First West of England confirms no bus service in Bristol for three days over festive period - full schedule

First West of England has confirmed the changes it will make to its Christmas and New Year’s bus timetable for Bristol with no services scheduled on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

The operator will change the frequency of its services from 8pm on Christmas Eve. Changes to the usual schedule will continue for the next 10 days until regular service resumes on January 3.

Doug Claringbold, Managing Director for First West of England said: “Travel patterns are always different over the festive period, with fewer people using the bus network, so we’ve adjusted our timetables to reflect that.

“We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our staff who’ve worked incredibly hard to keep the buses running throughout the year. We want to show our appreciation for this and give them some well-deserved time off, so as in previous years, we’ve taken the decision not to operate on Boxing Day.

“We wish all our customers a very happy and safe festive period.”

A breakdown of the 10-day timetable can be found below:

Christmas Eve (Sat Dec 24): Normal Saturday service but with some services finishing earlier. No buses will start a new journey after 2000 (except A1 and A3 Airport Flyers which will run until their normal finish time)

Christmas Day (Sun Dec 25): No services running

Boxing Day (Mon Dec 26): No service except A1 and A3 Airport Flyers (both will be operating Mon-Fri timetables) plus AG1 and AG2 operating increased frequencies to and from Ashton Gate for Bristol City’s match vs West Brom.

December 27 (Tues): Sunday timetables except A1 and A3 Airport Flyers (both will be operating Mon-Fri timetables)

December 28 - 31: Special timetables will operate, for more details on specific services click here

New Year’s Day (Sun): No service except A1 and A3 Airport Flyers (both will be operating Sunday timetables)

January 2 (Mon): Sunday service

January 3 (Tues): Normal services will resume