Local bus operator First West of England has announced it will be making changes to some services in Bath from Sunday 24th April.
The majority of current services are unaffected, but some routes in Bath will see poorly used journeys removed to ensure services can be delivered more reliably, while ongoing driver shortages continue to cause issues.
Doug Claringbold, Managing Director of First West of England, said:
We continue to work closely with the West of England Combined Authority to agree service levels as required by the Government’s funding scheme. These changes will ensure that we can run our Bath services more reliably whilst driver numbers remain an issue”.
The full list of changes is as follows:
Service 1 – due to low passenger demand, some daily journeys will be withdrawn and Sunday frequency will reduce from every 30 minutes to every 40 minutes.
Service 2 – will depart from Hadleigh Arms throughout the morning journeys. Monday to Friday frequency will reduce from every 15 minutes to every 30 minutes (off peak only). Peak journeys will remain every 20 minutes. Saturday frequency will reduce from every 15 minutes to every 20 minutes. Due to low passenger demand, some daily journeys will be withdrawn
Services 3 and 3a – Service 3a will be withdrawn Monday to Friday but Service 3 will serve Elmhurst estate during Monday to Friday daytime to replace these current Service 3a journeys. Due to the withdrawal of the 3a service, Service 3 will increase to every 20 minutes Monday to Friday. Due to low passenger demand, some daily journeys will be withdrawn
Service 19 – due to low passenger demand, the first journey, Monday to Friday to Downend will be withdrawn. The first Monday to Friday journey operated from 24TH April will be extended between Kingswood and Downend. Cherry Gardens will be added as a timing point so customers have more visibility when planning connections between services 19 and 45.
Service 5 – due to low passenger demand, some daily journeys will be withdrawn
Service 39/X39 – the first 3 journeys will now depart from ‘The Globe’. Due to low passenger demand, some daily journeys will be withdrawn
Services 22, U1, U2 and U5 – revised University timetables will be introduced for the spring/summer period.
Service D2 – a small timetable amendment on Monday to Friday will be implemented for school movements. Due to low passenger demand, some Saturday morning journeys will be withdrawn.
Services not listed above are unchanged.