NEW DATES - A370, Hildesheim and Flowerdown Bridges, W-s-M - CLOSURES - (9 & 125)

UPDATE - 14:15 Monday 8th July.

Hildesheim and Flowerdown Bridges on the A370 in Weston-super-Mare will now be closed to services 9 and 125 heading towards West Wick and Wrington only between 09:30 and 15:30 on Wednesday 10th and Friday 12th July to facilitate carriageway works.

Please note these closures are weather dependant and may be cancelled at short notice. This web page will be updated if necessary.

Service 9 heading towards West Wick only will be diverted from Francis Fox Road to resume normal route at Aisecome Way and regretfully be unable to serve  the following bus stops -

• Winterstoke Road SE-bound
• Winterstoke Road Garages SE-bound
• Asda Store N-bound
• Badgerline Depot E-bound
• Waitrose

Passengers are advised to board at either The Interchange or Aisecome Way bus stops.

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Service 125 heading towards Wrington only will be diverted from Francis Fox Road to resume normal route at the A371 at he junction of The Runway at Haywood Village and regretfully be unable to serve the following bus stops - 

• Winterstoke Road SE-bound
• Winterstoke Road Garages SE-bound
• Aisecome Way S-bound

Passengers are advised to board or alight at either The Interchange or the Helicopter Museum bus stops.

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The A38 between Winscombe Hill and Sidcot Lane will be closed to service 126 between 09:30 and 15:30 on Wednesday 10th July to facilitate carriageway works.

As a result of the area that is closed service 126 will regretfully be unable to serve any bus stops between and including Shute Shelve Hill (just after the turn out of Cross Lane at Cross on the A38) and Woodside Avenue in Oldmixon. This will mean that the villages of Winscombe, Sandford, Banwell and Hutton will not be served, 

Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Cross bus stops on Cross Lane or the Winterstoke Road bus stops in Oldmixon.

Passengers that normally board or alight in the villages listed above are advised to seek alternative means of transport.

We apologies for the inconvenience this road closure will no doubt cause.

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UPDATE - 09:30 Monday 8th July.

Lawrence Hill bridge in Lawrence Hill will now be closed overnight to services 6, 7, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 between 22:00 and 05:00 on Monday 8th July (one night) to facilitate bridge inspection works.

Services 6 and 7 will be diverted and will be unable to serve the Lawrence Hill Station and Croydon Street bus stops in either direction and passengers are advised to board or alight at the Russell Town Avenue bus stops or Easton Road bus stops (other side of  Lawrence Hill roundabout) for both directions.

Services 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 will be diverted and will be unable to serve the Edward Street, Herber Street (towards Centre), Gilbert Road (towards St George), Lawrence Hill Station and Croydon Street bus stops and passengers are advised to board or alight at Easton Road bus stops (other side of  Lawrence Hill roundabout) or Blackswarth Road bus stops. 

Passengers heading towards the Centre only can also board or alight at the Pile Marsh bus stop (normally served by the service 5).

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Various roads in Glastonbury will be closed to service 376 between 13:00 and 16:00 (three hours) on Sunday 14th July to facilitate the Glastonbury Pilgrimage.

Whilst these closures are in place the service 376 will be diverted via the A39 to resume normal routes at the Avalon Trading Estate on the Wells Road in both directions.

Regretfully all bus stops between and including Drill Hall on Street Road and Avalon Estate bus stops on Wells Road will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at the Wirral Park Roundabout bus stop or the Waggon and Horses bus stop on Wells Road.

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UPDATE - 14:30 Friday 17th May.

Service 5 can now operate the diversion route along Highbury Road.

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South Road in Weston-super-Mare is currently closed to service 5 and will remain fully closed until 17:00 Friday 9th August (estimated) to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 5 will be diverted from the end of St Josephs Road via Upper Church Road, Lower Church Road, Knightstone Road and Highbury Road to resume normal route at Atlantic Road.

Regretfully the bus stops between and including Upper Church Road and Court Apartments on South Road will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the All Saints Church bus stop on St Josephs Road or the Highbury Road bus stop on Atlantic Road.

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Hutton Hill in the village of Hutton is currently closed to service 126 until further notice due to a landslide. The closure is for unknown duration and when details of re-opening have been confirmed the web page will be updated.

Service 126 heading towards Wells will divert via Moor Lane, Moor Croft Road and Vereland Road, resuming normal route at Hutton Hill (Part unaffected). The only bus stop missed out fully will be the Primary School stop, however for customers travelling towards Wells, at the bus stops along the diversion route you will need to wait for the bus on the opposite side of the road to normal.

Service 126 heading towards Weston is unaffected and will follow normal route.

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Long Mead between Wallshut Wood and the UWE in Stoke Gifford will be closed to service 70 and 72 between 07:00 on Monday 24th June and will remain fully closed until 17:00 on Friday 30th August to facilitate carriageway works.

Services 70, 72 & 74 will divert via Long Down Avenue in both directions.

Regretfully the service 70 & 74 will be unable to serve the Platts Wood bus stop and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Wallshut Wood bus stop on Long Mead or the UWE.

Service 72 will be unable to serve The Square or Platts Wood bus stops and passengers are advised to board or alight at Hogarth Walk bus stop in Romney Avenue or the UWE.

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As a result of the overnight closure of the Ashton Road slip way heading onto the A370 in Ashton, the Winterstoke Road bus stop on Ashton Road which is normally served by services X1, X4, X7, X9 and U2 will be closed overnight between 21:00 and 06:00 from Monday 8th through to Thursday 11th June (four nights) to facilitate carriageway works.

Regretfully no temporary bus stop will be positioned during this closure and passengers are advised to board or alight at the Merchants Road bus stop which is the one before or the following bus stop from Winterstoke Road depending on your service.

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The A432 Badminton Road will be closed from the Willy Wicket roundabout to the junction of Church Road in Frampton Cotterell from 19:00 on Wednesday 12th July to service Y1 until further notice, until at least 2025.

The A432 Badminton Road is still open between Church Road and Cuckoo Lane for vehicles and the bridge will remain open to pedestrians and cyclists until the bridge over the M4 is demolished.

Please note as a result of this closure the service Y1 will suffer inevitable delays and passengers are advised to allow extra time on their journeys. This will also cause delays to all other services in the area due to the high volume of dispersed traffic finding alternative routes.

The Bristol Zone boundary bus stop will be the Quarry Barton bus stop on Bristol Road by Whiteshill Common.

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Service Y1 heading towards Yate & Chipping Sodbury will operate as normal as far as the traffic lights at Hambrook junction but instead of going straight across, will divert left onto the B4058 Bristol Road (serving 'The Stream' bus stop), through Winterbourne village, then turn right into Church Road to its end and left onto Badminton Road (part unaffected) to resume normal route. Service Y1 heading towards Bristol will operate the reverse of the above.

Regretfully the following bus stops will not be served during this closure in both directions:

Hambrook - Cuckoo Lane - Down Road - Park Lane - Station Road - St Saviours Church - Heathcote Drive 

Heading towards Bristol the Church Road bus stop on Badminton Road will also not be served.

All bus stops on the diversion route will be observed in both directions including the bus stop outside of the Co-op in Winterbourne village heading towards Bristol.

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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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Services 1, 2, 2a and 5 heading towards Cribbs Causeway, Southmead and Clifton will operate normal routes as far as Temple Meads then divert via Temple Way (serving bus stop T8 rather than T7), Bond Street South, Bond Street, Marlborough Street and Park Row to resume normal route at the top of Park Street.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at Temple Way stop T8, Old Market stop M2, Cabot Circus South stop S13, Bond Street stops S6/S8 (outside of old Debenhams building), Bristol Royal Infirmary stop H1 or Park Street Top stop U1.

Services 1, 2, 2a and 5 heading towards Broomhill, Stockwood and St Annes will operate the reverse of the above to resume normal routes at Temple Meads.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at Queen's Road stop U2, Marlborough Street N3 (just prior to roundabout) Bond Street stop S1, Old Market stop M1, or Temple Meads stop T1.

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Services 3 and 4 will operate normal route as far as the top of Park Street then divert via Park Row to terminate at the Marlborough Street N3 (just prior to roundabout)and commence from the same stop and resume normal routes at the top of Park Street. Passengers need to board at N3 bus stop.

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Services 6, 7, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 49 will terminate and commence their journeys from Rupert Street stop B4. Passengers need to board at this stop or normal Old Market bus stop.

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Service 24 heading towards Southmead Hospital will operate normal route as far as Redcliff Hill (by Church) then divert via Redcliffe Way, Temple Way, Bond Street South and Bond Street to Haymarket, then via Lewins Mead, Bond Street, Bond Street South to resume normal route at Old Market.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at Old Market stops M2 or Bond Street South stop S13 or Haymarket or normal Old Market stop.

Service 24 heading towards Ashton will operate normal route as far as the Haymarket then divert via Lewins Mead, Bond Street, Temple Way around Temple Meads and Redcliffe Way to resume normal route at Redcliff Hill.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at Haymarket or Old Market stop M1 or normal Redcliff Hill bus stop.

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Services 8 and 72 heading towards Clifton and UWE will operate normal routes to the end of Bond Street then divert via Marlborough Street and Park Row to resume normal routes at the top of Park Street.

Passengers are advised to board at either Bond Street S8 or Park Street Top.

Services 8 and 72 heading towards Temple Meads will operate normal route as far as the top of Park Street then divert via Park Row, Marlborough Street, Bond Street, Bond Street South to resume normal routes to Temple Meads.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at Marlborough Street stop N3 or Old Market M1.

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Service 41 will divert from  the junction of Jacobs Wells Road and Anchor Road then divert via Anchor Road, Clifton Triangle, Park Row and Marlborough Street then divert to resume normal route at Old Market in both directions

Passengers are advised to board or alight at Queens Road, Bond Street S1 or Old Market towards Kingswood or Bond Street S6 or Park Street Top towards Avonmouth.

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Services 70, 73 and 74 heading towards UWE and Bradley Stoke will divert via Temple Way, Bond Street South and  Bond Street to resume normal routes at Stokes Croft. Passengers are advised to board or alight at Old Market stops M2 or Bond Street South stop S13 or stops S6 in Bond Street or N1 bus stop in Stokes Croft.

Services 70, 73 and 74 heading towards Whitchurch and Hengrove will operate normal routes as far as the bottom of Stokes Croft then divert via Bond Street, Bond Street South and Temple Way to Temple Meads. 

Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Stokes Croft N2 or or Old Market M1..

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Services 75, 76 and m1 heading towards Cribbs Causeway will operate normal route as far as Redcliff Hill (by Church) then divert via Redcliffe Way, Temple Way, Bond Street South and Bond Street to Haymarket, then via Lewins Mead to resume normal routes.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at Old Market stops M2 or Bond Street South stop S13 or normal Haymarket stop.

Services 75, 76 and m1 heading towards Hengrove will operate normal route as far as the Haymarket then divert via Lewins Mead, Bond Street, Bond Street South, Temple Way around Temple Meads and Redcliffe Way to resume normal route at Redcliff Hill.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at normal Haymarket or Old Market stop M1 or normal Redcliff Hill bus stop.

Service 77 will operate from Stokes Croft via Marlborough Street and Park Row in both directions. Passengers are advised to board at Stokes Croft bus stops depending on your direction of travel.

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Service m2 will operate normal route as far as Rupert Street then as 75 etc heading towards Hengrove to resume normal route at Redcliff Hill.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at normal Haymarket or Old Market stop M1 or normal Redcliff Hill bus stop.

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Services m3 and m4 will terminate and commence their journey from Lewins Mead.

Passengers advised to board at Lewins Mead.

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Service A1 heading towards Bristol Bus Station will operate normal route as far as Temple Meads Station then divert via Temple Way, Bond Street South and Bond Street to Bus Station.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Temple Meads or Bus Station.

Service A1 heading towards Bristol Airport will operate the reverse of the above.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Bus Station or Temple Meads.

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Services 172, X39, 349, 374, 375, 376 and 522 heading towards Bus Station will operate normal route as far as Temple Meads hen divert via Temple Way, Bond Street South and Bond Street to Bus Station.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Temple Meads or Bus Station.

Services 172, X39, 349, 374, 375, 376 and 522 heading from Bristol Bus Station will operate the reverse of the above.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Bus Station or Temple Meads.

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Services T1, Y1 and Y2 will terminate at Rupert Street and commence from Lewins Mead.

Service Y6 will divert via Park Row and Marlborough Street in both direction and passengers are advised to board or alight at Bus Station or Park Street Top

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North Somerset Services X1, X4, X6, X7, X8, X9 and service U2 heading towards Bristol Bus Station and Rupert Street will operate normal route as far as the junction of Jacobs Wells Road and Anchor Road then divert via Anchor Road, Clifton Triangle, Park Row and Marlborough Street to the Bus Station.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at the bus stop on the bottom of Jacobs Wells Road or Bus Station.

North Somerset Services and U2  heading from Bristol Bus Station and Rupert Street will divert the reverse of the above.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at the Bus Station (Rupert Street for U2)or the temporary bus stop on Hotwell Road just after Jacobs Wells roundabout.

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