First West of England

27/09/2024

Get involved in the Bristol City Centre Transport changes consultation by 30th Sept.

Last chance to have your say about the future of the city centre, and its impacts on bus services.

Introduction Bristol city centre is set to change in the coming years, with major new housing developments and leisure and retail facilities planned. This will help the city tackle its housing crisis and sustain the vitality of the central area. To prepare for around

26/09/2024

Heading to Bath Racecourse next Tuesday? 🏇

Enjoy your day, and let us take care of the driving! 🚌

To get there, use our shuttle bus which runs from nearby Bath Bus & Railway Stations and is just £5 single or £6 return.

For more information, go to: https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/plan-journey/bath-races

25/09/2024

⚠️ SCAM ALERT ⚠️

We've been made aware of several scams on social media claiming to offer free/discounted First Bus travel.

Any legitimate free bus travel offers from us that are advertised on social media will only be through our official First Bus social media channels (and in some occasions, local authority channels).

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firstwestofengland/
Twitter: https://x.com/FirstBSA

If you would like to confirm whether a promotion is legitimate, please contact us at https://www.firstbus.co.uk/help-support/contact-us

Welcome to First West of England's page. To message us, visit the 'contact us' page on our website.

24/09/2024

Our cross-city routes via Gloucester Road in one handy map 🚌

Access the high-res version here: https://bit.ly/4ddoz5j

20/09/2024

There's just under 100 days left until Christmas - "oh no there isn't!" - and this week we've been in full panto mode.

Firstly, in Bristol, our UpFirst bus provided a perfect backdrop for the cast of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, featuring comedian and actor Brian Conley. It was all part of our partnership with the Bristol Hippodrome.

And just over the water in Wales, our sponsorship of the Swansea Grand Theatre's Jack and the Beanstalk, starring radio DJ and presenter Scott Mills, saw us spending a day shooting a hilarious film, which you can see later this year...watch this space! We can't reveal too much at the moment.

Grab your tickets for the shows online, and don't forget to hop on a bus when you travel to see them this Christmas and new year.

19/09/2024

We've started work this week on a £59m project to electrify our depots in Hengrove and Weston-super-Mare, thanks to partnerships with the West of England Combined Authority and North Somerset Council.

The project will also see 98 electric buses arrive in the West of England next year, providing customers with a comfier, quieter and smoother ride, and allowing us to provide a more reliable service and, importantly, bus travel that is even better for the environment.

Read more about the project, and see how the depots will be transformed: https://news-wew.firstbus.co.uk/news/electric-work-starts

17/09/2024

Get involved in the Bristol City Centre Transport changes consultation!

Have your say about the future of the city centre, and its impacts on bus services.

Introduction Bristol city centre is set to change in the coming years, with major new housing developments and leisure and retail facilities planned. This will help the city tackle its housing crisis and sustain the vitality of the central area. To prepare for around

12/09/2024

Heading to Bath Racecourse this weekend? 🏇

Enjoy your day, and let us take care of the driving! 🚌

To get there, use our shuttle bus which runs from nearby Bath Bus & Railway Stations and is just £5 single or £6 return.

More info: https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/plan-journey/bath-races

11/09/2024

Have you spotted any new street art appearing in Weston recently? 🔎

Weston Wallz is an annual street art event, where artists transform public spaces with stunning, large scale street art. Dave Bain, Zabou & Jack Lack have created these amazing pieces! 🎨

Head down to Weston and see them for yourself on our X1, X5 or 126 services for just £2.

Find out more at firstbus.co.uk/westonwallz

10/09/2024

A su***de prevention charity has seen a "significant increase" in bus passengers phoning for help following the launch of a ground-breaking partnership with us.

And we can reveal today - on World Su***de Prevention Day - that the partnership with Su***de Prevention UK - Charity has also been shortlisted for a top national award.

Read more: https://news-wew.firstbus.co.uk/news/su***de-prevention-day-2024

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02/09/2024

Huge congratulations to all our colleagues who took part in the weekend's UK Bus Driver of the Year competition in Blackpool.

Among them were Daryl Jones (pictured on the left) from Swansea who was named the best bus driver in Wales, and to Stuart Beetison from our Weston-super-Mare depot who was named the sixth best bus driver in the UK (out of 100), and the second best across the whole of First Bus.

Read more: https://news-wew.firstbus.co.uk/news/bus-driver-of-the-year-2024

02/09/2024

Heading to Bath Racecourse on Wednesday? 🏇

Enjoy your day, and let us take care of the driving! 🚌

To get there, use our shuttle bus which runs from nearby Bath Bus & Railway Stations and is just £5 single or £6 return.

For more information, go to: https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/plan-journey/bath-races

01/09/2024

From today, our services across the West of England have changed 🚌

Details of the changes can be found at firstbus.co.uk/servicechange

New timetables, route maps & network maps can be found at https://bit.ly/3W3K2ZB

30/08/2024

A reminder that from Sunday, our services across the West of England are changing 🚌

Details of the changes can be found at firstbus.co.uk/servicechange

New timetables, route maps & network maps can be found at https://bit.ly/3W3K2ZB

30/08/2024

We're sending masses of good luck to nine of our colleagues who are heading to Blackpool this weekend to compete in Sunday's UK Bus Driver of the Year competition.

The team, from the West of England and Cymru, will compete against 100 others, all trying to grab the crown and be named the country's best bus driver.

Hoping to bring home the silverware for our area is: from Cymru; Steve Clement, Daryl Jones, Jamie Owens and Jake Emery, and from the West of England; Peter Rice, Rafa Khalaf, Stuart Beetison, Mark Weech and Andy Evered.

Go and show them what we're made of down here! 🎉

29/08/2024

Congratulations to metrobus driver Roger for being the first to win our monthly Love Your Driver award 💕 🎉

Roger was nominated to win by several of his passengers, with one saying:

"He is always so cheerful, always says good morning, hello and goodbye and asks how people are. He is patient and kind with people with accessibility needs. I always feel safe when it is Roger driving. Everyone seems genuinely happy to see Roger!"

When being presented with the award, his manager Karen said it was the first time she'd seen him speechless!

You can nominate your favourite bus driver for the next award at firstbus.co.uk/sharethelove, and if they win, you'll get a free month's travel on us!

28/08/2024

Heading to Forwards - Bristol this weekend? Let us take care of the driving and get there on our shuttle buses! 🎪

🚌 Running between Bristol Temple Meads and The Downs (via Prince Street).

🎫 Purchase your return ticket on the First Bus App in advance for £6, or pay £5 for a single or £7 for a return on the day.

⏰ Services will run from Temple Meads to The Downs from 11.30am - 7:30pm every 10 minutes. Return buses from The Downs to Temple Meads will operate every 30 minutes between 7pm - 9.30pm and every 10 minutes between 9.30am to midnight.

27/08/2024

Our services across the West of England are changing this Sunday (1st Sept) 🚌

Changes include new cross-city connections, frequency enhancements and punctuality improvements. Some services will remain unchanged.

Details of the changes can be found at firstbus.co.uk/servicechange

New timetables, route maps & network maps can be found at https://bit.ly/3W3K2ZB

25/08/2024

As a reminder, all of our services will be running according to their Sunday timetables tomorrow 🚌

The only exception to this is the A1 Airport Flyer, which will run to its usual Mon-Fri timetable.

If your service doesn't run on Sunday's, it will not operate on Bank Holidays.

Find our timetables & route maps here: https://bit.ly/3W3K2ZB

20/08/2024

On Monday 26th August, all of our services will be running according to their Sunday timetables 🚌

The only exception to this is the A1 Airport Flyer, which will run to its usual Mon-Fri timetable.

As a reminder, if your service doesn't run on Sunday's, it will not operate on Bank Holidays.

Find our timetables & route maps here: https://bit.ly/3W3K2ZB

14/08/2024

Heading to Bath Racecourse on Saturday? 🏇

Enjoy your day, and let us take care of the driving! 🚌

To get there, use our shuttle bus which runs from nearby Bath Bus & Railway Stations and is just £5 single or £6 return.

For more information, go to: https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/plan-journey/bath-races

13/08/2024

Fur-tunately this afternoon we have a happy tail to tell!

Thanks to a local vets in the Weston area we’ve managed to reunite our lost kitty, 8-year-old Sheba, with her owner.

This afternoon our Staff Manager Karen Nelson (purr-tured below) whiskered her back to her home in Weston.

This p***y will definitely go down in hiss-tory as one of the meowst loved at Bristol Bus Station.

While Karen and the team were feline a little sad to hand her over, we always thought it was pawsible that we’d track down her owner.

We’d like to say a massive thanks to the team in Bristol who threw some cash in the kitty to keep Sheba fed and watered while she was with us, and to all of you who got in touch to help ensure we had a pawsitive ending.

09/08/2024

Heading to the Balloon Fiesta this weekend? 🎈

Many of our services operate close to the site, and offer links from a variety of locations. All these services benefit from the Government single fare cap or our Bristol Flat Fare, so you can get there for just £2! 🚌

To find out more visit https://bit.ly/3QNansf

09/08/2024

Paws what you're doing for a meow-ment. We have a p***y appeal!

Meet this purrfect little one who arrived at our Bristol Bus Station yesterday aboard our X1 service from Weston-super-Mare after being found by our driver Julia Reynolds. We think she may have fur-gotten where she was going and boarded the bus around the Backwell area.

Our team in Bristol have bought her food, provided water and gave her a home for the night to ensure she's comfortable and feline well! She is microchipped but we've been unable to find her owner, but records show she was linked to an address not too far from the Birnbeck Pier area of Weston.

And you've got to be kitten; she's clearly a clever p***y with catitude knowing that yesterday - when she was found - was litter-ly International Cat Day.

If you can get your thinking cat on and have any information about who she belongs to or if she is your little one, drop us an email: [email protected]

08/08/2024

🌞 5 travel all day for £10 🌞

Our West of England group ticket allows up to 5 people of any age unlimited travel all day across our West of England network for just £10 (normally £14)! 🚌

Offer available until 1st September, exclusively on the First Bus app. To find out more visit https://bit.ly/3PUpsri