A BUS service linking Emersons Green and Pucklechurch to Keynsham and Yate will be changed to serve Longwell Green.
The 532 service, operated by Eurocoaches, is one of eight WESTlocal services which started in September last year with funding from the West of England Combined Authority.
WECA said in July that the route would be updated from September to connect to Longwell Green “after local surveys indicated increased demand”.
The Monday to Friday service was devised with input from four parish councils, including Pucklechurch.
It currently runs from Keynsham to Emersons Green five times a day, visiting Pucklechurch three times a day, and continues to Yate for one journey in the early evening. In the opposite direction a bus runs from Yate via Emersons Green to Keynsham in the early morning, with four daytime services running from Emersons Green to Keynsham via Pucklechurch. Buses in both directions also call at Warmley, Oldland Common and Bitton.
It is one of seven routes changing from September.
Metro Mayor Helen Godwin said: “This raft of improvements to WESTlocal will connect more people to local services and amenities by bus, starting to make a difference that people can see and feel when getting around the West.”
Parish councils on the route said: “Members of the steering group representing Bitton, Oldland, Pucklechurch, and Siston would like to express their gratitude to the many individuals who participated in the survey.They also want to thank the dedicated staff of WECA for their unwavering support in this significant change.This change will establish a strong foundation for a local service that connects people from both existing and new neighbourhoods in the Emersons Green, Warmley, and Oldland area to essential places of employment, shopping, and leisure in Longwell Green.”
New timetables and maps will be published before the changes start.