A community bus service designed to benefit residents of Conygre Road and the wider Filton area is to be axed less than 12 months after it was launched with the aid of a £50,000 grant. The Filton Flyer 555 service, which began operating on Monday 9th December 2013, originally linked areas of Filton with Bristol Parkway Station, Southmead Hospital, South Gloucestershire & Stroud College
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Chairman of South Gloucestershire Council Cllr Ian Boulton, members of Southern Brooks Community Partnership and local residents gathered at the Bethany Hall in Filton on Friday (6th December) to launch a new community bus service, the Filton Flyer 555. The new service began yesterday (Monday 9th December) and will operate on a donations-only basis prior to its official start date
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South Gloucestershire Council has announced that the Conygre ward of Filton is to get its own volunteer-run bus service, thanks to the award of a £50,000 government grant. The money, from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF), has been awarded to the Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP), which will use it to purchase a low-floor minibus. The Conygre area has been without
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A report on the feasibility of constructing a bus link between Filton Avenue and Filton Abbey Wood Station via Nutfield Grove is to be published by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) in April. The news was revealed in reply to a question tabled at a recent SGC Planning, transport and Strategic Environment Committee meeting by Filton District Councillor Roger Hutchinson. Chris
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A new bus service that is to run along some of the route of the former 71/72, axed by First Group in September 2011, will bypass the Conygre area of Filton. Wessex Red has announced that it is extending the route of its no. 13 service, which currently runs between UWE and Bristol city centre, to start instead from the
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A transport campaign group is calling for a Filton bus lane to be scrapped, claiming the move would cut congestion and make buses more reliable. The bus lane on the northbound side of Filton Avenue on the approach to Station Road (A4174) was installed three years ago by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) as part of the £70 million Greater Bristol
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The Conygre area of Filton is set to lose it last remaining bus service after South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) confirmed that the U8 will be withdrawn from 2nd September. Although the Council stresses that a new commercial service, the 74, is being introduced in its place, the route of the replacement service will follow that of the existing 73 through
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A petition to restore a full daytime bus service to the Church Road and Conygre Road areas of Filton has attracted 300 signatures and supporters are hopeful of hitting 500 by the end of the month. The hourly 71 and 72 service that previously served the area was axed in September 2011 when First Group withdrew buses on the route.
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The section of Filton Avenue north of the Avon Ring Road will lose its only bus service in less than two months time according to a statement made by Wessex Connect today. The bus operator has announced its intention to withdraw the U8 Bradley Stoke to Bristol service with effect from Sunday 20th May. The service is currently the only
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Bus services on the A38 Filton Road are set to benefit from a share of a £5 million Government grant awarded to the Greater Bristol area today. The West of England Partnership has been given £4,986,000 to fund a set of schemes intended to boost growth, improve partnerships with bus companies and increase bus passenger numbers. Some of the money
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