3 Chelmsford, Bus Stn ↔ Southend, Travel Ce
Operated by First Essex. First bus 06:30, last bus 18:05. 16 journeys on weekdays.
Wanted a different 3? 104 other bus routes are numbered 3 elsewhere in the UK — see every 3 bus by area.
✅ 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 →
📅 Tomorrow is Summer bank holiday — many operators run a Sunday
or special timetable on bank holidays. Check before travelling.
Timetable
Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. Switch a table to All stops for every stop it calls at, or open a stop's own page for live departures there.
towards Southend, Travel Ce · Monday to Friday towards Southend, Travel Ce · Saturday towards Chelmsford, Bus Stn · Monday to Friday towards Chelmsford, Bus Stn · Saturday
3 towards Southend, Travel Ce — Monday to Friday (8 journeys)
| King Edward VI School (o/s) | · | · | · | · | · | 15:55 | · | · |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bus Station (Stand 2) | 07:15 | 07:25 | 09:00 | 11:10 | 13:10 | 16:00 | 16:10 | 17:30 |
| H & M (Stop Db) | 07:17 | 07:27 | 09:03 | 11:13 | 13:13 | 16:03 | 16:13 | 17:33 |
| Woodhill Road (adj) | 07:25 | 07:34 | 09:10 | 11:20 | 13:20 | 16:15 | 16:20 | 17:46 |
| East Hanningfield Road (adj) | 07:29 | 07:38 | 09:14 | 11:24 | 13:24 | 16:20 | 16:24 | 17:51 |
| The Windmill (opp) | 07:35 | 07:43 | 09:20 | 11:30 | 13:30 | 16:27 | 16:30 | 17:58 |
| Hyde Hall (S-bound) | · | · | 09:24 | 11:34 | · | · | · | 18:02 |
| The Bell (o/s) | 07:40 | 07:49 | 09:29 | 11:39 | 13:35 | 16:32 | 16:35 | 18:07 |
| School (o/s) | 07:43 | 07:51 | 09:32 | 11:42 | 13:38 | 16:36 | 16:38 | 18:11 |
| The Hawk (opp) | 07:46 | 07:54 | 09:35 | 11:45 | 13:41 | 16:40 | 16:41 | 18:14 |
| Bedloes Corner (S-bound) | 07:50 | 07:57 | 09:39 | 11:49 | 13:45 | 16:44 | 16:45 | 18:18 |
| Wolsey Park North (S-bound) | 07:53 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| The Sweyne Park School (o/s) | 08:01 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Hullbridge Road (opp) | · | 08:02 | 09:45 | 11:55 | 13:51 | 16:51 | 16:51 | 18:24 |
| Railway Station (opp) | 08:04 | 08:05 | 09:49 | 11:59 | 13:55 | 16:55 | 16:55 | 18:28 |
| High Street (NE-bound) | 08:07 | 08:08 | 09:52 | 12:02 | 13:58 | 16:58 | 16:58 | 18:31 |
| The Woodmans Arms (o/s) | 08:18 | 08:17 | 10:01 | 12:11 | 14:07 | 17:11 | 17:07 | 18:47 |
| Rivers Corner (E-bound) | 08:21 | 08:20 | 10:04 | 12:14 | 14:10 | 17:14 | 17:10 | 18:50 |
| Morrisons (o/s) | 08:28 | 08:26 | 10:10 | 12:20 | 14:16 | 17:20 | 17:16 | 18:55 |
| Thames Drive (opp) | 08:33 | 08:31 | 10:15 | 12:25 | 14:21 | 17:25 | 17:21 | 19:00 |
| Post Office | 08:40 | 08:35 | 10:20 | 12:30 | 14:26 | 17:31 | 17:26 | 19:04 |
| Blenheim Chase (N-bound) | 08:45 | 08:40 | 10:25 | 12:35 | 14:31 | 17:36 | 17:31 | 19:09 |
| Southend Hospital South (Stop C) | 08:55 | 08:47 | 10:32 | 12:42 | 14:38 | 17:43 | 17:38 | 19:15 |
| Victoria Station Interchange (Stop VE) | 09:05 | 08:57 | 10:42 | 12:52 | 14:48 | 17:53 | 17:48 | 19:23 |
| Travel Centre (Stop C) | 09:10 | 09:02 | 10:47 | 12:57 | 14:53 | 17:58 | 17:53 | 19:26 |
Route map
All stops on route 3
3 towards Southend, Travel Ce
- King Edward VI School (o/s) Chelmsford
- The Ship (o/s) Chelmsford City Centre
- Bus Station (Stand 2) Chelmsford City Centre
- Chelmsford Railway Station (Stand 11) Chelmsford City Centre
- Cathedral (Stop Cb) Chelmsford City Centre
- H & M (Stop Db) Chelmsford City Centre
- Parkway (Stop Ea) Chelmsford City Centre
- Army & Navy (SE-bound) Chelmsford
- Manor Farm Shop (o/s) Great Baddow
- Molrams Lane (opp) Great Baddow
- Woodhill Road (adj) Sandon
- Ladywell Lane (adj) Great Baddow
- Howe Green (SE-bound) Howe Green
- East Hanningfield Road (adj) Howe Green
- Southlands Chase (opp) Howe Green
- White Lodge (opp) Howe Green
- Nursing Home (o/s) Howe Green
- Butts Green Road (adj) Butts Green
- Great Claydons (opp) East Hanningfield
- The Three Horseshoes (o/s) East Hanningfield
- The Windmill (opp) East Hanningfield
- Hyde Hall (S-bound) Rettendon
- Creephedge Lane (adj) East Hanningfield
- East Hanningfield Road (S-bound) Rettendon
- The Firs (opp) Rettendon
- Bartletts Farm (opp) Rettendon
- Old Bell Lane (adj) Rettendon
- The Bell (o/s) Rettendon
- The Wheatsheaf (o/s) Rettendon
- Hoe Lane (opp) Rettendon
- White House Farm (o/s) Rettendon
- School (o/s) Rettendon
- The Turnpike north (S-bound) Rettendon
- The Turnpike south (SE-bound) Rettendon
- The Hawk (opp) Battlesbridge
- Antique Centre (adj) Battlesbridge
- Goose Cottages (opp) Battlesbridge
- Bedloes Corner (S-bound) Rawreth
- Wolsey Park North (S-bound) Rayleigh
- Wolsey Park Central (S-bound) Rayleigh
- Wolsey Park South (S-bound) Rayleigh
- Lower Barn Farm (o/s) Rawreth
- Electricity Board (o/s) Rayleigh
- Sir Walter Raleigh Drive (adj) Rayleigh
- Victoria Avenue (adj) Rayleigh
- The Sweyne Park School (o/s) Rayleigh
- Trenders Avenue (adj) Rayleigh
- ASDA (opp) Rayleigh
- Downhall Park Way (opp) Rayleigh
- Farm View (adj) Rayleigh
- Rawreth Lane (opp) Rayleigh
- Hullbridge Road (opp) Rayleigh
- Deepdene Avenue (opp) Rayleigh
- Cheapside East (opp) Rayleigh
- The Travellers Joy (o/s) Rayleigh
- Railway Station (opp) Rayleigh
- High Street (NE-bound) Rayleigh
- Bull Lane (adj) Rayleigh
- Websters Way (SW-bound) Rayleigh
- Eastwood Road (NW-bound) Rayleigh
- The Library (opp) Rayleigh
- The Paul Pry (opp) Rayleigh
- Great Wheatley Road (opp) Rayleigh
- The Weir (opp) Rayleigh
- Sainsburys Store (o/s) Thundersley
- Copper Beeches (o/s) Thundersley
- Woodmans Arms (near) Thundersley
- The Woodmans Arms (o/s) Thundersley
- The Deanes School (opp) Daws Heath
- Shops (o/s) Daws Heath
- Daws Heath Common (opp) Daws Heath
- Rivers Corner (E-bound) Daws Heath
- Fairmead Avenue (opp) Daws Heath
- Central Avenue (adj) Hadleigh
- Poors Lane (adj) Hadleigh
- Morrisons (o/s) Hadleigh
- Oak Road (adj) Hadleigh
- Broughton Road (adj) Hadleigh
- Woodfield Road (adj) Hadleigh
- Tattersall Gardens (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
- Thames Drive (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
- Canvey Road (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
- Hadleigh Road (SE-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
- Salisbury Road (E-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
- Grange Road (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
- Belton Way East (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
- Post Office Leigh-on-Sea
- Glendale Gardens (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
- Leigh Elms (N-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
- Manchester Drive (N-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
- Bonchurch Park (near) Leigh-on-Sea
- Elmsleigh Drive (E-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
- Blenheim Chase (N-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
- School Way (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
- Blenheim Park (o/s) Leigh-on-Sea
- Westcliff High Schools (Stop D) Leigh-on-Sea
- St Thomas Moore School (o/s) Leigh-on-Sea
- Mannering Gardens South (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
- Southbourne Grove (E-bound) Prittlewell
- Prittlewell School (opp) Prittlewell
- Southend Hospital South (Stop C) Prittlewell
- Highfield Gardens (Stop J) Prittlewell
- Gainsborough Drive (opp) Prittlewell
- Priory Park (NE-bound) Prittlewell
- Blue Boar (opp) Prittlewell
- Civic Centre (o/s) Southend-on-Sea
- Victoria Station Interchange (Stop VE) Southend-on-Sea
- Whitegate Road (Stop VR) Southend-on-Sea
- Travel Centre (Stop C) Southend-on-Sea
3 towards Chelmsford, Bus Stn
- The Sweyne Park School (o/s) Rayleigh
- Victoria Avenue (opp) Rayleigh
- Electricity Board (opp) Rayleigh
- Lower Barn Farm (opp) Rawreth
- Wolsey Park Central (N-bound) Rayleigh
- Wolsey Park South (N-bound) Rayleigh
- Wolsey Park North (N-bound) Rayleigh
- Travel Centre (Stop C) Southend-on-Sea
- Whitegate Road (Stop VS) Southend-on-Sea
- Chichester Road (Stop VM) Southend-on-Sea
- Victoria Station Interchange (Stop VH) Southend-on-Sea
- Civic Centre (opp) Southend-on-Sea
- Blue Boar (o/s) Prittlewell
- Priory Park (SW-bound) Prittlewell
- Gainsborough Drive (adj) Prittlewell
- Highfield Gardens (Stop L) Prittlewell
- Southend Hospital South (Stop B) Prittlewell
- Prittlewell School (o/s) Prittlewell
- Southbourne Grove (W-bound) Prittlewell
- St Thomas Moore School (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
- Mannering Gardens South (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
- Westcliff High Schools (Stop A) Leigh-on-Sea
- Blenheim Park (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
- School Way (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
- Blenheim Chase (S-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
- Manchester Drive (S-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
- Leigh Elms (S-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
- Glendale Gardens (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
- Leigh Church (o/s) Leigh-on-Sea
- Belton Way East (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
- Grange Road (opp) Leigh-on-Sea
- Salisbury Road (W-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
- London Road (NW-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
- Canvey Road (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
- Medway Crescent (W-bound) Leigh-on-Sea
- Thames Drive (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
- Woodfield Road (opp) Hadleigh
- Tattersall Gardens (adj) Leigh-on-Sea
- Broughton Road (opp) Hadleigh
- Church (W-bound) Hadleigh
- Morrisons (o/s) Hadleigh
- Rectory Close (opp) Hadleigh
- Scrub Lane (opp) Hadleigh
- Poors Lane (opp) Hadleigh
- Central Avenue (opp) Hadleigh
- Fairmead Avenue (adj) Daws Heath
- Shops (opp) Daws Heath
- Rivers Corner (W-bound) Daws Heath
- Daws Heath Common (adj) Daws Heath
- The Deanes School (o/s) Daws Heath
- The Woodmans Arms (opp) Thundersley
- Copper Beeches Thundersley
- Sainsburys Store (opp) Thundersley
- The Weir (o/s) Rayleigh
- Great Wheatley Road (adj) Rayleigh
- The Paul Pry (o/s) Rayleigh
- The Library (o/s) Rayleigh
- Railway Station (adj) Rayleigh
- The Travellers Joy (opp) Rayleigh
- Cheapside East (adj) Rayleigh
- Deepdene Avenue (adj) Rayleigh
- Brooklyn Drive (adj) Rayleigh
- Hullbridge Road (adj) Rayleigh
- Rawreth Lane (adj) Rayleigh
- Farm View (opp) Rayleigh
- Downhall Park Way (adj) Rayleigh
- Trenders Avenue (opp) Rayleigh
- ASDA (o/s) Rayleigh
- Bedloes Corner (N-bound) Rawreth
- Goose Cottages (o/s) Battlesbridge
- Antique Centre (opp) Battlesbridge
- The Hawk (o/s) Battlesbridge
- The Turnpike north (N-bound) Rettendon
- School (opp) Rettendon
- Hoe Lane (adj) Rettendon
- White House Farm (opp) Rettendon
- The Wheatsheaf (opp) Rettendon
- Old Bell Lane (opp) Rettendon
- The Bell (opp) Rettendon
- Hyde Hall (N-bound) Rettendon
- Mill Hill (N-bound) Rettendon
- Bartletts Farm (o/s) Rettendon
- East Hanningfield Road (N-bound) Rettendon
- The Firs (o/s) Rettendon
- Creephedge Lane (opp) East Hanningfield
- The Windmill (o/s) East Hanningfield
- The Three Horseshoes (opp) East Hanningfield
- Great Claydons (adj) East Hanningfield
- Cricket Ground (near) East Hanningfield
- Butts Green Road (opp) Butts Green
- Nursing Home (opp) Howe Green
- Southlands Chase (adj) Howe Green
- White Lodge (o/s) Howe Green
- East Hanningfield Road (opp) Howe Green
- Chalklands (adj) Howe Green
- Howe Green (NW-bound) Howe Green
- Woodhill Road (opp) Sandon
- Molrams Lane (adj) Great Baddow
- Manor Farm Shop (opp) Great Baddow
- Army & Navy (NW-bound) Chelmsford
- Parkway (Stop G) Chelmsford City Centre
- Retail Market (Stop 1) Chelmsford City Centre
- Chelmsford Railway Station (Stand 12) Chelmsford City Centre
- Bus Station (Stand 1) Chelmsford City Centre
- King Edward VI School (o/s) Chelmsford
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 First Essex via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (South East England feed). Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.