Getting to College: Public Transport Update

We have been in regular communication over the last two months with both our transport partners, First Bus and Bakers Dolphin, and can now confirm that services will operate with a few adjustments and certain guidelines:

• Both First and Bakers Dolphin services are currently operating at 50% capacity to meet social distancing guidelines.
• Learners must wear a mask on all services. Without a mask, learners will not be permitted to travel.

FIRST BUS - Passes can be purchased via the College shop

• First bus mTickets become active from Monday 7th September.
• Timetable information can be found via the First website or via the ‘travelling to college’ section of our website.
• Learners via the First Bus app will be able to access live data including number of seats available on a service.
• Instructions on how to use the mTicket can be found by clicking here.
• We have been able to negotiate with First additional services to support learner demand, as well as the creation of a specific service that will only be accessible for Weston College mTicket/bus pass holders.
  • The X5s will run solely for the College in the mornings only from Clevedon to Weston-super-Mare (timetable to be released in next day via First website).

BAKERS DOLPHIN - Passes can be purchased via the College shop

• The College will continue to run 5 core service routes via Bakers starting from 7th September.
  • Blagdon/Bridgwater/Clevedon/Nailsea/Portishead
• Timetables for these can be found here on our website.
• Learners must have purchased a Bakers Dolphin bus pass and collected this from a campus reception. Without a bus pass learners will not be able to access these services.
• Bakers will continue to provide a service for some of our apprenticeship learners travelling from Bristol (Rolls Royce and GKN).

TRAIN TRAVEL

A reminder that a variety of discounted railcards are available to learners including:

• 16-17 Saver (50% discount)
• 16-25 Railcard (33% discount)

Further information including purchasing these can be found here.

Train timetables can be accessed here.