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There are multiple bus service change dates for Somerset in April and significant bus service improvements to several bus services.

 

6TH APRIL - FIRST WEST OF ENGLAND

 

The next bus timetable changes for First West of England take place on Sunday 6th April.

 

The main changes for Somerset are:

• 20 (Burnham-On-Sea - Weston-Super-Mare) - This service will have its usual summer season uplift, with the Monday – Saturday frequency increased from every 70 minutes to every 35 minutes. The Sunday service will also resume, operating hourly between 0900 and 1800.

• 126 - New route and timetable and Saturday frequency improved with 2 buses running on the service. To speed up the journey to and from Weston-super-Mare, buses will run from Banwell via the A371, Hutton Moor and Locking Road, instead of via Hutton and Uphill. Hutton will now be served by the new 7H service.

• 174 - Has had its Sunday and Public Holiday (via Chilcompton) route diverted slightly in Midsomer Norton to serve the new The Hollies bus stop (this change started as a diversion in late-February). Monday-Saturday journeys already served The Hollies. The Monday - Friday 13:22 trip from Wells will now depart at 13:17 to provide a combined 15 minute frequency.

• 373 - Re-routed via Old Wells Road in Glastonbury

• 375 - Will no longer serve Catcott St Peter’s Church. New bus stops are planned on the main road in Catcott.

• 376 - New evening and Sunday services between Yeovil and Bristol (via Wells). Last service leaving Yeovil will be 22:50.

• D2x - Will operate from Frome Sainsbury’s via The Butts, Frome Market Place, Fromefield, and then then A361, A36 & B3110. It will not serve Critchill, Brunel Way, Beckington or Rode. From Bath, upon reaching Sainsbury’s, buses will change from a D2 to a D2x and vice versa, meaning that passengers can use either service for Critchill. New timetable will operate.

• D2 - Will no longer serve Frome Railway Station with all journeys running to and from Frome Sainsbury’s via Critchill. New timetable will operate.

 

New First West of England timetables: https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/plan-journey/timetables?date=2025-04-06

 

Other First West of England routes will not be changing timetables, please continue to refer to the current timetables.

 

Find out more about these changes: https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updates/updates/service-changes-west-england-6-april-2025

 

6TH APRIL - HATCH GREEN COACHES

 

The 99 will be operated by Hatch Green Coaches with no change to the timetable: https://www.hatchgreencoaches.co.uk/pdfs/2025/feb/99-new.pdf

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Find out more: https://www.hatchgreencoaches.co.uk/news/news.php?n=1948

 

20TH APRIL - BUSES OF SOMERSET

 

• 1 Taunton - Pyrland & Priorswood: Routes 1 and 2 will merge into one, serving both housing estates with electric vehicles (EVs) at a frequency of every 30 minutes.

• 1E Silk Mills Park and Ride – Musgrove Park Hospital - Taunton – Pyrland: Now operating every 60 minutes with EVs.

• 2 Taunton - Priorswood: This service is being removed, with the area now served by the new unified 1 Service.

• 4 Taunton – Wheatley Crescent & Lane the route will operate with EVs.

• 6 Taunton – South Road, Juniper Road, Normandy Drive & Wordsworth Drive: Frequency reduced to every 60 minutes based on demand, now operating with EVs.

• 7 Taunton - Galmington: Underused railway station stop removed. This route will also operate with EVs.

• 21/21A Taunton – Burnham-on-Sea via Bridgwater: New timetable improves reliability with a frequency of every 35 minutes, 21 service extended to Burnham on Sea until 23:30 Monday to Saturday. Now operating with EVs

• 22/22A/22B/X22/22C Taunton - Rockwell Green, Wellington, Tonedale and Tiverton: A new timetable has been implemented for improved reliability and EV operations. The 22B service to Jurston Fields has been removed due to low usage. All remaining 22 patterns will serve Orchard Grove Housing Estate. The 22C will replace a previous X22 trip and continue to serve Cullompton.

• 25/25A Dulverton-Taunton, Taunton - Wiveliscombe, Taunton – Norton Fitzwarren & Cotford St Luke: The route is split into two services, with the 25 serving Dulverton during peak times and the new 25A replacing the daytime 28A service.

• 28/28A/X28 Taunton – Minehead via Bishops Lydeard: The X28 express service is removed, with remaining services enhanced to every 40 minutes on weekdays. The 28A will serve Norton and Cotford St Luke in the evenings and on Sundays.

• 30 Taunton – Axminster: Minor timetable changes will be made.

• 99 Taunton - it will be taken over by another provider.

• B1 Bridgwater Estates: Additional services will run from 07:00 to 19:00, approximately every 35-40 minutes during peak hours, with new Sunday services added.

• 14 Bridgwater – Cannington: Minor timetable revisions.

• 15 Minehead - Bridgwater College: Minor timetable revisions.

• 51 Yeovil Town: Minor timetable adjustments will be made, with a new Sunday service added.

• 54 Yeovil – Taunton: Minor timetable revisions.

• 58/58A Yeovil – Wincanton: The underused 58A service will be discontinued, and the 58 timetable will be revised.

 

Note: Timetable details for the Exmoor Coaster and CR4 Yeovil – Blandford, will be announced shortly

 

Find out more: https://www.firstbus.co.uk/somerset/news-and-service-updates/updates/summer-network-changeeffective-april-20th-2025

 

20TH APRIL - SOUTH WEST COACHES

 

The service 11 in Yeovil will be replaced with service 50 and 53. Timetables will soon be available on the South West Coaches website: https://www.southwestcoaches.co.uk/Bus-Timetables

 

Service 1 will serve Castle Cary station itself, rather than stopping on the main road opposite, thanks to improvements made to allow the buses to turn around.