East Bergholt High School

First Essex operates the 694 bus service (Colchester to East Bergholt) transporting students to, and from, East Bergholt High School.

The service operates, Monday to Friday, in-line with the school calendar year (and school opening and closure times).

694 timetable

Colchester to East Bergholt		East Bergholt to Colchester
Colchester, St Andrews Gardens	07:59	East Bergholt High School	15:45
Ardleigh, Balkerne Gate	08:05	East Bergholt, Four Sisters	15:47
Langham, Birchwood Road	08:11	Stratford St Mary, Anchor	15:53
Langham, The Shepherd & Dog	08:17	Boxted, The Cross Inn	16:07
Boxted, Langham Road	08:26	Boxted, Langham Road	16:13
Boxted, The Cross Inn	08:33	Langham, The Shepherd & Dog	16:19
Stratford St Mary, Anchor	08:48	Langham, Birchwood Road	16:22
East Bergholt, Four Sisters	08:52	Ardleigh, Balkerne Gate	16:28
East Bergholt High School	08:55	Colchester, St Andrews Gardens	16:38

Ticket options:

We offer the following travel options:

Colchester-Ardleigh-Langham-Boxted to East Bergholt

Annual:

Valid 3rd September 2025 to 17th July 2026; providing travel on Service 87 between Colchester and Brightlingsea (Monday to Friday). *Please note. you will receive one ticket which will be valid for the 2025/2026 academic year.

Term

Autumn Term: 3rd September 2025 to 19th December 2025

Spring Term: 6th January 2026 to 27th March 2026

Summer Term: 13th April 2026 to 17th July 2026

The 694 service operates Monday to Friday - on schools days ONLY.
The 694 service will not operate on staff inset days, bank holidays, half-term breaks and school holiday.
To view the full First Bus Conditions of Travel, please visit: Conditions of travel | First Bus

Where to buy:

Select and purchase your ticket via our website.

Your ticket is now issued as a travel card (utilising smart card technology). For all your travel card FAQS, please visit: www.firstbus.co.uk/essex/smart

The ticket will be pre-loaded, on the travel card, and dispatched in the next available post (1st class delivery).

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Service Disruption 30/08

Service X20

12:42 departing Stanstead to Colchester is not running due to bus breakdown.

We apologise for the inconvenience.

>>> Service Changes from Sunday 31st August 2025

21/08/2025 - An update has been added regarding the operation of the 37 service - Monday to Saturday - from 1st September 2025.

We are making changes to the Essex bus network from Sunday 31st August 2025.

Key details:

Ahead of the start of the new school term, beginning next month, we’ll be introducing a range of service improvements across our region on Sunday 31st August.

Service:	Journey:	What's changing?
X10	Airlink - Basildon to Stansted Airport	Monday to Friday - MORNING journeys will depart Basildon earlier - to improve route punctuality.
X20	Airlink - Braintree to Stansted Airport	The 08:35 journey will now terminate at Osborne Street, Colchester. The 10:40 journey will now commence at High Street, Colchester.
X30	Airlink - Southend to Stansted Airport	NEW pick-up/drop-off points on London Road, Rayleigh - The bus stops are called: opp Electricity Board and o/s Electricity Board. No change to timetable.
9	Basildon to Brentwood	Minor changes to the timetable.
21/21S	Southend to Canvey Island	Revised timetable - to operate on a hourly basis Monday to Saturday (with additional journeys at school times). The 21 service will now operate (east of Southend city centre) via Woodgrange Drive and past Thorpe Bay station. Following Great Wakering Church the 21 service continues to Shoeburyness East Beach and no longer to Landwick.
26	Southend to Shoeburyness	The 26 service will now operate between Southend and Shoeburyness East Beach ONLY - on a hourly basis - via Woodgrange Drive, Lifstan Way, Bournes Green Chase, North Shoebury Road, Maplin Way North and Campfield Road.
25/825	Basildon to Southend	Minor changes to the timetable - a small number of underutilised journeys have been withdrawn.
27/27A/827	Southend to Canvey Island	Minor changes to the timetable.
28	Southend to Basildon	Minor changes to the timetable.
625	Chelmsford to Southend Schools	Minor changes to the timetable. Service 625 will now operate via Eastwood Kent Elm. Progress Road will no longer be served.
725	Basildon to Southend Schools	WITHDRAWN - NO LONGER IN OPERATION
C2	Chelmsford to Broomfield Hospital	Minor changes to the timetable - EVENING ONLY
31/331/332/333	Chelmsford to Burnham-on-Crouch	EXTRA JOURNEYS - FUNDED BY BSIP (Love Your Bus) - The NEW morning and afternoon journeys are indicated on the revised 31/331/332/333 timetable.
37	Warley to Bishops Hall Estate	The Monday to Saturday service has been WITHDRAWN – NO LONGER IN OPERATION. Service 351 will continue to serve the section of route between Brentwood High Street and Warley. UPDATE 21/08/2025 - Central Connect will operate the Monday to Saturday service (to be renumbered as SERVICE 60) from 1st September 2025. The new timetable can be found on Central Connect's website here: Essex - Back to Brentwood - Central Connect
70/170/370	Chelmsford to Braintree	Minor changes to the timetable.
71/X71/371	Chelmsford to Colchester	Minor changes to the timetable.
351	Chelmsford to Brentwood	EXTRA JOURNEYS - FUNDED BY BSIP (Love Your Bus) - The NEW Monday to Friday off-peak journeys are indicated on the revised 351 timetable.
51	Highwoods to Wivenhoe	Minor changes to the timetable.
52	Stanway to Highwoods	Minor changes to the timetable.
54	Colchester to Greenstead	Minor changes to the timetable.
55	Colchester to Greenstead	The Monday to Saturday service to operate on a hourly basis between Colchester and West Mersea. Monday to Saturday journeys to Monkwick will NO LONGER OPERATE. The Sunday service to continue to operate on a half hourly basis.
56	Colchester to Layer de la Haye	The 56 service will now serve Osborne Street, Colchester.
57	Colchester to Baronswood Way	The 57 service will now serve Osborne Street, Colchester.
68/68A	Highwoods to West Mersea	Minor changes to the timetable.
87	Great Horkesley to Brightlingsea	Minor changes to the timetable - specifically schoolday only departure times. The Monday to Friday service will now operate on a half hourly basis between 10:00 and 13.00.
102/104	Colchester to Harwich	Minor changes to the timetable. NEW Monday to Friday departure at 17:10 (This journey replaces the following departures: 16:55 and 17:25).
320	Colchester to Great Notley	The 14:40 and 17:35 journeys from Colchester are WITHDRAWN - NO LONGER IN OPERATION.

The NEW timetables are available to download/print here ↓

>>> TEMPORARY TIMETABLE | Service 73/73A/73B | Langford Road, Langford | ROAD CLOSED

UPDATED 26/08/2025 - Further disruption to the 73, 73A and 73B services due to emergency closure of Maypole Road, Great Totham: Service 73/73A/73B | Maypole Road, Great Totham | ROAD CLOSED | First Bus

Langford Road, Langford will be closed between Witham Road and Maypole Road from Wednesday 23rd July to Sunday 31st August 2025

The 73, 73A and 73B services will be diverted in both directions via Witham Road (B1018), Langford Road, Maldon Road, Blue Mills Hill, Witham Road, The Street and Maypole Road.

Two temporary stops will be installed at Langford Church and Mill House Hotel.

The following stops will not be served:

Langford Place
Langford Church

A temporary timetable will be in place, for the duration of the road closure, 23/07/2025 - 31/08/2025:

CHELMSFORD - HATFIELD PEVEREL - HEYBRIDGE - MALDON
	73	73	73	73B	73	73	[ ]
Chelmsford, Bus Station	07:00	10:00	12:00	14:00	16:30	17:55	-
Springfield The Plough	07:11	10:11	12:12	14:12	16:42	18:07	-
Springfield, adj Sainsburys	07:15	10:15	12:16	14:16	16:46	18:11	-
Boreham Village St Andrew Church	-	-	-	14:22	-	-	-
Boreham, Waltham Road	07:21	10:21	12:22	14:25	16:52	18:17	-
Hatfield Peverel, Duke of Wellington	07:25	10:25	12:26	14:29	16:56	18:21	-
Hatfield Peverel, Nounsley Corner	07:29	10:29	12:30	14:33	17:00	18:25	-
Ulting, Does Corner	07:32	10:32	12:34	14:37	17:04	18:29	-
Langford Mill House Hotel	07:36	10:36	12:38	14:41	17:08	18:33	-
↓ NON-STOP VIA WICKHAM BISHOPS TO HEYBRIDGE HOLLOWAY ROAD ↓
Heybridge, Benbridge Hotel	07:58	10:58	13:00	15:02	17:30	18:54	-
Heybridge, Lawlings Avenue	08:01	11:02	13:04	15:06	17:34	18:58	-
Heybridge Basin, The Colliers	08:06	11:06	13:08	15:10	17:38	19:02	-
Maldon Tesco Store	08:13	11:13	13:15	15:17	17:45	19:09	-
Maldon, White Horse	08:15	11:16	13:18	15:20	17:48	19:12	-
Maldon, Fambridge Road	08:17	11:19	13:21	15:23	17:51	19:15	-
Maldon, Cherry Gardens	08:20	11:22	13:24	15:26	17:54	19:18	-
MALDON - HEYBRIDGE - HATFIELD PEVEREL - CHELMSFORD
	73A	73B	73	73	73	73	73
Maldon, Cherry Gardens	-	08:25	11:30	13:30	15:30	18:00	-
Maldon, Milton Road	-	-	-	-	-	-	20:50
Maldon, Washington Road	-	08:28	11:33	13:33	15:33	18:03	-
Maldon, All Saints Church	-	08:31	11:36	13:36	15:36	18:06	20:55
Maldon Tesco Store	-	08:34	11:39	13:39	15:39	18:09	-
Heybridge, Lawlings Avenue	-	08:41	11:46	13:46	15:46	18:16	-
Heybridge Basin, The Colliers	07:05	08:45	11:50	13:50	15:50	18:20	-
Heybridge, Benbridge Hotel	07:10	08:50	11:55	13:55	15:55	18:25	20:59
↓ NON-STOP FROM HEYBRIDGE HOLLOWAY ROAD VIA WICKHAM BISHOPS ↓
Langford opp Church, Maldon Road	07:29	09:09	12:14	14:14	16:14	18:43	21:18
Ulting, Does Corner	07:33	09:13	12:18	14:18	16:18	18:47	21:21
Hatfield Peverel, Nounsley Corner	07:37	09:17	12:22	14:22	16:22	18:51	21:25
Hatfield Peverel, Station Road	07:41	09:21	12:26	14:26	16:26	18:55	21:29
Boreham, Waltham Road	07:45	09:25	12:30	14:30	16:30	18:59	21:33
Boreham Village, St Andrew Church	-	09:28	-	-	-	-	-
Springfield, opp Sainsburys	07:52	09:34	12:37	14:37	16:37	19:06	21:40
Springfield The Plough	-	09:38	12:41	14:41	16:41	19:10	21:44
Chancellor Park, Eglinton Drive	07:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chelmer Village, Shopping Centre	08:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Springfield Park Sandford Road	08:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chelmsford Rail Station, Victoria Road	08:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chelmsford Bus Station	08:20	09:48	12:51	14:15	16:51	19:20	21:52
Chelmsford, New London Road, H&M	08:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moulsham, Oaklands Park	08:30	-	-	-	-	-	-

The TEMPORARY timetable is available to download/print here ↓