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We aim to offer a selection of links to Essex related bus sites.

This list is split into a number of discrete headings but, as with any such list, it will never be complete!  Requests to add sites to this listing should be submitted to the webmaster.

 

Journey planners and timetable information

 

·           Traveline South East – public transport across the region & the UK

·           Transport Direct - journey planning

·           Harlowride – all services in & around Harlow

·           Bus Passenger News – the latest 12 issues of Essex County Council’s monthly update of service changes

·           To register with Essex CC for their Transport & Travel Update service - click here

·           Essex CC interactive route map/timetable listing

·           see also various operator sites listed below

 

Major Operators & Dealers

 

·           Arriva and also Southend microsite

·           Ensign Bus and Ensign museum blog

·           First Essex

·           Hedingham Omnibuses

·           National Express

·           Network Colchester

·           Nelson (NIBS), Wickford

·           Regal Busways

·           Stephensons of Essex

·           TGM - Network Harlow, TGM Stansted – formerly Excel, also airportbycoach (Ipswich) and Colchester-Stansted airportbybus

 

Smaller Operators

 

·           APT Coaches, Rayleigh

·           Barker Bus, Harlow

·           Blue Triangle, Rainham

·           Carters Coaches, Capel St Mary

·           Cedric's Coaches, Colchester

·           Chambers of Bures

·           Clintona Minicoaches, Brentwood

·           Cooks Coaches, Westcliff

·           Crusader, Clacton

·           Excalibur, St Lawrence Bay

·           Flagfinders, Braintree

·           Florida Coaches, Halstead

·           Fords Coaches, Althorne

·           Fourways Coaches, Chelmsford (link currently not working)

·           Tony Glew, Colchester

·           Golden Boy, Roydon

·           Grahams, Kelvedon

·           Kirbys Coaches, Rayleigh

·           Lodge's Coaches, High Easter

·           New Horizon Travel, Colchester

·           Olympian Coaches, Harlow

·           Peter Godward Coaches/Tours R Us, Basildon

·           Rayleigh Roadways

·           SBC Leisure, Southend

·           SM Travel, Harlow (also Road Runner)

·           Snowdrop Travel, Dagenham - service X1 site

·           Swallow Coaches, Rainham

·           Talisman Coachlines

·           Travel With Hunny (TWH), Loughton

·           Viceroy, Saffron Walden

 

Community bus schemes

 

·           Coggeshall Community Bus

·           Brentwood Community Transport

·           Essex CC guide

·           Goride (Brightlingsea)

·           Harwich Community Transport

·           Wyvern Community Transport (Rochford/Castle Point)

 

Enthusiast sites, museums and societies

(primarily Essex related)

 

·           Anglia & Thames Valley Bus Forum (covers Essex)

·           Bus blinds - various Essex operators, presented by Geoff Toon

·           Bus Users UK – formerly the National Federation of Bus Users (NFBU)

·           Castle Point Transport Museum

·           Clacton Bus Rally - first Sunday in June each year

·           Colchester Buses - Geoff Toon's site looking at operators serving the town (site still under development)

·           Colchester Corporation (Mark Colyer’s history and photos)

·           Eastern National Vehicle Owners Club - for vehicle owners and other supporters

·           Ipswich Transport Museum

·           LOTS – the London Omnibus Traction Society

·           M&D and East Kent Bus Club

·           The Omnibus Society

·           On The Buses Official Appreciation Society and On The Buses Fan Club - featuring the ENOC buses and depot used in the filming of this classic TV sitcom

·           SCT61 - extensive photo galleries; includes some historical notes, particularly history of Southend Corporation Transport

·           The Transport Ticket Society

·           Thurrock's Transport with history from 1970 and info on current operators

·           Working On The Buses - staff stories, including some from Essex

·           Yeldham Transport Museum, Great Yeldham

 

Photo galleries

(sites comprised purely of photos, eg Flickr, etc. 

A number of galleries previously listed here are no

longer available following the demise of the Fotopic

site but some replacement sites are now coming on-line)

 

·           Buses in & around Southend (20th century) – a group hosted by David Moth and featuring various photographers

·           Colchester Corporation photo gallery (SCT 61 site)

·           Dave Arnold – Essex and beyond!

·           David Christie – various photo sets including an East Anglian gallery of 44 brilliant shots from 1967-1970

·           Eastern National extensive photo gallery (SCT 61 site)

·           “Eastern National 1982’s gallery” – mostly modern First Essex shots

·           Essex Bus Photos Google photo group

·           Harlowride gallery – photos around Harlow

·           Ian Banks photos - plenty of Essex interest, mainly recent shots but some historic views

·           Jonathan Bale's photos – various Essex operators

·           Matthew Evans photos - Southend Transport, Arriva, etc

·           Nick Field's photos - mostly Eastern National

·           Paul Bateson – 1960s Southend etc (progressively being uploaded)

·           Paul Harvey – Essex 1987 etc

·           Shenfield depot – Chris Stewart’s collections, being added to progressively

·           Southend Corporation historical notes and extensive photo gallery (SCT 61 site)

·           Southend CT - English Electric official photos of tram, 1930s bus and trolleybuses

·           Steven Hughes photos - lots of modern sets featuring Essex operators

·           Wayne Bell's photos - mostly recent North Essex views

 

User Groups

 

·           Bus Users UK (BUUK)

·           Colchester Bus Users Support Group (C-Bus)

·           Southend Area Bus User Group

 

Newsgroups

 

·           Essex-Buses Yahoo! newsgroup

·           Essex Bus Photos Google photo group

·           First Essex Yahoo! newsgroup

 

Gateway to other bus related sites

 

·           The Bus Station – probably the most comprehensive listing of bus web sites world-wide

 

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Last updated 04 / 12 / 11

 

(references to the now defunct fotopic photo site removed – please let us know if any of these photo galleries resurface elsewhere)