The CNH Tractor plant is hosting the Christmas Charity Tractor Run (in support of Havens Hospices) on Saturday 13th December 2025.

The event starts at 17:00 and is expected to end at 19:15.

Minor delays are expected as our buses will follow in convoy and will not divert.

The following services will be impacted: B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / 9 / 22 / 25 / 28 / 100 / 200 / 300 / X10

We'd like to wish all of our passengers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Wickford Christmas Market returns on Saturday 13th December 2025. 

Wickford High Street will be closed between 06:00hrs and 18:00hrs for the duration of the event.

The 25 service will divert in both directions via London Road (A129) and Golden Jubilee Way. The following bus stops will not be served in both directions: The Swans

Due to the location of the road closure - the X10 service will operate to normal line of route. All bus stops served.

Due to the Ambulance blocking the road at Drumry Road East, the services are diverting: 

The service is diverting via Great Western Road, through the retail park, Duntreath Avenue.

Due to Resurfacing Works by the Dorset Council, the service is diverting:

Between the hours of 20:00 – 06:00 only.

Outbound

The service is diverting via The Grove B3147, Weirs Roundabout, A37, Monkey’s Jump Roundabout, Middle Farm Way and Mansell Square.  

Domestic Street, Pleasant Street- NOW OPEN

The following services are experiencing diversions from Domestic Street.

To allow for Motorway works on Monday 15th December 22:00 until Tuesday 16th December 06:00 the M8 J21-23 West Bound will be closed.

Services can resume the normal route

Due to an Emergency road closure, the services are diverting:

226 TO FAIRHILL

St Augustines Parade will be closed overnight to various services between 21:00 and 05:00 on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th December (two nights) to facilitate carriageway works at the junction of Anchor Road and College Green,

To allow for works on Thursday 18th December 22:00 until Friday 19th December 06:00, the

FirstGroup plc has today completed the acquisition of RATP Dev’s sightseeing operations in London and Bath.

Currently operating under the brand Tootbus, the acquisition will strengthen FirstGroup’s presence across London and the south-west of England.

While the operations are primarily a sightseeing business, with a fleet of 63 buses - 42 in London and 21 in Bath - and about 190 employees, they also include the Airdecker service, connecting Bath to Bristol Airport.