A First Bus change: Bristol’s new 24/7 bus service

From Sunday, August 31st, the M1 Metrobus between Hengrove Park and Cribbs Causeway will run a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week service. They will run half hourly all night.

Bristol City Council and the West of England Combined Authority have introduced many other changes, including this 24/7 route.

Bus Changes:

Changes include a more regular service on the M2 route between Long Ashton Park & Ride and the city centre, with buses at weekday peak times running every ten minutes rather than every fifteen minutes.

Night buses will be introduced on the 1 route on Monday-Saturday nights, and on the 2,4, and 6 services on Fridays and Saturdays. Along with changes to the 5 and 77 services being extended northward to Stoke Bishop.

Between Stoke Bishop and the University of Bristol during term, a new U1N night service will be in operation, which is a big win for us uni students.

For Bedminster, the A1 Airport Flyer will no longer run via East Street in a cityward direction, instead running via Sheena Road, Malago Road, and Darby Avenue after West Street.

Electric buses have also been introduced on routes around Bristol in recent months. With Tristan Cork, a Bristol Live reporter, comparing “a night journey on this new vehicle to being at a disco, or on a spaceship”- we’ll have to see if that’s true!

Bus Strikes:

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However, what’s important to note for the next couple weeks is that over 1000 drivers voted to strike early September. An initial five day strike has been called from September 4 to 8, with more planned for September 16 to 19, which may be tricky for freshers wanting to take night service back to their accom.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham accused First Group of “putting profits over people.” Regional officer Amy Roberts said union members in the West had “no choice” but to go on strike until they received what they considered to be a satisfactory pay officer.

Many routes across the city, will have lots of improvement and revised timetables. As a student, I hope my bus ride to campus will be more comfortable!