Service Disruptions - 08/07/2025

8th Jul 2025All Essex

Effective

08/07/2025 - 08/07/2025

Service X30

Services are currently facing delays of between 20 to 30mins due to traffic A130 Rettonden / Bedloes Corner /Crown Hill /A127 Kent Elms Corner

Service 371/71/X71/372

Services are currently facing delays of up to 30mins due to traffic in Witham caused by roadworks

Service 37

Services are currently facing delays of 20 mins due to traffic along Brentwood High Road area

Service 25 & X30

The Chase stop, on Eastwood is likely to be obstructed and suspended without notice, by power company overhead cable works

Service 25, X10 & 13 - BACK TO REGULAR ROUTES AFTER PREVIOUS WICKFORD CLOSURE

A burst water main in Wickford Broadway, close to The Swans will cause heavy traffic for routes.

Service 13, 13A & 13B

Services are currently terminating at Wickford Station due to a police closure at London Road / Radwinter Avenue roundabout

Services 25 & X10

Route 25 will not serve Wickford and Shotgate towards Southend and Basildon.

Route X10 will not serve Wickford in both directions.

Both routes are diverted via Sainsbury's Eastmayne and Rawreth Carpenters Arms Roundabout.

A one way shuttle service from Sainsbury's Eastmayne to The Duke PH/Halls Corner, Wickford will operate in the meantime.

Customers who require Wickford and Shotgate should board this shuttle service.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Updated at 17:36

>>> 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.
55/55A	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 ↓