CHANGES to bus services in Keynsham and Saltford come into effect from Sunday April 5.
First Bus says its new timetables for the West of England are designed to improve punctuality and reliability.
Key changes locally include service 17 extending to Burnett Business Park, service 42 doubling in frequency, and service 43 replacing the 349. Here are some of the details:
Service 17 Southmead Hospital–Kingswood–Keynsham:
Journeys will be extended beyond Keynsham town centre to and from Burnett Business Park via the Wellsway. No journeys on the 17 will now serve Bilbie Green (see service 43).
Service 42 Bristol city centre–Cherry Gardens–Keynsham:
Journeys will run up to every 30 minutes during the daytime between Bristol city Centre and Cherry Gardens, instead of every 60 minutes. Every other journey at most times will be extended beyond Cherry Gardens via Willsbridge to Keynsham town centre and Burnett Business Park, providing new direct links.
Service 43 Keynsham–Bristol city centre–North Common:
On Monday to Saturdays from 6am-9pm, the 43 route will be extended to and from Keynsham and Burnett Business Park, replacing service 349. In Keynsham, buses from Bristol will run to Keynsham Post Office, then via Rock Road, Ashton Way, Charlton Road, Bilbie Green, Longmeadow Road, Cedar Drive, Coronation Avenue, Park Road, Albert Road, Temple Street, Bath Hill and Chandag Estate, then to Burnett Business Park.
Buses from Burnett Business Park towards Bristol will operate via Wellsway, Chandag Estate, Bath Hill, Temple Street, Albert Road, Park Road, Coronation Avenue, Cedar Drive, Longmeadow Road, Bilbie Green and Charlton Road to Keynsham Church, then onto Bristol.
Buses in Bristol City Centre will pick up towards Keynsham from Cabot Circus South (bus stop S14), Bond Street (stop S6), Rupert Street (B4), The Centre Broad Quay (C3), Redcliffe Way (R5), Temple Gate (T3) and Temple Meads Station (T1), and will not serve the bus station, Wine Street or Victoria Street.
Service 349 Bristol-Keynsham:
Route 349 will be replaced by the extension of service 43 to and from Keynsham.
Service 39/X39 Bath-Bristol:
These services will have a revised timetable on all days.
Service 42 Bristol city centre-Cherry Gardens–Keynsham:
Route 42 will be increased to operate up to every 30 minutes during the daytime between the city centre and Cherry Gardens, instead of every 60 minutes. In addition, every other journey at most times will be extended beyond Cherry Gardens via Willsbridge to Keynsham town centre and Burnett Business Park, providing new direct links.
Service 522 Bristol–Keynsham–Midsomer Norton–Bath:
The 522 will have a revised timetable as part of associated funding changes. The service will still operate hourly between Bristol and Bath, but the short journeys between Bristol and Keynsham will no longer operate. All 522 services will operate via Red Post in Peasedown St John, with Sulis Hospital and Orchard Way covered instead by new route 175.
At Keynsham, the 522 will no longer serve Chandag Estate, with buses staying on the Wellsway. The Chandag area will now be served by the 43 instead.
Service A4 Bath–Keynsham–South Bristol– Bristol Airport:
The A4 AirDecker service will have a revised timetable across the day, to improve punctuality.
Full details of the new timetables can by found on the First Bus website.
New timetables reshape Keynsham bus services
