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Bristol Parkway Travelling by Bike and Foot Travelling by Bus Travel Guide

C U L Y E O S L S T W B E D E BA D T O R . A Y E IL A I D L EY RO B L D A S O DRI V S C RT E A C OU R E A D E R R L N O K M E L A R B E E B M LE M E H O G IN ALLS E Y S Y H D T V A S Y I H S . E D S R C CL TH E T B E L Choosing your bus fare EA R E N W G H . L P U U K L E S N S S L E I C R September 2010 I N Y C A N A K S E L H T Z M B T C T E N

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R R L R L E E ME DRIVE N S A D SO AXA D O K R R L R O City of Bristol E N O E OK Return Ticket A A A Sun Life I ST R D D F B College T Y S RR E HA Y W WA D A Return tickets are often cheaper, but if you buy a return WADES ’S R O RO E AD T R N U OR H N Y bus ticket please make sure that your return journey will T A N D W D E A W O E N A V R IL S N O S TAT E EK T IO E R AT N K LIM S be run by the same bus company, as this is not always STAT IO RO O LO ION N AD T C E ROA S . K D RO RD O MAC A D T N T Harry the case, even on the same service route. KIE D A E S R O A D OAD R X NEW E O R F Y R Stoke G R M A AC E Superstore KIE G H ROV U One day/week/month and annual tickets E N E Y - V A A E A King 1 W Superstore 0 N M A S M E L E George V1 M I IN I U E R U K T S H E N S WALK E Many operators offer tickets covering various time C L A E C Abbey Wood U 4174 M V A A Junction A D

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T A Y Abbey D E E N M T H H Wood directly. WA A N A W O R V AL R E L Station M . S Abbey Wood FI O B M C LT ON O T O Hewlett- C O M.O.D T RO U AD O E N R Freedom Travelpass U NUE G THE AVE E U N T Packard E N I C L M L R S C E D R S P A D N Y V I E C O . E A K R R S S D C E . R UT 2 L A IN N G E M 3 Enjoy unlimited travel on most bus and all rail services in A 5 O TH

T E L N N M I IN H F A TH T E Bristol VE NU South , Bath & North East , E E Business U N E University of the Park V Bristol and with just one ticket. A West of (UWE) H T Information on this ticket is available at Bristol Parkway H G I E Sims’ Hill station or alternatively call First Great Western on Wood To Bristol Temple Meads and 08457 000 125 or visit www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk stations to Devon, Cornwall and the South Coast -24.6.10

Welcome to the 2nd edition of the Bristol Parkway Station Travel Guide which has been produced to help Other Transport Information those using the station make informed travel choices. The Travelling by Train station is part of a national travel plan pilot scheme aimed at Community Transport improving accessibility and encouraging people to leave their cars at home. Station Facilities Train Operators Community transport is for those who find it difficult to use conventional bus For help on planning a journey and timetable information Ticket office opening hours First Great Western: 08457 000 125 services. The council supports these contact Traveline. www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk services and holders of the Diamond Monday-Friday 0540-2000 Travelcard if registered with the group Saturday 0650-1800 can travel free on the dial-a-ride/ring a Sunday 0830-1900 Cross Country Trains: 08457 222 333 ride services. To find out where your www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk nearest operator is contact Customer services Council on (01454) 868004 or visit R www.southglos.gov.uk/onthemove For any queries regarding the station, including lost National Rail property, contact: For rail enquiries including train times, delays and Discounted railcard and free bus travel purchasing information contact National Rail on: Tel: 08457 000 125 For those aged 60 years old and over and Fax: 0845 600 8363 Tel: 08457 48 49 50 www.nationalrail.co.uk some disabled, there is an entitlement to free local bus travel within the This information can be made available in other formats. restrictions. This scheme also provides Please phone (01454) 868004 if you need any of these or additional benefits to South Rail Network Map to Worcester, Gloucestershire Council residents any other help to access Council services. Birmingham and including a discounted rail card. the North Contact us: For further information contact the council’s Integrated Transport Unit concessionary fares hotline on (01454) 868004 or visit South Gloucestershire Council www.southglos.gov.uk/onthemove PO Box 2081 to Cardiff and Youth Concessionary Fares South Gloucestershire BS35 9BP West to Stonehouse and (01454) 868004 Young people aged 14-18 living in South Gloucestershire [email protected] can apply for the Youth Unltd bus pass which entitles Cam & to Stroud them to half adult fare on journeys starting or finishing Bristol within South Gloucestershire – terms and conditions Bristol Yate to Didcot Parkway, St Andrews Road Patchway Parkway Reading and London apply. While every care has been taken to ensure that the information shown in this guide is correct at the Clifton time of publication (September 2010), South Gloucestershire Council will not be liable for any loss, For more information see damage or inconvenience resulting from any inaccuracies or subsequent changes. Bus operators can Down Montpelier Swindon change services at short notice so it is advisable to obtain the latest timetable information from www.southglos.gov.uk/youthunltd Traveline or the operator before making the journey. Filton Abbey Wood Sea Mills Redland Chippenham Why not try car sharing? Stapleton Road Lawrence Hill Why not register on 2CarShare.com to Bristol to Melksham see if anyone is going your way? You can Temple Meads register and search for matches free of Keynsham Oldfield Bath Spa Bradford-on- charge from over 6000 contacts. Park Yatton Trowbridge Bus link Weston-super-Mare Taxis to Westbury, The taxi rank is located just outside the main entrance. www.southglos.gov.uk to Devon Bristol Airport Southampton, Produced byF25.8.10 www.fwt.co.uk and Cornwall and Brighton 312 Thornbury Buses Serving Bus Frequency Guide Severn Beach Bristol Parkway 625 312 Station Pilning Coniston 73 73B 517 Easter Roundabout Woodlands Lane Compton Road – Avonmouth 625 73,73B – City Centre Hempton 581 Lane 312 73B Chipping 73,73B,318,319 Sodbury 518 73 73B 318 319 Stoke BUS FREQUENCIES Emersons Green – Shirehampton Lodge 73 Cribbs Causeway Braydon , IN MINUTES Cribbs Patchway Ellan Hay Road Yate Shopping Centre Causeway Roundabout Avenue Aztec West, BUS FREQUENCIES Bus Station Daytime Evenings Emersons Green 312 Yate Station Roundabout IN MINUTES Mon-Fri 15 30 (Daytime journeys only) Farley Close Orpheus 581 517 518 Avenue Saturday 15 30 Bradley Stoke 73 73B Daytime Evenings Downend Rolls Royce 73B Sunday 30 30 312 73 Mon-Fri 30 60# Operated by First Ellan Hay Road H Filton Little Winterbourne, Saturday 30 60# Stoke George & Dragon Sunday 60# 60# UWE, Hospital Bristol Bristol Parkway Frenchay Campus Parkway Station R Operated by Wessex Connect Abbey Wood, MOD Westbury 518 Station 517 HATCHET RD. # Service 518 operates between (Peak times only) Filton Avenue, Downend and Shirehampton King George VI only Bristol Parkway Shirehampton Sainsbury’s R 518 Station Road On Mondays to Fridays some Filton Abbey Wood 581 Avonmouth journeys serve MOD Abbey Filton Station 625 Wood 517 City Centre *Abbey Wood, MOD H * indicates the place is only served at certain times on Mondays to Fridays Filton Avenue, Thornbury – King George VI 625 312 Shirehampton UWE, Frenchay Campus 73 BUS FREQUENCIES Avonmouth (517 only) Cheltenham Road 73B Frenchay Hospital IN MINUTES Thornbury

Bristol Daytime Evenings City Centre Bromley Heath Road Mon-Fri 5 jnys 5 jnys Alveston 73 73B Cleeve Road 581 – 581 Saturday 4 jnys 4 jnys This diagram shows all buses serving Bristol Parkway 517 518 Sunday — — Station. BUS FREQUENCIES Blackberry Hill 312 Bromley Heath Chipping Sodbury Operated by Severnside Transport Bristol Parkway IN MINUTES A summary of these services is shown in the R Downend 518 Station Bus Frequency Guide to the right which includes Additional journeys run in Daytime Evenings peak periods between Yate, Shopping Centre approximate daytime and evening frequencies for UWE and Thornbury UWE, Mon-Fri 60 1 jny all days of the week. 312 Frenchay Campus Fishponds Saturday 60 1 jny R Daytime means up to 6pm and Evenings from 6pm. On Mondays to Fridays some Yate Station journeys serve MOD Abbey Sunday — 318 Frenchay Hospital H — The numbers shown indicate how often the buses run. Staple Hill Wood 319 Emersons For example the number 30 would show that a bus runs Green Operated by Wessex Connect Frampton Cotterell 581 every 30 minutes, 120 indicates a bus every 2 hours. Kingswood 517 Downend For all bus services, generally a Sunday service applies on On Mondays to Fridays some Winterbourne journeys serve MOD Abbey Public Holidays. Fishponds Wood Court Road Bristol Parkway Bus services which are wheelchair accessible for the Station R majority of the services are indicated with and those 318 which have low floor buses for most journeys are indicated 319 Filton Abbey Wood Longwell with , however please check with the operator before 318 Cribbs Causeway – Keynsham Station R Hanham Green travelling. 581 Cribbs Causeway – Bath UWE, Bus services which stop at a station are indicated with the Keynsham Bath 319 Frenchay Campus R 318 319 symbol and are indicated by H . Blackberry Hill BUS FREQUENCIES Hospital H IN MINUTES Cribbs Causeway 318 Fishponds Index to places served from Bristol Parkway Bristol Parkway Daytime Evenings R A Abbey Wood MOD 312 517 518 581 H Hanham 581 Station Mon-Fri 60 60* UWE, Cossham Hospital H Almondsbury 312 Horfield 73 Saturday 60 60* Frenchay Campus Did you know? Frenchay Hospital run an Kingswood Alveston 312 K Keynsham 319 Sunday 60* 60* intersite bus to Southmead Frenchay Hospital H and Blackberry Hill hospitals. Avonmouth 517 Kingswood 318 319 581 319 For more information call Hanham Daytime Evenings (0117) 959 5417 B Bitton 319 L 73 517 518 625 Downend Mon-Fri 60 1 jny 318 Bradley Stoke 73 Saturday 60 1 jny Staple Hill UWE – Severn Beach 73 M Mangotsfield 517 518 Sunday — — 625 Kingswood P Patchway 73 318 319 625 Bromley Heath 517 518 Operated by First BUS FREQUENCIES UWE, Pilning R 625 * Late evenings and Sundays Longwell IN MINUTES C Cadbury Heath 319 between Kingswood and UWE Warmley Green Frenchay Campus Frenchay Campus only Daytime Evenings S Severn Beach R 625 Bristol Parkway Chipping Sodbury 581 319 Cadbury Mon-Fri 60 — Station R Shirehampton 518 Heath 318 Coalpit Heath 581 Saturday 60 — Southmead Hospital H 517 518 Little Stoke Cribbs Causeway 73 318 319 625 Bitton Keynsham Sunday — — Staple Hill 318 319 D Downend 312 318 319 517 518 Operated by Wessex Connect Patchway T Thornbury 312 Bath E Emersons Green 517 518 On Sundays and Bank Holidays Cribbs Causeway U University of the West of England (UWE) 3 journeys operate between Filton 73 517 518 F 312 318 319 517 518 581 625 Cribbs Causeway and Bus Operators Severn Beach Filton Abbey Wood Station R 581 W Warmley 319 First 0845 602 0156 Fishponds 312 581 www.firstgroup.com Westbury 517 518 Pilning R Severnside Transport (01454) 868383 Did you know? Frampton Cotterell 581 Winterbourne 581 That by going by bus to the Wessex Connect 0845 838 7080 train station you can save on Severn Beach R Frenchay Hospital H 312 318 319 517 518 Y Yate 581 www.wessexconnect.net parking fees