MULTIPLE Colchester services | Osborne Street, Colchester | OVERNIGHT road closures

31st Mar 2025North Essex

Location

Osborne Street, Colchester
Cause

OVERNIGHT roadworks
Responsibility

Essex County Council
Effective

31/03/2025 - 02/04/2025

Osborne Street, Colchester is closed for overnight roadworks from Monday 31st March to Wednesday 2nd April 2025.

The road is to be closed from 20:00hrs each evening and is to re-open from 06:00hrs each morning.

Due to the location of the road closure (a lane closure) AF bus stop will be unsafe to use.

To board services, that normally pick-up/drop-off at AF bus stop, please use AE bus stop.

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

Service C9 | Rectory Lane/New Street, Chelmsford | OVERNIGHT road closures

Rectory Lane and New Street, Chelmsford are closed for overnight roadworks from Tuesday 8th April to Thursday 17th April 2025.

The road is to be closed from 20:00hrs each evening and is to re-open from 05:00hrs each morning.

Due to the location of the road closure, the C9 service will divert in both directions via Duke Street, Broomfield Road, Parkway and Chelmer Valley Road.

The following bus stop(s) will not be served in both directions:

Chelmsford Station
YMCA
Anglia Ruskin University

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

Service 50 | Berechurch Road, Colchester | DAILY road closure

A section of Berechurch Road, Colchester is closed from Tuesday 1st April to Thursday 3rd April 2025.

The road is to be closed from 09:30hrs each morning and is to re-open from 15:30hrs each afternoon.

Due to the location of the road closure; the 50 service will divert in both directions via Mersea Road, Berechurch Hall Road, Berechurch Road and Daniel Cole Road/Gordon Road.

The following bus stop(s) will not be served in both directions:

The Britannia
Queen Mary Avenue

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

Service S6 | The Folley, Layer-de-la-Haye | Road closure

The Folley, Layer-de-la-Haye is closed for roadworks from Monday 31st March to Friday 11th April 2025.

Due to the location of the roadworks; the S6 service will divert via High Road, Maltings Green Road, Abberton Road, Layer Road, Oxley Hill, Layer Road, Mersea Road, Roman Hill, Blackheath and Berechurch Hall Road before returning to normal line of route on Layer Road.

The following bus stops will be served on the opposite side of the road (towards Colchester):

Les Bois
New Cut
The Fox
Old Forge Road

The following stop(s) will not be served (towards Colchester):

The Folly
Kingsford Farm
Playing Fields
Greenways
Kingsford Cross Roads

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

MULTIPLE Colchester services | Osborne Street, Colchester | OVERNIGHT road closures

Osborne Street, Colchester is closed for overnight roadworks from Monday 31st March to Wednesday 2nd April 2025.

The road is to be closed from 20:00hrs each evening and is to re-open from 06:00hrs each morning.

Due to the location of the road closure (a lane closure) AF bus stop will be unsafe to use.

To board services, that normally pick-up/drop-off at AF bus stop, please use AE bus stop.

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

North Essex

We are making some changes to the Essex bus network from Sunday 20th April 2025. Many of our changes are intended to improve the punctuality of the bus services that we provide. In Colchester, we are combining some services together to provide new connections and in doing this we have made the decision to renumber some services. Scroll down to find downloadable pdf versions of the new timetables.

Key details:

Service:	Journey:	What's changing?
1A	Greenstead to Shrub End	Revised timetable to improve punctuality.
16A	Barnhall to St Helena School	Service in the morning will start from Stanwell Street (Colchester Bus Station).
68 *68A*	Highwoods to West Mersea	Service 68 - the evening timetable has been revised. The Sunday 86 will be re-numbered to 68A.
88/88A/88B	Colchester to Halstead	Revised timetable – the service will run to a 2 hourly frequency during the off-peak period from Monday to Friday and throughout the day on Saturday.
102 104	Colchester to Harwich	Revised timetable to improve the punctuality of the service.
X20 320	Colchester to Stansted Airport	Revised timetable to improve the punctuality of the service.
S1 51	Highwoods to Wivenhoe	Revised timetable to improve the punctuality of the service. There will be more journeys at peak times from Monday to Friday. Service to be renumbered from S1 to 51.
S2 *52*	Highwoods to Stanway	Revised timetable to improve the punctuality of the service. Service to be renumbered from S2 to 52.
S3 *53/53A*	Colchester to West Bergholt	Revised evening timetable. The NEW 53A service will operate from West Bergholt to Old Heath, Stalin Road. Daytime services are renumbered from S3 to 53 and will now run as one service all the way through from West Bergholt to Rowhedge.
S4 *54*	Colchester to Greenstead	Revised timetable to run at an improved frequency of up to every 7 to 8 minutes, during the day, from Monday to Saturday.
S5	Colchester to Greenstead	WITHDRAWN. This service will no longer operate.
S6/S7 *56/57*	Colchester to Shrub End/St. Michaels	Revised timetable - Services to be renumbered from S6 to 56 and S7 to 57.
S8 *55*	Colchester to Monkwick	Revised timetable - Services to be renumbered from S8 to 55 and 86 to 55A. A small number of 55/55A Monday to Friday peak journeys to start/end at Colchester Hospital.
86 *55A*	Colchester to West Mersea (via Monkwick)	Service 86 is replaced by the NEW 55A service - journeys will provide an hourly service through to West Mersea.
S9 *53*	Colchester to West Bergholt	Service to be renumbered from S9 to 53. The 53 service will operate as one service from Rowhedge to West Bergholt during the day. Evening tendered journeys will terminate at North Station.
S10	Colchester to Colchester Hospital	WITHDRAWN. This service will no longer operate.

All NEW & REVISED timetables are available to view / download here →

Mid Essex

We are making some changes to the Essex bus network from Sunday 20th April 2025. Many of our changes are intended to improve the punctuality of the bus services that we provide. Additionally, we are introducing a NEW Monday to Sunday hourly route - Service 333 from Chelmsford to Heybridge via Maldon. This will provide a 30-minute frequency service from Maldon to Chelmsford from Monday to Saturday. Scroll down to find downloadable pdf versions of the new timetables.

Key details:

Service	Journey	What's changing?
C1	Galleywood to Broomfield Hospital	Minor changes to the timetable.
C2	Chelmsford to Broomfield Hospital	Revised Monday to Friday timetable, to improve punctuality. Some departure times will change. Customers are advised to check the new timetable prior to travel.
C3	Chelmsford to North Melbourne	Revised Monday to Friday timetable, to improve punctuality. Some departure times will change. Customers are advised to check the new timetable prior to travel.
C7	Chelmsford to Oxney Green	Revised Monday to Friday timetable, to improve punctuality. Some departure times will change. Customers are advised to check the new timetable prior to travel.
C8	Chelmsford to Beaulieu Park	Revised Monday to Friday timetable, to improve punctuality. Some departure times will change. Customers are advised to check the new timetable prior to travel.
C11	Chelmsford to Springfield	Revised Monday to Friday timetable, to improve punctuality. Some departure times will change. Customers are advised to check the new timetable prior to travel.
3 *3A	Chelmsford to Southend	Minor timetable changes to improve the punctuality of the 3 service. An additional 3A service will operate during the daytime from Monday to Saturday between Southend and Leigh Church, via Carlton Avenue to replace the 21 service (which is changing to the 26 service).
31/331/332 *333*	Chelmsford to Burnham-on-Crouch	We are introducing a NEW Monday to Sunday hourly route *Service 333* from Chelmsford to Heybridge via Maldon, serving the Westcombe Park area of Heybridge. This will provide a 30-minute frequency service from Maldon to Chelmsford from Monday to Saturday. An hourly service to Maldon will be provided on a Sunday alongside the existing 332 service to Burnham-on-Crouch.
71/X71/371/372	Chelmsford to Colchester	The timetable will be revised to improve punctuality. On school days, a new 16.15 departure will run as service 372 between Chelmsford and Colchester.
*X70*	Colchester to Chelmsford	Additional journey on schooldays only departing at 14:20 from Colchester to Chelmsford.

All NEW & REVISED timetables are available to view / download here →

South Essex

Key details:

Service	Journey	What's changing?
9	Basildon to Brentwood	Revised Monday to Saturday timetable to improve punctuality. Departure times have been revised. Customers are advised to check the new timetable prior to travel.
20	Southend to Hullbridge	Revised Monday to Friday timetable to improve punctuality. Some morning journeys will depart earlier than at present. Customers are advised to check the new timetable prior to travel.
21/21A/21S	Southend to Canvey Island	We are also planning to make some changes to services 21 / 21A in the Southend area and the 200 / 201 in the Thurrock area, details of which will published here soon
25	Southend to Basildon	Revised Monday to Friday timetable to improve punctuality. Some morning journeys will depart earlier than at present. Customers are advised to check the new timetable prior to travel.
27	Southend to Canvey, Leigh Beck	Revised Monday to Friday timetable to improve punctuality, with revised departure times from Southend in the morning and afternoon, to improve co-ordination with service 28.
28	Southend to Basildon	Revised Monday to Friday timetable to improve punctuality, with revised departure times from Southend in the morning and afternoon, to improve co-ordination with service 27.
63	Rayleigh to Great Wakering	Revised timetable for punctuality, with some departure times amended. Customers are advised to check the new timetable prior to travel.
100	Basildon to Lakeside	Revised Monday to Friday timetable to improve punctuality. Some morning journeys will depart earlier than at present. The Sunday timetable is also revised. Customers are advised to check the new timetable prior to travel.
200/201	Basildon to Grays	We are also planning to make some changes to services 200 & 201 in the Thurrock area, details of which will published here soon
300	Chelmsford to Basildon	Revised Monday to Friday timetable to improve punctuality. Some morning journeys will depart earlier than at present.
Z3/Z4	Southend/Pitsea to Tilbury	There are no changes to the timetable. However, this will operate as a closed service for Amazon staff only.

All NEW & REVISED timetables are available to view / download here →

Services 71/371 | London Road, Feering | OVERNIGHT road closures

London Road, Feering is closed for overnight roadworks from Wednesday 26th March to Wednesday 2nd April 2025.

The road is to be closed from 20:00hrs each evening and is to re-open from 06:00hrs each morning.

Due to the location of the road closure, the 71 and 371 services will divert in both directions via the B1024 and A120*.

The following bus stop(s) will not be served in both directions:

The Railway Tavern (towards Chelmsford only)
Feering Hill
Gore Pit Corner
New Lane
Prested Hall
Marks Tey Office

*The following EVENING journeys between Colchester and Kelvedon ONLY will divert via Feering Road/Coggeshall Road.

EVENING journey - departing from Colchester, Osborne Street to Kelvedon at 20:05
EVENING journey - departing from Colchester, Osborne Street to Kelvedon at 22:05

Journeys will terminate/recommence at New Lane bus stop. The following bus stops will not be served: Gore Pit Corner, Feering Hill, The Railway Tavern, Trews Garden, The Institute, Kelvedon Post Office and London Road.

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

ALL Colchester services | St Botolph's Street, Colchester | EMERGENCY road closure

*UPDATED* 01/04/2025: The emergency road closure of St Botolph's Street, Colchester has been extended from 31/03/2025 to 17/04/2025.

St Botolph's Street, Colchester is closed for emergency roadworks from Tuesday 25th March to Thursday 17th April 2025.

Due to the location of the road closure - the bus station on Osborne Street, is not accessible via St Botolph's Street Roundabout. The following services will be placed on diversion:

Bus No.	Direction of route:	Diversion route:
S1	To Highwoods	The S1 service will divert via Southway and Headgate.
S3	To West Bergholt	The S3 service will divert via Southway and Headgate.
S4	To Greenstead	The S4 service will divert via Southway and Headgate.
S5	To Greenstead	The S5 service will divert via St Johns Street.
S8	To Monkwick	The S8 service will divert via Southway and Headgate, Head Street, High Street, Queen Street and Osborne Street.
S8	To Colchester General Hospital	The S8 service will divert via Southway and Headgate and Head Street.
67	To Colchester, Osborne Street	The 67 service will divert via Southway, Headgate, St Johns Street and Stanwell Street.
68	To Highwoods	The 68 service will divert via Southway and Headgate, Head Street, High Street, Queen Street and Osborne Street.
69A	To Colchester, Osborne Street	The 69A service will divert via Southway and Headgate, Head Street, High Street, Queen Street and Osborne Street.
86	To Colchester, Osborne Street	The 86 service will divert via Southway and Headgate, Head Street, High Street, Queen Street and Osborne Street.
104	To Colchester, Stanwell Street	The 104 service will divert via Southway and Headgate.
X20	To Colchester Railway Station	EVENING journeys only. The X20 service will divert via Southway and Headgate, Head Street, High Street, Queen Street and Osborne Street.

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

Service 31/331 | Burnham Road, Latchingdon | Road closure

Burnham Road, Latchingdon is closed from Tuesday 25th March to Wednesday 2nd April 2025.

Due to the location of the road closure the 31 and 331 services will divert in both directions via Steeple Road, Grange Avenue and Green Lane.

The following bus stop(s) will not be served in both directions:

The Village Hall
Greenacres

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.