First - transforming travel
Skip navigation

Bristol, Bath and the West

Find a bus



OR


Safety First. Low Floor Access

Many buses in our fleet are now low floor - easily accessible for wheelchair users and 'buggy friendly', meaning you can bring your buggy on board without having to fold it up. And with more and more bus stops being adapted to be accessible, it's never been easier to travel.

Wheelchair users

As part of our commitment to providing accessible travel for wheelchair users First always try to give priority to wheelchair users on our services.

When your low floor bus arrives at the bus stop you can ask the driver to lower the step and/or ramp to allow you to board. You should reverse your wheelchair into the dedicated area on board (so you are facing the back of the vehicle) and apply the brakes.

Please ask the driver for assistance if you require any help.

If the bus is full or there is already a wheelchair user on board unfortunately we will not be able to carry another wheelchair user. Non low floor or 'Step Height’ buses are not able to accommodate wheelchair users.

If the wheelchair space is occupied by a non wheelchair user the driver will make every effort to ask them to move to allow you to board. Unfortunately, if a fellow passenger refuses to move you will need to wait for the next bus.

Buggies

The following services are scheduled to be run by low floor accessible vehicles. (Please contact Customer Services to check before you travel.)

Bath area and Wiltshire
No. Route
2 Combe Down - Ensleigh
4 Whiteway - Bathampton
5 Bus Station - Whiteway
6/7 Bus Station - Fairfield Park - Bus Station
10 Bus Station - Southdown
13 Fox Hill - Bathford
14 Weston - Odd Down
18/418/419 Bath Spa University - University of Bath
21 Newbridge - City Centre (Park and Ride)
31 Lansdown - City Centre (Park and Ride)
41 Odd Down - City Centre (Park and Ride)
173 Bath - Wells
231/232 Bath - Chippenham
234 Frome - Chippenham
264/265 Bath - Warminster

In addition, most journeys on service 271, 272 and 273 between Bath, Devizes and Easterton are scheduled to be operated by low floor buses except journeys on Service 271 leaving Bath Bus Station at 1740 and 1820.

Bristol City Services
No. Route
1 Broomhill - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway
8/9 Temple Meads - Clifton/Redland
20 Rookery Farm - Southmead
24/25 (from November 2009) Lockleaze - Ashton Vale
40, 40A Cribbs Causeway - Centre
41 Avonmouth - Cherry Gardens
43 Centre - Cadbury Heath
44, 44A Centre - Cadbury Heath/Cherry Gardens
48/49 Centre - Emersons Green
51 Centre - Rookery Farm
52 Hengrove - Broadmead
54 Cribbs Causeway - Stockwood
70 (from 29 November 2009) UWE - Centre
73, 73A, 73B Centre - Cribbs Causeway
75 Hartcliffe - Cribbs Causeway
76 Hartcliffe - Henbury
90 Broadmead - Hengrove Depot
91 Broadmead - Broadwalk Square
904 Centre - Brislington (Park & Ride)

Buses running from Bristol Bus Station
No. Route
357 Bristol - Portishead
358 Bristol - Portishead
359 Bristol - Portishead
X27 Bristol - Yate
376 Bristol - Street
X1 Bristol - Weston-super-Mare

Weston area
No. Route
7 Worle - Oldmixon
X1 Weston-super-Mare - Bristol

The following journeys on Service 353 which also runs between Bristol and Weston are scheduled to be run by low floor buses:

Weston-super-Mare to Bristol

Monday - Friday: 0927, 1715 and all journeys after 1835
Saturday: 0615, 0705, 0927, 1715 and all journeys after 1745

Bristol to Weston-super-Mare

Monday - Friday: 1545 and all journeys after 1940
Saturday: 0720, 1715 and all journeys from 1835

All journeys on Sundays are scheduled to be low floor.

Somerset
No. Route
1 (Taunton) Blackbrook - Ladymead Road
1 (Yeovil) Abbey Manor Park - Cavalier Way
1 (Bridgwater) North Sydenham - Rhode lane
2 (Taunton) Town Centre - Priorswood
4 (Taunton) Lane Estate - Queensway
14 Bridgwater (Polden Meadows) - Nether Stowey
21, 21A, 221 Burnham-on-Sea - Taunton via Bridgwater
22, 22A Wellington - Taunton
28, 28A, X28 Taunton - Minehead
54, 54A, 54B, 54C Taunton - Yeovil
92, 92A Taunton - Exeter
375 Bridgwater - Wells
376 Bristol - Street
377 Yeovil - Wells

Whilst we endeavour to provide a low floor vehicle on all journeys scheduled to be accessible, it is occasionally necessary to substitute an alternative, non low floor vehicle for operational reasons. We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

Safety First