Thurrock Transport - 1980

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			1980 - 1984

	1980

	From August 1980, KPJ244W - KPJ256W, Roe bodied Leyland Atlantean double deckers, replaced Bristol VRT’s on London Country’s route 370. All of them stayed at Grays garage, including under successors County Bus & Coach Co., British Bus and Arriva until they were withdrawn in 1996.


	October 1980 saw the new Transport Act become law. This act removed many of the restrictions that were in place affecting long distance express services and excursions. One such example in the Thurrock area was the X1, a joint operation between Southend Transport and Reading Transport.


	1981

	From August 1981, Green Line route 723 was extended from Aldgate to Victoria.

		1982

		Reading Transport pull out of the X1, leaving Southend transport to go it alone.

		1983


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	The table below shows bus services operating in Thurrock as per the Essex County Council timetable dated January 1983:

ROUTE	OPERATOR			Days	Notes
152	Eastern National	Chelmsford	Grays	Daily	via Stanford
153	Eastern National	Basildon	Grays	Daily	Via Corringham
154	Eastern National	Chelmsford	Grays	Mon - Sat	via Stanford
155	Eastern National	Basildon	Grays	Mon - Sat	Via Fobbing
156	Eastern National	Basildon	Stanford	Mon - Sat	Via Langdon Hills
157	Eastern National	Pitsea	Bulphan	Wed Only	1 Return Journey
158	Eastern National	Basildon	Grays	Mon - Fri	1 Return Journey
257	Eastern National	Basildon	Bulphan	Tue Only	2 Return Journeys
265/266	Eastern National	Brentwood	Bulphan	Mon - Sat
367	London Country	Tilbury Docks	East Tilbury, Bata Shoe Factory	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
368	London Country	Grays	East Tilbury, Bata Shoe Factory	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
369	London Country	Grays	Brentwood	Mon - Sat
370	London Country	Tilbury Ferry	Romford	Daily
371	London Country	Grays	Romford	Mon - Sat	See notes below
373	London Country	Chadwell	Aveley (To Rainham Mon - Fri peak)	Mon - Sat	Grays only Sundays
374	London Country	Grays	Linford	Mon - Sat
375	London Country	Stifford Clays	Rainham	Daily	Aveley only Sundays
377	London Country	Tilbury	Purfleet	Daily	See notes below
378	London Country	Orsett Hospital	Purfleet	Mon - Sat
383	London Country	Chadwell	Purfleet	Mon - Sat	Early morning only
389	London Country	Orsett Hospital	Purfleet	Daily	1 Rtn Jny Sat & Sun
396	London Country	Grays	Stifford Clays (Town Circular)	Mon - Sat	Via Little Thurrock
399	London Country	Grays	Stifford Clays (Town Circular)	Mon - Sat	Via Lenthall Avenue
402	Eastern National	Southend	London, Victoria	Daily	Via Dartford
403	Eastern National	Basildon	Romford	Mon - Sat	Via West Horndon
405	Eastern National	Romford	Corringham	Fri Only	1 Return Journey
723	Green Line	Grays	London, Victoria	Daily
TW	Thames Weald	Sevenoaks	Romford	Tue - Sat	Via Aveley
X1	Southend Trans’t	Southend	Heathrow Airport	Daily


	371 Route 371 ran from Romford to Grays, then via Little Thurrock & Tilbury and back to Grays. 377 Route 377 operated Mon - Sat early morning & late evenings, and all day on sundays (Tilbury to Grays only).


	From 12th September 1983, Green Line, together with Eastern National, introduced route 722 which ran from Corringham to Marble Arch in London.


	1984


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1st April 1984 marked the introduction of route 795 (Southend to Brighton), which passed through Thurrock, and was jointly
operated by Southdown, Eastern National, Green Line and Southend Transport. Southdowns involvement only lasted until
January 1985.

April 1984 also saw the introduction of Green Line Route 721, linking Tilbury with Marble Arch. As a consequence of new route
721, route 722’s shopper journeys were withdrawn leaving just peak hour workings.


	The table below shows bus services operating in Thurrock as per the Essex County Council timetable dated September 1984:

ROUTE	OPERATOR			Days	Notes
152	Eastern National	Chelmsford	Grays	Daily	via Stanford
153	Eastern National	Chelmsford	Grays	Daily	Via Corringham
154	Eastern National	Chelmsford	Grays	Daily	via Stanford
155	Eastern National	Basildon	Grays	Mon - Sat	Via Fobbing
156	Eastern National	Basildon	Stanford	Mon - Sat	Via Langdon Hills
157	Eastern National	Pitsea	Bulphan	Wed Only	1 Return Journey
158	Eastern National	Basildon	Grays	Mon - Fri	1 Return Journey
257	Eastern National	Basildon	Bulphan	Tue Only	2 Return Journeys
265/266	Eastern National	Brentwood	Bulphan	Mon - Sat
367	London Country	Tilbury Docks	East Tilbury, Bata Shoe Factory	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
368	London Country	Grays	East Tilbury, Bata Shoe Factory	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
369	London Country	Grays	Brentwood	Mon - Sat
370	London Country	Tilbury Ferry	Romford	Daily
371	London Country	Grays	Romford	Mon - Sat	See notes below
373	London Country	Chadwell	Aveley (To Rainham Mon - Fri peak)	Mon - Sat	Grays only Sundays
374	London Country	Grays	Linford	Mon - Sat
375	London Country	Stifford Clays	Rainham	Daily	Aveley only Sundays
377	London Country	Tilbury	Purfleet	Daily	See notes below
378	London Country	Orsett Hospital	Purfleet	Mon - Sat
383	London Country	Chadwell	Purfleet	Mon - Sat	Early morning only
389	London Country	Orsett Hospital	Purfleet	Daily	1 Rtn Jny Sat & Sun
396	London Country	Grays	Stifford Clays (Town Circular)	Mon - Sat	Via Little Thurrock
399	London Country	Grays	Stifford Clays (Town Circular)	Mon - Sat	Via Lenthall Avenue
402	Eastern National	Southend	London, Victoria	Daily	Via Dartford
403	Eastern National	Basildon	Romford	Mon - Sat	Via West Horndon
405	Eastern National	Romford	Corringham	Fri Only	1 Return Journey
721	Green Line	Tilbury Byron Gdns	London, Marble Arch	Mon - Fri	1 peak return Journey
722	EN & GL	Corringham	London, Marble Arch	Daily	2 peak return Journeys
723	Green Line		London, Victoria	Daily
795	See notes below	Southend	Brighton	Daily
TW	Thames Weald	Sevenoaks	Romford	Wed - Fri	Via Aveley
TW	Thames Weald	Maidstone	Romford	Sat Only	Via Aveley
X1	Southend Trans’t	Southend	Heathrow Airport	Daily
X11/X21	Southend Trans’t	Southend	London, Green Park	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
X31	Southend Trans’t	Canvey Island	London, Green Park	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only


	371 Route 371 ran from Romford to Grays, then via Little Thurrock & Tilbury and back to Grays. 377 Route 377 operated Mon - Sat early morning & late evenings, and all day on sundays (Tilbury to Grays only). 795 Joint operation by Eastern National, Green Line, Southdown and Southend Transport.

LNB69 (NPD169L), a Leyland National, was transferred to London Country’s Grays garage from it’s Reigate garage in September
1984 for a school contract. This vehicle went to Eastern National in April 1985, to be converted into a ‘disabled persons bus’.

October 1984 saw the introduction of free buses to the new Tesco store in West Thurrock, operated by London Country. As things
turned out, the Tesco contract stayed with Grays garage until it was withdrawn completely in 200? whilst being operated by Arriva.
Initial services were:

T1	Grays
T2	Chadwell St Mary
T3	South Ockendon
T4	Tilbury
T5	Purfleet (Uplands Estate)
T6	Brentwood
T7	Dagenham


	More free routes were added in 1985


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