3 Chelmsford, Bus Sta ↔ Southend, Travel Ce

Operated by First Essex. First bus 06:30, last bus 18:05. 14 journeys on weekdays.

✅ The 3 is confirmed in the national fare cap — single fares cost at most £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Source: GOV.UK. Details →

Timetable

Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. For times at your exact stop, open the stop's own page.

towards Southend, Travel Ce · Monday to Friday towards Southend, Travel Ce · Saturday towards Chelmsford, Bus Sta · Monday to Friday towards Chelmsford, Bus Sta · Saturday
3 towards Southend, Travel Ce — Monday to Friday (7 journeys)
King Edward VI School (o/s) ····15:55··
Bus Station (Stand 2) 07:2509:0011:1013:1016:0016:1017:30
H & M (Stop Db) 07:2709:0311:1313:1316:0316:1317:33
Woodhill Road (adj) 07:3409:1011:2013:2016:1516:2017:46
East Hanningfield Road (adj) 07:3809:1411:2413:2416:2016:2417:51
The Windmill (opp) 07:4309:2011:3013:3016:2716:3017:58
Hyde Hall (S-bound) ·09:2411:34···18:02
The Bell (o/s) 07:4909:2911:3913:3516:3216:3518:07
School (o/s) 07:5109:3211:4213:3816:3616:3818:11
The Hawk (opp) 07:5409:3511:4513:4116:4016:4118:14
Bedloes Corner (S-bound) 07:5709:3911:4913:4516:4416:4518:18
Hullbridge Road (opp) 08:0209:4511:5513:5116:5116:5118:24
Railway Station (opp) 08:0509:4911:5913:5516:5516:5518:28
High Street (NE-bound) 08:0809:5212:0213:5816:5816:5818:31
The Woodmans Arms (o/s) 08:1710:0112:1114:0717:1117:0718:47
Rivers Corner (E-bound) 08:2010:0412:1414:1017:1417:1018:50
Morrisons (o/s) 08:2610:1012:2014:1617:2017:1618:55
Thames Drive (opp) 08:3110:1512:2514:2117:2517:2119:00
Post Office 08:3510:2012:3014:2617:3117:2619:04
Blenheim Chase (N-bound) 08:4010:2512:3514:3117:3617:3119:09
Southend Hospital South (Stop C) 08:4710:3212:4214:3817:4317:3819:15
Victoria Station Interchange (Stop VE) 08:5710:4212:5214:4817:5317:4819:23
Travel Centre (Stop C) 09:0210:4712:5714:5317:5817:5319:26

Route map

All stops on route 3

3 towards Southend, Travel Ce

  1. King Edward VI School (o/s) Chelmsford
  2. The Ship (o/s) Chelmsford City Centre
  3. Bus Station (Stand 2) Chelmsford City Centre
  4. Chelmsford Railway Station (Stand 11) Chelmsford City Centre
  5. Cathedral (Stop Cb) Chelmsford City Centre
  6. H & M (Stop Db) Chelmsford City Centre
  7. Parkway (Stop Ea) Chelmsford City Centre
  8. Army & Navy (SE-bound) Chelmsford
  9. Manor Farm Shop (o/s) Great Baddow
  10. Molrams Lane (opp) Great Baddow
  11. Woodhill Road (adj) Sandon
  12. Ladywell Lane (adj) Great Baddow
  13. Howe Green (SE-bound) Howe Green
  14. East Hanningfield Road (adj) Howe Green
  15. Southlands Chase (opp) Howe Green
  16. White Lodge (opp) Howe Green
  17. Nursing Home (o/s) Howe Green
  18. Butts Green Road (adj) Butts Green
  19. Great Claydons (opp) East Hanningfield
  20. The Three Horseshoes (o/s) East Hanningfield
  21. The Windmill (opp) East Hanningfield
  22. Hyde Hall (S-bound) Rettendon
  23. Creephedge Lane (adj) East Hanningfield
  24. East Hanningfield Road (S-bound) Rettendon
  25. The Firs (opp) Rettendon
  26. Bartletts Farm (opp) Rettendon
  27. Old Bell Lane (adj) Rettendon
  28. The Bell (o/s) Rettendon
  29. The Wheatsheaf (o/s) Rettendon
  30. Hoe Lane (opp) Rettendon
  31. White House Farm (o/s) Rettendon
  32. School (o/s) Rettendon
  33. The Turnpike north (S-bound) Rettendon
  34. The Turnpike south (SE-bound) Rettendon
  35. The Hawk (opp) Battlesbridge
  36. Antique Centre (adj) Battlesbridge
  37. Goose Cottages (opp) Battlesbridge
  38. Bedloes Corner (S-bound) Rawreth
  39. Trenders Avenue (adj) Rayleigh
  40. ASDA (opp) Rayleigh
  41. Downhall Park Way (opp) Rayleigh
  42. Farm View (adj) Rayleigh
  43. Rawreth Lane (opp) Rayleigh
  44. Hullbridge Road (opp) Rayleigh
  45. Deepdene Avenue (opp) Rayleigh
  46. Cheapside East (opp) Rayleigh
  47. The Travellers Joy (o/s) Rayleigh
  48. Railway Station (opp) Rayleigh
  49. High Street (NE-bound) Rayleigh
  50. Bull Lane (adj) Rayleigh
  51. Websters Way (SW-bound) Rayleigh
  52. Eastwood Road (NW-bound) Rayleigh
  53. The Library (opp) Rayleigh
  54. The Paul Pry (opp) Rayleigh
  55. Great Wheatley Road (opp) Rayleigh
  56. The Weir (opp) Rayleigh
  57. Sainsburys Store (o/s) Thundersley
  58. Copper Beeches (o/s) Thundersley
  59. Woodmans Arms (near) Thundersley
  60. The Woodmans Arms (o/s) Thundersley
  61. The Deanes School (opp) Daws Heath
  62. Shops (o/s) Daws Heath
  63. Daws Heath Common (opp) Daws Heath
  64. Rivers Corner (E-bound) Daws Heath
  65. Fairmead Avenue (opp) Daws Heath
  66. Central Avenue (adj) Hadleigh
  67. Poors Lane (adj) Hadleigh
  68. Morrisons (o/s) Hadleigh
  69. Oak Road (adj) Hadleigh
  70. Broughton Road (adj) Hadleigh
  71. Woodfield Road (adj) Hadleigh
  72. Tattersall Gardens (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
  73. Thames Drive (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
  74. Canvey Road (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
  75. Hadleigh Road (SE-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
  76. Salisbury Road (E-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
  77. Grange Road (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
  78. Belton Way East (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
  79. Post Office Leigh-on-Sea
  80. Glendale Gardens (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
  81. Leigh Elms (N-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
  82. Manchester Drive (N-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
  83. Bonchurch Park (near) Leigh-on-Sea
  84. Elmsleigh Drive (E-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
  85. Blenheim Chase (N-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
  86. School Way (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
  87. Blenheim Park (o/s) Leigh-on-Sea
  88. Westcliff High Schools (Stop D) Leigh-on-Sea
  89. St Thomas Moore School (o/s) Leigh-on-Sea
  90. Mannering Gardens South (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
  91. Southbourne Grove (E-bound) Prittlewell
  92. Prittlewell School (opp) Prittlewell
  93. Southend Hospital South (Stop C) Prittlewell
  94. Highfield Gardens (Stop J) Prittlewell
  95. Gainsborough Drive (opp) Prittlewell
  96. Priory Park (NE-bound) Prittlewell
  97. Blue Boar (opp) Prittlewell
  98. Civic Centre (o/s) Southend-on-Sea
  99. Victoria Station Interchange (Stop VE) Southend-on-Sea
  100. Whitegate Road (Stop VR) Southend-on-Sea
  101. Travel Centre (Stop C) Southend-on-Sea

3 towards Chelmsford, Bus Sta

  1. Travel Centre (Stop C) Southend-on-Sea
  2. Whitegate Road (Stop VS) Southend-on-Sea
  3. Chichester Road (Stop VM) Southend-on-Sea
  4. Victoria Station Interchange (Stop VH) Southend-on-Sea
  5. Civic Centre (opp) Southend-on-Sea
  6. Blue Boar (o/s) Prittlewell
  7. Priory Park (SW-bound) Prittlewell
  8. Gainsborough Drive (adj) Prittlewell
  9. Highfield Gardens (Stop L) Prittlewell
  10. Southend Hospital South (Stop B) Prittlewell
  11. Prittlewell School (o/s) Prittlewell
  12. Southbourne Grove (W-bound) Prittlewell
  13. St Thomas Moore School (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
  14. Mannering Gardens South (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
  15. Westcliff High Schools (Stop A) Leigh-on-Sea
  16. Blenheim Park (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
  17. School Way (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
  18. Blenheim Chase (S-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
  19. Manchester Drive (S-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
  20. Leigh Elms (S-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
  21. Glendale Gardens (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
  22. Leigh Church (o/s) Leigh-on-Sea
  23. Belton Way East (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
  24. Grange Road (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
  25. Salisbury Road (W-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
  26. London Road (NW-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
  27. Canvey Road (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
  28. Medway Crescent (W-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
  29. Thames Drive (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
  30. Woodfield Road (opp) Hadleigh
  31. Tattersall Gardens (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
  32. Broughton Road (opp) Hadleigh
  33. Church (W-bound) Hadleigh
  34. Morrisons (o/s) Hadleigh
  35. Rectory Close (opp) Hadleigh
  36. Scrub Lane (opp) Hadleigh
  37. Poors Lane (opp) Hadleigh
  38. Central Avenue (opp) Hadleigh
  39. Fairmead Avenue (adj) Daws Heath
  40. Shops (opp) Daws Heath
  41. Rivers Corner (W-bound) Daws Heath
  42. Daws Heath Common (adj) Daws Heath
  43. The Deanes School (o/s) Daws Heath
  44. The Woodmans Arms (opp) Thundersley
  45. Copper Beeches Thundersley
  46. Sainsburys Store (opp) Thundersley
  47. The Weir (o/s) Rayleigh
  48. Great Wheatley Road (adj) Rayleigh
  49. The Paul Pry (o/s) Rayleigh
  50. The Library (o/s) Rayleigh
  51. Railway Station (adj) Rayleigh
  52. The Travellers Joy (opp) Rayleigh
  53. Cheapside East (adj) Rayleigh
  54. Deepdene Avenue (adj) Rayleigh
  55. Brooklyn Drive (adj) Rayleigh
  56. Hullbridge Road (adj) Rayleigh
  57. Rawreth Lane (adj) Rayleigh
  58. Farm View (opp) Rayleigh
  59. Downhall Park Way (adj) Rayleigh
  60. Trenders Avenue (opp) Rayleigh
  61. ASDA (o/s) Rayleigh
  62. Bedloes Corner (N-bound) Rawreth
  63. Goose Cottages (o/s) Battlesbridge
  64. Antique Centre (opp) Battlesbridge
  65. The Hawk (o/s) Battlesbridge
  66. The Turnpike north (N-bound) Rettendon
  67. School (opp) Rettendon
  68. Hoe Lane (adj) Rettendon
  69. White House Farm (opp) Rettendon
  70. The Wheatsheaf (opp) Rettendon
  71. Old Bell Lane (opp) Rettendon
  72. The Bell (opp) Rettendon
  73. Hyde Hall (N-bound) Rettendon
  74. Mill Hill (N-bound) Rettendon
  75. Bartletts Farm (o/s) Rettendon
  76. East Hanningfield Road (N-bound) Rettendon
  77. The Firs (o/s) Rettendon
  78. Creephedge Lane (opp) East Hanningfield
  79. The Windmill (o/s) East Hanningfield
  80. The Three Horseshoes (opp) East Hanningfield
  81. Great Claydons (adj) East Hanningfield
  82. Cricket Ground (near) East Hanningfield
  83. Butts Green Road (opp) Butts Green
  84. Nursing Home (opp) Howe Green
  85. Southlands Chase (adj) Howe Green
  86. White Lodge (o/s) Howe Green
  87. East Hanningfield Road (opp) Howe Green
  88. Chalklands (adj) Howe Green
  89. Howe Green (NW-bound) Howe Green
  90. Woodhill Road (opp) Sandon
  91. Molrams Lane (adj) Great Baddow
  92. Manor Farm Shop (opp) Great Baddow
  93. Army & Navy (NW-bound) Chelmsford
  94. Parkway (Stop G) Chelmsford City Centre
  95. Retail Market (Stop 1) Chelmsford City Centre
  96. Chelmsford Railway Station (Stand 12) Chelmsford City Centre
  97. Bus Station (Stand 1) Chelmsford City Centre
  98. King Edward VI School (o/s) Chelmsford

Service history & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

Southend-on-SeaChelmsfordLeigh-on-SeaPrittlewellRayleighGreat BaddowRettendonChelmsford City CentreThundersleyHadleighSandonDaws Heath

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 3 bus?

The first 3 departure on weekdays leaves at 06:30 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 3 bus?

The last 3 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 18:05. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 3 bus cost?

The 3 is confirmed by GOV.UK as part of the national fare cap, so a single costs at most £3 until 31 December 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. First Essex day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 3 bus?

The 3 is operated by First Essex.

Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.