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MetroBus service: Comments on the BSJ Facebook page SM: I was very much a MetroBus sceptic. However, I have really changed my mind. A great service. CP: Love it. Don’t use it that much but been great each and every time. JL: Great value for money, so much quicker than getting the 73 or 75! I’m happy to get the bus a lot more into town now rather than driving. CB: Rarely drive into Bristol now; always get the bus for shopping trips and if going out in the evening. SH: The Metro bus has certainly made my life much easier and less time spent on the bus (as I used to use the 73 to Bristol and back, which could take up to an hour-and-a-half some days due to traffic etc.). Now using the MetroBuses to work and back – simply amazing! RH: Never used buses before the MetroBus but now wouldn’t go into Bristol any other way. Big sceptic 100% converted. RD: I think it’s fantastic. I get it every day and the ‘every 10min’ frequency takes the stress out of missing a bus or one being late. It so far has been life-changing moving from the 73 and scaled down X73 . WS: Used it for a bit, still went back to the car very shortly afterwards. It would be far more usable if they created an M1X service that by-passes UWE in the morning/evening rush hours. As it stands, you either catch a T1 or spend an extra 30 minutes gridlocked at UWE. SL: I love the MetroBus. However, for the second time they are about to reduce the service. The whole point of MetroBus is the frequency. Had to wait 20min a few times recently. People will just end up using their car if the service times are reduced. M1 needs to avoid just being like other bus service. PG: Hardly been on a bus in 20 years till M1 started, now use it all the time and the T1 to Thornbury. Don’t let the good work be undone. MH: Of no use if you work in the largest employers in north Bristol (Airbus, MOD, Rolls Royce etc.). ● View more comments and add your own at bit.ly/metrobus-2019-12
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January 2020
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M1 MetroBus service changes from 5th Jan
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us operator First West of England is making further changes to its MetroBus Bristol services from Sunday 5th January 2020, in particular the M1 MetroBus which links Bradley Stoke with Cribbs Causeway and Bristol city centre. The company says the changes are designed to better reflect the pattern of customer demand across all hours of MetroBus service and improve reliability and punctuality. The number of customers using the city’s MetroBuses has grown steadily, with more than four million passengers carried across the three routes (M1, M2 & M3) since the launch of the services. The M1 MetroBus service between Cribbs Causeway and Hengrove, which passes along
Bradley Stoke Way, has seen varying customer demand across peak and off-peak times. Additional peak capacity was added to the busiest sections of the route in September 2019, however this was only of benefit to passengers from Bradley Stoke travelling in the direction of the city centre during the morning peak. With peak demand continuing to grow, the number of buses between Bradley Stoke’s Patchway Brook stop (near Aldi) and the city centre will be increased from January to provide extra capacity in both directions, and in the evening peak as well as the morning peak. Furthermore, some of these extra buses will start or terminate at Parson Street Station in Bedminster rather than the city centre.
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