List of bus routes in Essex

This is list of bus routes in the county of Essex, England.

Introduction

• Information is incomplete - this is just a guide to Essex bus routes (please see Traveline South East for more information such as route planners and timetables, as well as Essex County Council Public Transport Information).
• Route numbers which are hyperlinked are links to a profile of that route.
• Transport for London routes which include sections in Essex are listed here. (These are marked TfL in the 'Notes' section).
• Bus routes in Thurrock (a unitary authority in Essex) are listed here.
• Routes marked use easy access buses which are accessible to the disabled. Please note operators may occasionally use step-entrance buses to temporarily replace other buses when they are not available. All TfL services are guaranteed easy access and fully wheelchair accessible.
• On Bank Holiday Mondays, Good Fridays and around Christmas, a Sunday service usually operates.

Route list

Routes 1-99

Route Number	From	To	Via	Operator	Notes
1	Shoeburyness Renown	Rayleigh Station	Southend	Arriva Southend	Does not operate between Southend and Shoeburyness on Sundays.
1	Shrub End Ambrose Avenue	Greenstead Elm Crescent or Hamlet Drive	Colchester Town Centre	Network Colchester, First Essex
1	Harlow Bus Station	Katherines & Sumners	Staple Tye	Arriva Shires & Essex	Circular. Essex County Council contract
1	Ashen Village Hall	Sudbury Bus Station	Little Yeldham	Hedingham Omnibuses	Thursdays
1 1A	Pitsea Broadway East	Basildon Bus Station	Basildon Whitmore Way	Stephensons of Essex, Executive Minibuses
1 1A 1B	Oxney Green Ongar Road	Canvey Island Leigh Beck	Chelmsford	Regal Busways
2	Southend Travel Centre	Basildon Bus Station	Hadleigh	First Essex
2	Severalls Park The Crescent	Horkesley Heath Malvern Way		Network Colchester, First Essex
2C	Colchester General Hospital	Highwoods Tesco	Colchester Town Centre	First Essex	Sundays Essex County Council Contract
2	Clacton Pier Avenue	Mistley Rigby Avenue	Little Bentley	Hedingham Omnibuses	Essex County Council contract
2	Tillingham Square	Southend Seaway Coach Park	Bradwell-on-Sea	Fords Coaches	Alternate Thursdays
2 3	Harlow Town Station	Staple Tye	Harlow Bus Station Passmores	Arriva Shires and Essex	Circular
3	Canvey Island Leigh Beck	Southend Travel Centre (only towards Canvey Island) / Hadleigh Bus Depot	South Benfleet	First Essex	Essex County Council contract
3	Tillingham Square	Chelmsford Bus Station	Bradwell-on-Sea	Fords Coaches	Alternate Fridays
3	Hythe Tesco	Colchester High Street	Bridgebrook Greenstead	Hedingham Omnibuses
3 3A 3B	Oxney Green Ongar Road Chelmsford Bus Station	Southend Travel Centre	Leigh-on-Sea, Rayleigh	Regal Busways
3 4	Harwich Bus Station	Clacton-on-Sea Pier Avenue	Thorpe-le-Soken	First Essex	Essex County Council contract
4	Stanway Medical Centre	Colchester High Street	Prettygate	Hedingham Omnibuses
4	Little Baddow Spring Close	Maldon Tesco	Woodham Walter	Hedingham Omnibuses	Thursdays & Saturdays Malbus. Essex County Council contract.
4 Circular	Pinnacles Flex Meadow Harlow Bus Station	Latton Bush Tysea Road	Bush Fair	Arriva Shires & Essex
4 4A	Southend Travel Centre	Landwick Police Lodge	Southchurch	Arriva Southend
5	Lexden Heath Road	Colchester General Hospital	Colchester Town Centre	Network Colchester
5	Southend Travel Centre	Basildon Bus Station Lakeside Shopping Centre	Pitsea, Basildon, Grays	Arriva Southend
5	Basildon Bus Station	Pitsea Tesco	Felmores	First Essex, Clintona Minicoaches
5	Perry Green South End	Harlow Bus Station	Much Hadham Hunsdon	C.G. Myall & Son	Saturdays Hertfordshire County Council contract.
5	Burnham Clock Tower	Southend Seaway Coach Park	Southminster South Woodham	Fords Coaches	Alternate Thursdays
5	Sible Hedingham Swan	Sudbury Bus Station	Castle Hedingham	Hedingham Omnibuses	Thursdays Essex County Council contract
5	Saffron Walden Tesco	Bishops Stortford Interchange	Stansted Airport Hatfield Heath	Excel Coaches
5 6	Holland-on-Sea Fleetwood Avenue	Bockings Elm Dedham Avenue	Clacton-on-Sea	First Essex
6	Latton Bush Spinning Wheel Mead	Harlow Princess Alexandra Hospital	Harlow Bus Station	Arriva Shires & Essex	Some journeys operated under contract to Essex CC.
6	Burnham Clock Tower	Chelmsford Bus Station	Southminster	Fords Coaches
6	Colchester Grange Way	Colchester Town Centre	Old Heath	Network Colchester	Circular
6	Southend Travel Centre	Garon Park Archer Avenue	Southend	Stephensons of Essex	Sundays & Holiday Mondays
6A	Belfairs Woodcutters	Leigh Station	North Leigh	Arriva Southend
7	Saffron Walden Station Street	Cottenham Victory Way	Cambridge	Stagecoach Cambridgeshire
7	Churchgate Street Hobbs Cross Road	Sumners Farm Parsloe Road	Old Harlow Harlow Bus Station	Arriva Shires & Essex	Circular
7 7A	Bishops Stortford Station	Stansted Airport	Stansted Mountfitchet	Centrebus
7 7A 7B	Ivy Chimneys Spotted Dog	Chelmsford Bus Station	Epping, Ongar	Regal Busways
7A	Ongar Two Brewers / Epping Church	Harlow Bus Station	Epping, Epping Green, Roydon	Regal Busways	Also see Regal Busways route 7A above.
7 8	Shoeburyness Renown	Rayleigh Station	Southend	Arriva Southend
7 7X 8	Clacton Pier Avenue	Walton The Naze	Frinton on Sea, Kirby Le Soken	First Essex
8	Toppesfield Pump	Haverhill Bus Station	Stambourne Steeple Bumpstead	Hedingham Omnibuses	Fridays Essex County Council Contract
8	Harlow Bus Station	Old Harlow	Mark Hall	Arriva Shires & Essex	Circular
8 8A 8B 8C	Pitsea Broadway East	Laindon Fenton Way	Basildon	First Essex, Blue Triangle	Circulars
8 8A	Monkwick Gosfield Road	High Woods Tesco	Colchester	Network Colchester
8C	Monkwick Gosfield Road	Colchester General Hospital	Colchester	First Essex	Sundays, Essex County Council Contract
8E	Monkwick Gosfield Road	Horkesley Heath Malvern Way	Colchester	First Essex	Evenings, Essex County Council Contract
9	Great Holland Ship	Walton Columbine Centre	Frinton (Old Road)	Hedingham Omnibuses	Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays Essex County Council Contract
9	Shoeburyness East Beach	Rayleigh Station	Southend	Arriva Southend
9 10	Great Bardfield Alienor Avenue	Braintree Bus Park / Great Notley Panners Farm	Braintree	Burtons Coaches, Hedingham Omnibuses	Essex County Council Contract
10	Cornish Hall End	Braintree Bus Park	Stambourne, Bocking	Hedingham Omnibuses
10	Chrishall Memorial	Bishops Stortford Interchange	Clavering	Richmonds Coaches	Hertfordshire County Council contract
10	Harlow Town Station Harlow Bus Station	Church Langley	Harlow	Arriva Shires & Essex	Circular. Only serves Harlow Town Station during peak hours Also see SM Coaches route 14 which operates the same route.
10	Rayleigh Station	Paglesham Plough & Sail	Hullbridge	Arriva Southend	Wednesdays Supported by Essex County Council
10 11	Great Clacton Telford Road	Jaywick Tower Camp	Clacton	First Essex
11	Basildon Bus Station	Purfleet Station	Ockendon, Stanford-le-Hope	Clintona Minicoaches
11	Highwoods Tesco	Colchester North Station	St. Cyrus Road, Colchester	First Essex	Essex County Council contract
11	Chrishall Memorial	Saffron Walden Common Hill	Langley	Renown Coaches
11	Harlow Staple Tye	Harlow Town Station	Harlow Bus Station	Arriva Shires & Essex	Circular. Essex County Council contract
11A	Chelmsford Bus Station	Sutton Cemetery	Rayleigh, Southend	Regal Busways
11 12	Gosfield Lake Mobile Home Park / Halstead Butler Road	Sudbury Bus Station	Pebmarsh, Bulmer	Beestons	Hail & Ride
12	Old Harlow Post Office	Staple Tye	Harlow	Arriva Shires & Essex	Circular. Essex County Council contract.
12	Clacton Pier Avenue	Jaywick Tower Camp	Jaywick Tudor Estate	First Essex	Also see First routes 10 and 11
12	Shotgate Coach Station	Billericay Sun Corner	Wickford	NIBS
13	Southend Travel Centre	Temple Sutton Cokefield Avenue	Sutton Road	Arriva Southend
13	Walton The Naze	Walton The Naze	Frinton-on-Sea (Old Road), Kirby Cross, Kirby-Le-Soken	First Essex	Circular
13	Halstead Butler Road	Sudbury Bus Station	Pebmarsh	Beestons	Hail & Ride
14	Southend Travel Centre	Foulness Island Churchend Shoeburyness East Beach	Southchurch Barling	Stephensons of Essex	Essex County Council contract. Ministry of Defence permits needed to travel between Landwick Police Lodge and Foulness Island.
14	Tiptree Thurstable	Chelmsford Bus Station	Maldon	Hedingham Omnibuses
14	Harlow Staple Tye	Harlow Templefields	Brays Grove	TWH Bus & Coach	Operates in this direction only (no return journey). Not related to below routes 14/14A.
14	Church Langley	Harlow Town Station	Harlow Bus Station	SM Coaches	Circular. Also see Arriva Shires & Essex route 10 which follows the same route.
14A	Harlow Bus Station	Pinnacles Flex Meadow	Harlow Town Station	SM Coaches	From 25/01/2010
14 15 15A	Wickford Station	Chelmsford Bus Station	South Hanningfield	Regal Busways
15	Lexden Oaklands Avenue	Colchester North Station	Colchester	First Essex	Essex County Council contract
15 15B 16	Southend Travel Centre	Southend Tesco Canvey Island Eastern Esplanade	Rayleigh, South Benfleet	First Essex
16	Wethersfield Green	Chelmsford Bus Station	Felsted, Little Dunmow	Regal Busways
17	Southend Travel Centre	Westcliff Tesco	Southend	Arriva Southend
17	Great Bardfield Alienor Avenue	Saffron Walden Tesco	Finchingfield	First Essex	Essex County Council contract
17 18	Clacton Pier Avenue	Point Clear Holiday Park	Great Clacton	First Essex
17 18	Great Dunmow High Street	Chelmsford Station	Chignall Smealy	Lodge Coaches
18	Saffron Walden High Street	Haverhill Bus Station	Steeple Bumpstead	Freedom Travel
19	Ongar Two Brewers Epping Station	Harlow Bus Station	Potter Street	SM Coaches	Some journeys serve Harlow Town Station . Extended from Epping to Ongar on 18/01/2010.
20	Debden Broadway	Walthamstow Central Station	Loughton, Woodford Green	Arriva London	TfL service
20	Hullbridge Anchor	Southend Travel Centre	Rayleigh, Eastwood	First Essex
20 20A	Parkeston Harwich International	Harwich Bus Station	Dovercourt	First Essex	Essex County Council contract
21	North Benfleet Harrow Road	Basildon Bus Station	Pitsea, Basildon Hospital	NIBS
21 21A	Halstead Colne Road / Bocking Deanery Gardens	Black Notley Bedells Avenue	Braintree	First Essex
21 21A 21B	Canvey Island Eastern Esplanade	Southend Travel Centre	South Benfleet	First Essex
22	Canvey Island Leigh Beck	Basildon Bus Station	South Benfleet, Pitsea	First Essex
22	Aveley Usk Road	Grays Bus Station	Belhus Lakeside Shopping Centre	Ensignbus
22A 22B	Long Meadows Warham Road	Harwich Bus Station	Dovercourt, Parkeston	First Essex	Essex County Council contract
23	Steeple Bumpstead Bendyshe Court	Braintree Bus Park	Helions Bumpstead, Great Bardfield	Hedingham Omnibuses	Essex County Council contract.
24	Southend Archer Avenue	Southend Travel Centre / Rayleigh Asda	Southend Travel Centre	First Essex	Part of route currently on diversion. See route 24D.
24D	Leigh-on-Sea Station	Leigh-on-Sea Woodlands Park	Leigh-on-Sea	First Essex	Replacment service to cover temporary diversion on Service 24 due to roadworks
25	Southend Travel Centre	Basildon Hospital	Rayleigh, Wickford, Basildon	First Essex
25A 25B 25C	Langdon Hills Westley Road	Runwell Church (25A and 25B) Wickford Highcliffe Road (25C only)	Basildon, Wickford	First Essex
26 26A 26B 26C	Canvey Island Creek Road	Southchurch White Horse / Bournes Green	Southend	First Essex
27 27A	Canvey Island Leigh Beck	Temple Sutton Garon Park	South Benfleet, Southend	First Essex
28	Canvey Island Leigh Beck	Benfleet Station	Canvey Island	First Essex
29	Southend Travel Centre	Belfairs Belgrave Road	Fairfax Drive, North Leigh	Arriva Southend
29	Linton Fire Station	Saffron Walden High Street	Ashdon	Viceroy of Essex	Essex County Council contract
30	Braintree Swiss Bell	Beckers Green Templar Road	Braintree, Mountbatten Road	First Essex	Circular
31	Barley Cambridge Road/ Fowlmere Pipers Close	Cambridge Drummer Street	Trumpington	Meridian Line Travel
31 31B 31C	Chelmsford Bus Station	Maldon Milton Road	Danbury	First Essex
31A	Woodham Walter Council Houses Maldon Blackwater Leisure Centre	Chelmsford Bus Station	Little Baddow	Regal Busways	Essex County Council contract (except Saturdays)
31X	Chelmsford Bus Station	Burnham Clock Tower	Maldon	First Essex	Limited stop
32	Chelmsford Bus Station	Ongar Two Brewers	Blackmore	Imperial Buses	Essex County Council contract
33	Chelmsford Bus Station	Bishops Stortford Interchange Stansted Airport	Great Dunmow	First Essex
33	Lakeside Shopping Centre	Grays Bus Station	Chafford Hundred Station , Drake Road	Ensignbus
33	Temple Sutton B&Q	Shoeburyness Blackgate Road	Southchurch, Bournes Green	Arriva Southend
34	Saffron Walden Tesco	Saffron Walden High Street	Saffron Walden	Viceroy of Essex	Circular
34/34A	Braintree Kings Park	Braintree Kings Park	Braintree Bus Park	Regal Busways	Essex County Council contract
36	South Woodham Asda	Chelmsford Bus Station	Woodham Ferrers, Danbury	First Essex
37	South Woodham Asda	South Woodham Station	South Woodham, Inchbonnie Road	Stephensons of Essex	Circular. Essex County Council contract
38	Witham Allectus Way	Witham Redwood Close	Witham, Witham Station	Stephensons of Essex	Circular
39	Witham Collingwood Road	Chipping Hill Church	Witham, Morrisons	Stephensons of Essex	Circular.
40	Chelmsford Dorset Avenue	Chelmsford Bus Station	Meadgate Avenue	First Essex
41	Galleywood West Lawn	Chignall Welland Avenue	Chelmsford	First Essex
42	Galleywood West Lawn	Chelmsford Broomfield Hospital	Chelmsford	First Essex	Also see Essex County Buses route C42, which follows the same route
43	Chrishall Memorial	Royston Bus Station	Barley	Richmonds Coaches	Hertfordshire County Council contract.
44	Lakeside Shopping Centre	Grays Bus Station Orsett Hospital	Purfleet, Grays	Ensignbus, Arriva Southend
44	Halstead Colne Road	Halstead Ronald Road	Halstead Town Centre	Florida Coaches
45 45A	Moulsham Heath Drive	Oxney Green Lodge Road	Chelmsford	First Essex, Regal Busways
46	Moulsham Oaklands Park	Chelmsford Bus Station , Ongar Two Brewers	Roxwell	First Essex	Essex County Council contract
47	Harlow Bus Station	Ongar Two Brewers	Matching Tye	Excel Coaches	Essex County Council contract
47	Chelmer Village New Dukes Way	Chelmsford Broomfield Hospital	Chelmsford	First Essex
48 48A	North Springfield Mountbatten Way	Chelmsford Bus Station	Chelmer Village	First Essex
48B 48C	Boreham Plantation Road (48B), Chelmer Village New Dukes Way	Chelmsford Bus Station	Chelmer Village	First Essex	Circular. Essex County Council contract
50	Great Baddow BAE Systems	Chelmsford Bus Station	Meadgate Avenue	First Essex
50	Malting Green Hawfinch Road	Colchester Bus Station	Maypole Green	Hedingham Omnibuses, First Essex
51	Galleywood West Lawn	Chignall Welland Avenue	Chelmsford	First Essex
52	Temple Grove	Pleshley Back Lane	Galleywood, Chelmsford, Broomfield	Regal Busways	Essex County Council contract
54 54A 54C	Beaulieu Park Shardelow Avenue	North Melbourne Shopping Centre	Chelmsford	First Essex
55	Loughton Station	Harlow Bus Station Ongar Two Brewers	Debden Epping North Weald	TWH Bus & Coach	Loughton to Epping section will begin operations on 21/12/09. Limited service to Ongar. Also see Regal Busways route H1.
55	North Springfield New Bowers Way	Chelmsford Bus Station	Beaulieu Park	First Essex
56 56A	Beaulieu Park Shardelow Avenue	North Melbourne Shopping Centre	Chelmsford	First Essex
59	Harlow Bus Station	Chelmsford Bus Station	Sheering, Hatfield Heath	Arriva Shires & Essex
59	Haverhill Bus Station Saffron Walden High Street	Audley End Station Clavering Supermarket	Saffron Walden	Viceroy of Essex, Four Counties, Burtons
60	Ballards Gore Shepherd & Dog	Southend Travel Centre	Rochford	Stephensons of Essex	Circular
61	Colchester North Station	Wivenhoe Station	Colchester, University Quays	First Essex
61	Fossets Park B&Q	Southend Travel Centre	Sutton Cemetery	Stephensons of Essex
62	Elmdon Cross	Bishops Stortford Interchange	Clavering	Viceroy of Essex	Essex County Council contract.
62	Colchester North Station	Wivenhoe Cemetery	Colchester, Greenstead Road	First Essex
63	St Michaels Estate Earlswood Way	Colchester North Station	Abbeyfields	First Essex
64 64A	Greenstead Library	Shrub End Hazell Avenuen (Route 64) / St Michaels Peerswood Road (Route 64A)	Colchester	First Essex
65	Stanway Tollgate Sainsburys	Highwoods Tesco	Colchester, Colchester North Station	First Essex
66	Lakeside Shopping Centre	Chadwell Longhouse Road	Grays, Tilbury	Ensignbus
66	West Bergholt Queens Head	Old Heath Speedwell Road	Colchester	First Essex
66A	Colchester North Station	Rowhedge Heath Road	Colchester	First Essex
67 67A 67C 67D	Colchester Bus Station	West Mersea High Street	67 Blue Row 67A Peldon 67C Peldon & Blue Row 67D Direct	First Essex	Mondays - Fridays Journeys may terminate at Peldon "The Rose" if high tide prevents access to Mersea Island.
67B	Colchester Bus Station	West Mersea High Street	Peldon & Blue Row	First Essex	Saturdays
67B	West Bergholt Queens Head	West Mersea High Street	Peldon & Blue Row	First Essex	Sundays Essex County Council Contract
70 70X	Chelmsford Bus Station	Colchester Bus Station	Braintree	First Essex Regal Busways
70	Braintree Bus Station	Colchester Bus Station		Essex County Buses	From Tuesday 5th January 2010
71 71C	Chelmsford Bus Station	Colchester Bus Station	Kelvedon	First Essex, Regal Busways
71 72	Stondon Massey	Brentwood	Pilgrims Hatch	Imperial Buses
72	Chelmsford Bus Station	Witham Morrisons	Hatfield Peverel	First Essex
73 73A	Warley Eagle Way / Brentwood Station	Bishops Hall Estate Danes Way	Brentwood	First Essex
73 73C	Lakeside Shopping Centre	Tilbury Civic Square	Grays	Ensignbus
73/73A	Maldon Cherry Gardens	Chelmsford Bus Station	Heybridge	First Essex Hedingham Omnibuses
74/74B	Colchester Town Centre	Clacton Jackson Road	Wivenhoe	First Essex
75	Colchester Bus Station	Maldon Blackwater Leisure Centre / Maldon Milton Road	Tiptree	First Essex Regal Busways
76	Colchester Town Centre	Clacton Jackson Road	Weeley	First Essex
78/78X	Colchester Town Centre	Brightlingsea Victoria Place	Wivenhoe	Network Colchester Cedric Coaches
80	Boxted Homedale Corner	Fordham Memorial	Colchester	Hedingham Omnibuses
80A/80C	Brentwood Station	Shenfield / Hutton	Brentwood	First Essex
81/82	Hutton Wash Road	Brentwood Station	Shenfield	First Essex	Circular
83	Lakeside Shopping Centre	Chadwell Longhouse Road	Grays	Ensignbus
83	Mount Bures Level Crossing / Colne Engaine The Green	Colchester Bus Station	Marks Tey	First Essex	Essex County Council contract
84	Colchester Bus Station	Sudbury Bus Station	Leavenheath	Chambers
85	Mistley Rigby Avenue	Brightlingsea Victoria Place	Manningtree, Great Bentley Thorrington Road	Hedingham Omnibuses	Essex County Council contract. This service operates on Wednesdays only.
86	Aingers Green Aingers Green Road	Colchester Bus Station	Great Bentley Station	Hedingham Omnibuses	Essex County Council contract. This service operates on Wednesdays only.
87 87A	Dedham Marlborough Head	Colchester Bus Station	Ardleigh	Beestons	Essex County Council contract
88 88A 88B	Halstead Conies Road	Colchester Bus Station		First Essex, Hedingham Omnibuses, Network Colchester
89 89A/B	Braintree Bus Park (89) / Haverhill Bus Station (89A/B)	Great Yeldham Green	Birdbrook, Halstead	Hedingham Omnibuses, Regal Busways, Burtons, De Vere Travel
90	Maldon Morrisons	Witham Ebenezer Close	Heybridge	Stephensons of Essex
91 91A	Tollesbury The Square	Witham Morrisons	Tiptree, Kelvedon	Hedingham Omnibuses
92	Ipswich Old Cattle Market Bus Station	Cattawade Slip Road	Holbrook	Carters	One journey each way extened into Essex to Manningtree Rail Station
92	Tollesbury Square	Colchester Bus Station	Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Colchester Zoo	Hedingham Omnibuses, First Essex
93 93A	Colchester Bus Station	Ipswich Old Cattle Market Bus Station	East Bergholt, Capel St Mary	Network Colchester, Carters	Suffolk County Council contract
95	Tollesbury Square	Maldon Leisure Centre	Goldhanger, Heybridge	Hedingham Omnibuses, Regal Busways	Essex County Council contract
96	Mistley Rigby Avenue	Ipswich Old Cattle Market Bus Station	Manningtree, East Bergholt	Carters
99	Little Thurrock Palmers College	Wickford Broadway	Pitsea, Basildon	First Essex	Limited stop.
99	Tilbury Ferry Fort Road	Tilbury Town Station	Tilbury	Clintona Minicoaches	Tilbury Ferry shuttle.

Routes 100-199

Route Number	From	To	Via	Operator	Notes
100	Chelmsford Bus Station	Lakeside Shopping Centre	Billericay, Basildon	First Essex
101	Billericay Arlington Way	Basildon Hospital	Great Burstead, Basildon	Blue Triangle	Essex County Council contract
101	Whittlesford High Street	Saffron Walden Tesco	Duxford, Audley End	C.G. Myall & Son
102	Colchester Bus Station	Harwich Bus Station	Ardleigh, Mistley	First Essex	Sundays Essex County Council contract
103 104	Colchester Bus Station	Harwich Bus Station	Manningtree	First Essex
104 106	Basildon Bus Station (104) Laindon Station (104 and 106)	Langdon Hills Tesco	Laindon	NIBS	Circular
105 107 109	Colchester Bus Station	Walton Station	Tendring, Frinton-on-Sea	Network Colchester	Essex County Council contract.
120 121 122	Colchester Bruff Close (Route 120) Colchester Layer Road Pubs (Route 121) Colchester Severalls Business Park (Route 122)	Colchester Community Stadium	Colchester	First Essex	Match Days
129	Clacton Pier Avenue	Ramsey Castle	Harwich	Hedingham Omnibuses	Tuesdays
131	Jaywick Millers Barn Road	Clacton Pier Avenue	Jaywick	Hedingham Omnibuses	Circular
131 132	Witham Elgar Drive	Springwood Industrial Estate First Bus Depot	Cressing, Braintree	First Essex
132	Saffron Walden High Street	Cambridge Drummer Street Bus Station	Duxford, Trumpington	C.G. Myall & Son
133	Braintree Bus Park	Stansted Airport	Felsted, Takeley	Excel Coaches
134	Holland Haven Roundabout	Clacton Pier Avenue	Holland on Sea	Hedingham Omnibuses	Circular
135	Great Clacton Somerfields	Clacton Pier Avenue	Bockings Elm	Hedingham Omnibuses	Circular
136	Jaywick Tower Camp	Brook Retail Park	Jaywick, Bockings Elm	Hedingham Omnibuses	Operated 'in partnership' with Essex County Council
137	Clacton Jackson Road	Clacton Factory Shopping Village	Brook Retail Park, Highfield Holiday Park	Hedingham Omnibuses
139	Brook Retail Park	Clacton Pier Avenue	Clacton	Hedingham Omnibuses
140	Chelmsford Bus Station	Basildon Bus Station	Billericay	First Essex	Essex County Council contract
146	Ongar Two Brewers	Hatfield Heath White Horse	Fyfield	Excel Coaches	Essex County Council contract
147	Toot Hill Hillcrest Road	Harlow Bus Station	Magdalen Laver, Matching Tye	Excel Coaches	Essex County Council contract
150	Lakeside Shopping Centre (Bay L)	Basildon Bus Station	Grays, Stanford-le-Hope	Arriva Southend	Essex County Council contract
150	Chigwell Row Maypole	Becontree Heath Bus Station	Barkingside, Ilford	First London	TfL service
167	Debden Broadway	Ilford Hainault Street	Chigwell, Barkingside	Docklands Buses	TfL service
175	Fingringhoe High Park Corner	Colchester Bus Station	Abberton	Network Colchester	Essex County Council contract
176	East Mersea	Highwoods Tesco	Great Wigborough	Hedingham Omnibuses	Mondays

Routes 200-299

Route Number	From	To	Via	Operator	Notes
200	Bradwell-on-Sea Kings Head	South Woodham Asda	Maylandsea	Stephensons of Essex
200	Basildon Bus Station	Lakeside Shopping Centre	Stanford-le-Hope, Grays	First Essex
211 212	Waltham Abbey Breach Barns Waltham Abbey Roundhills	Waltham Cross Bus Station	Waltham Abbey	Regal Busways	Essex County Council contract.
213	Epping St. Margarets Hospital	Waltham Cross Bus Station	Upshire, Waltham Abbey	Regal Busways	Essex County Council contract.
220	Burnham-on-Crouch Clock Tower South Woodham Asda	Basildon Bus Station	South Woodham	Stephensons of Essex
221	Wickford Swans	Wickford The Wick (Tesco)	Wickford Station	NIBS	Circular
222	Wickford The Swans	Billericay Arlington Way	Billericay Station	NIBS	Circular
232	Shotgate Post Office	Basildon Hospital	Wickford, Basildon	First Essex	Essex County Council contract. Withdrawn from 12/12/09 replaced by route 25.
236	Sudbury Bus Station	Haverhill Bus Station	Sturmer	Beestons
237	South Woodham Asda	Basildon Bus Station	Wickford, Ramsden Heath	NIBS
240	Debden Broadway	Waltham Cross Bus Station	Loughton, Waltham Abbey	Regal Busways	Essex County Council contract
247	Dedham Heath	Colchester Bus Station	Langham	Beestons	Essex County Council contract.
250	Debden Broadway	Waltham Cross Bus Station	Loughton, Waltham Abbey	Arriva Shires & Essex, Regal Busways
250	South Woodham Asda	Southend Travel Centre (Stop J)	Rayleigh	Stephensons of Essex	Schooldays only (not a school bus)
251	Upshire Princesfield Road	Waltham Cross Bus Station Hammond Street Smiths Lane	Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross	Arriva Shires & Essex, Regal Busways
251	Southend Travel Centre	Warley Eagle Way	Rayleigh, Billericay, Brentwood	NIBS	Essex County Council contract
256	Billericay Bluebell Wood	Billericay Wiggins Lane Basildon Bus Station	Billericay, Laindon	Blue Triangle	Essex County Council contract.
260	South Woodham Asda	Maldon Tesco	Woodham Mortimer, Maldon	Stephensons of Essex	Schooldays only (not a school bus)
261	Blackmore Bus Terminal	Brentwood High Street Brentwood Station	Doddinghurst	Imperial Buses	Essex County Council contract
265	Brentwood Sainsbury's	Lakeside Shopping Centre	Bulphan	First London
269	Brentwood High Street	Grays Bus Station	Ockendon, Belhus	Imperial Buses	Also see school service 268 at List of Essex school bus routes.
288	Maldon Leisure Centre	Maldon Tesco	Maldon High Street	Stephensons of Essex	Tesco bus

Routes 300-399

Route Number	From	To	Via	Operator	Notes
301	Stansted Airport	Saffron Walden Tesco	Takeley, Bishops Stortford	Excel Coaches	Essex County Council contract
308	Stansted Airport	Bishops Park Tesco	Bishops Stortford	Excel Coaches
312 313	Saffron Walden High Street	Great Dunmow Tesco	Thaxted	Walden Travel
314	Great Dunmow High Street	Braintree Bus Park	Stebbing	Excel Coaches	Essex County Council contract
315	Stebbing Green	Great Dunmow Tesco	Stebbing, Great Easton	Excel Coaches	Essex County Council contract
318	Thaxted Bardfield End Green	Bishops Stortford Interchange	Takeley	First Essex	Essex County Council contract
320	Hoddesdon Clock Tower	Nazeing Crossroads	Dobbs Weir, Broxbourne	Arriva Shires & Essex	Circular
321	Sheering The Plashets	Bishops Stortford Interchange	Hatfield Heath	Excel Coaches
323	Greenstead Green Hare & Hounds	Sudbury Bus Station	Colne Engaine, Twinstead	Hedingham Omnibuses	Essex County Council contract
327	Twinstead Church	Halstead Butler Road	Bures, Earls Colne	De Vere Travel	Hail & Ride. Essex County Council contract.
329	Cross End Le Mote Hall	Halstead Butler Road	Colne Engaine, Earls Colne	De Vere Travel	Hail & Ride. Essex County Council contract.
330	Belchamp St Paul Green	Sible Hedingham Sugar Loaves	Castle Hedingham	De Vere Travel
331	Sible Hedingham The Swan	Sudbury Bus Station	Castle Hedingham, Great Yeldham	De Vere Travel	Essex County Council contract. Service subject to review.
333	Harlow Bus Station	Thorley Park Sainsburys	Old Harlow, Sawbridgeworth	Arriva Shires & Essex
334	Standon Vintage House Hotel	Cambridge Drummer Street Bus Station	Buntingford	Richmonds Coaches	Hertfordshire County Council contract
341	Fuller Street Square & Compasses	Witham Newland Street	Terling	Hedingham Omnibuses	Essex County Council contract.
342	Black Notley Bedells Avenue	Witham Newland Street	White Notley	Hedingham Omnibuses	Essex County Council contract.
343	Fuller Street Square & Compasses	Braintree Bus Park	Terling, White Notley	Hedingham Omnibuses	Essex County Council contract.
344	Black Notley Bedells Avenue	Chelmsford Bus Station	Terling, Fairstead	Hedingham Omnibuses	Essex County Council contract.
345	Fuller Street Square & Compasses	Braintree Sainsburys	Terling, White Notley	Hedingham Omnibuses	Essex County Council contract.
346	Leaden Roding	Great Dunmow Tesco	Aythorpe Roding	Excel Coaches	Essex County Council contract.
347	Ockendon Station	Romford Station	North Ockendon, Upminster	Blue Triangle	TfL service.
347	Hatfield Broad Oak Barnfield	Harlow Bus Station	Sawbridgeworth, Eastwick	First Essex	Essex County Council contract.
351	Chelmsford Bus Station	Brentwood Station	Ingatestone	First Essex	Essex County Council contract.
352	Halstead Colne Road	Chelmsford Bus Station	Braintree	First Essex	Essex County Council contract.
354	Buntingford Greenways	Harlow Bus Station Harlow Princess Alexandra Hospital	Standon, Little Hadham	Centrebus, C.G. Myall & Son	Hertfordshire County Council contract. Centrebus Monday to Friday service withdrawn from 01/01/2010. C.G. Myall & Son Saturday service will remain unchanged
370	Lakeside Shopping Centre	Romford Station	Ockendon, Upminster	Arriva Southend	TfL service.
372	Lakeside Shopping Centre	Hornchurch Town Centre	Aveley, Rainham	East London	TfL service.
374	Grays Bus Station	West Horndon Station Bulphan Church	Stanford-le-Hope, Chadwell	Clintona Minicoaches	Essex County Council contract.
375	Passingford Bridge	Romford Station	Havering-atte-Bower, Collier Row	Arriva Southend	TfL service.
381 382	Toot Hill Hillcrest Road Coopersale Piazza	Harlow Bus Station	North Weald, Epping	Arriva Shires & Essex	Essex County Council contract.
391	Bumbles Green Telephone Exchange	Harlow Bus Station	Nazeing	Arriva Shires & Essex
392	Harlow Town Station	Rye Park Rye Road	Harlow, Broxbourne, Hoddesdon	TWH Bus & Coach
397	Debden Broadway	South Chingford Sainsbury's	Loughton, Chingford	Arriva London	TfL service.

Routes 400-499

Route Number	From	To	Via	Operator	Notes
445	Chrishall Memorial	Saffron Walden High Street	Elmdon	Viceroy of Essex	Essex County Council contract. Also see school route 444 in List of Essex school bus routes.
462	Hainault The Lowe	Ilford Hainault Street	Limes Farm Estate, Barkingside	Arriva London	TfL service.
498	Romford Station	Brentwood Sainsbury's	Harold Wood	First London	TfL service.

Routes 500-599

Route Number	From	To	Via	Operator	Notes
500 501	Old Harlow (Peak hours only) Harlow Bus Station	Ongar Two Brewers Warley Eagle Way	Epping, Brentwood	Arriva Shires & Essex
505	Harlow Mark Hall North	Chingford Station	Harlow, Waltham Abbey, Sewardstone	Arriva Shires & Essex
510	Harlow Bus Station	Stansted Airport	Old Harlow, Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford	Arriva Shires & Essex
522	Harlow Bus Station	North Weald Market	Staple Tye, Potter Street	Arriva Shires & Essex	Does not operate when market is not operating.
524	Harlow Bus Station	Hertford Bus Station	Stanstead Abbots, Ware	SM Coaches
541	Harlow Bus Station Epping St Margarets Hospital	Loughton Station	Theydon Bois, Abridge, Debden	Arriva Shires & Essex	Essex County Council contract. Only operates to Harlow on evenings and Sundays.
542 543	Debden Broadway	Loughton Station	Oakwood Hill, Bushfields	Arriva Shires & Essex	Essex County Council contract.
549	Loughton Station	South Woodford Station	Buckhurst Hill, Woodford	Docklands Buses	TfL service.
551	Basildon Bus Station	Brentwood Station	Billericay, Shenfield	First Essex
552	Ramsden Heath Downham Road	Billericay Station	Bridles Estate, Billericay	Executive Minibuses	Essex County Council contract.
565	Brentwood Station	Bulphan Church	Herongate, West Horndon	Regal Busways	Circular. School journeys extend to Sawyers Hall College.
575	Epping High Street	Lakeside Shopping Centre	Debden, Abridge, Romford	Blue Triangle	Shoppers Bus
590	Saffron Walden High Street	Audley End Station	Rowntree Way	Viceroy of Essex	Also see route 59.
593	Althorne Post Office	South Woodham Asda	Burnham, Southminster	Stephensons of Essex

Routes 700-799

Route Number	From	To	Via	Operator	Notes
700	Stansted Airport	Stevenage Bus Station	Bishops Stortford, Baldock, Letchworth	Centrebus	Limited stop. Hertfordshire County Council contract
724 Green Line	Harlow Bus Station	Heathrow Airport Terminals 1,2,3 and 5	Hertford, Hatfield, St Albans,Watford	Arriva Shires & Essex	Limited stop. Includes route 725 short journeys
730 731	Mistley Rigby Avenue Manningtree Station	Bildeston Clock Tower	Hadleigh, East Bergholt	Network Colchester	2 return journeys curtail at Hadleigh Bus Station or Hadleigh Industrial Estate. Suffolk County Council contract.
753	Colchester Bus Station	Sudbury Bus Station	Bures	Chambers
755/6	Hadleigh Bus Station	Colchester Bus Station	Polstead, Stratford St Mary	Carters	Suffolk County Council contract One non-return 756 journey operates from Ipswich One journey each way serves East Bergholt High School

Routes 800-899

Route Number	From	To	Via	Operator	Notes
804	Loughton Station	Debden Broadway	Debden Estate	Blue Triangle	Two return school journeys serve Chigwell West Hatch or Buckhurst Hill Monkhams Inn (see route 804 on List of Essex school bus routes).

Routes 900-999

Routes A-Z

Route Number	From	To	Via	Operator	Notes
C3	Waltham Cross Holdbrook Estate	Harlow Bus Station	Cheshunt, Hoddesdon	Centrebus	Revised timetable from 03/01/2010
C42	Galleywood West Lawn	Chelmsford Broomfield Hospital	Chelmsford	Essex County Buses	Also see First Essex route 42, which follows the same route.
D1 D2	Maldon Tesco	Bradwell Bate Dudley Drive (Route D1) Southminster Station (Route D2)	Maylandsea, Bradwell	Stephensons	Dengie
D4	Burnham Clock Tower Southminster Station	Bradwell Trusses Corner Bradwell Waterside Parker Corner	Southminster, Tillingham	Stephensons	Dengie
D5	Burnham Clock Tower	South Woodham Station Mundon A1 Corner	Althorne	Stephensons	Dengie
D6	Southminster Station Mayland Mill	Althorne Station	Tillingham Maylandsea	Stephensons	Dengie
H1	Loughton Station	Harlow Bus Station	Debden, Epping, North Weald	Regal Busways	Also see TWH Bus & Coach route 55.
M1 M31	Sumners Hull Grove & Katherines Shops	Harlow Bus Station	Staple Tye	SM Coaches	Circular. Extended to Harlow Town Station and Pinnacles during rush hours.
N1	Canvey Leigh Beck	Basildon Festival Leisure Park	South Benfleet, Pitsea	Regal Busways	Night Bus Withdrawn from 2/2/10
N2	Brentwood Station	Basildon Festival Leisure Park	Billericay, Laindon	Regal Busways	Night Bus Withdrawn from 2/2/10
X16	Chappel Post Office	Bury St Edmunds Bus Station	Earls Colne	Hedingham Omnibuses	Limited stop Wednesdays
X55	Loughton Station Debden Broadway	Harlow Bus Station	Debden, Epping	TWH Bus & Coach	Limited stop. Also see TWH Bus & Coach route 55.
X80	Chafford Hundred Station	Bluewater Shopping Centre	Lakeside Shopping Centre	Ensignbus
ZIP 1	Harlow Milwards	Harlow Bus Station	Staple Tye	LCB Travel	Essex County Council contract.

School Buses

• See List of Essex school bus routes for information on school buses.

Coach Services

Route Number	From	To	Via	Operator	Notes
305	Southend Chichester Road	Liverpool Coach Station	Chelmsford, Coventry, Birmingham	National Express
350	Clacton Station	Liverpool Coach Station	Colchester, Sheffield, Manchester	National Express
481	Felixstowe Bus Station	London Victoria Coach Station	Ipswich, Chelmsford	National Express
484	Walton Church	London Victoria Coach Station	Clacton, Colchester, Romford	National Express
727	Norwich University of East Anglia	Gatwick Airport	Stansted Airport , Heathrow Airport	National Express
737	Stansted Airport	Oxford Bus Station	Luton Airport , Hemel Hempstead	National Express
741 742	Bishops Stortford Nags Head	London Victoria Coach Station	Potter Street, Stratford, Aldgate	Olympian Coaches
743	Braintree Tesco	London Victoria Coach Station	Great Dunmow, Stratford, Aldgate	Olympian Coaches
767	Stansted Airport	Nottingham Broad Marsh Bus Station	Luton Airport , Milton Keynes, Leicester	National Express
777	Stansted Airport	Birmingham Digbeth Coach Station	Luton Airport , Coventry, Birmingham International Airport	National Express	Some journeys extend to Wolverhampton
797	Cambridge Parkside	Gatwick Airport	Stansted Airport , Heathrow Airport	National Express	Some journeys extend to Brighton.
A6 A7	Stansted Airport	London Victoria Coach Station	Golders Green	National Express	A7 runs via Stratford and Liverpool Street
EB2	Stansted Airport	London Victoria Green Line Coach Station	Baker Street	EasyBus
X3	Grays Bus Station	Stansted Airport	Basildon, Brentwood	Excel Coaches
X5	Stansted Airport	Ipswich Old Cattle Market Bus Station	Braintree, Marks Tey	Excel Coaches
X6	Stansted Airport	Colchester Osborne Street	Braintree, Marks Tey	Excel Coaches	Withdrawn on 25/01/2010.
X22	Clacton Station	Stansted Airport	Braintree, Colchester	First Essex
X30	Southend Travel Centre	Stansted Airport	Rayleigh, Chelmsford	First Essex
X40	Basildon Bus Station	Stansted Airport	Wickford, Chelmsford	First Essex

External links

• Traveline South East - Journey planner, timetables and more for Essex, London and South-East England
• Essex County Council Public Transport Information
• Arriva Bus UK homepage
• First Bus homepage

See also

• List of bus routes in London

References

• Essex County Council (2009), Bus Timetables for Essex
• Traveline South East

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