A new timetable is being rolled out across Bristol today including a new metrobus service. First Bus has made changes to six different routes as it launches the new m4 which will link Cribbs Causeway and Bristol Parkway with the city centre.
Services 19, 70, 73, m1, m2, m3/m3x and Y6 will see a revised timetable from today (January 22). The changes are expected to improve punctuality while giving buses more time to complete their journeys, according to First Bus.
The new m4 metrobus is set to run every 20 minutes from Monday to Saturday and every 30 minutes on Sundays and bank holidays. It will run between 6am and 11pm on weekdays, with a later start at weekends according to First West of England, which will operate the service.
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As well as providing a link between Cribbs Causeway and Bristol Parkway Station and the city centre, it will serve communities in Patchway and Stoke Gifford. In the future, the service is expected to operate in the new Brabazon development at the old Filton Airfield site. However, buses are likely to operate via Hayes Way to start with.
Bus services changes
First Bus West of England has shared the information below about the services affected:
Service m1 Hengrove Park – Bristol City Centre – Cribbs Causeway - Click here for the new timetable
Service m2 Long Ashton Park & Ride – Bristol City Centre - Click here for the new timetable.
Services m3 and m3x Emersons Green – Bristol City Centre - Click here for the new timetable
It has had to alter the timings of some weekday m3x peak time journeys. There will still be three journeys each way a day.
The bus operator advised that "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 the current timings.
Service m4 Cribbs Causeway – Bristol City Centre - Click here for the new timetable for the new route
Service 19 Bath – Cribbs Causeway - Click here for the new timetable.
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 the 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.
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.
Service 70 Bristol Temple Meads – UWE Frenchay - Click here for the new timetable.
This service will have a revised timetable to improve punctuality and the service interval along Filton Avenue.
Service 73 Bristol Temple Meads – Cribbs Causeway - Click here for the new timetable
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 the 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.
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