m4 to and from Cribbs Causeway at a higher frequency. Customers from Bradley Stoke can use service m1 to reach Cribbs Causeway or change buses at the Willow Brook stop between services 73 and m1. Buses will be given more time to complete their journeys to improve punctuality. Click here for the new timetable.
Service Y6 Bristol – Southmead Hospital – Yate – Chipping Sodbury. This service will have a revised timetable. Between Cribbs Causeway and Filton, buses will operate via Highwood Road and Charlton Boulevard, rather than Hayes Way, replacing service 19. Click here for the new timetable.