First Bristol, Bath & the West buses

63,506 First Bristol, Bath & the West bus journeys followed to their destination across 71 days, 15 Aug 2026 to 24 Oct 2026. 59% arrived on time by the GB bus standard, and 26% arrived early.

That is about 894 journeys a day, 0.7% of all the bus journeys we followed on the same dates.

Its on-time share is 10 points below the 70% for every operator we followed on those dates. It ranks 37 of 71 operators with a page here.

Its buses run early far more often than late, 1.7 early arrivals for every late one, while 15% arrived late. Early running counts against the standard, so on these routes the timetable, more than the traffic, is what holds the on-time figure back.

Averaged across every journey, its buses arrived 0.6 min late, against 0.1 min early for all operators on the same dates.

Its best day was Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 72% on time over 830 journeys, and its worst Friday, 18 September 2026, at 48% over 446.

First Bristol, Bath & the West in numbers

These are the 63,506 First Bristol, Bath & the West journeys we followed to within 250 metres of their last stop in the urban areas we sample, so they describe its running where we sample rather than on every route it operates. On time, early and late add up to every journey; "more than 15 minutes late" is part of late. How bus punctuality is measured and why so many buses arrive early.

Day by day

71 days, widest bar the busiest, filled to the share on time. The same days for the whole network.

Followed live from the Bus Open Data Service on each of the 71 days above. Its operator code is FBRI, each linking to the buses we have seen working for it. Today's bus league · All bus operators · Sources and licences