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Service 21 Diversion

30 Jun 2020 (Hadleigh)

Service 21 will be diverted via Long Road on Canvey due to the Western Esplanade being closed for roadworks. This will be until 3rd July. We will not be able to serve Thorney Bay...

8A Diversion

24 Jun 2020 (Basildon)

Due to roadworks on Luncies Road by the White Horse we are having to divert via Pitsea Road after Pitsea Broadway. Passengers for Luncies Rd and Sandon Rd will need to use the 8...

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Planned changes

Service 26 Diversion

1 Jul 2020 (Hadleigh)

Due to the closure of Woodgrange Drive for Gasworks Service 26 will be diverted along Southchurch Road. This Diversion will be in place from 1st July 2020 until 27th July 2020.

Mesea Tide Charts - July 2020

1 Jul 2020 (Colchester)

SERVICE 67/68 EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH TIDES AT WEST MERSEA DUE TO EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH TIDES THE FOLLOWING SERVICES FROM COLCHESTER OSBORNE STREET FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2020 WILL...

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Picture by John Lidstone Finally, after weeks of planning, dedication and scrutinising blueprints of bus liveries from 90 years ago, one of First Essex’s buses has been transformed with a nostalgic external livery dating back to the 1930s in tribute to Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services who...

15 Jun

£500 raised for NHS Appeal @ Hadleigh Depot

(all areas)

Well done Tom Read & Sean Greenwood for organising a hugely successful raffle at Hadleigh depot! £250 was raised locally, and matched by First Bus, bringing the total to a massive £500. All proceeds have gone to a very deserving NHS Appeal to fund projects such as: · ...

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