The T7 is a

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which operates between

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and

Chepstow Chepstow () is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the western end of the ...

with a limited service to Magor. It is part of the

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network.

History

The service was introduced as a partial replacement for the Severn Express, which was withdrawn after 14 June 2020. It began operating on 15 June 2020 on a six-month trial basis and was initially numbered X7. It operated during weekdays only and was operated by

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. Following a tendering process, the route passed from NAT Group to

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in January 2021. At this time, the route was also renumbered T7 and it began running seven days per week. From 1 November 2021, Newport Bus started funding a third vehicle on the route in an attempt to improve service reliability. On 30 January 2022, journeys were allowed more time in response to congestion. The following month, the Welsh Government pledged to fund the third vehicle.

Route

The route runs at an hourly frequency from Monday to Saturday, and runs four times in each direction on Sunday. Starting at Chepstow bus station, the route runs through the residential areas of Bulwark and Thornwell and then runs non-stop to

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via M48

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, M4 and M5. After Cribbs Causeway, the bus runs along the A4018 which takes it through

Westbury-on-Trym Westbury-on-Trym (sometimes written without hyphenation) is a suburb in the north of the City of Bristol, near the suburbs of Stoke Bishop, Westbury Park, Henleaze, Southmead and Henbury, in the southwest of England. The place is partly na ...

, across The Downs and Clifton, it then goes past the

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and then terminates at the end of Marlborough Street in Bristol City Centre. On weekdays and Saturdays, two early morning journeys towards Bristol start at Magor and call at Rogiet, Caldicot, and

Portskewett Portskewett ( or ) is a village and Community (Wales), community (parish) in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located four miles south west of Chepstow and one mile east of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Caldicot, in an archaeologically sensitiv ...

, before continuing to Chepstow and Bristol, and two evening journeys towards Chepstow continue to Magor. On Sundays, the first journey of the day starts at Magor while the last continues to Magor after Chepstow.

References

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