Your festive timetables over Christmas & New Year
Christmas & New Year buses 2025/26
As we approach the festive season, below we've put all the information you'll need about your local bus services during Christmas period so you can plan your travel with us wherever and whenever you need it.
This year, there will be some slight variations to our services between the Christmas and New Year periods depending on whereabouts on our networks you're travelling... you'll find full details below.
You can find timetables for all of our bus services (with maps and fares information) on our timetables page.
We'd like to wish all of our passengers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
South Essex
| up to Tuesday 23rd December 2025 | Normal service | |
| Wednesday 24th December 2025 | Saturday service except: | Normal Wednesday service on ECC supported services 21C, 63, and 201. Revised late evening timetables on X10 and X30: Last C10 from Stansted at 22:35 and last X30 at 21:05. Afternoon journeys on Z3 and Z4 to Amazon do not operate. Early last bus times for all services. |
| Thursday 25th December 2025 CHRISTMAS DAY | No service | |
| Friday 26th December 2025 BOXING DAY | X10, X30, Z3, Z4 only |
X10, X30 running to a Sunday timetable apart from the the following first journeys on the X30: The first bus towards Stansted Airport will be 05:05 from Southend. Towards Southend, buses will depart at 03:55, 04:50, and 05:50 from Chelmsford, 06:36 from Broomfield Hospital, and 07:05 from Stansted Airport. The morning Z3 and Z4 journeys from Tilbury will not operate. Ensignbus will operate services between Southend, Basildon, and Lakeside (X1) or Upminster (X2). |
| Saturday 27th December 2025 | Normal service | |
| Sunday 28th December 2025 | Normal service | |
| Monday 29th & Tuesday 30th December 2025 | Saturday service except: |
Normal service on ECC supported services 21C, 63, and 201. Service 21 to Canvey finishes at Mon-Fri evening times. |
| Wednesday 31st December 2025 NEW YEARS EVE | Saturday Service |
Normal service on ECC supported services 21C, 63, and 201. Last service 21 from Canvey is at 21:15. Afternoon journeys on Z3 and Z4 to Amazon do not operate. |
| Thursday 1st January 2026 NEW YEARS DAY | X10, X30 only | X10, X30 will run to a Sunday timetable. |
| Friday 2nd January 2026 | Saturday service except: | Z3 and Z4 start later. Friday service runs on 63. Normal service on ECC supported services 21C and 201. Service 21 to Canvey finishes at Mon-Fri evening times. |
| Saturday 3rd January 2026 | Normal services resume |
Mid and North Essex
| up to Tuesday 23rd December 2025 | Normal service | |
| Wednesday 24th December 2025 | Saturday service except: | Normal Wednesday service on ECC supported services C6, 14, 50, 50A, 92, 407, and 417. Wednesday service on services 19 and 19A. Amended Saturday service on services 3, 13, 13A, and 13B. Earlier last bus times for all local bus services. |
| Thursday 25th December 2025 CHRISTMAS DAY | No service | |
| Friday 26th December 2025 BOXING DAY | No service except: | X10, X20, X30 running to a Sunday timetable apart from the the following first journeys on the X30: The first bus towards Stansted Airport will be 05:05 from Southend. Towards Southend, buses will depart at 03:55, 04:50, and 05:50 from Chelmsford, 06:36 from Broomfield Hospital, and 07:05 from Stansted Airport. Buses will then run to a normal Sunday timetable. Special timetable on C1. Special timetable on 51, and 54. |
| Saturday 27th December 2025 | Normal service | |
| Sunday 28th December 2025 | Normal service | |
| Monday 29th December 2025 | Saturday service except: |
Normal Monday service on ECC supported services C6, 4, 14, 50, 50A, 50B, 407 and 417. Monday service on services 19 and 19A. Amended Saturday service on services 3, 13, 13A, and 13B. |
| Tuesday 30th December 2025 | Saturday service except: | Normal Tuesday service on ECC supported services C6, 4, 14, 50, 50A, 69, 69A, 407 and 417. Tuesday service on services 19 and 19A. Amended Saturday service on services 3, 13, 13A, and 13B. |
| Wednesday 31st December 2025 NEW YEARS EVE | Saturday Service except: |
Normal Wednesday service on ECC supported services C6, 4, 14, 15, 50, 50A, 407 and 417. Normal weekday service on 1A, 2A, 19, 19A, 31, 68, 88, 102, 336, 370, 371, C2, C3, C4, C5, C7, C8, C10, C11, 53, 53A, 54, 56, and 57. Amended Saturday service on services 3, 13, 13A, and 13B. |
| Thursday 1st January 2026 NEW YEARS DAY | No service except: | X10, X20, X30 will run to a Sunday timetable. Special timetable on C1. Special timetable on 51, and 54. |
| Friday 2nd January 2026 | Saturday service except: | Normal Friday service on ECC supported services C6, 4, 14, 50, 50A, 79, 407 and 417. Friday service on services 19 and 19A. Amended Saturday service on services 3, 13, 13A, and 13B. |
| Saturday 3rd January 2026 | Normal services resume |
*Download details of early last buses on Christmas Eve [PDF] ⇒
Customer Contact Centre - Festive Operation Times
| Date | Details |
| Mon 22nd and Tue 23rd | Open as usual |
| Wed 24th Dec | 9am to 5pm |
| Thu 25th and Fri 26th Dec | Closed |
| Sat 27th Dec | Closed |
| Sun 28th Dec | Closed |
| Mon 29th Dec to Thu 1st Jan | 9am to 5pm |
| From Fri 2nd Jan | Open as usual |
