A section of a 'vital' bus route serving south Bristol has been saved, two weeks after First Bus announced it would be axed in major cuts to its services. On March 16 the bus operator said the 92 bus will no longer serve Whitchurch and the South Bristol Community Hospital in light of driver shortages and low passenger numbers, which prompted a backlash from locals.
Metro Mayor Dan Norris has now confirmed the stretch of journey due to be cut will be picked up by a different bus operator, CT Plus, from April 24 to August 27, before a "longer-term solution" is reached. This will be a half-hourly service which will operate between Hengrove Park and Broad Walk shops.
Locals had warned that cutting off parts of south Bristol from the bus route would be a "disaster". Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Cllr Tim Kent told Bristol Live at the time: "It will leave hundreds of people having to walk well over 1km to get a bus and will be a disaster. This area has one of the highest populations of retired people in the city - too many of them totally reliant on this service."
