Students from Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford and Patchway who attend Winterbourne Academy have been left stranded after it was announced that the bus service they use to get to and from school has been scrapped. South Gloucestershire Council has told the school that it is “very unlikely” that the 963 bus service will continue as it can no longer afford to subsidise it.
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Bradley Stoke Town Council is encouraging residents who have been affected by recent changes to bus routes in the town to respond to a public consultation by the deadline of Monday 13th March. The aim is to gather evidence that can be presented to First Bus and Weca in an attempt to inform future decision making.
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Children from Bradley Stoke Community School Primary Phase enjoyed their very own First West of England bus for the morning when they took a mystery roundtrip to Bristol and back. The four- and five-year-olds, some of whom had never been on a bus before, had lots of fun singing and learning with their teachers. The trip linked in with their ‘journeys and transport’ learning topic.
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“What on earth are First doing with the M1 MetroBus service? Yes, I know they have only just taken it over but it was a fully operational and adequately staffed enterprise which they have made an exceptional effort to dismantle in just six days … Time for Weca to step in and allocate it to a competent operator,” writes one Journal reader.
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The M1 MetroBus service, which links Bradley Stoke with Cribbs Causeway, Bristol city centre and south Bristol is to be temporarily suspended this weekend (3rd/4th September) to allow an orderly transition to a new operator. Some late evening journeys on Friday 2nd September may also be impacted. The service will resume from Monday 5th September, running to a slightly revised timetable.
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Residents of the Stokes are being urged to attend a public meeting in Bradley Stoke this Thursday (4th August) at which possible strategies to address the “toxic mix” of challenges facing local bus services will be discussed. The meeting has been called by West of England mayor Dan Norris ahead of a major review…
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Ticketless ‘Tap On, Tap Off’ (Toto) fare payment is now available on all MetroBus and First Bus services in the West of England. Using Toto, passengers simply tap their credit/debit card or payment-enabled smartphone device against the reader when they get on the bus and again just before they get off.
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A reduction in the operating frequency of the M1 MetroBus service is one of a number of changes being introduced by First West of England from Sunday 24th April 2022. From the same date, the current additional Monday to Friday off-peak ‘short journeys’ between Bristol city centre and Bristol Parkway Station will be withdrawn.
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A boss from First Bus has defended the firm’s rerouting of its 73 service such that it no longer makes a loop through the south-east corner of Bradley Stoke, along Webbs Wood Road and Baileys Court Road. Stops on this section were “exceptionally poorly used”, accounting for less than 1 percent of total patronage on the route, he claimed.
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Timetables for the First Bus service 73 are still on display at bus stops in south Bradley Stoke that were axed from the route over a week ago (on Sunday 30th January). This is despite the bus company being informed early last week that passengers unaware of the change had been seen waiting at the stops for buses that will never arrive.
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