• Location
    Essex
  • Effective
    29/03/2024 - 02/04/2024

During the Easter weekend (March 29th – April 1st), we will be operating to the following timetables across our networks:

Date

Service Level

Good Friday 29th March

Normal Sunday Service*

Saturday 30th March

Normal Saturday Service

Easter Sunday 31st March

Normal Sunday Service

Easter Monday 1st April

Normal Sunday Service*

*except for X30, which will follow a Saturday timetable on Good Friday and Easter Monday. The overnight X30 timetable on Saturday 30th March to Sunday 31st March is also adjusted due to the transition from GMT to BST.

From Tuesday 2nd April 2023, all our buses will run to their normal timetables.

Please make sure to plan your journey ahead and take advantage of the journey planner tool.
Click here for timetables

First Essex would like to wish all our customers a safe & happy Easter


Service X20 and X30 | Clocks go forward Sunday 31st March 2024.

The X20 and X30 schedule for Saturday night/Sunday morning (March 30th/31st) will be adjusted for the clock change.

BST= British Summer Time

GMT= Greenwich Mean Time

Service X20 schedule:

Towards Colchester:

  • 0045 from Stansted will change to BST on route so at Braintree, Tortoiseshell Way it will arrive 0214 arriving at Colchester 0255.
  • The 0245 GMT will depart 0345 BST.
  • The 0500 GMT will depart 0600 BST.

Towards Stansted:

  • 0125 GMT will depart 0225 BST.
  • 0325 GMT will depart 0425 BST.

Departures after the 0450 will be on BST.

Service X30 schedule:

Southend-on-Sea to Stansted Airport

  • 2355 (GMT) from Southend will also serve Great Dunmow at 0221 (BST) arriving Stansted Airport at 0234 (BST)
  • 0055 (GMT) from Southend will arrive Stansted Airport at 0328 (BST)
  • 0215 from Southend will run an hour later throughout departing at 0315 (BST)
  • 0405 from Southend will instead start from Chelmsford at 0503 (BST)

The timetable will then run as normal on BST times from 0505 journey from Southend.

Stansted Airport to Southend-on-Sea

  • 0040 (GMT) from Stansted Airport will arrive Southend at 0305 (BST)
  • 0230 from Stansted to Southend will not run.
  • 0405 (BST) from Southend will run as normal
  • 0547 (BST) from Chelmsford will start instead from Stansted Airport at 0505 (BST) also serving Barnston at 0518 (BST) and Broomfield Hospital at 0534 (BST) then running at normal times between Chelmsford and Southend.

The timetable will then run as normal on BST times from 0600 journey from Stansted Airport.

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