I'd like to publicly thank my wonderful staff who have been chopped, changed and challenged all week by difficult conditions & by changing decisions at little or no notice. Thank you one and all. Steve Nelson, Managing Director.
If you are an NHS employee – please show your NHS ID badge to the driver.
We would like to use our services free of charge until further notice in recognition of the incredible work you are carrying out under these awful circumstances.
I'll be the first to admit that we don't always get it right first time. Sometimes we get it wrong and people complain. Far fewer people take the time to say "Thank you" when we get it right, which makes it all the lovlier to get something like this today.
Every day our school buses remove the need for THOUSANDS of car journeys. The positive effect we have on Essex' roads by removing that congestion is massive.
#BigYellowTaxi
We don’t know how much snow we’re going to get or how it will affect us. When we know we’ll be posting it here. Please tell your friends to follow us here for the most up to date news
#BeastFromTheEast
We would like you to join us on Tuesday 5 May, when we will be thanking everyone in the bus and coach industry for the work they’re doing during the Covid-19 outbreak to keep key services running and supplies moving.
#ThankYouBusWorkers
@CPT_UK
Unfortunatley we have had problems with bus passes being posted in time. If you don't receive yours, they will be handed out on the buses. If you could provide your child with a copy of the confirmation email or letter from the council they will be able to use these instead.
This! This from Indonesia. This is what I was talking about when I said forget the expense and engineering of trams, just take space from private motoring right away and make it public
Schools Update - Anglo European & Brentwood County High CLOSED. Billericay School & Mayflower have advised late starts of around 1115-1130. Therefore - Route 49, 50 473, 475 not running. Routes 2, 3, 44, 46 & 46B are being worked on to run later.
News like today’s reminds us that the “cargo” we carry is priceless. Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected and with their families.
#FirstEasternCounties
@FirstEssex
On
@ShenfieldHigh
schools last day Tuesday 19 Dec we will be providing early buses at 12:10 and we will see you again on Wednesday 3 Jan. We hope you have a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.
We'll be operating normal services tomorrow (Monday) on all routes. Thank you for your forbearance whilst we've been dealing with the effects of the inclement weather.
Good morning, after the vandalism to our buses in the Brentwood area last night, we are pleased to inform you that a full service is in operation today, and measures are in place should the vandalism continue. Essex Police are aware of the incidents last night.
We are closing the Twitter desk for today, but I will be back at 0600 for further updates regarding schools and travel woes. Temps tonight are expected to dip to minus 6 in places. Keep yourselves safe.
PARENTS - Please do not drop off your children in a bus stop. This is a massive safety issue when the buses cannot get in the bus stop to drop other children off, also you can be fined immediately for parking here. Thank you.
Following schools have confirmed that they are fully OPEN today.
@ShenfieldHigh
@Billericay_Sch
@StMartinsSch
is only open to Yrs 11, 12 & 13.
We will continue to update this as we find out. All buses are out this morning, but we have a problem with an 81 in Brentwood.
I have just passed the driver involved in the incident this morning, and I'm glad to say that he gave me 2 thumbs up. He is OK. Thanks for your well wishes.
General update: Gritting overnight has not prevented roads from being covered in snow. We have been told that Laindon, Basildon and Brentwood have had fairly deep snow and that driving conditions are hazardous. We running two services (14 & 552) out to check conditions.
All services to
@Billericay_Sch
will be picking up at 12:20 on Thursday 27 September and starting 1 hour and 10 mins later on Friday 28 to accomadate thier early closure and late start.
☀️ As we are in heatwave conditions, please consider bringing a bottle of water with you for your journey. All of our buses have opening windows so please feel free to open them if not already open. If you feel ill whilst travelling, please let a member of staff know ☀️
On
@StMartinsSch
schools last day Tuesday 19 Dec we will be providing early buses at 13:40 and we will see you again on Wednesday 3 Jan. We hope you have a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.
We are getting a lot of comments about the tracking of our vehicles. We are in the process of rolling out new ticket machines, and as yet, they do not track via our normal systems. We are looking into getting this live. Apologies for the inconvenience.
We are expecting to run ALL services to ALL SCHOOLS tomorrow morning but we expect there may be delays due to conditions and traffic. Details of any school closures or service disruptions will be published here.
It is snowing here in Wickford, I am not expecting any school closures, but I would expect delays to most services. I will try and update this whenever I can.
Assuming weather permits we will be running a full service tomorrow. We do not have any information about definate school closures at this time.We'll publish details of any disruption or closures as and when we become aware of them.
Just been told by
@BCHSupdates
"Due to the bad weather we are cancelling all clubs and detentions this week. So please cancel the late buses for Wed and Thurs this week only."
Parents & Students - Polite request, could we please ask that students put their hands out for the bus in the morning, and that they ring the bell when they want to get off. Thank you.
We know of the following school closures for tomorrow:
@ShenfieldHigh
Brentwood Ursuline (BUCHS) and The Brentwood School. We believe all other schools that we serve are open.
Good Morning! We've spoken to
@EppingStJohns
and the school is OPEN at normal time. We will be running all of our services EXCEPT for the Toot Hill / Theydon Mount minibus.
@StMartinsSch
@StMartinsSch
- Route 481 will not operate, route 483/4 will turn around and drop students back.
Both services will not run this afternoon as a result.
We have been made aware of an ongoing incident in Theydon Bois that may mean service 494 to
@EppingStJohns
will have to divert on Monday.
We are working on a plan & will update Sunday evening.
Good morning, we have been advised that Nine Ashes Road has opened early, however we will operate via the diversion this morning as not all parents will be aware. We will resume normal route from this afternoon. DN
Our Sunday bus services have been cancelled for the rest of the day due to the conditions and congestion. We’ll make a decision after 1800 about tomorrow’s services but are planning to run at this time.
For those parents that may not have heard, this year we have started a new online system on our website for buying season tickets. All season tickets must now be brought this way.
Good morning. Very poor weather out there this morning, it is still raining and the roads are partially flooded. For the safety of everyone, I have instructed drivers to take extreme care when driving, looking out for floods and low trees. There maybe delays as a result.
We have had light snowfall and we are planning to run normal operations. We expect there to be congestion on the network and this may cause delays. We’ll publish details of any significant delays and closures here. If you know of local issues that may affect us pls tweet them.
21 Ongar - Due to a driver being assaulted at Brentwood Station, the 0922 to Ongar and 0950 to Brentwood has been cancelled whilst the Police deal with the incident. Sorry for the inconvenience.
On
@EppingStJohns
schools last day Wednesday 20 Dec we will be providing early buses at 12:05 and we will see you again on Wednesday 3 Jan. We hope you have a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.
We are happy to announce that we will be taking over the operation of services 104/106 from
@RBusways
when they cease operating them at Christmas. A full timetable will be published here very soon.