68 Highwoods Square, Colchester, Essex to High St., West Mersea, Essex
Service 68 Highwoods Square, Colchester, Essex to High St., West Mersea, Essex is currently registered, in force since 31 August 2025.
The registration
- Registration number
- PF0000599/312
- Operator
- FIRST ESSEX BUSES LTD
- Operator licence
- PF0000599
- Registered with
- Essex County Council · East of England traffic area
- Via
- Colchester, Abberton
- Service type
- Normal Stopping
- Funding
- 🏛️ Financially supported by a local authority (Essex County Council (changed on V8 due to removal of commercial journey).)
- First registered
- 11 April 2016
- Variations
- 9 registered changes
Timetable for this service
- 68 Highwoods Tesco → West Mersea High St First Essex
Matched to this registration by the operator’s licence and service number.
Change history
| Effective | Change | Details | Registered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2025 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. | 17 Jul 2025 |
| 20 Apr 2025 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Route, Stopping Places and Timetable. | 6 Mar 2025 |
| 31 May 2020 | ✏️ Service change short notice | To amend Timetable. then: Highwoods Square to West Mersea | 29 May 2020 |
| 30 Mar 2020 | ⏳ Expired short notice | To amend Timetable. then: Highwoods Square to West Mersea | 27 Mar 2020 |
| 29 Mar 2020 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. then: Highwoods Square to West Mersea | 13 Feb 2020 |
| 21 Oct 2018 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. then: Highwoods Square to West Mersea | 4 Sept 2018 |
| 8 Jan 2017 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Timetable. then: Highwoods Square to West Mersea | 11 Nov 2016 |
| 28 Aug 2016 | ✏️ Service change | To amend Route, Stopping Places and Timetable. then: Highwoods Square to West Mersea | 1 Jul 2016 |
| 11 Apr 2016 | 🆕 New service short notice | Monday to Saturday then: Highwoods Square to West Mersea | 16 Feb 2016 |
About this record
Operators must register every local bus service, every change to it and its withdrawal with a Traffic Commissioner — normally at least 42 days before it takes effect (70 days in Scotland), which is why changes appear here before they happen. This page reproduces the official record for registration PF0000599/312 from DVSA’s published data, refreshed weekly. A registration describes the legal service and can differ from the marketing route name and from the timetable actually operated.
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