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What is a Travelwest Travelcard?

First West of England are teaming up with Travelwest (West of England local authorities) to offer one Travelcard across the First West of England for all your travelling needs. You can buy and store First Bus tickets on the Travelcard instead of using a paper ticket. Once you've got your card you can keep topping it up with your favourite products.     

Where can I get a Travelwest Travelcard?

Travelwest Travelcards are available from the Travelwest website at  https://buytickets.travelwest.info/  (all cards available), from an iPoint at metrobus stops when purchasing multi-journey or multi-day tickets, or from the First Bristol and Bath travel shops (adult cards only).

What products can I load onto my Travelwest Travelcard?

The following First Bus products in Adult, Student, Young Person (16-21)  and Child can be loaded onto the Travelwest Travelcard:

Bath Zone - 5 trip Single tickets, Day, Week & Month 

Bristol Zone - 5 trip Single tickets, Day, Week & Month

West of England Zone - Day, Week & Month

Where can I purchase a ticket?

Day, week, month and single trip tickets can be added to an existing Travelcard on bus from the driver (except metrobus services) and from our Bristol travel shop. On metrobus routes, you can purchase tickets from the iPoint at each bus stop.

You can also add tickets to an existing Travelcard at Payzone outlets, and products are available to purchase online at https://buytickets.travelwest.info/ to be then be collected from an iPoint.  

Alternatively, all our products are available via mTickets on the First Bus App. The app allows you to buy and load bus tickets on your phone. You then just scan your mTicket against the ticket machine when you board the bus.

Travel Alerts

Beach road (part), weston-super-mare - closure - (20, 126 & x1).

Beach Road in Weston-super-Mare between Quantock Road and the Grand Atlantic Hotel will be closed to services 20, 126 & X1 between 08:00 and 17:00 from Monday 15th through to Friday 19th April (five days) to facilitate carriageway works.

Services 20 and 126 will be diverted via Quantock Road and Walliscote Road where service 20 will resume normal route and service 126 will continue to divert to resume normal route at the Marine Parade bus stop in both directions.

Regretfully the bus stops Ellenborough Park North, Clevedon Road, Clarence Road North and Royal Sands all on Beach Road will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either Charlton Road bus stop on Uphill Road North or Marine Parade bus stop on the sea front. All bus stops on the diversion route will also be observed.

Service X1 from Clevedon Road will be diverted via Walliscote Cote Road to resume normal route at the Marine Parade bus stop in both directions.

Regretfully the bus stops Ellenborough Park North and Clevedon Road bus stops will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either Whitecross Road bus stop on Clevedon Road or Marine Parade. All bus stops on the diversion route will also be observed.

For more information please contact our Customer Services Department

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Bell Hill Road, St George, CLOSURE - (41, 42 & 43)

Bell Hill Road will be closed to services 41, 42 and 43 between 07:00 and 23:59 on Sunday 14th April to facilitate carriageway works.

Services 41, 42 and 43 will be diverted from St George Fountain via Summerhill Road, Nags Head Hill and Kingsway to resume normal routes at Two Mile Hill in both directions.

Regretfully the bus stops between and including Orchard Road and Rodney Road will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either Northcote Road bus stop on Church Road or the Two Mile Court bus stop on Two Mile Hill.

All bus stops on the diversion route will also be observed.

West Street, Somerton - CLOSURE - (77)

West Street in Somerton will be closed to service 77 from first bus on Wednesday 20th March and will remain fully closed until last bus on Thursday 18th April (estimated) to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 77 will be unable to serve any of the bus stops in the village and passengers are advised to board or alight at the the bus stops on Behind Berry for both directions of travel.

Dowsell Way, Yate - CLOSURE - (Y2)

Dowsell Way in Yate will be closed to service Y2 from 07:00 on Monday 11th March for approximately eight weeks to facilitate carriageway works.

Service Y2 heading towards Bristol only will from the roundabout at the junction of Eastfield Drive and Leechpool Way will go straight across to resume normal route.

Regretfully the Leechpool Way bus stop on Dowsell Way will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Summers Mead or Peartree Hey bus stops on Eastfield Drive.

Service changes in the West of England from 7 April 2024

The below changes, which will see improvements to the overall bus network in the West of England, are part of a bi-annual review of routes, and will come into effect from Sunday 7 April.

For a number of services, the timetable & route will not change - please refer to the unaffected routes drop-down at the end of each area for these services..

The new timetables are available to view on our Forthcoming Timetables page, and route maps and pdf timetables are available to download below too.

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** UPDATED ** - Hutton Village - EMERGENCY CLOSURE - (126)

Hutton Hill in the village of Hutton is currently closed to service 126 until further notice due to a landslide. The closure is for unknown duration and when details have been confirmed the web page will be updated.

Service 126 heading towards Wells will divert via Moor Lane, Moor Croft Road, Vereland Road resuming normal route at Hutton Hill (Part unaffected),

Service 126 heading towards Weston will operate the reverse of the above.

For more information, please contact our Customer Services Department

A432 Badminton Road M4 bridge - CLOSURE - (Y1)

The A432 Badminton Road will be closed from the Willy Wicket roundabout to the junction of Church Road in Frampton Cotterell from 19:00 on Wednesday 12th July to service Y1 until further notice, until at least 2025.

The A432 Badminton Road is still open between Church Road and Cuckoo Lane for vehicles and the bridge will remain open to pedestrians and cyclists until the bridge over the M4 is demolished.

Please note as a result of this closure the service Y1 will suffer inevitable delays and passengers are advised to allow extra time on their journeys. This will also cause delays to all other services in the area due to the high volume of dispersed traffic finding alternative routes.

The Bristol Zone boundary bus stop will be the Quarry Barton bus stop on Bristol Road by Whiteshill Common.

Service Y1 heading towards Yate & Chipping Sodbury will operate as normal as far as the traffic lights at Hambrook junction but instead of going straight across, will divert left onto the B4058 Bristol Road (serving 'The Stream' bus stop), through Winterbourne village, then turn right into Church Road to its end and left onto Badminton Road (part unaffected) to resume normal route. Service Y1 heading towards Bristol will operate the reverse of the above.

Regretfully the following bus stops will not be served during this closure in both directions:

Hambrook - Cuckoo Lane - Down Road - Park Lane - Station Road - St Saviours Church - Heathcote Drive 

Heading towards Bristol the Church Road bus stop on Badminton Road will also not be served.

All bus stops on the diversion route will be observed in both directions including the bus stop outside of the Co-op in Winterbourne village heading towards Bristol.

Wrington Village - CLOSURE - (125)

Wrington Village will be closed to services 125 from on Monday 8th April, between 09:30 to 15:30 through to Friday 12th April (five days) to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 125 will terminate their journey at the Langford Post office and commence its journeys from here.

Regretfully the bus stops between and including Yew Tree Close and Greenwell Lane will not be served.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at Langford Post Office stop on Langford Road.

TEMPORARY BUS STOP - Dalby Avenue, Bedminster - BUS STOP CLOSURE - (70, 75, 76, m1 & A1)

The Dalby Avenue bus stop in Bedminster is currently closed to services 70, 75, 76, m1 and A1 and will remain fully closed until May 2024 for further development works for approximately two years.

From Monday 4th December there will be a temporary bus stop positioned outside of The Toast Room approximately 320 metres further along from the Bedminster Parade bus stop. The Bedminster Parade bus stop will be served as normal.

Please note: due to short notice of the temporary stop being put in position, Journey Planning data will not show results for Dalby Avenue stop until the next available data upload.

UPDATE - Camden Road, Bath - CLOSURE - (6 & 7)

Camden Road in Bath will be closed to services 6 and 7 between 07:00 and 19:00 from Wednesday 10th through to Friday 12th April (three days) to facilitate carriageway works.

Services 6 heading towards Fairfield Park will operate normal route as far as Broad Street, then turn right  into Saracen Street and bear left into Walcot Street continuing onto London Street, right at roundabout into London Road, left into St Saviours Road and left again into Claremont Road bear left into Eastbourne Avenue to serve Fairfield Park loop then instead of turning right into Eastbourne Avenue will turn left back down Claremont Road, left into Dowding Road, onto Holland Road, across  into St Saviours Way, right into London Road, left at roundabout into London Street onto The Paragon, left into Milsom Street to resume normal route.

Service 7 will be diverted as above then at Claremont Road turn right into Dowding Road to serve Larkhall as normal then when back on St Saviours Road turn left into St Saviours Way then as service 6 above back to Bath.

Regretfully all bus stops between and including Alfred Street and Claremont Road bus stop on Camden Road will not be served. All bus stops on the diversion routes will be observed.

The Dowding Street and St Saviours Church bus stops for service 7 will also not be observed heading back to Bath.

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How travelcards work and how to use them, how can i get an adult travelcard.

• Online: Order one online now through our website . Your new Travelcard will be sent to you by post within 5 working days.
• First Bristol and Bath travel shop: These are managed by First Bristol and Bath. Please visit the First website to find more information.
• Metrobus iPoint: When purchasing multi journey or multi day tickets (such as a week ticket or a pack of 5 day tickets) at an iPoint these will be provided to you on a Travelcard which can then be registered on our website

How can I get a Child, Young Person/Student Travelcard?

Order one online now through our website . Your new Travelcard will be sent to you by post within 5 working days.

I added tickets to my Travelcard, how do I use them?

To use your Travelcard simply hold the card to the machine on the bus. If you have more than one ticket on your card, advise the driver of which ticket you would like to use.

You cannot use more than one ticket from your card on the same journey (e.g. for yourself and another person accompanying you).

Please note: If you bought your tickets for an existing card rather than a new one, you will need to collect them before use. When buying tickets online, you’ll be able to collect them at a metrobus iPoint 2 hours later, or at Bristol Park & Ride sites and certain buses* from 6am the following day (when ordered before 11pm).

* not First bus, Stagecoach bus and metrobus services.

Can I use my card more than once on the same journey (e.g. for myself and another person)?

How can i check the tickets or balance on my travelcard.

There are several ways you can check which tickets or how much Pay-As-You-Go balance you have on your Travelcard.

• iPoint: Insert your card into an iPoint
• On the bus: Ask the bus driver
• At a First travel shop

New Android App

We now have an Android app available for you to check your tickets or balance (sQuid) on the go. To install, please follow the link below or look for the " Travelwest travelcard checker " app in the Google Play Store.

You'll need to have NFC enabled on your phone in order to use this app.

What services accept Smartcards?

Please visit this page

I have a Travelcard but I haven’t registered it yet, how can I do this?

If you already own a Travelcard but you have never registered before, please click the ‘ Already got a smartcard ’ button on the login page of our website to register.

It’s important to register your Travelcard . Registering protects your ticket balance in case your card is lost, stolen, or damaged.*

*Only the ticket balance on the card at the time it is reported online, and a replacement requested, are protected.

I added Pay-As-You-Go balance to my Travelcard, how do I use it?

First collect your balance at a metrobus iPoint, or on any of the following bus services:

• BCT (Bristol Community Transport also known as CT Plus)

To use your Pay-As-You-Go balance on the bus simply hold your card to the reader on the bus and inform the driver you wish to buy your ticket with Pay-As-You-Go balance.

To buy tickets at a metrobus iPoint using Pay-As-You-Go simply place the card on the holder, select which ticket you wish to buy and select pay with sQuid.

Have a look at How to use and choose your ticket to find out more.

Buying online

When will tickets become available on my travelcard when i buy online.

When buying online , you’ll be able to collect your tickets at a metrobus iPoint 2 hours later, or on the bus* and Bristol Park & Ride sites the following day from 6am (when ordered before 11pm).

*Except First buses and metrobus services.

I need tickets immediately so can't wait to collect my tickets. Is there another way to get my tickets?

There are other ways to buy tickets, such as on the bus or at metrobus iPoints. Have a look at our page How to use your Travelcard and choose the right ticket for your journey  to see which ones are available.

What payment methods are accepted?

Credit or Debit. Payment options are displayed as part of the payment process.

What is the difference between Active, Pending and Expired tickets?

• Active tickets are ready to be used.
• Pending tickets are awaiting collection/activation. To do this you must collect your ticket at a metrobus iPoint 2 hours later, at a Bristol Park and Ride site or on bus (except First buses and metrobus services) from 6am the following day (if bought before 11pm the previous day).
• Expired tickets are no longer valid. You cannot re-activate an expired ticket.

Do I get an invoice when I buy online?

You will receive an email confirmation which should be kept as proof of purchase

Buying Tickets

What tickets are available and which ones can i buy online.

Have a look at How to use and choose your ticket .

What’s Pay-As-You-Go (epurse) and how do I use it?

Can i buy tickets on the bus.

Yes, you’ll be able to add certain tickets to your Travelcard on the bus* using cash or Pay-As-You-Go balance. Have a look at How to use and choose your ticket to find out which tickets are available on the bus.

*You can’t buy tickets on metrobus services. Metrobus is a buy-before-boarding service.

Why can’t I buy tickets on the metrobus services?

Metrobus is a buy-before-boarding service, which means tickets can only be bought before boarding the bus service. However, there are iPoints available at each metrobus stop which accept bank cards and Pay-As-You-Go payments.

Can I buy tickets for children?

Yes, you can use your online account on this website to add tickets onto the child’s card.

Can I buy tickets for another adult?

Yes, you can use your online account on this website to load tickets onto someone else’s card. All you need to know is their card number.

Once you add the tickets to their card the same waiting period for collection of tickets apply as the ones detailed on the FAQ When will tickets become available on my Travelcard when I buy online?

Do tickets or balance on my Travelcard expire if I don’t use them?

• Unused tickets will expire 6 months after purchase.
• Pay-As-You-Go balance will never expire, but administration fees may apply after 12 months. Please visit sQuid for more information.

Why are there so many different instructions for how to buy and use tickets?

Costs and terms of use of tickets are set by the individual operators and are out of Travelwest’s control.

Troubleshooting

What if my travelcard gets lost or stolen.

If you have previously registered your Travelcard , email [email protected] to report it as lost. Tickets or balance in the Travelcard will only become protected once you report it as lost.

If you’ve never registered your lost Travelcard , get a new one by following the instructions on the FAQ How can I get an Adult Travelcard? at the top of this page. If you choose not to order online register your new Travelcard as soon as you get it to protect your balance and tickets against future loss or theft.

Any remaining tickets or balance in an unregistered Travelcard are not protected in case of loss or theft and cannot be transferred to a new Travelcard.

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Make sure your Travelcard has the right tickets for your journey, or that you have enough Pay-As-You-Go balance to buy your ticket. You can check this on your online account, on the bus; at a Bristol Park and Ride site or at a metrobus iPoint.

If, after confirming all the above is correct, you are still experiencing problems please contact us .

Please note that if your Travelcard is not working correctly, or if you don't have a valid ticket or enough money on your card when boarding the bus, you will be asked to pay the correct cash fare to the bus driver.

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It can take approximately 24 hours for your online account to show any activity on board bus services.

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You card should arrive within 5 working days. If you have been waiting for longer than this, please contact us .

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Please visit our Contact Us page.

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The former president has tried to stoke fear around immigration and border security throughout his 2024 campaign, as he has done in the past.

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By Michael Gold and Anjali Huynh

Michael Gold reported from Green Bay, Wis., and Anjali Huynh from Grand Rapids, Mich.

• April 2, 2024

Former President Donald J. Trump again cast President Biden’s immigration record in violent and ominous terms on Tuesday, accusing him in two speeches in battleground states of creating a “border blood bath” and once more using dehumanizing language to describe some migrants entering the country illegally.

In a speech in Grand Rapids, Mich., Mr. Trump, flanked by law enforcement officers, reiterated his baseless claim that other countries were sending “prisoners, murderers, drug dealers, mental patients and terrorists, the worst they have” to the United States. Immigration officials have said that most of the people crossing the border are members of vulnerable families escaping poverty and violence.

Mr. Trump also used his speech, which lasted roughly 45 minutes, to defend his use of dehumanizing language to refer to immigrants accused of crimes. After referring to the man who the authorities say killed a 22-year-old nursing student in Georgia in February, Mr. Trump said: “Democrats said please don’t call them ‘animals.’ I said, no, they’re not humans, they’re animals.”

Mr. Trump drew attention last month when, while discussing the U.S. auto industry, he predicted a “blood bath for the country” should he lose in November. After critics accused him of stoking violence, Mr. Trump and his allies pointed back to Mr. Biden, insisting he was responsible for a “blood bath” because of his immigration policies.

The former president has repeatedly criticized Mr. Biden, accusing him of maintaining lax border security that he blames for violent crime, though available data does not support the idea that migrants are contributing to increases in crime.

Mr. Trump’s campaign appears to be trying to turn “blood bath” into a catchphrase, essentially trolling his critics and shifting the focus to Mr. Biden. On Tuesday, the Republican National Committee, which the Trump campaign now effectively controls, introduced a website, BidenBloodbath.com, that mirrors Mr. Trump’s argument that Mr. Biden is responsible for an “invasion” at the United States’ border with Mexico. The site highlights a number of violent crimes in which undocumented immigrants have been accused.

But his remarks in Michigan and at a rally later in Green Bay, Wis., also demonstrated how the former president has tried to stoke fears around immigration and border security in the 2024 election, a tactic he used effectively in 2016. Republicans have been eager to keep the issue at the top of voters’ minds in a bid to chip away at Mr. Biden’s support.

“This is country-changing, it’s country-threatening, and it’s country-wrecking,” Mr. Trump said in Michigan of migrants crossing the southern border. “They have wrecked our country.”

Democrats have pushed back against that framing. Ahead of Mr. Trump’s visit, the Democratic National Committee put up billboards near Grand Rapids referring to a bipartisan border bill that fell apart in the Senate after Mr. Trump pressed Republicans to block it. The billboards claimed that “Donald Trump broke the border” and that the former president wanted only “chaos, not solutions.”

Mr. Trump’s speeches in both states were his first campaign events after a weekslong break from the trail, during which he raised money, contended with legal issues and blasted his political and legal opponents on social media.

Mr. Trump has seized on high-profile crimes involving immigrants to try to make inroads in key battleground states, including Michigan and Wisconsin, connecting the influx of migrants at the southern border to states hundreds of miles away.

On Tuesday, he said that “once peaceful suburban Michigan” was coming “under an invasion” and spoke of the recent killing of Ruby Garcia, who was found dead on the side of a highway in Grand Rapids last month. The authorities have said that Ms. Garcia was dating the man accused of killing her, who entered the country illegally as a child and was deported to Mexico in 2020.

Michigan Democrats blasted Mr. Trump’s references to Ms. Garcia in remarks before his appearance. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Democrat of Michigan, said Mr. Trump was “exploiting” Ms. Garcia’s death and called his response “shameful.” And while Mr. Trump said in Michigan that he had spoken with some of Ms. Garcia’s family, her sister told a local television station that Mr. Trump “did not speak with us.”

Ahead of Mr. Trump’s speech in Michigan, his campaign handed out packets to reporters that highlighted other people who the campaign said had been affected by crimes involving undocumented immigrants. They included Laken Riley, the Georgia nursing student whose death has become a flashpoint among Republicans. The authorities say Ms. Riley was killed by a Venezuelan migrant who had entered the country illegally.

Pete Hoekstra, the chair of the Michigan Republican Party, said that “it’s clear immigration and the economy are going to dominate the debate here in Michigan.” He added that he believed voters in the state “look at what’s happening on the border, and it’s hard for them to believe exactly what they’re seeing, that there’s no rule of law.”

Both Michigan and Wisconsin were part of the so-called blue wall that Democrats had counted on for two decades before the 2016 race, when Mr. Trump won over working-class white voters who are key parts of the electorate in both states.

Mr. Biden won both states in 2020, although Mr. Trump falsely claimed during his rally in Wisconsin, which held its presidential primaries on Tuesday , that he had won there “by a lot” and insisted that the election had been stolen from him.

Democrats also won governors’ races in both states in 2018 and defended their seats in 2022, in part by making protecting abortion access central to their races.

The party continued its efforts on Tuesday to make abortion rights a key campaign issue. Though Mr. Biden did not hold public campaign events, his campaign seized on a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court on Monday that allowed the state’s six-week abortion ban but also put abortion access on the ballot there this fall.

There is little indication that Mr. Biden will devote significant time and resources to competing in Florida. But his campaign released a television ad that it plans to run in battleground states — including Michigan and Wisconsin — that attacked Mr. Trump for statements claiming credit for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022.

A senior adviser to the Trump campaign, Brian Hughes, addressed the ruling in Florida, saying in a statement that Mr. Trump supports states’ rights and thinks “voters should have the last word.”

Mr. Trump did not mention abortion, or his role in appointing three of the Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe, at either event. But after his remarks in Michigan, he responded to a reporter’s question about the Florida ruling by saying that his campaign would “be making a statement next week” on abortion.

A spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee, Aida Ross, said in a statement: “We don’t need to wait until next week to know where Donald Trump stands on abortion — he has been peddling the same anti-choice extremism for years.”

Reid J. Epstein contributed reporting from Washington.

Michael Gold is a political correspondent for The Times covering the campaigns of Donald J. Trump and other candidates in the 2024 presidential elections. More about Michael Gold

Anjali Huynh , a member of the 2023-24 Times Fellowship class based in New York, covers national politics, the 2024 presidential campaign and other elections. More about Anjali Huynh

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