Bristol, Bath and the West

Filton Avenue - Roadworks affecting services 70 and 73 from 13 July - October 2009

There are major roadworks shortly planned on Filton Avenue between Station Road and Stanley Avenue. Traffic will be allowed to travel as normal from the city towards Filton, but part of Filton Avenue will be closed to all vehicles in the opposite direction.

This means that buses towards the City Centre will be diverted to travel along Station Road, Gloucester Road North and then Wessex Avenue before joining the existing route on Filton Avenue. South Gloucestershire Council will be providing a free shuttle bus which will provide a link to our services up to every 30 minutes (20 minutes at peak times) during the main part of the day (Mon-Sat).

A map of the diversion and shuttle bus route is attached at the bottom of this page.

Please note Filton Avenue will be totally closed on Sunday 12 July in both directions. Buses will follow the diversion above in both directions and will run to our normal timetable as far as possible. First apologises for any delays.

When will your buses go?

The timetables of Services 70 and 73 will be affected towards the city centre only. Most journeys will start up to 5 minutes earlier from UWE or Cribbs Causeway, and run earlier along the route and diversion, until Filton Avenue / Lockleaze Road. Buses will then run to our normal timetable from this point onwards.

Shown below are the normal times that our buses depart from UWE (service 70) or Cribbs Causeway (Service 73). Please refer to your normal timetable and take away the number of minutes shown to find out the new departure time of your bus towards Bristol City Centre during the roadworks.

Service 70 (from UWE)



* Earliest journeys from Filton Avenue, King George

Service 73 (from Cribbs Causeway only)



* Earliest journeys are from Stoke Lodge
** The journeys departing Cribbs Causeway at 0813 and Stoke Lodge at 0833 will depart 4 minutes earlier. The journeys departing Cribbs Causeway at 0849 and 1731 will depart 2 minutes earlier.
+ Except journey departs Cribbs Causeway at 1708, which will not be changing


Please click here for a map of the diversion and shuttle bus route.

Filton Avenue Diversion Map

Please click here for the Timetable of the Shuttle bus. Please note this is not operated by First, and any customer enquiries should be made by contacting South Gloucestershire Council on 01454 863640.

Shuttle Bus Timetable

The full timetables of Service 70 and 73 during the roadworks are currently shown under Forthcoming Timetables section of this website and will be shown on the normal timetable section from 13 July.