Fares rise and another express service is cut

People travelling to and from Bristol by bus need to check the new timetables which will be published shortly.

The bad news is that from February 6th the X42 service which picks up at Coalpit Heath Church at 9.17am and the 6.50pm from Bristol are being chopped. Instead there will be a 342 leaving Chipping Sodbury 7 minutes earlier and 342 leaving Bristol Bus Station at 6.50pm. In addition the fares are going up!

All these changes are being made without any agreement with the Council. Pat Hockey has urged the Executive Member to remind the new Managing Director of First that this is a Showcase Bus Route. The Government allocated a lot of money to these Showcase routes on the understanding that the bus company would be working in partnership to increase the number of passengers.

The good news is that there will be an extra X42 leaving Chipping Sodbury at 8.30am.

There are also slight changes to the X27 from February 7th. They will leave North Corner for Bristol at 7.30am and 7.55am and then in the evening at 5.27pm, 6.36pm and 7.31pm. Saturday services will leave a minute earlier than now.

From Sunday all Adult Single and Return fares will increase by either 10p or 20p, according to distance. Child Single and Return fares will also increase by 10p.