48 City Centre, The Centre ↔ Downend

Operated by First Bristol, Bath & the West. First bus 04:00, last bus 03:30. 111 journeys on weekdays.

💷 Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 — check with First Bristol, Bath & the West whether this route takes part. Details →

Timetable

Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. For times at your exact stop, open the stop's own page.

towards Downend · Monday to Friday towards Downend · Saturday towards Downend · Sunday towards City Centre, The Centre · Monday to Friday towards City Centre, The Centre · Saturday towards City Centre, The Centre · Sunday

48 towards Downend — Monday to Friday (55 journeys)
The Centre (C9)	04:30	04:32	05:20	05:25	06:05	06:14	06:35	07:10	07:15	07:45	08:15	08:30	09:05	09:10	09:45	10:15	10:25	11:05	11:16	11:45	12:21	12:25	13:05	13:20	13:50	14:20	14:30	15:05	15:20	15:45	16:20	16:30	17:10	17:20	17:50	18:20	18:25	19:00	19:20	19:40	20:20	20:25	20:55	21:20	22:00	22:20	23:00	23:10	00:10	00:15	01:20	01:25	02:30	02:30	03:30
Robertson Road (opp)	04:42	04:44	05:32	05:37	06:18	06:26	06:50	07:27	07:27	08:04	08:29	08:50	09:20	09:30	10:06	10:32	10:46	11:27	11:36	12:07	12:43	12:49	13:28	13:42	14:14	14:44	14:53	15:32	15:45	16:11	16:42	16:55	17:37	17:46	18:16	18:41	18:49	19:24	19:41	20:02	20:39	20:45	21:14	21:37	22:21	22:37	23:17	23:26	00:25	00:30	01:35	01:38	02:42	02:43	03:42
Hockeys Lane (NE-bound)	04:48	04:50	05:39	05:43	06:25	06:33	06:59	07:37	07:35	08:16	08:37	09:03	09:28	09:40	10:16	10:43	10:56	11:37	11:47	12:17	12:55	13:00	13:39	13:55	14:26	14:56	15:05	15:44	15:56	16:23	16:53	17:09	17:49	17:55	18:28	18:51	18:58	19:33	19:50	20:11	20:48	20:54	21:23	21:46	22:29	22:46	23:25	23:35	00:34	00:38	01:43	01:45	02:50	02:51	03:50
The Horseshoe (SW-bound)	04:57	04:59	05:47	05:52	06:34	06:41	07:09	07:48	07:45	08:28	08:46	09:16	09:38	09:52	10:28	10:53	11:08	11:49	11:59	12:30	13:07	13:12	13:52	14:07	14:38	15:08	15:18	15:58	16:08	16:37	17:05	17:23	18:01	18:07	18:39	19:02	19:09	19:44	20:02	20:20	20:58	21:03	21:31	21:56	22:39	22:55	23:33	23:44	00:43	00:48	01:52	01:54	02:59	03:00	03:59

48 towards Downend — Saturday (30 journeys)
The Centre (C9)	04:30	05:20	06:09	07:11	08:10	08:50	09:30	10:10	10:50	11:30	12:05	12:45	13:25	14:10	14:50	15:30	16:10	16:50	17:30	18:10	18:50	19:30	20:10	20:50	21:45	23:00	00:15	01:25	02:40	03:50
Robertson Road (opp)	04:42	05:32	06:21	07:23	08:23	09:03	09:46	10:27	11:08	11:50	12:25	13:07	13:47	14:33	15:14	15:55	16:36	17:14	17:54	18:35	19:12	19:50	20:30	21:09	22:04	23:18	00:33	01:43	02:55	04:04
Hockeys Lane (NE-bound)	04:49	05:39	06:28	07:30	08:30	09:10	09:54	10:37	11:17	12:01	12:36	13:19	14:01	14:46	15:26	16:06	16:47	17:25	18:05	18:45	19:21	19:59	20:39	21:18	22:13	23:27	00:41	01:51	03:02	04:11
The Horseshoe (SW-bound)	04:58	05:49	06:38	07:40	08:41	09:21	10:06	10:49	11:29	12:13	12:48	13:32	14:13	14:58	15:38	16:18	16:59	17:37	18:17	18:56	19:32	20:08	20:48	21:28	22:23	23:36	00:51	02:01	03:12	04:21

48 towards Downend — Sunday (23 journeys)
The Centre (C9)	04:32	05:25	06:14	07:15	08:15	09:05	10:15	11:16	12:21	13:20	14:20	15:20	16:20	17:20	18:20	19:20	20:20	21:20	22:20	23:10	00:10	01:20	02:30
Robertson Road (opp)	04:44	05:37	06:26	07:27	08:29	09:20	10:32	11:36	12:43	13:42	14:44	15:45	16:42	17:46	18:41	19:41	20:39	21:37	22:37	23:26	00:25	01:35	02:43
Hockeys Lane (NE-bound)	04:50	05:43	06:33	07:35	08:37	09:28	10:43	11:47	12:55	13:55	14:56	15:56	16:53	17:55	18:51	19:50	20:48	21:46	22:46	23:35	00:34	01:43	02:51
The Horseshoe (SW-bound)	04:59	05:52	06:41	07:45	08:46	09:38	10:53	11:59	13:07	14:07	15:08	16:08	17:05	18:07	19:02	20:02	20:58	21:56	22:55	23:44	00:43	01:52	03:00

48 towards City Centre, The Centre — Monday to Friday (56 journeys)
The Horseshoe (SW-bound)	04:00	04:00	05:00	05:05	06:00	06:00	06:40	06:51	07:20	07:50	08:05	08:45	08:55	09:25	09:50	10:00	10:45	11:00	11:25	12:05	12:05	12:40	13:15	13:30	14:10	14:15	14:45	15:15	15:25	16:15	16:15	16:55	17:15	17:30	18:15	18:15	18:55	19:10	19:30	20:00	20:10	20:35	21:10	21:10	21:55	22:10	22:50	23:01	23:46	23:50	00:50	00:53	01:58	02:00	03:04	03:05
Hockeys Lane (SW-bound)	04:06	04:06	05:06	05:11	06:06	06:07	06:49	06:57	07:29	07:56	08:15	08:56	09:02	09:34	09:57	10:09	10:55	11:08	11:35	12:15	12:16	12:52	13:24	13:41	14:20	14:23	14:55	15:22	15:36	16:22	16:25	17:04	17:22	17:40	18:24	18:21	19:04	19:17	19:38	20:08	20:16	20:42	21:15	21:15	22:02	22:15	22:56	23:06	23:52	23:55	00:55	00:59	02:03	02:06	03:10	03:10
Robertson Road (opp)	04:12	04:13	05:12	05:18	06:14	06:14	06:57	07:04	07:40	08:05	08:27	09:07	09:11	09:44	10:08	10:19	11:05	11:19	11:45	12:26	12:26	13:02	13:36	13:51	14:30	14:36	15:06	15:34	15:48	16:33	16:37	17:15	17:33	17:51	18:35	18:32	19:14	19:26	19:47	20:17	20:24	20:50	21:22	21:23	22:09	22:23	23:02	23:12	23:58	00:01	01:01	01:04	02:09	02:11	03:15	03:17
The Centre (C9)	04:24	04:26	05:24	05:31	06:27	06:30	07:13	07:18	07:58	08:20	08:48	09:29	09:27	10:05	10:24	10:37	11:24	11:37	12:05	12:46	12:45	13:21	13:56	14:11	14:50	14:56	15:25	15:55	16:08	16:53	16:57	17:36	17:52	18:10	18:54	18:50	19:32	19:43	20:04	20:34	20:39	21:04	21:36	21:37	22:24	22:37	23:17	23:26	00:10	00:13	01:12	01:15	02:21	02:21	03:25	03:28

48 towards City Centre, The Centre — Saturday (31 journeys)
The Horseshoe (SW-bound)	05:05	05:54	06:44	07:52	08:15	08:54	09:34	10:14	10:55	11:40	12:23	13:03	13:45	14:26	15:07	15:52	16:32	17:12	17:52	18:31	19:11	19:51	20:25	21:03	21:43	22:28	23:45	00:56	02:06	03:17	04:36
Hockeys Lane (SW-bound)	05:11	06:00	06:50	07:58	08:21	09:01	09:41	10:21	11:03	11:48	12:31	13:11	13:54	14:34	15:14	15:59	16:39	17:19	17:59	18:37	19:17	19:57	20:31	21:09	21:49	22:33	23:50	01:01	02:11	03:22	04:41
Robertson Road (opp)	05:18	06:07	06:57	08:06	08:29	09:10	09:51	10:33	11:14	12:01	12:44	13:24	14:06	14:45	15:26	16:10	16:49	17:30	18:09	18:48	19:27	20:06	20:40	21:17	21:57	22:40	23:56	01:07	02:18	03:29	04:48
The Centre (C9)	05:31	06:20	07:11	08:20	08:44	09:26	10:09	10:51	11:33	12:21	13:04	13:45	14:26	15:06	15:47	16:31	17:10	17:50	18:29	19:07	19:44	20:21	20:55	21:33	22:13	22:55	00:09	01:19	02:32	03:43	05:02

48 towards City Centre, The Centre — Sunday (24 journeys)
The Horseshoe (SW-bound)	04:00	05:05	06:00	06:51	07:50	08:55	09:50	11:00	12:05	13:15	14:15	15:15	16:15	17:15	18:15	19:10	20:10	21:10	22:10	23:01	23:50	00:50	01:58	03:05
Hockeys Lane (SW-bound)	04:06	05:11	06:06	06:57	07:56	09:02	09:57	11:08	12:15	13:24	14:23	15:22	16:22	17:22	18:21	19:17	20:16	21:15	22:15	23:06	23:55	00:55	02:03	03:10
Robertson Road (opp)	04:13	05:18	06:14	07:04	08:05	09:11	10:08	11:19	12:26	13:36	14:36	15:34	16:33	17:33	18:32	19:26	20:24	21:22	22:23	23:12	00:01	01:01	02:09	03:17
The Centre (C9)	04:26	05:31	06:27	07:18	08:20	09:27	10:24	11:37	12:46	13:56	14:56	15:55	16:53	17:52	18:50	19:43	20:39	21:36	22:37	23:26	00:13	01:12	02:21	03:28

Route map

All stops on route 48

48 towards Downend

The Centre (C9) Bristol City Centre
Baldwin Street (R11) Bristol City Centre
Wine Street (B17) Broadmead
Broad Weir (S12) Cabot Circus
Old Market Street (M3) Old Market
Lamb Street (NE-bound) Old Market
Thrissell Street (NE-bound) Easton
Armoury Square (NE-bound) Easton
Villiers Road (N-bound) Eastville
Warwick Road (N-bound) Eastville
Robertson Road (opp) Eastville
Glen Park (NE-bound) Eastville
Eastville Park (C) Eastville
Royate Hill (E-bound) Eastville
Huyton Road (NE-bound) Eastville
Alcove Road (E-bound) Fishponds
Lodge Causeway (NE-bound) Fishponds
Hockeys Lane (NE-bound) Fishponds
New Station Road (Stop B) Fishponds
Cross Hands (Stop B) Fishponds
Lawn Avenue (NE-bound) Fishponds
Stanbury Avenue (NE-bound) Fishponds
Hurstwood Road (NE-bound) Downend
Grace Road (NE-bound) Downend
Christchurch Avenue (E-bound) Downend
The Horseshoe (E-bound) Downend
The Horseshoe (SW-bound) Downend

48 towards City Centre, The Centre

Service history & registered changes

🆕 Registered effective 1 Sept 2026
From: Shiregreen To: Herdings Park Via: City Centre Name or No.: 48 / 47 Service type: Normal Stopping Effective date: 01 September 2026 Other details: New service
🆕 Registered effective 3 May 2026
Operating between Shiregreen and Herdings given service number 48 / 47 effective from 03 May 2026. To amend Timetable.
🆕 Registered effective 3 May 2026
Operating between Shiregreen and Herdings given service number 48 / 47 effective from 03 May 2026. To amend Timetable.

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

Fishponds Downend Eastville Bristol City Centre Broadmead Cabot Circus Easton Old Market

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 48 bus?

The first 48 departure on weekdays leaves at 04:00 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 48 bus?

The last 48 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 03:30. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 48 bus cost?

Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026 (then £2 from 1 January 2027). First Bristol, Bath & the West day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 48 bus?

The 48 is operated by First Bristol, Bath & the West.

Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.

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