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Bristol Bus and Coach Station serves the city of Bristol in the west of England. It is situated on Marlborough Street, near the Broadmead shopping area. The original bus station and onsite depot were opened in 1958 by the Bristol Omnibus Company. It was later redeveloped with the current bus station opening in 2006. [1]
The Bristol bus station, in Marlborough Street, was opened in 1958. It was redeveloped in 2006 There are three main bus companies operating across the Greater Bristol area. They are First West of England, [1] Stagecoach South West and Big Lemon. They provide services around Bristol and into South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
A preserved Bristol K5G Bristol Omnibus Company bus. Horse-bus services in Bristol were started in 1887 by the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company, with a service from the Victoria Rooms (connecting with the trams) to Clifton. [1] [2] The horse-buses were replaced by motor buses from 1906, first on a service from the city centre to Clifton. [3]
A Cheltenham and Gloucester Bristol VRT on Clarence Street, Gloucester. On 11 September 1983, the National Bus Company (NBC) split its loss-making Bristol Omnibus operation into three separate companies, with Gloucestershire-based operations transferred to a new company named the Cheltenham and Gloucester Omnibus Company. [4]
On weekdays and Saturdays, two early morning journeys towards Bristol start at Magor and call at Rogiet, Caldicot, and Portskewett, before continuing to Chepstow and Bristol, and two evening journeys towards Chepstow continue to Magor. On Sundays, the first journey of the day starts at Magor while the last continues to Magor after Chepstow.
First Wright StreetDeck passing an Alexander Dennis Enviro400 City CBG in Bristol city centre, November 2023. As of January 2024, the First West of England fleet consisted of 561 buses and coaches.
The bus leaves Bristol heading north bound on the M32 to Junction 1 at Hambrook where the bus leaves the motorway and briefly joins the A4174 Avon Ring Road before turning onto the Stoke Gifford By-pass through Harry Stoke. The bus passes through the town of Bradley Stoke on the main road through the town 'Bradley Stoke Way' and upon reaching ...
Bristol Omnibus Company continued to use the Greyhound name for its long-distance coach services until 1972, when the National Bus Company required Bristol to adopt the new National Express brand. [10] Shortly before its demise, on 9 January 1972 Greyhound Motors commenced operating an express Bristol to London service via the new M4 motorway. [11]