I think the biggest task would be bus stop improvements / minor relocations to make the most of the services I proposed.
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Updated again!
1-9
1: Temple Meads - Cribbs Causeway (Route of current service 1, every 15 mins, double decker)
Reduced frequency made up for by new service 2. Eastern part of route taken over by service 31.
X1: Bristol Bus Station - Chepstow (Basically reverting to the old X14, serving Clifton, Westbury and Cribbs Causeway, every 60 mins, double decker)
2: Temple Meads - Cribbs Causeway (Route of current service 1 as far as Westbury Village, then route of service 508 to Airbus, Charlton Road, then across proposed new housing on the former Filton airfield to Cribbs Causeway, every 15 mins, double decker)
To serve the proposed housing on the western part of the former Filton airfield, it would also provide a faster trip from Clifton and Westbury to Cribbs, as well as additional capacity. I only have it serving Henbury Road and Northover road so that area maintains a regular service and allows for the 508 to not be replaced. Also there is quite a lot of housing currently off of Charlton Road which I think is under served by the 508 so can see this service being very welcomed.
3: Temple Meads - Severn Beach (Route of current service 624, 2 trips in each direction per day, single decker)
To ensure Hallen and Compton Greenfield maintains a service as well as Severn beach to the centre.
4: Temple Meads - Cribbs Causeway (Route of current service 2, every 15 mins, double decker)
Reduction in frequency partly made up for by the new service 72. Southern part taken over by new service 52.
5: Temple Meads - Cribbs Causeway (Route of current service 3, every 15 mins, double decker)
Service can get very busy at times and at peak there can be a large gap in the service.
6: Temple Meads - Cribbs Causeway (Route of current service 4, every 15 mins, double decker)
Service can get very busy at times and at peak there can be a large gap in the service.
7: Temple Meads - Temple Meads (Temple Meads - Centre - Cotham - Redland - Downs - Clifton - then Jacobs Wells road, Anchor Road, Cannons Road and Explore Way then back to Temple Meads, every 15 mins, single decker)
Serving Hotwells Road and @Bristol will help "Tourists" more and better serve the new offices/flats of Cannon Marsh.
8: Temple Meads - Temple Meads (Reverse of route 7, every 15 mins, single decker)
Serving Hotwells Road and @Bristol will help "Tourists" more and better serve the new offices/flats of Cannon Marsh.
9: Bristol Parkway - Avonmouth (U.W.E - Cheswick - Lockleaze - Horfield - Westbury - Coombe Dingle [route of 508] - Lawrence Weston - Shirehampton - Avonmouth [route of 501] every 30 mins, single decker)
Trying to simplify the 18/501/502/508 into two services 9 and 19 whilst still maintaining links (but reducing dualing of some routes)
10-19
10: Southmead Hospital - Broad Quay (Route of former 25, every 15 mins, single decker)
11: Southmead Hospital - Broad Quay (Route of 77, every 30 mins, single decker)
Used to be every 30 mins, and I think with minor changes it could handle it again.
12: Southmead Hospital - Severn Beach (route of 625, every 60 mins, single decker)
Possible slight route change in Little Stoke/Patchway to make journey times better.
13: Southmead Hospital - Wotton-under-Edge (route of 77 to Thornbury then Falfield and Charfield, every 60 mins, single decker)
Basically the northern part of the 77 but serving Charfield, So the 79 (Old 87) can be rerouted and then Wotton-under-Edge still maintains a link to Southmead Hospital.
14: Southmead Hospital - Chipping Sodbury (route of 82 but avoiding Cribbs Causeway, every 60 mins, single decker)
A much more simple/direct route, as there would be no need to serve Cribbs or Wotton-under-Edge.
15: Southmead Hospital - Keynsham (route of 17A, every 30 mins, single decker)
16: Southmead Hospital - Brislington Park & Ride (route of 506 to Barton Hill, then as 513/514 to Brislington then to the Park & Ride, every 30 mins, single decker)
17: Southmead Hospital - Long Ashton Park & Ride (route of 505, every 30 mins, single decker)
18: Southmead Hospital - Lyde Green Park & Ride (route of 18, every 30 mins, single decker)
19: Southmead Hospital - Portway Park & Ride (To Shirehampton Green as 18/501/502 then via Shirehampton Dursley Road to Park & Ride, every 30 mins, single decker)
Trying to simplify the 18/501/502/508 into two services 9 and 19 whilst still maintaining links (but reducing dualing of some routes)
20-29
20: Bristol Bus Station - Weston super Mare (As W1, every 30 mins, single decker)
X20: Bristol Bus Station - Weston super Mare (As X1, every 30 mins, double decker)
21: Bristol Bus Station - Nailsea (As X9, every 30 mins, single decker)
X21: Bristol Bus Station - Nailsea (As X8, every 30 mins, double decker)
22: Bristol Bus Station - Clevedon (Via Nailsea, as the old X8 and 355, Sunday evenings only, single decker)
X22: Bristol Bus Station - Clevedon (As X6, every 30 mins, double decker)
23: Bristol Bus Station - Portishead (Serving Pill, Sheepway, Portishead Docks, every 30 mins, single decker)
X23: Bristol Bus Station - Portishead (Express to Portishead, every 30 mins, double decker)
24: Broadmead - Bower Ashton (As 506, calling at Create, every 30 mins, single decker)
25: Broadmead - Bower Ashton (As 11, via Southville, every 30 mins, single decker)
26: Broadmead - Ashton Vale (As service 24, every 15 mins, single decker)
29: Bristol Airport - Cribbs Causeway (As service A2 and X5, every 60 mins, single decker)
30-39
31: Broadmead - Keynsham (Temple Meads - Arnos Vale - St Annes - Broomhill - then onto Keynsham, every 20 mins, single decker)
Eastern part of service 1, providing St Annes with a more direct service than the 36 to the centre, also providing an onward link to Keynsham. Improving links to Temple Meads (With the new arena and other development)
32: Broadmead - Keynsham (As service 57 to Stockwood, then as 636 to Keynsham, every 20 mins, single decker)
Maintaining a link to the centre from Brislington (Callington Road) and make up for reduced capacity on the 52 (old 2) to Stockwood.
33: Bristol Bus Station - Bath (As service 39, but running via Wellsway and the 178 loop, every 30 mins, single decker)
34: Bristol Bus Station - Bath (As service 38, every 30 mins, single decker)
X34: Bristol Bus Station - Bath (As service X39, every 20 mins, double decker)
Making the service limited stop, to try and compete further with the train for end to end traffic.
36: Bristol Bus Station - Radstock (As 178 but avoiding Timsbury, every 120 mins, single decker)
37: Bristol Bus Station - Midsomer Norton (As 668, every 120 mins, single decker)
39: Bristol Airport - Bath (As A4, every 60 mins, single decker)
40-49
40: Broad Quay - Staple Hill (As 7, every 20 mins, double decker)
41: Broad Quay - Kingswood (As 6, every 20 mins, double decker)
42: Bristol Bus Station - Tormarton (As 35 to Kingswood then as 634, every 180 mins, single decker)
43: Bristol Bus Station - Marshfield (As 35, every 180 mins, single decker)
44: Broad Quay - Bitton (As service 43, every 20 mins, double decker)
45: Broad Quay - Bitton (As service 43, every 20 mins, double decker)
46: Broad Quay - Cadbury Heath (As service 45, every 20 mins, double decker)
47: Broad Quay - Cadbury Heath (As service 44, every 20 mins, double decker)
48: Bristol Bus Station - Bath (As service 37, every 30 mins, single decker)
49: Cribbs Causeway - Bath (As service 319 but calling Via Charlton Hayes and from Kingswood serving Hanham and Longwell Green as 37, every 30 mins, single decker)
50-59
50: Broadmead - Hengrove (As service 50, every 20 mins, double decker)
51: Broadmead - Hengrove (As service 51, every 20 mins, double decker)
52: Broadmead - Stockwood (As service 2, every 20 mins, single decker)
53: Broadmead - Stockwood (As old service 55 direct up Wells Road, every 20 mins, single decker)
54: Bristol Bus Station - Wells (Via Chew Magna, every 120 mins, single decker)
55: Bristol Bus Station - Wells (As service 376, every 30 mins, single decker)
X55: Bristol Bus Station - Street (As service 376, every 120 mins, single decker)
56: Bristol Bus Station - Wells (Via Midsomer Norton, as service 379 and 376, every 60 mins, single decker)
59: Keynsham - Hengrove (As service 637 and then 515, every 60 mins, single decker)
60-69
60: Broad Quay - U.W.E (As service 13 and 48A, every 12 mins, double decker)
61: Broad Quay - Bromley Heath (As service 24 to Eastville then service 5, every 30 mins, single decker)
62: Bristol Bus Station - Dursley (As service 626, but continuing direct to Dursley, 2 trips a day, single decker)
63: Bristol Bus Station - Chipping Sodbury (As service 46 to Winterbourne then as X46 to Chipping Sodbury, every 30 mins, single decker)
X63: Bristol Bus Station - Chipping Sodbury (As service X46 to Winterbourne then as 46 to Chipping Sodbury, every 60 min, double decker)
To provide the main population centres of Chipping Sodbury, Yate, Coalpit Heath, Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne with a regular express service.
64: Bristol Bus Station - Yate (As service 47, every 30 mins, single decker)
65: Broad Quay - Emersons Green (As service 48, every 15 mins, double decker)
66: Broad Quay - Emersons Green (As service 49, every 15 mins, double decker)
67: Bristol Bus Station - Yate (As service X49, every 60 mins, single decker)
70-79
70: Temple Meads - U.W.E (As 12,71, every 12 mins, double decker)
X70: Temple Meads - U.W.E (As X14, X74, every 12 mins, double decker)
71: Temple Meads - U.W.E (As 70, every 12 mins, double decker)
72: Temple Meads - U.W.E (As 70 to The Arches then Redland and Henleaze, every 12 mins, double decker)
To maintain a Redland to U.W.E link and maintain a frequent service to Henleaze. As well as new Redland - Henleaze link
73: Temple Meads - Cribbs Causeway (As 76 but avoiding Southmead, every 15 mins, double decker)
Basically the old 77 to provide a quicker service to/from Henbury.
74: Temple Meads - Cribbs Causeway (As 76 to Southmead then via Charlton Road, Filton Airfield to Cribbs Causeway, every 15 mins, double decker)
To serve new development as per service 2.
75: Temple Meads - Cribbs Causeway (As 75, every 15 mins, double decker)
Patchway will have more buses as the 76 will additional serve that area.
76: Temple Meads - Cribbs Causeway (As 73 then calling at Aztec West using bus link to Patchway and onto Cribbs, every 15 mins, double decker)
To create a regular link to Aztec West and without increasing the route length.
77: Bristol Bus Station - Thornbury (As service 78 to Horfield, then Bristol Parkway, Bradley Stoke and onwards to Thornbury, every 60 mins, single decker)
78: Bristol Bus Station - Thornbury (As service 78, every 60 mins, single decker)
X78: Bristol Bus Station - Dursley (As service 79 to Thornbury then as 88 to Dursley, every 120 mins, single decker)
79: Cribbs Causeway - Dursley (As service 87, every 120 mins, single decker)
80-89
80: Yate - Keynsham (As service 86 to Kingswood then onward to Keynsham, every 120 mins, single decker)
81: Yate - Bath (As 620, every 120 mins, single decker)
82: Yate - Malmesbury (As 41, every 120 mins, single decker)
83: Yate - Tetbury (As 27/622, every 120 mins, single decker)
84: Yate - Dursley (As 86, every 120 mins, single decker)
85: Yate - Wotton-under-Edge (As 82, 84, every 60 mins, single decker)
86: Yate - Sharpness (As 88/201, 2 trips daily, single decker)
87: Yate - Thornbury (As 622, every 120 mins, single decker)
88: Yate - Cribbs Causeway (As 82, every 60 mins, single decker)
To maintain Yate - Cribbs link and allow faster links to Southmead Hospital
90-99
90: Bristol Bus Station - Bristol Airport (As 21/22 to Highridge, then Dundry, Winford, Felton and on to Bristol Airport, every 120 mins, single decker)
X90: Bristol Bus Station - Bristol Airport (As A1, every 10 mins, single decker)
91: Broadmead - Hengrove (As 52, every 30 mins, single decker)
92: Broadmead - Hengrove (As 75, every 12 mins, double decker)
93: Broadmead - Hengrove (As 76, every 12 mins, double decker)
94: Broadmead - Hengrove (As 90 and 36, every 12 mins, single decker)
To make up for losing the 36 and to possibly remove the need for the 511 and 512.
95: Broadmead - Hengrove (As 90, every 12 mins, single decker)
99: Hengrove - Bower Ashton (Via Hengrove Park, Bedminster Down and Ashton Gate, every 60 mins, single decker)
100+
125: Weston-super-Mare - Wells (As service 26/126, but serving Wookey Hole, every 60 mins, single decker)
126: Weston-super-Mare - West Harptree (As 135/A2, every 120 mins, single decker)
127: Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport (As A2, every 120 mins, single decker)
128: Weston-super-Mare - Nailsea (As 850, every 60 mins, single decker)
129: Weston-super-Mare - Cribbs Causeway (As X5, every 120 mins, single decker)
130: Bath - Wells (As service 173, every 60 mins, single decker)
131: Bath - Wells (As service 174, every 60 mins, single decker)
132: Bath - Radstock (As service 179, avoiding Writhlington, every 60 mins, single decker)
133: Bath - Midsomer Norton (As service 178, but serving Writhlington, every 60 mins, single decker)
138: Bath - East Harptree (Via Corston and Stanton Wick, every 120 mins, single decker)
139: Bath - Bristol Airport (Via Corston and Chew Magna, every 120 mins, single decker)
Still more to follow when I have gone through the remaining services!
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hopefully resolves some issues TGW had
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A few more bits.
Depot wise. I have come up with the following ...
Avonmouth (Current Wessex depot)
Bath (Current First depot)
Hengrove (Current First depot)
Lawrence Hill (Current First depot)
Westerleigh (South of Yate, new depot)
Weston-super-Mare (Current First depot)
I don't really see the need for Firsts' Wells depot or Wessexs' Keynsham depot.
Muller Road would be closed fully also.