Stranded passengers reported more than 100 cases of “ghost buses” in Bristol last month as part of a new citizen science project. Darren Jones, Labour MP for Bristol North West, is collecting evidence from constituents to test promises made by bus bosses on improving reliability.
The project is asking bus passengers whose journeys start in the Bristol North West constituency to tell the MP if their journeys were on time, delayed, or if a service appears on an app or digital screen in a bus stop but never turns up — known as a ghost bus.
First Bus, the city’s largest operator, promised that many services will become more reliable from the start of April. Several main routes — including the 70, 73, 73, 75 and 76 — should now see buses running more frequently, but the results of this remain to be seen.
