NEW APP TELLS YOU IF BUS HAS SPACE

First bus is rolling out changes to its app - so it will tell you if there is space on the bus. They are running more buses, but because of social distancing they get full quickly. So this app will tell you whether there is space on the next bus. The app update will show a bus icon on a map depicting the live location and available capacity of each vehicle nearby.

concessionary bus times extended

As a result of coronavirus and news that some supermarkets will be opening just for older people or those with a disability for their first hour of the day, the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) is extending the hours when concessionary bus passes can be used.

Time restriction for use of the Diamond Travelcard (concessionary pass) will be relaxed from Monday 23 March, so people can travel free at any time on journeys starting in the WECA and North Somerset areas. This will be reviewed at the end of June. At the moment holders of a Diamond Travelcard bus pass for eligible older and disabled people can travel on any local bus for free after 9am Mondays to Fridays and all day at weekends.