First Essex
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First Essex Buses Limited is owned by First Group. It operates bus routes in Essex and surrounding area. It arose from an amalgamation of the Eastern National Omnibus Company, ENOC, which evolved from the National Bus Company, and Thamesway Buses, whose yellow/maroon livery has only recently disappeared.
Their main address is:
- Westway
- Chelmsford
- ESSEX
- CM1 3AR
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[edit] Garages
They have 7 bus garages in the towns of Chelmsford, Basildon, Colchester and Hadleigh, and also smaller garages in Clacton, and Harwich.
[edit] Basildon
Their address is:
- Cherrydown
- BASILDON
This garage runs bus routes 1/1A, 2 (Sunday only), 5, 8/8A, 12, 22, 25A, 25B, 73, 81, 82, 100, 101 and 551.
[edit] History
[edit] Bus types in use
- Dennis Dart mainly 95/96
- Scania Solar mainly 2001
[edit] Chelmsford
Following the demolition of the old Duke Street bus station/depot in 2005, the main bus depot is in Westway in Chelmsford. The new Bus Station in Duke Street opened in March 2007.
Their head office address is:
- Westway
- Chelmsford
- ESSEX
This garage runs all of the routes that first operate in Chelmsford, there are around 20 other companies running in Chelmsford
[edit] History
[edit] Bus types in use
[edit] Colchester
Their address is:
- Colchester Bus Station
- Queen Street
- Colchester
- Essex
[edit] Routes operated
- The town routes operated are
- 61 Colchester (North Station) - Wivenhoe (Station)
- 62 Colchester (North Station) - Wivenhoe (Cemetery)
- 64 (Greenstead - Shrub End)
- 64A (Greenstead - St. Michaels)
- 65 (Highwoods - Stanway Tollgate)
- 66 (West Bergholt - Old Heath)
- 66A (North Station - Rowhedge)
- 67/67B/67C/67D (Colchester - West Mersea)
- The country routes operated are
- 70/70X (Colchester - Braintree)
- 71 (Colchester - Chelmsford)
- 78/78A (Colchester - Brightlingsea) - Monday to Saturday Evenings/Sunday daytime only
- 88/88A (Colchester - Halstead) [with Hedingham Omnibuses]
- X22 (Colchester - Stansted Airport)
- The school routes operated are
- 67E (West Mersea - Norman Way Schools)
- 69 (West Bergholt - Gilberd School)
- These services are run on Sundays
- 1 (Greenstead - Shrub End)
- 2C (Highwoods - General Hospital)
- 8C (Monkwick - General Hospital)
- 64 (Greenstead - Shrub End)
- 64A (Greenstead - St. Michaels)
- 65 (Highwoods - Stanway Tollgate)
- 66 (North Station - Rowhedge)
- 67B (West Bergholt - West Mersea)
- 78 (Colchester - Brightlingsea)
[edit] Bus types in use
- Scania L94UB/Wright Solar: 62406-62410, 65678-65679, 65685-65692
- 65-branded: 62409-10, 65678, 65685-92; 64-branded 62406-7; Unbranded 62408, 65679
- Scania L94UB/Wright Axcess Floline: 65650-65654, all 64 Branded
- Dennis Dart SLF/Alexander ALX200: 43739-43744,
- Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2: 43715-43716,
- Dennis Dart/Alexander Dash: 47101-47106
- Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer: 46829-46830
- Dennis Lance/Northern Counties Paladin: 67001-67008, 67-branded: 67001-67003
- Volvo Olympian/Alexander RL: 30560
- Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine: 34011-34014, 34018, 34056, 34301-34305, 34307-34310, 34315
- Mercedes-Benz/Plaxton Cheetah: 56001-56003, all branded for X22 "Coachlink"
- Volvo B10M-62/Plaxton Premiere 320: 20102, 20110
[edit] Hadleigh
Their address is:
- London Road
- Hadleigh
- ESSEX
- Routes run by this garage include
- 2 (Southend - Basildon)
- 3 (Southend - Canvey Island, Leigh Beck)
- 15 (Southend - Basildon)
- 15A (Southend - Basildon)
- 15B (Southend - Hadleigh, Victoria House Depot)
- 15C (Lower Hockley - Southend, This Direction Only)
- 16 (Southend - Canvey Island, Eastern Esplanade)
- 20 (Southend - Hullbridge)
- 20C (Southend - Lower Hockley)
- 21 (Southend - Canvey Island, Eastern Esplanade)
- 21A (Southend - Canvey Island, Eastern Esplanade)
- 21B (Temple Sutton - Canvey Island, Eastern Esplanade)
- 22 (Canvey Island, Leigh Beck - Lakeside)
- 24 (Southend - Newington Avenue)
- 26 (Bournes Green - Canvey Island, Newlands via Southend)
- 26A (Bournes Green - Canvey Island, Newlands excluding Southend)
- 27 (Temple Sutton - Canvey Island, Leigh Beck)
- 27A (Southend - Canvey Island, Leigh Beck)
- 27B (Sutton Cemetery - Canvey Island, Leigh Beck)
- 28 (Hadleigh, Victoria House Depot - Canvey Island, Leigh Beck)
[edit] History
[edit] Bus types in use
- Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer
- Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2
- Dennis Dart SLF/East Lancs Spryte
- Volvo Olympian/Alexander
