Cuts to evening bus services to the city centre will leave people living on the outskirts of Bristol isolated, according to one regular passenger.

Andreé Dyer, of Highridge, uses the 52 service to go to shows at the Hippodrome and attend her local cricket club.

But if Bristol City Council goes ahead with plans to withdraw a number of services on evenings, Sundays and bank holidays, she says she could find herself unable to get home.

The authority says the city centre to Highridge and Hengrove service isn't used enough to justify the running costs.

It also wants to make similar cash-saving cuts to the number five, city centre to Downend, and the number seven, city centre to Staple Hill.

Consultation ended on July 3, and if approved, the cuts would come into effect from September 13.

The council plans to introduce a citywide dial-a-ride service in the evenings to compensate but Mrs Dyer, 54, said that isn't good enough.

She said: "I was annoyed with the 52 proposals; the assumption is everyone can get another bus. I don't want to be cut off from things that are going in the city.

"I'm a member of Gloucestershire cricket club and wouldn't be able to do that.

"It says about the dial-a-ride but if you want to go to Bedminster you need to be down there for three hours but some people can't do that.

"That's not the answer.

"You can't get from this side of the city to Ashton Court, unless you go to the bus station and then get a country bus, then take a long walk to the Balloon Fiesta.

"We can't move the people we've got around, let alone the rubbish being written about having a World Cup.

"I've lived in this city for nearly 30 years, and in Liverpool and London.

"This city has never had a decent bus service from whatever angle you come at. It drives me nuts."

Mrs Dyer used to run her own cleaning company and said the cuts to the transport system would have made doing that impossible too.

Council spokeswoman Kate Hartas said: "These bus services provide relatively poor value for money.

"Some sections of their routes duplicate other services and, on some others, parallel services are available within walking distance.

"However, to maintain a weekday evening service for those passengers who would be unable to walk to the alternative services, it is proposed to extend the dial-a-ride operating hours.

"This service would be available to qualifying residents throughout the council area."

Cabinet member for transport and sustainability councillor John Rogers said: "The budget pressures I have inherited mean we must work smarter to provide a good sustainable alternative to those evening bus services which provide relatively poor value for money.

"The three evening services, when taking account of the alternatives available, are not used enough to warrant the significant cost of supporting them, but they were used, and by people who valued them.

"The solution seams a fair one given the difficult circumstances.

"If we can work hard on promotion, and ensure good take up for the dial-a-ride service, the most vulnerable users will not be adversely affected."