Bus operator First West of England announced service changes designed to balance customer demand with available resource to deliver reliable services for its customers into the future. The changes are a result of changing post-pandemic demand which has seen passenger numbers fall by 25 per cent compared to pre-Covid figures. The effects of this have been further impacted by acute driver shortages in the region.

Bus operator First West of England announced service changes designed to balance customer demand with available resource to deliver reliable services for its customers into the future. The changes are a result of changing post-pandemic demand which has seen passenger numbers fall by 25 per cent compared to pre-Covid figures. The effects of this have been further impacted by acute driver shortages in the region.

Service 4 Mearns Road Closure.

Due to Scottish Water works on Thursday 17th November until Sunday 11th December Mearns Road will be closed.

Service 4 will divert towards Newton Mearns/Broomhill

Via Busby Road, Eaglesham Road, Waterfoot Road, Broom Road East.

From Sunday 25 September, we're making changes to most of our services following an in-depth review of our network.

New timetables can be viewed here 

Frequencies given are for Monday to Friday daytimes.  We've listed the main changes below, but for most services there will be changes to early morning/evening journeys - please check your timetable before travelling. 

Due to ongoing punctuality issues caused by congestion arising from multiple sets of roadworks and ongoing and upcoming road closures within Great Yarmouth & Gorleston, we will be introducing temporary timetables on services within this area from Monday 12th September 2022.

Diversion First Midland service X10

From Monday 12 September 2022 until Friday 28 April 2023.

Towards Stirling – normal route to Dumbarton Road at Queen’s Road  then Queen’s Road, King’s Park Road, Drummond Place, Snowdon Place,  St Ninians Road,  Wellgreen Road and normal route

Changes are being made to fares and tickets from Sunday 25 September

• Lower adult single fares.
• New adult return fares introduced.
• New 3-Day & 5-Day tickets added to the on-bus ticket range. 
• No changes to the young person fares & tickets. 

The bus stop next to the Mother Shipton Pub in Twyford Avenue will be closed for road works.
This will be for the 14 September to the 19 September 24 hours a day. This bus stop will re open as soon as the works are complete. Please use an alternative stop and we are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Lees Lane in Gosport (Back of the old Bingo Hall) will be closed overnight only for road works.
The closure will be from 22:00 on the 8 September and finish at 06:00 on the 9 September.
Service E1 will divert away from this area via the E2 route in Anns Hill Road. This only affect a very small number of trips as it's so late in the evening. Please use alternative stops at the War Memorial Hospital or any stop in Anns Hill Road. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused during these works. 

Changes are being made to fares and tickets from Sunday 25 September

• We've frozen the price of all single fares.
• New adult return fares introduced.
• New 3-Day & 5-Day tickets added to the on-bus ticket range. 
• No changes to the young person fares.