List of bus routes in Bristol

List of bus routes in Bristol

Whilst many Bus and Coach companies operate over the greater Bristol area, First Bristol has a virtual monopoly on the city's public transport. As a result, Bristol's buses are among the most expensive in Britain and are late 44% of the time. [http://www.epost.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144936&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144919&contentPK=19163759&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch]

Other companies offering services include: Abus, Bakers Dolphin, Buglers, Eurotaxis, Megabus, National Express, South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach, Stagecoach and Wessex Connect.

City and suburban services

;U.W.E (U Link)

U Link started on 14 September 2007 as a link between the U.W.E campuses in Bristol. The services are operated by Wessex Connect.

Park and Ride fares

Night services

There are 10 night services across the Bristol area. These services only run on Saturday and Sunday mornings and at New Year. They operate hourly from midnight until 6am.

History

Horse-bus services in Bristol were started in 1887 by the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company. The horse-buses were replaced by motor buses from 1906, when the company started a service from the Centre to Clifton.

From 1887 to 1986, Bristol Tramways (renamed Bristol Omnibus Company in 1957) had an almost complete monopoly of bus services in and from Bristol. The exceptions were in the 1920s, when Greyhound Motors provided competition until taken over by Bristol Tramways in 1928; a few small independent operators, the last of which, the Dundry Pioneer, was acquired in 1950; and Red & White Services, which started joint services with Bristol Omnibus Company to South Wales when the Severn Bridge opened in 1966.

Between 1937 and 1978 Bristol Omnibus Company was the operating partner in Bristol Joint Services, a joint undertaking with Bristol Corporation which controlled bus services within the city. The company owned and operated the buses, and shared revenues with the Corporation.

Bristol Omnibus Company was state-owned from 1948, but in 1980 the Thatcher government embarked on a programme of privatisation and deregulation of bus services. In preparation the company was split into two operating units in 1983: the city services, which in 1985 adopted the brand Bristol City Line, and the country services, which in 1986 became a separate company, Badgerline Ltd. Badgerline was sold to its management in 1986, and the original company was sold in 1987 to Midland Red West, who kept the City Line brand.

Deregulation meant that Badgerline was able to begin bus services within the city, in competition with City Line. However, in 1988 Midland Red West was itself acquired by Badgerline, so that Bristol's bus services were again controlled by a single company.

In 1995 Badgerline merged with Grampian Regional Transport to become First Bus, later renamed FirstGroup. First adopted a policy of common branding, and the City Line and Badgerline brands were dropped. Bristol Omnibus Company was renamed First Bristol Buses in 1999.

A few small independent operators have competed with Badgerline, City Line and First since deregulation. Buglers ran a few tendered local services from 1988. [http://www.abus.co.uk/ Abus] began with a competing service to Keynsham in 1991. South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach built up a small network of local services from 1997 until it was taken over in 2007 by Rotala, who rebranded the services Wessex Connect. However, the independents have been unable to shake the dominance of First.

ee also

*First Group
*Public transport in Bristol
*Wessex Connect

External links

* [http://www.abus.co.uk Abus]
* [http://www.bakersdolphin.com/flyer.html Bakers Dolphin London Flyer]
* [http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Transport-Streets/Public-Transport/bus-services-in-bristol.en Bristol City Council]
* [http://www.buglercoaches.co.uk Bugler Coaches]
* [http://www.euro-taxis.co.uk Euro Taxis]
* [http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/southwest/bristol/home/index.php First Bus Bristol]
* [http://www.megabus.com/uk Megabus]
* [http://www.nationalexpress.com National Express]
* [http://www.southgloucestershirebus.co.uk/ South Gloucestershire Bus & Coach]
* [http://www.southglos.gov.uk/ South Gloucestershire Council]
* [http://www.stagecoachbus.com Stagecoach]
* [http://www.connectbuses.com Wessex Connect]


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