Service Changes from 20th April 2025 - North Essex

North Essex

  • Effective
    20/04/2025 - 30/09/2025

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 and the NEW network maps for Essex and Colchester.

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.
87 Horkesley Heath to Brightlingsea Revised timetable with extra afternoon peak journeys towards Brightlingsea.

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 Colchester to Greenstead WITHDRAWN.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 →

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