CAR PARKING AT SANDON PARK and RIDE
Keep your park and ride bus ticket after leaving the bus on return to the car park as you will need to scan the ticket at the car park barrier soon, [from 6th March 2026] to exit the car park. There are leaflets available at the car park:
This notice will be removed after a few months.
CHELMSFORD PARK AND RIDE -SERVICE REMINDER
Essex County Council have issued a reminder that the OFFICIAL Sandon Park and Ride service is now route 700 operated by First Bus; the fare is £ 3.10 (£1.60 concessionary pass holders) this covering both parking and a return trip to the city centre; the ticket will also activate the car park barrier.
There is a second commercial service running (route 701) this is no longer connected with the Council Park and Ride scheme. Parking charges are NOT included in the fare!
When the Park and Ride buses stop running tickets will be accepted on the following First evening services which will stop at the car park:
Service 31 at 20:10, 21:10, 22:15 and 23:10
Service 336 at 20:40, 21:40 and 22:40
These services operate Monday to Saturday.
CAR SHARE COSTS POLICY
The links that appear on this page are to sites maintained by Essex County Council, the Police and transport operators.
The data and information behind these links should be updated by the individual site owners when necessary. If in doubt about any timetable info. check directly with the service operator.
ENGLISH road works and delays map [NOTE -This link only covers ENGLAND]
This link may be of interest to anyone planning or actually on a journey as it links to a countrywide map of road closures (with official diversion routes shown), road works and other causes of delay.
Use ZOOM multiple times and scroll the map to see very detailed information.
The Travel Essex web site https://www.travelessex.co.uk/about-timetables-maps
Follow the link for information on a variety of information related to travelling by bus in Essex including:
Timetable search
Maps - Downloadable bus and train maps
Live bus maps - track your bus
Advance information on bus timetable changes
Effective 12/4/26
First Essex Buses
31-331-332-333 Burnham, Southminster, Heybridge – Chelmsford
Revised timetable for Service 31 Journeys
Service 333 altered to go via Oak Road Estate in Heybridge and timetable revised on all days of the week.
This site gives access to the Service information Centre that has information on various subjects including:
Bus Gates, and Bus Lanes
Handy information for Cyclists
If you are a walker and/or interested in Public Rights of Way it has two zoomable maps which when greatly enlarged is well worth a look. The ProW one gives an indication of individual footpath lengths.
The section on DRIVING covers topics including:
Car running costs
Car sharing
Electric vehicles, charge points etc.
Parking
The TRAINS link will provide access to rail travel planning and the sites for First Anglia, C2C and all Transport for London services with maps, diagrams timetables etc. The TfL site is again worth a visit to explore possible days out in and around the capital.
Action Fraud website
The next link will take you to the Action Fraud website https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/ where details of numerous types of fraud and scams are listed along with brief details of what they attempt to do. There is also advice on how to avoid them and what to do if you are unfortunate enough to be a victim.
No doubt most of us think this could never happen to us BUT it won't hurt to take a look at the advice. Forewarned is forearmed as they say.
Follow this link for the Latest Alerts - Action Fraud Alert