BUS operator First is making changes to its timetable for services to Emersons Green and Lyde Green.
From April 7, all 48 services will terminate at Downend, with only 48x services going on to Emersons Green, and 49 services will all terminate at Page Park, Staple Hill, with only 49x services going on to Lyde Green.
This means passengers from Emersons Green, Lyde Green and other areas near the end of the route will need to change buses if they want to travel to Easton or Old Market.
Up until now some early morning and evening 48 and 49 services had gone to Emersons and Lyde Green but from April only the direct 48x and 49x services, which are faster because they use the M32 between Eastville and the city centre, will terminate there.
First has also revised the timetables of the 48, 48x, 49 and 49x services to “improve punctuality and reliability”.
The spokesperson said: “Inbound 48x and 49x services will be slightly quicker, while outbound peak services will have additional time to account for congestion.”
There will be no 48x or 49x services between midnight and around 4.50am – during those hours only 48 and 49 services will run, to Downend and Staple Hill respectively.
There are no changes to the m3 and m3x metrobus services.
The new timetables can be found at tinyurl.com/4k5vhznu.