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Essex Airlink is the brand given to two airport bus services run by First Essex.The brand was relaunched at Stansted Airport, England, on 17 February 2020. [1] There are three routes, X10, X20 and X30, which start their journey in Basildon bus station, Colchester and Southend Travel Centre, respectively.
Southend Transport bus 398 (A698 EAU), Leyland Olympian with Northern Counties Nottingham Standard body. The council sold Southend Transport to British Bus group in June 1993 for a reported £1, [53] [6] [54] which in turn was taken over by the Cowie group in August 1996.
The weekend diversion to Tower Hill was withdrawn. Route 25 was the longest route in London to use articulated buses in terms of route length. [6] In January 2004, three hydrogen fuel cell powered buses were introduced on route 25 on a two-year trial. [7] The route was chosen due to its length and "wide variety of traffic conditions". [7]
First Essex was criticised by passengers and members of the Southend Area Bus Users' Group for withdrawing services which it considered no longer economically viable when Southend Borough Council withdrew bus subsidies as part of budget cuts in 2005. First said it was due to low passenger numbers, even when parts of the route were profitable. [4]
Grays depot switched to all Transport for London services after Arriva Southend withdrew both commercial routes 373 and 383 in the Grays area, partially replacing them by extending route 5 from Southend-on-Sea. Routes 44 and 150, the remaining services in the Grays area, are operated under contract to Thurrock Council. The buses used for these ...
Limited stop route X26 (now Superloop route SL7) from West Croydon to Heathrow Airport is a remnant of that network. [4] The 2008 mayoral election manifesto of Boris Johnson promised to trial orbital express bus routes in the outer suburbs. [5] This led to an increase in frequency for the already existing X26 express bus route later that year. [6]
Arriva Southend has been criticised by users and the Southend Area Bus Users' Group for withdrawing services which it considered no longer economically viable due to low passenger numbers (even when parts of the route were profitable) when Southend Borough Council withdrew bus subsidies of up to £6 per passenger in 2005. [10]
Stephensons of Essex [1] is a privately owned bus company based in Rochford, Essex. It operates local bus services throughout Essex and West Suffolk, from headquarters at Rochford, near Southend-on-Sea, and depots at Maldon, Boreham, Braintree and Haverhill. It also runs a bus and coach dealership and sales service.