Central Connect (Colchester)

121 registered routes.

0115 777 3187 contact@central-connect.co.uk Official website →

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Central Connect takes part in the national fare cap — most singles cost at most £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2. Routes marked not capped below are excluded; a route with no mark is not in the government’s list either way, so check before you travel. Details →

Tickets & fares

Central Connect sells singles, returns and season tickets.

Adult Single · Young Person Single · Any Return · Any Single · Adult Return · 5-19 Return

Ticket types from Central Connect's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 7 September 2026, which lists what is sold but not what each ticket costs. Singles in England are capped at £3 on participating routes (£2 from Jan 2027). See prices on Central Connect's website →

Registered service changes

No changes are currently registered to take effect. Central Connect has 111 service registrations on record.

All 111 Central Connect registrations →

Routes

121 routes — type a number or a place to find yours

1 Clacton circular first 06:04 · last 19:47
1A Clacton circular first 06:33 · last 18:10
1B Clacton circular not Sundays · first 18:44 · last 22:32
2 Clacton → Mistley via Lawford, Manningtree not Sundays · first 07:15 · last 22:15
2A Clacton → Mistley via Weeley, Tendring not Sundays · first 06:25 · last 15:25
3 Clacton → Harwich via Upper Dovercourt, Dovercourt first 05:30 · last 22:06
4 Clacton circular via Jaywick first 06:12 · last 21:57
4A Clacton circular via Jaywick, Bockings Elm weekdays only · first 08:28 · last 15:20
5 Clacton circular via Bockings Elm first 07:43 · last 17:50
6 Clacton → Point Clear via Bockings Elm, St Osyth first 05:45 · last 21:50
6A Clacton → Point Clear via Bockings Elm, St Osyth first 06:50 · last 23:17
7 Pier Avenue → The Naze first 06:25 · last 19:30
9 Pier Avenue → Columbine Centre £3 cap not Sundays · first 06:28 · last 18:48
9A Pier Avenue → Walton Church first 19:30 · last 22:30
11 Colchester circular via Mile End, Highwoods weekdays only · first 05:50 · last 19:25
40 Aldi → Ebenezer Close not Sundays · first 09:46 · last 18:05
41 Great Cornard → Haverhill via Sudbury, Long Melford not Sundays · first 06:10 · last 18:55
41B Sudbury → Clare via Long Melford, Glemsford not Sundays · first 16:45 · last 16:45
42 Post Office → Osborne Street first 06:05 · last 22:40
43 Sudbury → Colchester via Great Cornard, Mile End not Sundays · first 06:50 · last 17:50

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44 Bus Station → Osborne Street not Sundays · first 06:45 · last 19:40
44A Post Office → Norman Way Schools weekdays only · first 07:05 · last 15:55
45 Sudbury → Bury St Edmunds via Alpheton not Sundays · first 09:10 · last 13:45
45A Sudbury → Bury St Edmunds via Long Melford, Cockfield weekdays only · first 07:00 · last 15:50
46 Bury St Edmunds → Sudbury via Acton, Long Melford first 05:35 · last 22:20
46A Great Waldingfield → Sudbury via Acton, Long Melford weekdays only · first 08:04 · last 15:10
46B Sudbury → Great Waldingfield via Long Melford, Acton not Sundays · first 18:05 · last 18:05
47 Sudbury → Bury St Edmunds via Long Melford, Glemsford not Sundays · first 07:10 · last 15:20
47A Clare → Bury St Edmunds via Glemsford, Cross Green weekdays only · first 07:05 · last 17:35
48 Bury St Edmunds → Great Cornard via Long Melford, Sudbury £3 cap weekdays only · first 07:30 · last 16:40
49 Bus Station → Sudbury, Rubens Walk weekdays only · first 07:05 · last 18:35
49 Chelmsford → Wethersfield via Felsted, Great Bardfield not Sundays · first 06:55 · last 17:57
50 Sudbury → Ipswich via Great Cornard, Hadleigh first 06:20 · last 19:00
51 Hadleigh → Stowmarket via Hitcham, Cross Green weekdays only · first 07:00 · last 17:40
52 Hadleigh circular via Aldham, Elmsett weekdays only · first 10:20 · last 12:20
53 Hadleigh → Bury St Edmunds via Cross Green, Nowton Estate Wednesdays only · first 09:42 · last 12:55
53A Whatfield → Hadleigh via Elmsett Wednesdays only · first 09:20 · last 14:15
63 West Mersea → Colchester via Peldon, Monkwick not Sundays · first 07:04 · last 20:03
63A Monkwick → Colchester via St Michaels weekdays only · first 06:33 · last 19:34
74 Clacton → Colchester via Bockings Elm, St Osyth first 06:53 · last 18:35
74B Clacton → Colchester via Bockings Elm, St Osyth not Sundays · first 19:15 · last 23:10
76 Clacton → Colchester via Weeley, Frating first 06:20 · last 22:45
77 St Osyth → Colchester via Frating, Elmstead Market not Sundays · first 07:25 · last 17:40
77A St Osyth → Colchester via Ardleigh, Greenstead weekdays only · first 08:40 · last 14:06
78 Clacton → Brightlingsea via Jaywick, Bockings Elm not Sundays · first 06:20 · last 21:15
80 Boxted → Colchester via Mile End not Sundays · first 09:12 · last 11:59
80A Dedham → Colchester via Boxted, Mile End not Sundays · first 08:44 · last 17:40
81 Dedham → Colchester via Langham, Mile End not Sundays · first 06:13 · last 16:00
81A Manningtree → Colchester via Ardleigh, Mile End not Sundays · first 07:13 · last 19:20
82 Colchester → Colne Engaine via Copford, Marks Tey not Sundays · first 08:00 · last 18:28
82A Stanway → Colne Engaine via Colchester, Lexden not Sundays · first 07:25 · last 08:36
82B Colchester → Colne Engaine via Eight Ash Green, Fordham Heath weekdays only · first 10:20 · last 11:20
83 Colchester → Bures via Stanway, Fordham not Sundays · first 10:10 · last 17:45
83A Colchester → Aldham via Lexden, Stanway not Sundays · first 06:29 · last 07:39
83B Colchester circular via Stanway, Fordham not Sundays · first 09:00 · last 16:25
84 The Hythe → Stanway via Greenstead, Colchester weekdays only · first 08:55 · last 14:35
85 Sudbury → Braintree via Gosfield, Bocking weekdays only · first 07:20 · last 15:30
86 Sudbury → Braintree via High Garrett, Bocking £3 cap not Sundays · first 07:00 · last 19:30
87 Great Yeldham → Braintree via High Garrett, Bocking weekdays only · first 07:55 · last 17:30
88 Lock Road → Head Street not Sundays · first 05:42 · last 19:47
88A Ronald Road → Osborne Street first 20:40 · last 22:40
89 Great Yeldham → Colchester via Earls Colne, Lexden weekdays only · first 06:52 · last 19:30
89A Great Yeldham → Colchester via Earls Colne, Lexden Saturdays only · first 06:58 · last 18:20
91 Tollesbury → Witham via Tolleshunt DArcy, Tiptree not Sundays · first 06:22 · last 19:30
92 Colchester → Tollesbury via Shrub End, Stanway £3 cap not Sundays · first 07:42 · last 17:10
95 Tollesbury → Maldon via Tolleshunt DArcy, Heybridge not Sundays · first 08:25 · last 16:55
95A Tollesbury → Maldon via Tolleshunt DArcy, Heybridge weekdays only · first 07:30 · last 15:20
98A Pier Avenue → The Naze not Sundays · first 20:15 · last 21:50
102 Colchester → Harwich via Upper Dovercourt, Dovercourt not Sundays · first 19:05 · last 20:35
105 Walton-on-the-Naze → Colchester via Frinton-on-Sea, Thorpe-le-Soken first 08:21 · last 21:45
107 Walton-on-the-Naze → Colchester via Kirby-le-Soken not Sundays · first 07:10 · last 16:25
109 Monkwick → Rowhedge via Colchester, Old Heath weekdays only · first 08:00 · last 15:20
110 Waldegraves Caravan Park → Thomas Lord Audley School weekdays only · first 07:50 · last 15:20
111 Chatsworth Road → Thomas Lord Audley School weekdays only · first 07:53 · last 15:20
112 East Mersea → Monkwick via West Mersea, Peldon weekdays only · first 07:40 · last 15:20
115 Great Holland → Thorpe-le-Soken via Clacton, Little Clacton weekdays only · first 07:25 · last 15:20
118 Ramsey → Dovercourt via Harwich, Parkeston weekdays only · first 07:51 · last 15:15
122 Harwich circular via Dovercourt, Upper Dovercourt first 09:05 · last 22:10
716 Bildeston → Great Cornard via Acton, Sudbury weekdays only · first 07:35 · last 15:30
812 Witham → Coggeshall via Kelvedon, Marks Tey weekdays only · first 07:38 · last 15:40
813 Wakes Colne → Coggeshall via Great Tey, Marks Tey weekdays only · first 07:45 · last 15:40
814 Halstead → Coggeshall via Earls Colne, Wakes Colne weekdays only · first 07:36 · last 15:30
815 Braintree → Coggeshall via Bradwell weekdays only · first 08:15 · last 15:30
816 Colchester → Old Heath weekdays only · first 07:52 · last 15:15
818 White Colne → Halstead via Earls Colne, Colne Engaine weekdays only · first 08:00 · last 15:10
819 Cressing → Witham via Silver End weekdays only · first 08:00 · last 15:20
820 West Mersea → Tiptree via Great Wigborough, Birch weekdays only · first 07:32 · last 15:35
821 Tollesbury → Tiptree via Tolleshunt DArcy, Great Totham weekdays only · first 07:45 · last 15:35
822 Tollesbury → Tiptree via Tolleshunt DArcy, Tolleshunt Knights weekdays only · first 07:40 · last 15:35
823 Kelvedon → Tiptree via Feering, Inworth weekdays only · first 08:00 · last 15:35
824 Heybridge → Tiptree via Great Totham, Kelvedon weekdays only · first 07:30 · last 15:35
901 Mount Bures → Stanway via Wakes Colne, Marks Tey weekdays only · first 07:53 · last 15:20
902 Wormingford → Stanway via Fordham, Fordham Heath weekdays only · first 07:42 · last 15:20
903 Kelvedon → Stanway via Tiptree, Layer-de-la-Haye weekdays only · first 07:00 · last 15:25
907 West Bergholt → Stanway via Colchester weekdays only · first 07:54 · last 15:25
B1 Haverhill → Bury St Edmunds via Great Wratting, Westley Estate weekdays only · first 07:36 · last 16:20
B1A Linton → Bury St Edmunds via Haverhill, Westley Estate weekdays only · first 07:39 · last 16:20
B5 Bottisham → Bury St Edmunds via Newmarket, Kentford weekdays only · first 07:29 · last 16:30
D1 Maldon → Bradwell-on-Sea via Woodham Mortimer, Cold Norton not Sundays · first 07:10 · last 17:25
D2 Maldon → Southminster via Woodham Mortimer, Cold Norton not Sundays · first 09:13 · last 17:10
HD2 Finchingfield → Sible Hedingham via Wethersfield, Gosfield weekdays only · first 07:19 · last 15:35
HD3 Ridgewell → Sible Hedingham via Belchamp St Paul, Castle Hedingham weekdays only · first 07:10 · last 15:30
HD4 Sudbury → Sible Hedingham via Bulmer, Castle Hedingham weekdays only · first 07:25 · last 15:30
HD5 Clare → Sible Hedingham via Stambourne, Gestingthorpe weekdays only · first 07:10 · last 15:30
HD6 Great Yeldham → Sible Hedingham via Steeple Bumpstead, Stambourne weekdays only · first 07:25 · last 15:30
M1 Parkeston → Manningtree via Upper Dovercourt, Dovercourt weekdays only · first 07:16 · last 15:10
M2 Langham → Manningtree via Ardleigh, Lawford weekdays only · first 07:45 · last 15:10
M3 Wix → Manningtree via Great Bromley, Lawford weekdays only · first 07:36 · last 15:10
O4 Stanway → Chantry via Colchester, East Bergholt weekdays only · first 07:32 · last 16:30
O6 Upper Dovercourt → Chantry via Ramsey, Manningtree weekdays only · first 07:52 · last 16:30
O8 Sudbury → Chantry via Great Cornard, Hadleigh weekdays only · first 07:45 · last 16:30
PL1 Tollesbury → Maldon via Great Totham, Heybridge weekdays only · first 07:35 · last 15:20
PL2 Tiptree → Maldon via Great Totham, Heybridge weekdays only · first 07:40 · last 15:20
TL1 Thorpe-le-Soken circular via Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze weekdays only · first 07:53 · last 15:20
TL2 Thorpe-le-Soken circular via Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze weekdays only · first 07:47 · last 15:20
TL3 Thorpe-le-Soken circular via Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze weekdays only · first 07:44 · last 15:20
TL4 Thorpe-le-Soken circular via Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze weekdays only · first 07:40 · last 15:20
TL5 Thorpe-le-Soken circular via Kirby-le-Soken weekdays only · first 07:46 · last 15:20
TL7 Beaumont → Thorpe-le-Soken via Great Oakley, Little Clacton weekdays only · first 07:36 · last 15:20
TU1 Tendring → Frinton-on-Sea via Ramsey, Upper Dovercourt weekdays only · first 07:31 · last 15:20
TU2 Clacton → Frinton-on-Sea via Thorpe-le-Soken, Kirby Cross weekdays only · first 08:02 · last 15:20