Bristol Bus and Tram Routes history 1875-2011

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