Bus and tram route history 1875-2013

For Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co., Bristol Omnibus Co. and their subsidiaries and successors

 

We're gradually including details of Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co and Bristol Omnibus Company's routes through history.  After deregulation in the 1980s this is much more difficult, and generally during this period we're listing all routes in the former BT&CC/Bristol Omnibus area and routes extending beyond that area if they were originally run by BT&CC or Bristol Omnibus.

 

To try our interactive search facility of former bus and tram routes, click here.

 

Details are from mainly from our archive of timetables, which is incomplete, along with help from Carl Berry and James Bunting.  If you have old timetables of the company's services and you would be willing to donate them to us (or lend them to us temporarily) to help us to complete our archive that would be fantastic: please contact webmaster@bvbg.org.uk

 

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Year Areas currently included See also
1875 Bristol horse-trams  
1876 Bristol horse-trams  
1877 Bristol horse-trams  
1878 Bristol horse-trams  
1879 Bristol horse-trams  
1880 Bristol horse-trams  
1881 Bristol horse-trams  
1882 Bristol horse-trams  
1883 Bristol horse-trams  
1884 Bristol horse-trams  
1885 Bristol horse-trams  
1886 Bristol horse-trams  
1887 Bristol horse-trams and horse-buses  
1888 Bristol horse-trams and horse-buses  
1889 Bristol horse-trams and horse-buses  
1890 Bristol horse-trams and horse-buses  
1891 Bristol horse-trams and horse-buses  
1892 Bristol horse-trams and horse-buses  
1893 Bristol horse-trams and horse-buses  
1894 Bristol horse-trams and horse-buses and Cheltenham horse-buses  
1895 Bristol trams and horse-buses  
1896 Bristol trams and horse-buses  
1897 Bristol trams and horse-buses  
1898 Bristol trams and horse-buses  
1899 Bristol trams and horse-buses  
1900 Bristol and Bath trams and Bristol horse-buses  
1901 Bristol, Bath and Cheltenham trams and Bristol horse-buses  
1902 Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham and Weston-Super-Mare trams and Bristol horse-buses  
1903 Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham and Weston-Super-Mare trams and Bristol horse-buses  
1904 Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams and Bristol horse-buses  
1905 Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams and Bristol horse-buses  
1906 Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams and Bristol buses  
1907 Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams and Bristol buses  
1908 Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams and Bristol buses  
1909 Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams and Bristol buses  
1910 Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams and Bristol buses  
1911 Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams and Bristol buses and charabanc tours

Bristol Tram Map

1912 Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1913 Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1914 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1915 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1916 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1917 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1918 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1919 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1920 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1921 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1922 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1923 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1924 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1925 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1926 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1927 BT&CC and Cheltenham buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1928 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams

Route map (small)

Route map (large, 4mb)

1929 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1930 BT&CC buses and Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1931 Bristol, Bath, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1932 Bristol, Bath, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1933 Bristol, Bath, Gloucester and Weston-Super-Mare trams, and Cheltenham and Greyhound Motors buses

Route map (all) (small)

Route map (all) (large, 4mb)

1934 Bristol, Bath, and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1935 Bristol, Bath, and Weston-Super-Mare trams and BT&CC buses  
1936 Bristol, Bath, and Weston-Super-Mare trams and Cheltenham and Gloucester country area buses Coach tours map
1937 Bristol, Bath, and Weston-Super-Mare trams  
1938 Bristol and Bath trams, and buses for all areas except most Bath Tramways routes and Cheltenham Town

Route map (small)

Route map (large, 1.77mb)

1939 Bristol and Bath trams, and buses for all areas except Bath Tramways routes and Cheltenham Town  
1940 Bristol trams  
1941 Bristol trams and Cheltenham town buses  
1942 Stroud and Trowbridge areas - routes mainly operated by Western National but later taken over by Bristol Tramways  
1943 All areas buses except Cheltenham town and Bath Tramways routes  
1944 Bristol City buses  
1945 All areas except Bath City and Cheltenham Town  
1946 All areas

Route map (Cheltenham)

Faretable (Cheltenham)

1947 All areas except Cheltenham Town Route map (Bristol City)
1948 All areas except Cheltenham Town

Route map (all)

Route map (Bristol city)

1949 All areas except Cheltenham Town  
1950 All areas except Cheltenham Town

Route map (Bristol City)

1951 All areas

Route map (small)

Route map (large, 4mb)

1952 All areas  
1953 All areas except Bristol City Route map (Bristol City)
1954 All areas except Bristol City Route map (country area)
1955 Bristol City, Bath City, and country area

Bath faretable

Stroud faretable

Route map (Bristol City)

1956 Country area and Cheltenham  
1957 Bristol City, country area and Cheltenham Route map (Bristol City)
1958 All areas

Route map (Bristol City)

Route changes leaflet Sept 1958 (Bristol City)

1959 All areas

Stroud faretable

Swindon faretable

Route map (Bristol city)

1960 Country area and Gloucester City only

Route map (Bristol city)

Route map (country area)

1961 All areas

Swindon faretable

Route map (Bath city)

1962 All areas except Bath City

Stroud faretable

Route map (Bristol city)

1963 All areas

Route map (Bath city)

Route map (Bath city centre)

Route map (Bristol city)

Route map (Cheltenham town)

Route map (Gloucester city)

Route map (Weston town)

Swindon faretable

1964 All areas

Route map (Bristol city)

Route map (Cheltenham town)

Route map (country area)

Route map (Corsham)

Route map (Norton Radstock)

Route map (Stroud)

Route map (Swindon)

Route map (Weston)

Bath area faretable

1965 All areas except Cheltenham town and Gloucester city Route map (Bristol city)
1966 All areas

Bath area faretable

Swindon area faretable

Route map (Cheltenham town)

Route map (country area)

Route map (Weston)

1967 All areas

Route map (Cheltenham town)

Route map (Bath city)

Stroud faretable

1968 All areas

Route map (Cheltenham town)

Route map (Gloucester city)

Route map (Stroud area)

Route map (Swindon town)

1969 All areas

City Centre Circle map

Hanham area map

Norton Radstock area map

Portishead & Clevedon area map

1970 All areas Gloucester city map
1971 All areas  
1972 All areas

Chippenham & Trowbridge map

Weston town map

Route map (Cheltenham town)

Bristol country area faretable

Swindon area faretable

1973 All areas  
1974 All areas  
1975 All areas  
1976 All areas Swindon local map
1977 Bristol City, Bath and Weston-Super-Mare, Gloucestershire  
1978 All areas  
1979 All areas  
1980 Bath, Gloucestershire, Weston-Super-Mare, Wiltshire

Route map

1981 All areas Swindon area faretable
1982 All areas except Chippenham Swindon route diagram
1983 All areas  
1984 Bristol City and country, Bath, Bradford-on--Avon, Cirencester, Tetbury, Stroud, Wells, and Weston-Super-Mare

Cirencester route map

Area route map

Weston and Wells route map

1985 Bath, Bristol City and country, Gloucester, Swindon, Wells, Weston-Super-Mare  
1986 Bath, Bristol City and country, Swindon and Weston-Super-Mare  
1987 Bristol City, Bradford-on-Avon, Bridgwater, Thornbury, Trowbridge, Weston-Super-Mare town, Yate  
1988 Bristol City, Gloucester, North Woodspring, Melksham, Shepton Mallet, Stroud, Thornbury, Wells, Weston-Super-Mare  
1989 Bath (some subsidised routes only), Bradford-on-Avon town, Bristol City, Bristol Country, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud, Swindon, Thornbury, Warminster, Weston-Super-Mare  
1990 All areas except parts of West Wiltshire  
1991 All areas except parts of West Wiltshire  
1992 Bristol City, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Keynsham, Marshfield, Portishead, Stroud, Swindon.  Plus incomplete information for Bath, Bristol Country and Weston-Super-Mare  
1993 Bristol City, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Keynsham, Stroud, Swindon, Thorbury, Yate  
1994 All areas except Weston-Super-Mare and Wells  
1995 All areas except Gloucestershire  
1996 All areas  
1997 All areas except Cheltenham and Gloucester  
1998 Bristol City, Bath & North-East Somerset, Cheltenham, Cotswold, Mendip, North Somerset, Sedgemoor, South Gloucestershire, Weston-Super-Mare  
1999 All areas except Stroud  
2000 Bristol City, Bath & North-East Somerset, Gloucester, Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Gloucestershire, Weston-Super-Mare & North Somerset, West Wiltshire  
2001 Bristol City, Bath & North-East Somerset, Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Gloucestershire, Weston-Super-Mare & North Somerset  
2002 Bath & North-East Somerset, Cam & Dursley, North Somerset and Sedgemoor, South Gloucestershire, Weston-Super-Mare, West Wiltshire  
2003 Bath & North-East Somerset, Chippenham West, Corsham, North Somerset, Sedgemoor, South Gloucestershire, Stroud, Weston-Super-Mare  
2004 Bath & North-East Somerset, Calne, Malmesbury, North Somerset, Sedgemoor, Thornbury, Weston-Super-Mare, West Wiltshire  
2005 Bath & North-East Somerset, Newent, North Somerset, Sedgemoor, Weston-Super-Mare  
2006 Bath & North-East Somerset, Sedgemoor, Weston-Super-Mare and North Somerset, Wiltshire,  
2007 North Somerset, Sedgemoor, Weston-Super-Mare, West Wiltshire  
2008 Bristol city and country, Mendip, North Somerset, Sedgemoor, Weston-Super-Mare  
2009 All areas except Bath & North-east Somerset, and Wiltshire  
2010 All areas  
2011 All areas  
2012 All areas  
2013 All areas  

 

 

 

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