Fares on First Group buses are changing from this Sunday (3rd November) and a roadshow will visit Bradley Stoke on Friday (1st November) to explain the new ticket pricing regime. The First team will be handing out information and providing advice to bus users at the Willow Brook Centre between 12noon and 8pm. Following three months of public consultation, which saw
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Bus service shake-up comes into effect this Sunday (1st September)
Major changes in Bradley Stoke’s bus services come into effect this Sunday (1st September). As previously reported on this website and in the August edition of the BSJ magazine, the existing 73 and 74 routes are being merged into a single 73 route that serves both the north and the south of the town. The frequency of the reconfigured 73
Continue readingAll change on the buses (again) from September
Another round of changes to Bradley Stoke’s principal bus services will be made from 1st September, The Journal has learned. A source at South Gloucestershire Council has confirmed that the 74 service is to be withdrawn by First Bus from 1st September (less than a year after its introduction), with the route of the 73 service being adjusted from the
Continue readingFirst Bus consultation roadshow to visit Bradley Stoke
Residents of Bradley Stoke will have the chance to have their say on local bus services and fare levels at a consultation event to be held at the Willow Brook Centre on Thursday 25th April. First Bus is staging the event as part of a major public consultation on bus fares in the Greater Bristol travel to work area. The
Continue readingBradley Stoke Councillor to address Bristol bus protest rally
A Bradley Stoke Councillor is to speak at a “peaceful protest rally” called to express dissatisfaction with the high price of bus fares in Bristol. Cllr Ben Walker (UKIP, Bradley Stoke North) will address the demo, which is due to take place outside the First Bus depot in Bristol city centre on Saturday (2nd February), between 12 noon an 2pm.
Continue readingNew bus service to link central Bradley Stoke with Bristol, via UWE
A new bus service is to be introduced from next Monday (14th January), linking the Willow Brook Centre with Bristol city centre, via the Frenchay campus of the University of the West of England (UWE). Wessex Red’s number 13 service is being extended to serve Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke, Stoke Lodge and Filton, with a 20 minute frequency Monday through
Continue readingExtra late night bus journeys from Bristol stop short of Bradley Stoke
First Group has introduced additional late night bus journeys on the number 73 Bristol City Centre to Cribbs Causeway route but passengers heading for Bradley Stoke aren’t seeing the full benefit because the buses terminate at Bristol Parkway Station. From the beginning of this week, buses are leaving Rupert Street in the city centre at midnight, 1am and 2am –
Continue reading[Forum] The 74 is a great new service – when it turns up!
Have just done an email to Keith Cranney and Roy Steel about the 74 bus service. Just thought I would share it here so the other ‘campaigners’ could see it……. Just to say thank you for your assistance in getting the No.74 bus service for us. Its nice to have a bus running more frequently. Our little core group will
Continue readingWinners and losers in Bradley Stoke bus shake-up
The south of Bradley Stoke will get a much improved daytime bus service from Sunday (2nd September), when First Group introduces the new 74 service, but other parts of the town will see services reduced. The new service, which replaces the U7 and U8 services currently run by Wessex Connect and the 73B run by First Group, will serve Bradley
Continue readingBus services to be overhauled from September
Significant changes are to be made to bus services in Bradley Stoke from September, following the decision of Wessex Connect to discontinue the U7 and U8 that currently provide the only daytime services between the south of Bradley Stoke and Bristol city centre. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has announced the introduction of a new number 74 service, which will replace
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