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Heath Road, Eight Ash Green will be closed for roadworks from Wednesday 28th February to Friday 1st March 2024 (between 08:00 and 16:00 on a daily basis).

Due to the location of the road closure, the 83/83B and 88B services will divert, in both directions, via Halstead Road (A1124) and Wood Lane.

The following stops will not be served, in both directions, whilst the diversion is in place:

• The Walk
• Huxtables Lane
• The Cricketers
• Heath Cottages
• Wood Lane

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

Station Road, Earls Colne will be closed for roadworks from Tuesday 13th February to Thursday 15th February 2024, between the hours of 09:30 and 15:30.

Services 82/82A/82B, travelling towards Colne Engaine, will turnaround in De Vere Road and wait/resume normal service at Atlas Road bus stop (at registered timetabled time).

For the duration of the road closure the following bus stops will not be served (in both directions):

• Oddcroft
• Brook Street
• The Green

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

Maldon Road, Danbury will be closed to traffic on a nightly basis (between 20:00 and 05:00) from Tuesday 6th February to Monday 12th February 2024.

Due to the location of the roadworks, the 31-331-332 services will divert, in both directions via Bicknacre Road and the B1418.

The following bus stops will not be served whilst the diversion is in place:

• Eves Corner (E-bound)
• The Avenue
• Runsell Green
• The Royal Oak
• Oak Corner (NW-bound)

We apologise for the disruption to your bus journey.

Introducing the Elland Lines

We're enhancing our services for quicker and more frequent journeys connecting Huddersfield, Elland and Halifax.

Buses up to every 7/8 mins | from 4.00am until midnight | connections 7 days a week

Colne Road, Halstead will be closed from the Tuesday 13th February to Thursday 15th February 2024 for roadworks.

Due to the location of the roadworks the 370 service will divert (in both directions) after Sloe Hill/Chapel Hill via Trinity Street (A131) and terminate at Butler Road Car Park.

Whilst the service is on diversion the following bus stops will not be served:

Between the 12 & 16 February the Southbound carriageway of Marketway in Portsmouth will be closed OVERNIGHT. The closure is between the hours of 10pm and 6am and will affect services 3, 7 & 8 which will be diverted via Holbrook Road, Arundel Street to Commercial Road South. The bus stop at Cornmill street will not be served during this closure. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused during these works.

First East of England is Celebrating its Apprentices

It’s National Apprenticeship Week (5th to 11th February) and we are taking this opportunity to celebrate our amazing apprentices and industry leading apprenticeship schemes.