Church Street, Great Baddow is closed for roadworks from Friday 13th December to Tuesday 17th December 2024.

Due to the location of the road closure the C6 service will be placed on diversion:

Towards Great Baddow, BAE Systems: Service C6 will operate to normal line of route - all bus stops served.

Towards Chelmsford: Service C6 will divert, after serving BAE Systems, via Maltings Road, Park View Crescent and Vicarage Lane. The following bus stops will not be served:

Due to earlier anti-social behaviour - services are omitting Acre Rd

2 Services are diverting via Middleton Park Ave, Sissons Rd, Sissons Terrace - In both direction.

First Bus has announced its timetable for West Yorkshire during the festive holiday period covering Christmas and the New Year.

The operator is investing in maintaining later journeys on Christmas Eve and for the first time will operate a special service on New Year’s Day.

Michael Moore, Head of Network, said: “We’re supporting customers in West Yorkshire to plan ahead for their travel arrangements over the festive holidays. These added services will help us explore customer demand and we’ll use the outcomes to determine future provision.”

First Bus has announced its timetable for Leeds during the festive holiday period covering Christmas and the New Year.

The operator is investing in maintaining later journeys on Christmas Eve and for the first time will operate a special service on New Year’s Day.

Michael Moore, Head of Network, said: “We’re supporting customers in Leeds to plan ahead for their travel arrangements over the festive holidays. These added services will help us explore customer demand and we’ll use the outcomes to determine future provision.”

First Bus has announced its timetable for York during the festive holiday period covering Christmas and the New Year.

The operator is investing in maintaining later journeys for Christmas Eve on City and University routes as well as Park and Ride.

Michael Moore, Head of Network, said: “We’re supporting customers in York to plan ahead for their travel arrangements over the festive holidays. These added services will help us explore customer demand and we’ll use the outcomes to determine future provision.”

London, UK, 9th December 2024 – Instead of plugging in headphones or burying heads in books while travelling on public transport, residents in Yorkshire are striking up conversations with strangers, as new research shows nearly a quarter (23%) have made long-lasting friendships with people they have met on the bus.

London, UK, 9th December 2024 – Instead of plugging in headphones or burying heads in books while travelling on public transport, residents in Leeds are striking up conversations with strangers, as new research shows almost a quarter (24%) have made long-lasting friendships with people they have met on the bus.

The team donated £2,000 worth of toys and gifts, along with a special box of chocolates for the care team, as part of their commitment to supporting EACH as one of their chosen charities for 2024.

The gifts will play a key role in EACH’s much-loved Winter Wonderland events, which offer members of the public a chance to get Christmassy and meet Santa Claus. These festive fundraisers are taking place on Sunday, 8th December, at EACH’s three hospices: The Nook, near Norwich; Milton, near Cambridge; and The Treehouse, in Ipswich.

Instead of plugging in headphones or burying heads in books while travelling on public transport, residents in the East of England are actually striking up conversations with strangers, as new research shows over a third (36%) have made long-lasting friendships with people they have met on the bus.

Services will be revised throughout the holiday period and will vary by area. A summary of changes to First Bus South’s timetables over the festive period are below:

First Bus South Commercial Director, James Eustace, said: “If you’re using our buses over the festive period, there will be some changes and reductions to our services, to give our hard-working staff some well-earned time off. I’d like to say thanks to all our customers who have travelled with us during the past year. We look forward to serving you on our routes in 2025 and beyond.”