Complaints about bus driver changeovers causing traffic congestion on Hatchet Road go back as far as 2017/18, the Journal can reveal. Stagecoach says it had to abandon plans to shift the changeover location to Southmead Hospital because of the pandemic.
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The Journal has been contacted by several readers who say they are becoming increasingly frustrated at having to wait in lengthy traffic queues behind Stagecoach buses parked for extended periods at stops on Hatchet Road, Stoke Gifford. Investigations have revealed that driver handovers are to blame.
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The dearth of commercial vehicle drivers that has recently led to shortages at supermarkets and fuel stations is also having an impact on bus services in the Stokes, the Journal can reveal. Recent weeks have seen Stagecoach West cancelling tens of journeys each day on the 10, 11 & 12 services that serve the Stokes.
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