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A few changes coming up centered on the West Wiltshire area during April, some using the Bus Service Improvement Program (BISP), which will give some new journey opportunities.

As in a previous post, Starting April 7th, First will be introducing a direct service D1X between Bath, Bradford on Avon and Trowbridge using double deckers providing a quicker service by going via Sally In The Wood, The service will slot in between the present D1 Warminster service providing a twice hourly link into Bath from Trowbridge and Bradford.

The following week, Beeline's present Service 24 Salisbury - Warminster will continue to Frome, replacing the current 53 service that runs between Warminster & Frome at present, This will provide journey opportunities between south of Warminster into Somerset.

Faresaver's service X34 will gain a Sunday and Bank Holiday service between Trowbridge and Chippenham, allowing journeys between the Wiltshire towns for the first time in many years.

The Trowbridge Town services 60/65 will be transfering from Faresaver to FromeBus, and some timing changes are due to be made to the Trowbridge area services 63-69, with two 69 journeys running via Bradford becoming 68 via Staverton, probably as the D1X will now provide a greater capacity between Trowbridge & Bradford instead.

Timetables should be available from the relevant operators soon apparently. It will be interesting if these services prove themselves before the BISP funding runs out