| Re: Bath - Bristol Parkway number 19 bus. Posted by grahame at 08:52, 18th April 2026 |     |
Also heard that in that neck of the woods,the 11 or 12 starts some where North of Bristol Parkway,then changes number to a 11 or 12.
Then continues is journey into Bristol,so it says on the bus destination Bristol Parkway,although it continues to central Bristol.
The regulars know this, but newbees or visitors would not.
Although I have heard from others,that SOME drivers ask where are you going and tell them to get on the bus to get into central Bristol.
Then continues is journey into Bristol,so it says on the bus destination Bristol Parkway,although it continues to central Bristol.
The regulars know this, but newbees or visitors would not.
Although I have heard from others,that SOME drivers ask where are you going and tell them to get on the bus to get into central Bristol.
There are a number of local bus routes that join end-to-end with other local bus routes of the same number and will carry on through for you on the same ticket. Some of the legal framework differs between shorter bus journeys and longer ones, and by splitting routes in this way, the operators and the authorities / regulators are able to provide something with the characteristics of a local bus journey that covers a greater distance, and also one that carries people from one side of an intermediate town to the other.
Here is part of the timetable of Stagecoach's routes 49, Swindon to Devizes and Devizes to Trowbridge. As a through bus, it would take two hours (around 120 minutes) whereas train journey takes 35 minutes, but as an intermediate service it provides (for example) a day out opportunity from Semington to Avebury, a way that people from Seend can get to Swindon to link to the London train, and dozens of other cross-Devizes opportunities
As an aside, delighted to see the route change - just last week - that has the service starting back as Swindon Station.
| Re: Bath - Bristol Parkway number 19 bus. Posted by infoman at 06:01, 18th April 2026 | |
Also heard that in that neck of the woods,the 11 or 12 starts some where North of Bristol Parkway,then changes number to a 11 or 12.
Then continues is journey into Bristol,so it says on the bus destination Bristol Parkway,although it continues to central Bristol.
The regulars know this, but newbees or visitors would not.
Although I have heard from others,that SOME drivers ask where are you going and tell them to get on the bus to get into central Bristol.
| Re: Bath - Bristol Parkway number 19 bus. Posted by grahame at 19:08, 17th April 2026 | |
Not sure when this service stopped running to Cribbs Causeway and settled on Parkway instead. Was it last autumn that some funding allowed the 19 bus's frequency to be upped to half hourly? Anyway, the funding for that has dried up and it's now back to sort of hourly and an earlier finish. Anecdote not data, having caught it a few times when its frequency had been increased, passenger numbers had responded.
Mark
Mark
According to an unreliable source
Route Changes: Historically linked Bath to Cribbs Causeway, the 19 was modified in January 2023 to terminate at Bristol Parkway Station, with the M4 MetroBus covering the rest of the route.
Service Frequency: Funding fluctuations have caused the service to alternate between half-hourly and hourly frequencies. An increase in frequency was reversed due to lack of funding, with First Bus reporting hourly service in April 2026.
Current Service: The route primarily connects Bath Bus Station to Bristol Parkway, with revisions in 2021 and 2026 updating access to areas like Charlton Hayes and adjusting operating hours
Service Frequency: Funding fluctuations have caused the service to alternate between half-hourly and hourly frequencies. An increase in frequency was reversed due to lack of funding, with First Bus reporting hourly service in April 2026.
Current Service: The route primarily connects Bath Bus Station to Bristol Parkway, with revisions in 2021 and 2026 updating access to areas like Charlton Hayes and adjusting operating hours
| Bath - Bristol Parkway number 19 bus. Posted by Mark A at 17:32, 17th April 2026 | |
Not sure when this service stopped running to Cribbs Causeway and settled on Parkway instead. Was it last autumn that some funding allowed the 19 bus's frequency to be upped to half hourly? Anyway, the funding for that has dried up and it's now back to sort of hourly and an earlier finish. Anecdote not data, having caught it a few times when its frequency had been increased, passenger numbers had responded.
Mark
