Services 80-80A-81-81A

Brook Street, Dedham will closed to traffic from Monday 11th December to Friday 15th December 2023.

Due to the location of the road closure, services 80-80A-81-81A will be placed on the following diversions:

80A towards Dedham will divert after B1029 via High Street/Shoebridge S Hill/Grove Hill/Ardleigh Rd/Dedham Rd,Harwich Rd, Coggeshall Rd and Long Rd West before returning to normal line of route at Lamb Corner.

First Essex colleagues donate Christmas gifts to local Children’s Hospice

Colleagues at bus operator First Essex’s Basildon Depot have donated Christmas gifts to those receiving care and support at Little Havens children’s hospice, located in Benfleet, Essex.

Holburn Street will be one way heading into town from the Hardgate Roundabout to Willowbank Road between the hours of 19:00 – 06:00 each night 10 to 12 January.

Services 1,1a,2 to Garthdee/Auchinyell Road
From Holburn Junction:
• right onto Great Western Road (neared bus stop)
• left onto Holburn Road

From Thursday the 14th to Friday the 15th of December, there will be a closure along Station Road, Ilminster between the hours of 21:00 and 06:00.

This will affect service 30.

Buses will be diverting as follows:

From Monday 15th January, we'll be welcoming our Revenue Protection Officers on board our buses in Leicester.

From Monday the 11th of December to Wednesday the 13th of December, there will be a closure along Turnpike Road, Trevenner Lane & Boltern Road, Marazion between the hours of 20:00 and 06:00.

This will affect the U4 service.

Buses will be diverting as follows:

Service 87

Brightlingsea High Street will be closed to traffic from Tuesday 12th December - Saturday 16th December from 19:30-05:00.

During this road closure the 87 service will be diverted:

Towards Brightlingsea - From Bellfield Avenue, left into Chapel Lane, left into Seaview Road, Ladysmith Avenue and terminating (outside Tesco) and restarting from Victoria Place.

During this diversion the following stops will not be served:

Services 102-104

Oakley Road, Wix will be closed to traffic from Tuesday 12th December - Thursday 14th December from 08:00  -16:00

During this road closure the 102 and 104 services will be diverted:

Towards Harwich - From Bradfield Road ahead into Wix Road, Colchester Road, Clacton Road, Wix Road and left onto Harwich Road (B1414) and return to line of route.

Towards Colchester - From Harwich Road right into Wix Road, Clacton Road, Colchester Road, Wix Road and Bradfield Road and return to line to route.

Services 83-83B-88B

Heath Road, Eight Ash Green will be closed to traffic from Tuesday 12th December - Thursday 14th December at all times.

During this closure the 83-83B-88B services will be diverted:

Towards Halstead - From Halstead Road continues past Spring Lane, right into Wood Lane , Fiddlers Hill and return to line of route.

Towards Colchester - From Wood Lane, past Heath Road, left onto Halstead Road and return to line of route.

During this diversion the following stops will not be served: