Services 21/21A/Z3 | Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea | Road closure

2nd Apr 2025South Essex

Location

Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea
Cause

Roadworks
Responsibility

Cadent
Effective

07/04/2025 - 18/04/2025

Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea will be closed for roadworks from Monday 7th April to Friday 18th April 2025.

Due to the location of the road closure the 21, 21A and Z3 services will divert in both directions via Queensway (A1160) and Southchurch Avenue.

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

Nicholson House
Tyrrel Drive
Southchurch Avenue Corner (towards Southend-on-Sea direction only)

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

Service X20 | A120 between Marks Farm Roundabout and Marks Tey Roundabout | OVERNIGHT road closure

The A120, between Marks Farm Roundabout and Marks Tey Roundabout will be closed for overnight roadworks from Thursday 3rd April to Friday 4th April 2025 - from 20:00hrs to 05:00hrs the next morning.

Due to the location of the roadworks the X20 service will divert in both directions via the A12, Halstead Road/Colchester Road (A1124) and A131.

The following bus stops will not be served in both directions:

Marks Tey, Station Road
Marks Tey, Ashbury Drive
Marks Tey, Godmans Lane
Marks Tey, Poplars Nurseries
Little Tey, Godbolt's Farm
Little Tey, Church Lane
Little Tey, Salmons Lane
Coggeshall, The Kings Arms
Coggeshall, The Surrex Inn
Coggeshall, Lee's Farm
Coggeshall, Colne Road
Coggeshall, Gurton Road
Coggeshall, Wisdoms Green
Coggeshall, Church Green
Coggeshall, Church Street Co-op
Coggeshall, Vane Lane
Coggeshall, Market Hill
Coggeshall, Paycockes House
Coggeshall, Nursery
Bradwell, Mill View
Bradwell, The Swan
Bradwell, Bridge Hall Road
Bradwell, The Dolphin
Bradwell, Cherry Lane

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey

Services 21/21A/Z3 | Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea | Road closure

Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea will be closed for roadworks from Monday 7th April to Friday 18th April 2025.

Due to the location of the road closure the 21, 21A and Z3 services will divert in both directions via Queensway (A1160) and Southchurch Avenue.

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

Nicholson House
Tyrrel Drive
Southchurch Avenue Corner (towards Southend-on-Sea direction only)

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

Service 75 | Shrub End Road, Stanway | DAILY road closures

Shrub End Road, Stanway is closed for roadworks from Monday 7th April to Thursday 17th April 2025.

The road is to be closed from 10:00hrs each morning and is to re-open from 15:00hrs each afternoon.

Due to the location of the road closure - the 75 service will divert in both directions via Walnut Tree Way, Iceni Way, Paxman Avenue and Gosbecks Road.

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

Leather Bottle
The Huntsman

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

Services B4 & 1A | Wickford Avenue/Halstow Way, Basildon | Road closure

The junctions of Wickford Avenue and Halstow Way with Rectory Road are closed for roadworks from Saturday 5th April to Friday 16th May 2025.

Due to the location of the road closure the B4 and 1A services will be placed on diversion:

B4

Service B4 will divert in both directions via Pitsea Road and High Road. The following bus stops will not be served in both directions:

Chevers Pawen
Chalvedon School
Dover Way
Howards Park

1A

Service 1A will divert in both directions via Rectory Road. The following bus stops will not be served in both directions:

Kenneth Road
Halstow Way
Elham Drive
Throwley Close

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

MULTIPLE Colchester services | Park Road/Lexden Road, Colchester | OVERNIGHT road closure

Park Road/Lexden Road, Colchester is closed from 20:00hrs on Thursday 10th April to 05:00hrs on Friday 11th April 2025.

Lexden Road will be inaccessible.

Due to the location of the road closure the S2, 71, X71, 88, 88A and X20 services will divert in both directions via Balkerne Hill, Westway, Colne Bank and Cymbeline Way.

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

Essex County Hospital
Beverley Road
The Avenue
Park Road
Fitzwalter Road
Glen Avenue
Church
The Crown

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.

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 and the NEW network map for Maldon.

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.