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Parent
  
Bristol City Council

Service type
  
Park & ride

Locale
  
Bristol

Routes
  
5

Bristol park and ride

Destinations
  
Southmead Hospital, Clifton Down station, Bristol City Centre

Stations
  
Long Ashton, Portway, Brislington

The Bristol Park & Ride is a park & ride system operated by Bristol City Council in the English city of Bristol.

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History

Until 2011, the park & ride routes were operated by First Bristol and Wessex Bus. On 5 September 2011, route 904 was taken over by CT Plus using ex First London, London Central and London General Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530Gs with route 903 passing from Wessex to First.

On 2 April 2012, CT Plus took over the operation of route 902. In April 2014, route 505 was extended to Long Ashton to become a park & ride route 901 commenced in September 2014.

The existing contracts expire in September 2016, with options to extend for a further three years.

Services

The system consists of five routes:

  • 505: Long Ashton to Southmead Hospital operated by Wessex Bus
  • 901: Portway to Clifton operated by Wessex Bus
  • 902: Portway to Bristol operated by First Bristol
  • 903: Long Ashton to Bristol operated by First Bristol
  • 904: Brislington to Bristol operated First Bristols
  • Around 600,000 journeys are made each year. There has been significant, and increasing, investment in the scheme by Bristol City Council.

    Benefits

    The council consider that this facility has reduced city centre congestion.

    References

    Bristol park and ride Wikipedia