UPDATE - Willowherb Road (part), Lyde Green - CLOSURE - (49)
South Gloucestershire
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LocationWillowherb Road (part) - Lyde Green
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CauseCarriageway Works
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ResponsibilityLocal Authority
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Effective09/01/2023 - 24/02/2023
UPDATE - 09:00 Thursday 16th February. Willowherb Road works are ahead of schedule and the road will be reopened on Saturday 25th February when service 49 will return to normal route.
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Willowherb Road between Acorn Drive and Newland Lane will be closed to service 49 from 07:00 Monday 9th January and will remain fully closed for an estimated eight weeks to facilitate carriageway works.
Service 49 will be diverted via Acorn Drive and Newlands Lane in both directions.
Regretfully the Newlands Lane bus stop on Willowherb Road will not be served and there will be two temporary bus stops situated by the chicane on Acorn Drive for travel in both directions.
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Travel Alerts
Lawrence Hill Bridge, Lawrence Hill - CLOSURE - (6, 7, 41, 42, 43, 44 & 45)
Lawrence Hill bridge in Lawrence Hill will be closed overnight to services 6, 7, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 between 21:00 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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DIVERSION UPDATE - South Road, Weston-super-Mare - CLOSURE - (5)
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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** UPDATED ** - Hutton Village - EMERGENCY CLOSURE - (126)
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 (part), Stoke Gifford - CLOSURE - (70 ,72 & 74)
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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A432 Badminton Road M4 bridge - CLOSURE - (Y1)
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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Nailsea Carnival - CLOSURES - (X7, X8 & X9)
Various roads in Nailsea will be closed to services X7, X8 and X9 between 13:00 and 14:00 (one hour) on Saturday 6th July to facilitate Nailsea Carnival.
Service X7 heading towards Clevedon will operate as normal to the end of Blackthorn Way then turn left into Nailsea Park onto Station Road, Queens Road, Whitesfield Road to resume normal route at Silver Street.
Service X7 heading towards Bristol will operate the reverse of the above.
Regretfully the bus stops between and including Southfield Road and Silver Street will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either Beach Drive on Blackthorn Way or Fosse Lane on Silver Street.
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Service X8 will terminate and commence its journey from the Blackthorn Way bus stop in Nailsea Park.
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Service X9 heading towards Nailsea will operate as normal as far as the High Street but instead of continuing across will go left into Nailsea Park onto Station Road Queens Road and left into The Perring to serve the loop but instead of turning left into Mizzymead will continue along Queens Road, left into Station Road onto Nailsea Park and right into the High Street to resume normal route.
Regretfully bus stops between and including The Link and Porlock Gardens in Mizzymead will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either Southfield Road in the High Street on Perrings West on Queens Road.
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Wells Road (part), Hengrove - CLOSURE - (376)
The Wells Road between Hengrove Lane and New Fosseway Road heading towards Wells only will be closed to service 376 between 08:00 and 17:00 on Sunday 7th July to facilitate carriageway works.
Service 376 will operate normal route as far as the Wells Road/West Town Lane junction then divert via Hengrove Lane, Walsh Avenue and New Fosseway Road to resume normal route at Wells Road.
Regretfully the Clive Road bus stop will not be served and passengers are advised to use either Wootton Park or New Fosseway Road bus stops.
Service 376 heading towards Bristol will operate normal route.
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Rode Hill (part), Rode - CLOSURE - (D2)
Rode Hill between the High Street and Woolverton in Rode will be closed to service D2 from first bus on Monday 1st and will remain fully closed until last bus on Friday 5th July to facilitate carriageway works.
Service D2 heading towards Frome will operate normal route to the end of Frome Road then divert via the A36, A362, Bradford Road and Rode Hill (part unaffected) to resume normal route at the High Street.
Service D2 heading towards Bath will operate normal route to the end of the High Street, then divert the reverse of the above.
Regretfully the Red Lion (on Rode Hill) and East Terrace bus stops in Woolverton will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at the Memorial Hall bus stops in the High Street or the Red Lion bus stops on the A36.
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A370, Long Ashton by-pass - CLOSURE - (X1)
The Long Ashton by-pass will be closed overnight to service x1 between 20:00 and 05:00 from Monday 17th through to Friday 5th July (excluding weekends) to facilitate carriageway works.
Service x1 will divert via Long Ashton village in both directions during this period.
No bus stops will be missed during this closure but it will take a liitle longer for the service to operate the diversion route.
All bus stops on the diversion route will be observed if necessary.
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Chilcompton Road (part), Midsomer Norton - CLOSURE - (173)
Service 173 will be unable to serve Chilcompton Road in Midsomer Norton between Riverside Gardens and Redfield Road between 07:00 and 19:00 from Monday 8th through to Friday 12th July (five days) to facilitate carriageway works.
Service 173 will be diverted via Riverside Gardens, Withies Park and Steam Mills in both directions.
Regretfully the bus stops Braewood, Redland Terrace, Kings Arms and Paulton Road will not be served.
Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Riverside Gardens or Somervale School.
All bus stops on diversion route will also be served during this closure.
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