Today, all Councillors received this letter from Justin Davies – the Manageing Director of First Bus in this area:

I am writing to let you know about a number of changes that First is making to bus services from September 27.

In Bath, the main changes affect services for university students with the introduction of a new Service 419, and changes to timetables to offer better journey options.

The timetable of Service 18 (University of Bath – City Centre) will change slightly to ensure that there are evenly spaced departures in coordination with Service 418. An additional early evening journey is being added in, giving students greater opportunities to travel.

Following a request from Bath Spa University, the Monday – Saturday timetable of Service 418 (University of Bath – City Centre – Bath Spa University) is changing slightly so that all arrivals and departures from Bath Spa University leave 10 minutes earlier. An additional early evening journey has also been added into the timetable, giving students more opportunities to travel.

I am pleased to announce that from 27 September a new Service 419 will run between the University of Bath and Bath Spa University operating during the morning and evening peak hours. This will provide a direct link for the student halls of residence on the Lower Bristol Road. Buses will follow the route of Service 418 in the main, but will run along the Lower Bristol Road rather than Windsor Bridge and Newbridge Road, giving students in the area more opportunities to travel. Service 410 will no longer run. Customers may catch services 18 or 418 alternatively.

There are also minor changes, mainly on Monday to Saturday, to services 2, 5, 17 and 234 to improve punctuality and reliability. Please click here for more information along with details of changes in Bristol, Weston, Wells and Somerset:
http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/southwest/bristol/service_changes/

Yours sincerely

Justin Davies
Managing Director
First Bristol Somerset and Avon