Thurrock Transport - 1985

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			1985 - 1989

		1985

	In March 1985, three more routes were added to the Tesco free bus service operated by London Country; the T8 (Herongate), T9 (Aveley, Usk Road), and T10 (Bexleyheath). Route T10 was operated by Swanley garage.

In April, Essex County Council awarded the contract for route 369’s Grays to Shenfield section to Ingatestone Coaches (re-numbered 269), leaving London Country with just the Gatehope Drive to Ockendon Station peak

hour workings. Route 370 was withdrawn between Tilbury Asda Store and Tilbury Ferry, though an Essex County Council contract
route between Chadwell and Tilbury Ferry was awarded to Highfield Minicoaches - meaning the quickest way to reach Tilbury Ferry
from Grays was now by train!

Also during the changes in April, London Country picked up the contract for Essex County Councils new sundays only route 378
from Grays to Tilbury Feenan Highway.

London Country’s fleet details for April 1985 can be found by clicking here.

On 29th June 1985, Green Line route 721 was extended from Tilbury to East Tilbury and route 723 was improved by running direct
along the A13 between Dagenham and Poplar.


	The table below shows bus services operating in Thurrock as per the Essex County Council timetable dated September 1985:

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	Mon - Sat	via Stanford
155	Eastern National	Basildon	Stanford	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 - Sat	Via Fobbing
257	Eastern National	Basildon	Bulphan	Tue Only	1 Return Journey
265/266	Eastern National	Brentwood	Bulphan	Mon - Sat
269	Ingatestone Co	Grays	Brentwood	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	Ockendon Stn	Belhus Gatehope Drive	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
370	London Country	Tilbury Asda store	Romford	Daily	Via Feenan Highway
371	London Country	Tilbury Asda store	Romford	Mon - Sat	Via St Chads Road
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	Mon - Sat	morning & evening only
378	London Country	Orsett Hospital	Purfleet	Daily	Tilbury - Grays Sundays
383	London Country	Chadwell	Purfleet	Mon - Sat	Early morning only
389	London Country	Orsett Hospital	Purfleet	Mon - Fri
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	East Tilbury	London, Victoria	Mon - Fri	2 peak return Journeys
722	EN & GL	Corringham	London, Victoria	Daily	2 peak return Journeys
723	Green Line	Tilbury	London, Victoria	Daily
795	See notes below	Southend	Brighton	Daily
Highfield	Highfield M’coach	Chadwell	Tilbury Ferry	Mon - Sat
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	Southend Trans’t	Southend	Heathrow Airport	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
X31	Southend Trans’t	Canvey Island	London, Green Park	Mon - Fri*	Peak Hours Only
X21/X41	Southend Trans’t	Basildon	London, Green Park	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only


	795 Joint operation by Eastern National, Green Line and Southend Transport. X31 * One return journey on Saturdays


	From 1st October, London Country started to change the appearance of it’s vehicles by changing the White stripe to light Green - the ‘London Country’ fleetname was changed from White to light Green sometime later on.


	1986


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	The table below shows bus services operated by London Country as per their timetable dated 5th July 1986:

ROUTE	OPERATOR			Days	Notes
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	Ockendon Stn	Belhus	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
370	London Country	Tilbury Asda store	Romford	Daily	Via Chadwell
371	London Country	Tilbury Asda store	Romford	Mon - Sat	Via Little Thurrock
373	London Country	Chadwell	Aveley (Rainham at peak times)	Daily	Grays only Sundays
374	London Country	Linford	Grays	Mon - Sat
375	London Country	Stifford Clays	Rainham (Avelely only in peaks)	Daily
377	London Country	Purfleet	Tilbury	Mon - Sat	Early & Late only
378	London Country	Purfleet	Orsett Hospital	Daily	Tilbury & Grays only sundays
383	London Country	Chadwell	Purfleet	Mon - Sat	Early morn only
389	London Country	Purfleet	Orsett Hospital	Mon - Fri
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 Ave
721	Green Line	East Tilbury	London Victoria	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
722	See Below	Corringham	London Victoria	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
723	Green Line	Tilbury	London Victoria	Daily
795	See Below	Southend	Brighton	Daily
990	Green Line	East Tilbury	Eastbourne	Wed	Summer only
991	Green Line	East Tilbury	Ramsgate	Sun	Summer only


		722 Joint operation between Eastern National and Green Line. 795 Joint operation between Eastern National, Green Line and Southend Transport.

	Details of London Country’s fleet during summer 1986 can be found by clicking here.


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	On 7th September 1986, London Country was split into four separate companies, in preparation for the forthcoming privatisation of the National Bus Company. Grays garage became part of London Country North East, along with Harlow, Hertford, Stevenage and Ware.

26th October 1986 - deregulation day.

Deregulation day, bourne out of the transport act 1985, was a particularly important day as it spelled the end of the National Bus
Company and allowed other independent operators to register their own routes. Many routes were subject to contracting out by
Essex County Council as they were socially necessary, but not financially viable.


	The table below shows bus services operating in Thurrock as per the Essex County Council timetable dated 26th October 1986:

ROUTE	OPERATOR			Days	Notes
150	Eastern National	Basildon	Grays (Via Corringham)	Mon - Sat
152	Eastern National	Chelmsford	Grays (Via Stanford)	Daily
153	Eastern National	Chelmsford	Grays (Via Corringham)	Daily	Eve & Sundays
154	Eastern National	Chelmsford	Grays (Via Stanford)	Mon - Sat	via Stanford
156	London Country	Basildon	Stanford (Via Langdon Hills)	Mon - Sat	1 Return Journey
157	Eastern National	Pitsea	Bulphan	Wed Only	1 Return Journey
158	Eastern National	Basildon	Stanford (Via Fobbing)	Mon - Fri	1 Return Journey
159	London Country	Basildon	Stanford Via Fobbing & Corringham	Mon- Sat
257	Eastern National	Basildon	Bulphan	Tue Only	1 Return Journey
265	Harris Bus	Brentwood	Bulphan	Mon - Sat
269	Harris Bus	Grays	Brentwood	Mon - Sat
368	London Country	Grays	East Tilbury, Bata Shoe Factory	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
369	London Country	Ockendon Stn	Belhus Gatehope Drive	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
370	London Country	Tilbury Asda store	Romford	Daily	Via Chadwell
371	London Country	Tilbury Byron Gdns	Romford	Mon - Sat	Via Little Thurrock
372	Harris Bus	Grays	Orsett Hospital (Grays Sundays)	Daily	Via Tilbury
373	London Country	Chadwell	Aveley (To Rainham Mon - Fri peak)	Mon - Sat	See notes below
373	Harris Bus	Chadwell	Grays	Sun
374	Castle Point	Grays	Linford	Mon - Sat	2 return Journeys
375	Harris Bus	Aveley	Orsett Hospital (Grays Sundays)	Daily
376	London Country	Stifford Clays	Lakeside (Tesco Store)	Mon - Sat	Via Lenthall Avenue
377/378	London Country	Stifford Clays	Purfleet	Mon - Sat	Eve jny’s by Harris Bus
377	Harris Bus	Stifford Clays	Grays	Sun
379	Harris Bus	Tilbury	Grays	Sun
380	Cunnigham	Tilbury Ferry	Chadwell (Orsett Hospital Sundays)	Daily
383	Harris Bus	Chadwell	Purfleet	Mon - Sat	Morn & Eve only
389	London Country	Fobbing	Purfleet	Mon - Fri
402	Eastern National	Southend	London, Victoria	Mon - Sat	Via Dartford
403	London Country	Basildon	Romford	Mon - Sat	Via West Horndon
405	Eastern National	Romford	Corringham	Fri Only	1 Return Journey
721	Green Line	East Tilbury	London, Victoria	Mon - Fri	2 peak return Journeys
722	EN & GL	Corringham	London, Victoria	Daily	2 peak return Journeys
723	Green Line	Tilbury	London, Victoria	Daily
795	See notes below	Southend	Brighton	See below	1 Return Journey
TW	Thames Weald	Sevenoaks	Romford	Wed - Sat	Via Aveley
X1	Southend Trans’t	Southend	Heathrow Airport	Daily
X10/X11	Southend Trans’t	Southend	London, Green Park	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
X21	Southend Trans’t	Shoeburyness	London, Green Park	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
X30/X31	Southend Trans’t	Canvey Island	London, Green Park	Mon - Fri*
X41	Southend Trans’t	Prittlewell	London, Green Park	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only


		373 Some journeys on Wednesdays, and all day Saturdays: extended from Aveley to Romford via Romford Road, Corbets Tey and thence route 370 to Romford 795 Joint operation by Eastern National, and Southend Transport. Eastern National operate on Mondays & Fridays, Southend Transport Sat & Sun. X31 * One return journey on Saturdays

1987

	Details of London Country’s fleet during summer 1987 can be found by clicking here.

1988


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	London Country North East was the last company sold to a private operator, going into the hands of AJS Holdings on 22nd April 1988. AJS Holdings created County Bus & Coach, and further created local operating names for each garage - Grays became known as ThameSide, though this change happen straight away hence the reference to London Country North East in the table below.


	The table below shows bus services operated by London Country North East as per their timetable dated 5th July 1988:

ROUTE	OPERATOR			Days	Notes
370	London Country	Tilbury Asda store	Romford	Daily	Grays only Sundays
373	London Country	Chadwell	Aveley (Rainham at peak times)	Mon - Fri	Extended Aveley - Romford Wed, Fri and Sat
376	London Country	Stifford Clays	Purfleet	Mon - Sat	Via Lenthall Ave
377	London Country	Tilbury Asda store	purfleet	Mon - Sat
378	London Country	Stifford Clays	Purfleet	Mon - Sat
722	See Below	Corringham	London Victoria	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
723	Green Line	Tilbury	London Victoria	Daily	Grays only Saturdays
733	Green Line	East Tilbury	London Victoria	Mon - Fri	Peak Hours Only
990	Green Line	East Tilbury	Eastbourne	Wed	Summer only
991	Green Line	East Tilbury	Ramsgate	Sun	Summer only


	722 Joint operation between Eastern National and Green Line.

1989

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