Bristol park and ride

The Bristol Park & Ride is a park & ride system operated by Bristol City Council in the English city of Bristol.

Bristol Park & Ride
First Bristol East Lancs bodied Dennis Trident on route 904 in June 2011
ParentBristol City Council
LocaleBristol
Service typePark & ride
Routes5
DestinationsSouthmead Hospital, Clifton Down station, Bristol City Centre
StationsLong Ashton, Portway, Brislington, Lyde Green
FleetAlexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC
Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini
OperatorFirst West of England
CT Plus
WebsiteTravel West

History

Until 2011, the park & ride routes were operated by First Bristol and Wessex Bus.[1][2] On 5 September 2011, route 904 was taken over by CT Plus using ex First London, London Central and London General Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530Gs with route 903 passing from Wessex to First.[3][4]

On 2 April 2012, CT Plus took over the operation of route 902.[5] In April 2014, route 505 was extended to Long Ashton to become a park & ride route.[6]

In September 2014, Wessex Bus commenced operating a new park and ride service, the 901 between Portway and Clifton;[6] this service ceased in September 2016.[7]

The existing contracts expire in September 2016, with options to extend for a further three years.[6]

Services

The system consists of five routes:[8]

  • Metrobus m2: Long Ashton to Bristol, operated by First West of England[11]
  • Metrobus m3: Lyde Green to Bristol via UWE's Frenchay campus, operated by First West of England[12]

There has been significant, and increasing, investment in the scheme by Bristol City Council.[13]

Benefits

The council consider that this facility has reduced city centre congestion.[14]

The m2 and m3 services operate a buy before you board system through use of ticket machines at bus stops. This is designed to reduce boarding times. [15]

References
  1. Seven Centros for Wessex Connect Archived 18 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 3 August 2007
  2. Fleet of B9TLs join Rotala Wessex Archived 18 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 26 October 2007
  3. Bristol has got buses Boris Johnson didn't want Archived 18 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine Bristol Post 6 September 2011
  4. Moves to ease problems on park and ride Bristol Post 30 September 2011
  5. CT Plus starts Route 902 from 2 April 2012 CT Plus
  6. Scrutiny Commission minutes Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Bristol City Council 23 October 2014
  7. "Service Changes to Bristol 501, 502 and 901 services". Wessex Bus. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.
  8. "Bristol Park & Ride". Travelwest. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. "505 timetable" (PDF). Travelwest. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  10. "Bristol Park & Ride". First Bus. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  11. "Long Ashton Park & Ride". Travelwest. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  12. "Lyde Green Park & Ride". Travelwest. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  13. Boost for park and ride bus services Bristol City Council 18 December 2006
  14. More buses for Christmas shopping BBC News 18 December 2006
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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