Changes to bus timetables across the Bath area have come into effect, as part of efforts to improve the service and increase the frequency on some routes.
Some services will now begin or terminate at Bath’s bus station, rather than Dorchester Street, and others will see their timetables adjusted.
The changes began on Sunday 3rd September, along with improvements to the overall First Bus network across the West of England.
Service changes in Bath include:
- Service 1: Bath City Centre – Southdown
- Service 1 will have an increased frequency during the busiest part of the day, running every 10 minutes rather than every 12 minutes during the afternoon peak. Weekend frequencies will also be improved.
- Service 3: Bath City Centre – Bathford
- Service 3 will now terminate in and start from Bath Bus Station (Bay 9), rather than Dorchester Street. The timetable will be revised to improve punctuality.
- Services 4, 4a and 4b: Odd Down/Foxhill – Bath City Centre – Weston
- There will be no change to the timetable but at Bath Bus Station, buses towards Odd Down and Foxhill will now use Bay 16.
- Service 8: Bath City Centre – Kingsway
- There will be no change to the timetable but at Bath Bus Station, buses will now use Bay 3.
- Service 13: Bath City Centre – Elmhurst
- Service 13 will now terminate and start from Bath Bus Station, rather than Dorchester Street. There will be a revised timetable to improve punctuality and maintain spacing with service 3.
- Service 19: Bath City Centre – Bristol Parkway Station
- Service 19 will have a new timetable to improve punctuality. There will be some slight adjustments to afternoon Oldfield School times.
- Service 20: Bath City Centre – Ralph Allen School
- New timetable.
- Service 522: Bath – Midsomer Norton – Keynsham – Bristol
- Punctuality changes on all days of operation.
- Service D1: Bath – Warminster
- Service D1 will have minor changes to the timetable to improve punctuality.
- Services D2 and D2x: Bath – Frome
- These services will have a revised timetable to improve punctuality.
- Services U1 and U2: Oldfield Park – Bath City Centre – University of Bath
- The U1 and U2 services will start to run more frequently ahead of the new University of Bath academic year.
- The U1 journey that starts from Ralph Allen School will be replaced by an extra 20 journey.
- Service U5: Bath City Centre – Bath Spa University.
- Service U5 will run more frequently at key times to boost capacity along the route.
- This is to help with the reduced vehicle capacity on this service.
- Service OS1: Hanham – Oldfield School
- One of the morning trips will start from Longwell Green The Crown instead of Hanham.
There will be no changes to:
- Service 2: Bath City Centre – Mulberry Park
- Service 5: Bath City Centre – Whiteway
- Services 6, 6a and 7: Bath City Centre – Larkhill & Fairfield Park
- Services 172 / 173 / 174: Bath City Centre – Midsomer Norton – Bristol or Wells
- Service X39 / 39: Bath City Centre – Bristol
You can find a network map for the Bath area here, and timetables can be found here.
