Service 13/13A/13B: Wickford to Chelmsford
First Essex operates the Service 13/13A/13B bus service which travels between Wickford and Chelmsford; a convenient route for students travelling to and from school in Chelmsford.
The service operates, at school opening and closure times, Monday to Friday. The current 13/13A/13B timetable can be found here
Tickets:
We offer a ticket type which is calculated in-line with the school calendar year (and school opening and closure times). The price of this service can be discounted with the purchase of bulk travel.
- Wickford/Downham/Ramsden Heath to Chelmsford Schools
We have you covered for the academic year 2024/2025:
Annual*:
Valid 2th September 2024 to 22nd July 2025; providing travel on Service 13/13A/13B between Wickford and Chelmsford Schools (Monday to Friday). *Please note. you will receive one ticket which will be valid for the 2024/2025 academic year.
Term:
Autumn Term: 2nd September 2024 to 20th December 2024
Spring Term: 6th January 2025 to 4th April 2025
Summer Term: Valid 22nd April 2025 to 22nd July 2025
All prices exclude half-term breaks and school holidays.
If a student travels without a valid bus pass they will be asked to pay the on-bus fare with cash.
Where to buy:
Select and purchase your ticket via our website.
Your ticket is now issued as a travel card (utilising smart card technology). For all your travel card FAQS, please visit: www.firstbus.co.uk/essex/smart
The ticket will be pre-loaded, on the travel card, and dispatched in the next available post (1st class delivery).
Travel Alerts
Service 46 | Vicarage Road, Roxwell | Road closure
A section of Vicarage Road, Roxwell will be closed for daily roadworks from Monday 2nd September to Thursday 12th September 2024.
The road is to be closed from 09:30hrs to 15:30hrs each day.
Due to the location of the road closure, the 46 service will divert (in both directions) via Boyton Cross and Boyton Cross Lane.
The following bus stops will not be served in both directions:
- The Hare
- Green Lane
- Village Hall
- St Michael's Drive
We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.
Services 71 and X71 | A12 - Junction 22 entry/exit slip roads | Road closure
The entry/exit slip roads at Junction 22, A12 (Witham) will be closed for works, on a nightly basis, from Monday 2nd September to Friday 7th September 2024.
The road is to be closed from 21:00hrs each night to 05:00hrs the next morning.
Due to the location of the road closure, the 71 and X71 services will be placed on diversion:
Towards Chelmsford
Services 71 and X71 will divert past Witham and continue on the A12 towards Hatfield Peverel. Services will exit the A12 at junction 20B and then re-join the A12 - northbound direction. Services will leave the A12 at junction 21 and continue diversion via Hatfield Road, Newland Street and The Grove (circumnavigating the roundabout) before returning to normal line of route on Newland Street.
The following bus stops will be not be served:
- Freebournes Road
- Crittall Road
- Avenue Road
Towards Colchester
Services 71 and X71 will divert via The Grove (circumnavigating the roundabout), back along Newland Street and Hatfield Road before using exit slip road at junction 21 to join the A12 - northbound direction. The next bus stop will be Crabb's Lane.
The following bus stops will not be served:
- Avenue Road
- Crittall Road
- Freebournes Road
We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.
Service 104 | High Street, Manningtree | Road closure
A section of High Street, Manningtree will be closed for roadworks from Sunday 8th September to Sunday 15th September 2024.
Due to the location of the road closure, the 104 service will divert (in both directions) via Long Road and New Road.
The following bus stops will not be served in both directions:
- Waldegrave Way
- Edgefield Avenue
- Manningtree School
- Sports Centre
- Riverview
- The Skinners Arms
- Kiln Lane
We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.
Service X30 | Eastwood Road, Rayleigh | Road closure
Eastwood Road, Rayleigh will be closed for overnight roadworks from Monday 2nd September to Wednesday 4th September 2024.
The road is to be closed from 20:00hrs to 05:00hrs the next morning.
Due to the location of the road closure, the X30 service will divert (in both directions) via High Street, High Road, Rayleigh Weir Roundabout, A127 and Progress Road.
The following bus stops will not be served in both directions:
- Eastwood Road
- Eastwood Rise
We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.
Service 370 | Hedingham Road, Gosfield | Road closure
Hedingham Road, Gosfield will be closed for overnight roadworks from Wednesday 28th August to Friday 13th September 2024.
The road is to be closed from 20:00hrs each night to 05:00hrs the next morning.
Due to the location of the road closure, the 370 service will divert (in both directions) via the A131 / Halstead Road-Mount Hill.
The following bus stops will not be served (in both directions):
- Gosfield Road
- Iron Pear Tree Farm
- Gosfield Eaves
- Peterfield's Lane
- Tennis Courts
- Park Lane
- The Post Office
- Church Road
- Gosfield Corner
- Halstead Road
- School
- Russell's Road
- Whiteash Green
- Tumblewoods
- Fosters Ley
- Bird in Hand
We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.
Services S2-S6-S7-1A-71/X-75-88/A-X20 | Maldon Road Roundabout, Colchester | Road closure
Maldon Road Roundabout, Colchester will be closed for overnight works from Thursday 5th September to Thursday 12th September 2024.
The road is to be closed from 20:00hrs each night to 06:00hrs the next morning.
Due to the location of the road closure, the S2, S6, S7, 1A, 71, 71X, 75, 88, 88A and X20 services will be placed on diversion:
S2, 71, 71X, 88, 88A & X20
Services will divert, in both directions, via Head Street, North Hill, Middleborough, Westway and Cymbeline Way.
The following bus stops will not be served:
- Crouch Street
- Essex County Hospital
- Beverley Road
- The Avenue
- Park Road
- Fitzwalter Road
- Glen Avenue
- Church
- The Crown
S6 & S7
Services will divert, in both directions, via Stanwell Street, Southway, Mersea Road, Napier Road, Circular Road North and Circular Road West.
The following bus stops will not be served:
- St John's Street
- Crouch Street
- Maldon Court
- Salisbury Avenue
- Police Station
1A
Towards Ambrose Avenue:
The 1A service will divert via Stanwell Street, Southway, Mersea Road, Napier Road, Circular Road North and Circular Road West, Butt Lane and Drury Road before returning to normal line of route on Shrub End Road. The following bus stops will not be served: St John's Street, Crouch Street, Maldon Court, Creffield Road, Ireton Road and Cambridge Road.
Towards Colchester City Centre:
The 1A service will stay on Maldon Road and then divert via Beaconsfield Avenue and Butt Lane before returning to normal line of route on Headgate. The following bus stop will not be served: Maldon Road.
75
The 75 service will divert, in both directions, via Stanwell Street, Southway, Mersea Road, Napier Road, Circular Road North and Circular Road West, Butt Lane and Drury Road. The following bus stops will not be served: St John's Street, Crouch Street, Maldon Court, Creffield Road, Ireton Road, Cambridge Road, Capel Road and Maldon Road.
We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.
Service X20 | A120 between Bishops Stortford and Braintree | OVERNIGHT road closures
Service update was amended on 20/08/2024 | Reason for amendment: The road closure end date has been extended from Monday 2nd September 2024 to Wednesday 4th September 2024.
The A120, between Bishops Stortford and Braintree will be closed for works, on a nightly basis, from Monday 24th June 2024 to Wednesday 4th September 2024 - from 20:00hrs each night to 06:00hrs the next morning.
Due to the location of the roadworks the X20 service will be placed on diversion:
Towards Stansted Airport
The X20 service will divert, after serving adj Tortoiseshell Way bus stop, via Pod's Brook Road, Rayne Road, The Street, Dunmow Road, B1256, B1008, Stortford Road, B1256 and Parsonage Road before returning to normal line of route.
Towards Colchester
The X20 service will divert via Parsonage Road, B1256, Stortford Road, B1008, B1256, Dunmow Road, The Street, Rayne Road and Pod's Brook Road before returning to normal line of route at opp Tortoiseshell Way bus stop.
The following bus stops will not be served, in both directions, whilst service is placed on diversion:
- Oak Industrial Estate
- Gatehouse Villas
- Station Road
- High Street
- Stortford Road
- The Queen Victoria
- Woodside Way
We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.
Service Changes from Sunday 1st September 2024 - All Essex
A few bus services will be changing from Sunday 1st September 2024.
In summary:
- There will be some minor timetable changes to improve punctuality.
- We are introducing two NEW routes (schoolday only) to our network.
Service Changes:
| Number: | Journey: | Region: | Revision: |
| 20 | Southend-on-Sea to Hullbridge | South Essex | Revised Monday to Friday timetable, to improve punctuality. |
| 28 | Southend-on-Sea to Basildon | South Essex | Minor change on Monday to Friday – the 08:13 journey from Pitsea to Basildon will no longer run. |
| 100 | Basildon to Lakeside | South Essex | Revised Monday to Friday timetable, to improve punctuality. |
| 300 | Basildon to Chelmsford | South Essex | Revised Monday to Friday timetable, to improve punctuality. |
| 561 | Basildon to Chelmsford (School) | South Essex | Revised schoolday timetable. |
| 725 | Basildon to Southend-on-Sea (School) | South Essex | Revised schoolday timetable. |
| X10 | Basildon to Stansted Airport | South Essex | Minor change to the early evening timetable, between Basildon and Wickford. No changes to the journeys serving Stansted Airport. |
| 19 19A | Chelmsford to Harlow | Mid Essex | Minor change to the timetable, with new Sunday journeys added. |
| 31 331 332 | Chelmsford to Maldon/Burnham-on-Crouch | Mid Essex | Revised Monday to Saturday timetable, to improve punctuality. |
| 46 | Chelmsford to Ongar | Mid Essex | Minor change to the Saturday timetable. |
| 70 170 370 | Chelmsford to Braintree/Halstead | Mid Essex | Minor change to the Monday to Friday morning peak timetable. |
| X20 320 | Colchester to Braintree/Stansted Airport | North Essex | Minor timetable change on Monday to Friday. The route at Stanway is revised, with buses calling at Stanway Sainsburys instead of Tollgate Retail Park. |
| S1 | Highwoods to Wivenhoe | North Essex | Revised Monday to Saturday timetable, to improve punctuality. |
| S2 | Highwoods to Stanway | North Essex | Revised Monday to Saturday timetable, to improve punctuality. |
| S10 | Colchester to Colchester Hospital | North Essex | Revised Monday to Saturday timetable. |
| 102 104 | Colchester to Harwich | North Essex | Revised Monday to Saturday timetable, to improve punctuality. |
| 694 | Colchester to East Bergholt (School) | North Essex |
NEW schoolday service, with one journey in each direction, provided under contract to Essex County Council. This service was previously provided by Hedingham and Chambers. |
All NEW & REVISED timetables are available to view / download below:
Service S1 & 87 | The Avenue, Wivenhoe | Road closure
Service update was amended on 20/08/2024 | Reason for amendment: The road closure is no longer time constricted "The road is to be closed each night from 20:00hrs to 06:00hrs the next morning." The road closure will be enforced at all times.
The Avenue, Wivenhoe will be closed for roadworks, on a nightly basis; from Monday 19th August to Monday 30th September 2024.
Due to the location of the road closure, the S1, and 87 services will be placed on diversion:
S1
The S1 service will divert, in both directions via, Rectory Road and Belle Vue Road.
The following bus stops will not be served (in both directions):
- Wivenhoe Cross
- Rosabelle Avenue
- Co-op
87
The 87 service will divert, in both directions via, Rectory Road.
The following bus stops will not be served (in both directions):
- Wivenhoe Cemetery
- Co-op
- Rosabelle Avenue
- Wivenhoe Cross
We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.
Service 4 | Velizy Avenue, Harlow | Road closure
Velizy Avenue, Harlow is partially closed for roadworks from Monday 29th July to Friday 13th September 2024.
Due to the location of the road closure - Service 4 will be placed on diversion:
Towards Latton Bush
Service 4 will operate to normal line of route.
Towards Harlow Town Railway Station
Service 4 will divert after serving Leisure Centre bus stop, via Third Avenue, Haydens Road, Fourth Avenue and Velizy Avenue before serving Harlow Bus Station.
*All bus stops will be served as normal*
There might be slight service delays due to the length of diversion.
We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.