Improvements to the X18 & X5 Bus Service
Published: 30 October 2025
From next week, the new X18 service will now run: Nailsea (starting at Engine Lane) – Clevedon – Yatton – Claverham – Weston College. This short-notice change is intended to provide additional capacity and relieve pressure on the X5, which has been experiencing very high student usage. First Bus have also brought the afternoon return journey forward by around 40 minutes, which addresses safeguarding concerns for students of Loxton Campus at Weston College as they no longer need to wait a long time to return home.
In addition, First Bus has taken the opportunity to enhance the X18 timetable, providing three journeys in each direction on the core part of the route between Nailsea and Weston-super-Mare town centre. This will enable Yatton and Claverham to benefit from additional journeys, an increase on the current two-hourly frequency — a change that meets a long-standing request from residents. Service X18 will now operate Monday to Friday all year round, including when Weston College is closed.
With Service X5, First Bus have revised the times in the afternoon to ensure students at the Loxton Campus can catch a bus home at 16:32, rather than having to wait until 17:27 as is currently the case.