Route 501 will be extended from Brentwood to Warley, Eagle Way. It will also generally start from Harlow Bus Station with only morning rush hour journeys running to or from Old Harlow.

Buses 500 and 501 together provide a half-hourly link between Harlow, Epping, North Weald, and Ongar.

Starting 30th June 2008
There will be a timetable change on Trustline services 22/33. Buses will continue to run every 15 minutes on each service during rush hours, but every 20 minutes on each service at other times.

Starting 1st June 2008
There will be minor timetable alterations to Green Line 724, with some short journeys renumbered 725 or 726.

By 26th May 2008
There will be a change to the timetable on Trustline service 22/33. Passengers using early morning journeys are advised to check details with the operator. The whole service will now start at Harlow Bus Station, passengers for Harlow Town Station will need to change to alternative services.

SM Coaches 524 service, which runs between Harlow and Herford via Ware and Stanstead Abbots, will return to being an hourly service from around this time. 

SM Coaches town services will also have some revisions, principle details as below.

15 - Largely as now, evening rush hour journeys no longer serving Templefields.

19. This will now mainly operate as two separate services, one operating from Harlow Bus Station to Church Langley via First Avenue, but now with a rush hour service extended to the Town Station and Templefields. The other service from Harlow Bus Station via Tripton Road, Tumbler Road, Potter Street and Thornwood to Epping Station. Both services will operate every 30 minutes.

M1/M31 - The service numbered M31 will in future operate via Kingsmoor Road and Pyenest Road instead of Staple Tye. Route M1 continues unchanged. Both services will operate every 15 minutes, providing more buses to Sumners and Katherines.  

Starting 18th May 2008
Green Line 724 will no longer serve Terminal 4 at Heathrow. The service will continue to serve the Central Bus Station (for Terminals 1, 2 and 3) and Terminal 5.

Starting 3rd May 2008
Ipswich in one change. If you are likely to need a cost effective way of getting there, Excel Coaches express luxury coach X5 will be introduced to run from Stansted Airport. The service will operate 12 times per day. Buses operate from Harlow to Stansted Airport regularly 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Ipswich in one convenient change.

Starting 7th April 2008
There will be changes to the Regal Busways service which supplements the 381. Buses will be numbered 7 or 7A, and in addition to the regular morning journey into Harlow, there will be additional return and afternoon journeys.

Starting Monday 31st March 2008
Trustline Buses C3 will have minor timetable changes. 

Starting 25th March 2008
Green Line 724 will provide better access at Heathrow Airport. In addition to serving the central bus station, buses will also stop at Terminal 4 and the new Terminal 5. There will also be a minor rerouting at St Albans. 

SM Coaches services will be changed as follows.
Route 15 will continue to serve Westfield, Brays Grove, Tumbler Road and Potter Street from the Town Centre. It will operate in a loop between so that buses running from the Town Centre before 3.45pm, or to the Town Centre after 3.45pm, will operate to Potter Street directly using Second Avenue. Some buses on Monday to Friday will be transferred to service 19, which will also now serve Westfield, Brays Grove, Tumbler Road and Potter Street on route to and from Epping (please see below) so that there will be still be a service every 15 minutes. During rush hours, buses on route 15 will also serve the Town Station and Templefields. Passengers for Pinnacles should change to service 14 at the Town Centre. Route number 16 will not be used.

Route 19 will now operate from Church Langley, through First Avenue and into the Town Centre, then out through Westfield, Brays Grove, Tumbler Road and Potter Street before continuing to Thornwood and Epping. Buses will operate every 30 minutes. During the morning rush hours buses from Church Langley will also serve Harlow Town Station. On Saturdays the service will operate between Church Langley and the Town Centre only, with certain morning buses continuing to Harlow Town Station. Buses on this route will no longer serve Sumners/Katherines (see 1 and 31 below) 

Routes 1 and 31 will continue to operate between Sumners/Katherines and the Town Centre and now be operated by SM Coaches. At Staple Tye buses will serve Paringdon Road near Milwards and Ployters Road. During Monday to Friday rush hours buses will continue to Harlow Town Station and Pinnacles. Passengers for Templefields should change to route 15 at Harlow Town Centre. Buses on these routes will no longer serve Potter Street and Tumbler Road. 

Starting Saturday 22nd March 2008
Imperial service H1 will have a timetable change. The general level of service will be the same, however an altered route will be introduced in Loughton  and Debden, and buses will no longer operate on the short section between Edinburgh Way Tesco and Old Harlow. 

Starting 4th February 2008 
Route 19 changes. We believe that this route now operates in two separate sections. The service from Epping now runs to Harlow Town Centre via Thornwood, Potter Street and Brays Grove. It then continues to Staple Tye, Sumners and Katherines. The Church Langley service now operates to and from the Town Centre via First Avenue. 

Starting 20th January 2008 
Easybus starts a regular service to London, operating near to Harlow
Although rush hour services operate from various parts of Harlow to London, there is now a regular 24 hour 7 day a week service from nearby, outside the garden centre near the Hastingwood/M11 roundabout. This is basically a London to Stansted Airport Service, that has a pick-up and drop-off point on the way. It provides an £8 single fare for all passengers, although this can be reduced by on-line early booking. If this sounds as though it could be of use, we suggest looking at www.easybus.co.uk

Starting 7th January 2008
There will be significant improvements to route 510 which operates between Harlow Bus Station, Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford and Stansted Airport. During Monday to Saturday daytimes, buses will be improved to operate every 20 minutes. Additionally there will be new night times journeys, so that there will now be a continuous hourly service through the night.

Starting 5th January 2008
A new service will be introduced by TrustLine Buses. Route 22 will operate in a circle from Harlow Bus Station to Hare Street, Kingsmoor, Staple Tye Shopping Centre, Stewards, Passmores and back to Harlow Bus Station. Route 33 will operate in the opposite direction around the circle. Both routes 22 and 33 will operate every 15 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytimes, and will also serve Harlow Town Station during Monday to Friday Rush Hours. 

Starting 3rd January 2008.
SM Coaches route 524 which operates between Harlow Bus Station, Stanstead Abbotts, Ware and Hertford will be improved to operate every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytimes. 

Trips to Lakeside and Bluewater for shopping or to see the Christmas Lights in London. 

Imperial route H2 will operate on Saturdays and Sundays between 1st December and 23rd December between Old Harlow and Lakeside & Bluewater shopping centres. It will follow the H1 route in Harlow. Just turn up and pay on the bus. 

The London Christmas Lights service will operate on Wednesday and Saturday evenings between 1st December and 22nd December using vintage buses, again following the H1 route in Harlow. 

For details of both services, please click here

17th November 2007
A number of changes are taking place on route H1:-

At Loughton and Debden, the route will operate in a circle serving Homebase, High Road, Loughton Station, Epping Forest College, Debden Broadway and Station, Debden Estate and back to Homebase before returning to Harlow. 

Within Harlow the Monday to Friday service will now start at Old Harlow Post Office and serve Edinburgh Way, Harlow Town Station, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow Bus Station and then Potter Street. The service will no longer serve Bush Fair. Buses will continue to operate hourly. One new express journey will operate in the mornings from Debden to Epping and Harlow, and will be numbered X1.

On Saturdays the service will start at Harlow Bus Station (as now) follow the new direct route to Potter Street, but will be improved to operate every 2 hours.

At all times, valid return tickets issued on route H1 will be accepted on route 541 and vise-versa.

November 2007
A number of changes have taken place to the local services of SM Coaches and Olympian Coaches. We are awaiting full details, but believe they are as follows.

Route M1 and M31 now provide the main all day services from Sumners and Katherines to the town centre, with route M31 extending during morning rush hours to Town Station and Templefields. Routes M11 and M21 no longer operate. Some M31 journeys continue after Templefields to Brays Grove and then follow route M15 back into the town centre.

Route M15 now operates from Potter Street to the Town Centre only during the daytimes. New route 14 provides and all day link between the town centre and town station, extending to Pinnacles during the rush hour.

Route 19, which operates between Harlow Town Station and Epping Station via Church Langley and North Weald will now start from Harlow Bus Station, and also operate via Second Avenue to Church Langley, and then more directly to Epping via Thornwood instead of North Weald. Buses will operate every 30 minutes,



Starting 13th August 2007
Some alterations to timetables are being introduced on Arriva services 2/3, 4, 8, 10,  333 and 505. In general there are only minor changes.

Starting 4th August 2007
Route 524, which operates between Church Langley, Harlow and Hertford will be shortened to operate only between Harlow and Hartford only and reduced to operate every 60 minutes instead of every 30 minutes. Arriva route 10 and SM Coaches service 19 continue to serve Church Langley,

Starting 30th July 2007
A new timetable will be introduced on route 541 on Mondays to Saturdays. Buses will continue to run hourly, but will no longer run between Loughton Station and Buckhurst Hill Station. There is no change to the Sunday route or timetable.

Starting 14th May 2007
Route H1, which operates from Loughton to Harlow Bus Station, will be extended to Princess Alexandra Hospital, First Avenue, Howard Way, and Edindurgh Way to Tesco. Buses will continue to operate hourly on Mondays to Fridays. There will be no change to the Saturday service, which will continue to provide 4 journeys between Loughton and Harlow Bus station only. 

29th April 2007
A number of changes will take place to the services linking Harlow and Epping to destinations to the south. Details as follows.

Route 500. This service will continue to operate hourly on Mondays to Saturdays from Old Harlow to Romford, however the route will be diverted to serve North Weald and Ongar instead of Theydon Bois and Abridge. Additionally, the late evening service will no longer operate. Please see route 541 for the replacement service.

Route 501. This service will continue to operate hourly on Mondays to Saturdays from Old Harlow to Brentwood via Ongar, so together with route 500 above, will provide a joint half-hourly service over the Old Harlow to Ongar section. A new Sunday service will be introduced between Harlow Bus Station and Ongar, operating every 2 hours. This will indirectly replace Sunday only routes 200 (Harlow to Buckhurst Hill) and 201 (Buckhurst Hill to Ongar).

New Route 541. This service will be the main service for Theydon Bois and Abridge. During Monday to Saturday daytimes it will start at Epping (St Margarets Hospital) and run hourly via Ivy Chimneys, Theydon Bois, Abridge and Debden to Loughton Station and Buckhurst Hill. During the evenings it will start at Harlow Bus Station, replacing route 500 as far as Abridge. On Sundays the service will also Start at Harlow Bus Station and will operate every two hours as far as Loughton, indirectly replacing route 203. A joint hourly service will operate on routes 501 and 541 on Sundays between Harlow Bus Station and Epping.

Sunday routes 200, 201 and 203 will be discontinued and replaced by introduction of routes 501 and 541 on that day.      




16th March 2007
SM Coaches Route 524, presently operating from Hertford to Harlow Bus Station, will be extended to Church Langley via First Avenue. The service will continue to operate every 30 minutes on Mondays to Saturdays. Please note that there will be no change to Arriva route 10, or to SM Coaches route 19.

30th March 2007
Please disregard the previously posted message regarding the ZIP1 operating between Harlow Town Centre and Milwards.  

17th March 2007
We believe that two services have now been discontinued. These are:-
M9 - Harlow Town Centre to Church Langley via Templefields and Old Harlow. Please note that routes 10 and 19 continue to provide most connections previously provided by these routes, although no service will operate outside of rush hours to Templefields.

600 - Bishops Stortford to Lakeside via Harlow. Passengers for Lakeside are advised to take service 500 to Romford and change to route 370.

5th March 2007
Route 392 will operate between Rye Park and Harlow Bus and Town Stations only, following the existing route through Hoddesdon, Broxbourne, Nazeing, Broadley Common and Paringdon Road. The service onto Edinburgh Way and Old Harlow, or to Ware and Hertford will no longer operate. Please see Network Maps page for alternative services. The service will also be operated by Stansted Transit from this date using white single deck buses.  

An additional return journey will be operated in each direction on Route 347. Times for the morning journey will also be altered. Full details are now updated on this site.


5th February 2007

SM Coaches are operating new service 19 from Harlow Town and Bus Stations to First Avenue, Mark Hall School, New Hall, Church Langley, Potter Street then serving North Weald and Epping, St Margarets Hospital, Hight Street and Station. Buses operate all day, approximately every 45 minutes.  

Excel route 333 will be altered. The service will in future only serve Epping during rush hours. At other times, buses will start at Princess Alexdandra Hospital and operate to Sawbridgeworth and Bishops Stortford before diverting to Stansted Airport. Buses will also no longer serve Old Harlow. Passengers for Stansted Mountfitchet should change at Bishops Stortford to service 301, or at Stansted Airport to Village Link 7.

15th January 2007
A minor change of route will take place on the 6 in the Stow area. During daytimes, buses will in future operate via the full length of Howard Way between First Avenue and second Avenue, and no longer serve Momples Road, which will continue to be served by route 8. Evening buses will continue unchanged. The same level of service will be provided, but times will be altered on most journeys.

2nd January 2007
SM Coaches route 524 will be altered to operate every 30 minutes on Monday to Saturdays between Harlow, Stanstead Abbotts, Ware and Hertford. The existing once daily service to Stevenage will be discontinued. Please note that there is no change to existing services 392, 724 and C3.   

Changes will also be made to SM coaches route SM19 - details are not yet available.

2nd October 2006
Olympian Coaches service M7/M8 will be discontinued. An alternative service M9 will cover part of the route, running from the Town Centre to Sainsbury's, First Avenue, Howard Way, Queensgate Centre, Edinburgh Way, Templefields, Old Harlow Post Office and Church Langley (Tesco).

Route 392 will be extended at both ends. The service will now continue from Harlow Town Station to Queensgate, Templefields and Old Harlow, operating all day Mondays to Saturdays. From Rye Park, the service will now extend to Hundred Acre, St Margarets, Ware and Hertford. The single journey on route 393 serving Roydon will be replaced by an additional 392 journey.

Changes to Green Line 724
A revised route and timetable will be introduced from 3rd September 2006. The service will continue to operate hourly from Harlow to Heathrow Airport, but take a more direct route between Harlow and Hertford and between Hertford and Hatfield. This will improve journey times to most destinations, but will mean that the route will no longer serve Stanstead Abbotts and St Margarets Station (served by route C3) or Hertingfordbury and Birch Green. 

Changes to operators
Starting Sunday 27th August 2006, passengers should be aware that some services operated for Essex County Council will look slightly different. Details of routes changing operator are as follows.

Routes 381/2, Harlow to Epping Green Coopersale and Toothill will be operated by Arriva. The first journey into Harlow will continue (arriving 07:38) will continue to be operated by Regal Busways, and will be numbered 502. 
Sunday Harlow town services 4, 10, 11, and 12 will be operated by Arriva.
Sunday routes 200, 201 and 203 will be operated by Arriva.  
School service 322 (Old Harlow to Saffron Walden) will be operated by Excel 
Rural services 47, 146 and 147 will be operated by Excel 

Services 302 (Saffron Walden to Harlow) and 506 (Harlow to Waltham Cross) will be discontinued.

Route M15/6 to serve Tendring Road
This service, which operates from Harlow Town Station to Potter Street will now serve Tripton Road and Tendring Road between Second Avenue and Brays Grove (The Phoenix). This will provide a closer service for Church Leys and Waterhouse Moor. The service remains otherwise unchanged.

Improved Saturday Service on route 59
From 29th July 2006, the Saturday service on route 59 will run every hour, basically to the same times as the existing Monday to Friday service, except that the first journey from Chelmsford will be at 06:40.

Timetable change on route 724
There were some minor changes to times on route 724 from 1st July 2006 mainly related to late journeys towards Harlow. All times on this site are now updated

Improvements to Metro 10
Starting 5th June 2006, route 10, operating between Harlow Town Station and Church Langley, will be improved to operate every 12-15 from early in the morning until late afternoon. The later service, including the recently improved evening service, will continue at the same frequency as now.

Change to Route C3 
Also starting 5th June 2006, route C3 will operate a revised timetable between Harlow and Waltham Cross (Holdbrook Estate) via Hoddedon and Brookfield Centre. The service will no longer operate onto Waltham Abbey and Upshire. Passengers for these destinatiaons should use the more direct service provided on route 505 to Waltham Abbey, and change to routes 213 or 251 for Upshire.

Summer Sundays out - something different!
For a limited number of Sundays in 2006, starting 7th May 2006, service 622 will operate using Vintage double deck buses. The service will operate between Harlow and Braintree serving Sheering, Hatfield Heath, Hatfield Broad Oak, Little Dunmow, Great Dunmow, Felsted and Rayne. Buses will operate 6 times per day, but on certain days only. Please click for full details.


Changes to route 524
Passengers are advised that this service will be discontinued after 25th March 2006, although a limited number of school day journeys will continue to be operated by SM Coaches from 12th April. Passengers for destinations from Harlow to Hertford North Station should use route 724. Passengers for destinations between Hertford and Stevenage should change to connecting bus services at Hertford Bus Station or rail services at Hertford North Station.

13th February 2006

Night services improved (updated 12th March 2006)
Route 1 (Sumners & Katherines) improved to operate every 30 minutes during the evening on Mondays to Saturdays. Last bus back from town now 23:51

Routes 2 and 3 (Staple Tye) continue to provide an hourly service on each, at slightly altered times, and with an additional late journey on each. Last buses back from Town Centre now at 23:02 (route 3) or 23:32 (route 2). Last bus back from Town Station on these services is at 22:59 (route 3). 

Route 4 (Bush Fair & Latton Bush) improved to operate every 30 minutes during the evening on Mondays to Saturdays. Last bus back from town now 23:47

Route 6 improved to operate every 30 minutes during the evening on Mondays to Saturdays. Last bus back from town now 23:35 (Bush Fair & Latton Bush) or 23:34 (Little Parndon). Last bus from Station to Town Centre now at 23:44. 

Route 8 (Netteswell & Mark Hall South). Hourly service continued with an additional last bus back from town at 23:50 on Mondays to Saturdays

Route 10 (Church Langley) improved to operate every 30 minutes during the evening on Mondays to Saturdays. Last bus back from town now 23:57.

Evening fares (after 7pm) are now only £1 single. Timetables are now being updated on this site.

Routes 5 and 6 combined
Route 5, running between Pinnacles, Little Parndon and Harlow Bus and Rail Stations will now be numbered 6, as these two routes run over much of the same roads. Most journeys will continue to operate over one section only, as follows.

Rush Hours, 
Pinnacles, Little Parndon Town Station and Town Centre, and 
Latton Bush, The Stow and Town Centre

Between rush hours,
Latton Bush, The Stow, Town Centre, Town Station, Little Parndon, Hospital

Evenings
Little Parndon Town Station and Town Centre, and 
Latton Bush, The Stow and Town Centre

30th January 2006
A new timetable has now been introduced on routes C3 operating between Harlow, Brookfield Centre, Waltham Cross and Upshire. Please note that route C2 no longer     
serves Harlow, and that all journeys to and from Harlow are now numbered C3. The same level of service continues to be provided, being basically hourly on Mondays to Saturdays.  

Recent service changes

A major round of alterations to local services has taken effect over the Christmas and New Year period, details below.

1/1A - The main Arriva service will be withdrawn after 24th December. Passengers for Sumners and Katherines should use the alternative services provided by Olympian Coaches, which will now be numbered M1/M11/M21/M31. The Monday to Saturday evening hourly service will continue to operate.

2/3 - A revised timetable will be introduced from 28th December.

5 - The main service to Potter Street will be withdrawn after 24th December. Improvements will be made to SM Coaches services in part compensation (see M15/M16). Early morning, rush hour and evening buses will continue to operate and serve Pinnacles (Monday to Friday rush hours only), Little Parndon, Harlow Town Station and Harlow Bus Station (Monday to Saturday). 

B6 - This service will be renumbered to 6 from 28th December, and extended to serve Harlow Town Station, Little Parndon and Princess Alexandra Hospital, replacing route 5 over this section. Within Brays Grove buses will serve Tillwicks Road instead of Tumbler Road (see M15/M16). Buses will run every 30 minutes during the daytime.

10 - There will be minor changes to the timetable on this service from 28th December.

M1/M11/M21/M31 - New numbers for the main Olympian Coaches services to Sumners and Katherines, providing the same basic frequency and service pattern as existing R1/R11/R21 services. In general there will be buses every 10 minutes to the Town Centre, with rush hour links to Harlow Town Station, Templefields and Pinnacles. Route M31 will provide two journeys per hour operating to Katherines before Sumners during daytimes.

M7/8 - These services will provide a daytime (off-peak) service between Harlow Bus Station, Harlow Town Station, Queensgate, Edinburgh Way, Old Harlow, Harlowbury, Mark Hall South, The Stow and Harlow Bus Station. Each will operate hourly on Mondays to Fridays, M7 in the direction above, M8 in the reverse direction. 

M15/6 - New numbers for the main service to Brays Grove, Tumbler Road and Potter Street, replacing routes 5 and T15. This service will be operated by SM coaches every 10 minutes to the town centre with rush hour extensions to Pinnacles (M15) or Templefields (M16).

R1/R11/R21 - These services will be renumbered M1/M11/M21/M31 but otherwise follow the same basic pattern and frequency. 

R2/R3 - These services will be discontinued. Passengers should use Arriva services 2 and 3

T10 - This service will be withdrawn after 24th December. Passengers for Church Langley should use Arriva service 10, passengers for Templefields should use services M21 or M16.

T15 - This service will be renumbered M15, and improved to operate every 10 minutes. Certain journeys will serve Templefields, and be numbered M16. The new service begins on 3rd January 2006.

19th September 2005

Change to Arriva route 333
This service will no longer operate the small section of route between Harlow Bus Station and Princess Alexandra Hospital. There will also be a revised routing in Bishops Stortford. Full details to follow shortly. 

10th September 2005

Route 711 to be discontinued
This service, which provides one commuter journey to and from London, will no longer operate. Passengers are advised to use Olympian Coaches commuter services 741 and 742.

5th September 2005

Roydon Hamlet service renumbered 391
The once daily service between Harlow and Bumbles Green via Roydon Hamlet, presently using service number 1, will in future be numbered 391. This will avoid confusion will other services.

30th August 2005

School journey on route 10
One journey in each direction will on future serve St Marks School in Tripton Road. Times will be shown shortly. Additionally, a later journey from Church Langley back to Harlow, at 23:11, will also be introduced.

Change of operator for route 347
This service will in future be operated by Stansted Transit. 

Extra journey on route 505
An additional journey will be added to the existing timetable. The new journey will leave Harlow at 16:16, and serve all points to Waltham Abbey.

18th July 2005 (assumed date)
Routes R7 and R8 discontinued.
These circular services, providing day-time links between Harlow, Edinburgh Way, Harlowbury, Old Harlow and Mark Hall South will no longer operate. There will no longer be a daytime service along Edinburgh Way, however, regular alternative services operate to all other destinations.


8th July 2005
Milwards minibus service retained (updated item)
Please note that the Zip1 service which connects Harlow town centre with Milwards will now continue to operate after this date, due to financial the provision of financial support from Essex County Council.


27th June 2005
Route 524 - A revised timetable will be introduced on this service which operates between Harlow, Hertford and Stevenage. Within Stevenage buses will in future serve Bragbury End and Broadwater (Roebuck Centre). Additionally, some rush hour journeys will serve Gunnels Wood Road and Stevenage Rail Station. New timetable details will be available on this site from 16th June. 


27th June 2005 (amended 1st June 2005)
Route C4 to be replaced by routes C2 and C3 
Route C4, which operates between Harlow and the Brookfield Centre in Cheshunt, will be merged with Cheshunt local services C2 & C3 which operate from Brookfield Centre to Waltham Cross. This will provide one through service, providing an all day direct service between Harlow, Stansted Abbots, Hoddesdon, Broxbourne, The Brookfield Centre, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross and onto Upshire. The new combined service will use the numbers C2 and C3, and will be operated by TrustLine using red buses. Timetable details and will be advised shortly.

10th April 2005
Changes to Arriva services are being introduced, as shown below.

1 and 1A - These new routes will replace route B1. Please see below for details.

2/3 - Frequency improved to operate every 10 minutes on each route during to Monday to Friday daytimes. Buses will continue to run every 15 minutes during rush hours, and hourly during the evenings. On Saturdays buses will run every 15 minutes during the morning, every 20 minutes during the afternoon, and hourly during the evenings.

4 - No change to the basic service. On Saturdays buses will run every 15 minutes during the morning, every 20 minutes during the afternoon, and hourly during the evenings.

5 - Some minor changes will be made to the timetable. The same basic level of service will be provided.

7 - Buses will no longer serve Helions Road in Hare Street, running instead the full length of Harberts Road.

8 - A new hourly evening service will be introduced over the whole route, including the Old Harlow and Harlowbury areas. The main service will continue to run every 15 minutes at all other times, except on Saturday afternoons, which will be every 20 minutes.

10 - A new timetable will be introduced at the existing frequency.    

505 - This route will be no longer operate between Old Harlow and Mark Hall North. Buses will in future run from Mark Hall North to Chingford Station, but will be diverted to also serve Lower Nazeing Cross Roads. 

510 - The evening service which operates through Momples Road and Maddox Road will in future operate directly via First Avenue. Please see route 8 for the replacement service. 

724 - The 21:30 departure from Harlow to Hatfield will no longer operate. One early morning journey will in future be numbered 725.

B1 - This service will be altered as follows
 - Renumbered 1
 - Improved to operate mainly every 10 minutes during Monday to Friday daytimes. 
 - During rush hours, the buses which continue to Harlow Town Station will be extended to Pinnacles and renumbered 1A.
 - An hourly evening service will be introduced.

B6 - Some minor changes will be made to the evening peak hour timetable. The same basic level of service will be provided.

Please note that specific timetable information is in the process of being updated. Please check the date at the bottom right hand side of the table to ensure that the new times are shown.


4th March 2005
Route T6 discontinued
Please note that SM Coaches service T6 is now discontinued. Please see alternative parallel services

31st January 2005
New route 524 to Stevenage
Olympian Coaches will be operating new route 524 from Harlow Bus and Town Stations to Stanstead Abbotts, Ware, Hertford, Stapleford, Waterford, Watton-at-stone and Stevenage. Buses will operate every hour on Mondays to Saturdays. Please select a destination from 'Out of Town' links for times.

Timetable change on route H1
There will be some minor alterations to times on this service, please check for details.  

10th January 2005 
New timetables introduced on routes R1/11/21
Revised times will be introduced, although to the same general frequency and service pattern. Passengers for the industrial areas are advised to re-check times.

16th December 2004
Changes to SM Coaches routes T6, T10, T15.

T6 - This service now operates between Harlow Town Station, Harlow Bus Station, The Stow, Brays Grove and Latton Bush (Pear Tree Mead). Buses now run every 20 minutes throughout the day on Monday to Saturdays. During the morning rush hour, buses also serve Edinburgh Way (Queensgate and Templefields). Church Langley is no longer served by this service.

T10 - Now improved to run every 15 minutes during the daytime.

T15 - Rush hour service standardised to serve Pinnacles every 20 minutes (no longer serves Templefields). Daytime journeys to Harlow Town Station introduced every hour.

More new buses, this time for route 59. Again, they will be low-floor, but of a smaller design than those for the 510 below, reflecting the rural nature of the service, but still providing improved standards of comfort and ride quality as well as easy access.

6th December 2004

Arriva will be introducing brand new buses onto route 510. These will be the latest low-floor buses, allowing step free entrance for wheelchairs, prams and shopping trolleys, and also providing a generally improved ride and environment.   

A new timetable will be introduced on Excel route 333. Buses will continue to run generally at the same frequency as now, however the Saturday service will in future run between Harlow and Stansted, and not serve the section between Harlow and Epping via Pinnacles. Additionally, the section within Harlow serving the Pinnacles will only now operate during rush hours. Please note that the Monday to Friday service will continue to run between Epping and Stansted, and also that there is no change to Arriva route 333 between Bishops Stortford (Heath Row) and Harlow (Princess Alexandra Hospital).

22nd November 2004
Minor alterations to times on route 4
There is no change to the general level of service, a few journeys which serve the Town Station and Pinnacles have been re-timed. Please check the updated times on this site for details using the LOCAL POINTS pages.


19th November 2004

Route 410 will be discontinued after this date. Regular alternative services operate to First Avenue and Old Harlow. For services along Edinburgh Way, please see times for Templefields from the Local Points page. 

1st November 2004

Red buses for rural routes 47/146/147 and 347.
All of the above services, providing rural links to villages to the East of Harlow, will be operated by TrustLine on behalf Essex County Council from this date.

28th September 2004

A number of the services operated by Centra will be changing to other operators with immediate effect. Harlow based services effected are as follows.

Route 47/147 to Regal Busways
Route 347 to Arriva
Route 200 to Regal Busways
Route 203 to Stansted Transit

Please note that service 410 continues unchanged with Centra.

13th September 2004 (updated 19th September)

A new timetable will be introduced on Route 505. There will be no change to the general level of service between Harlow and Chingford during Monday to Saturday daytimes. The evening service will no longer operate throughout, and the section to Mark Hall North and Old Harlow will no longer run during rush hours. In Old Harlow the service will operatye direct between the Post Office and the Green Man and no longer serve Harlowbury (The Hoo, Priory Avenue). Regular alternative services now run on route 8. Times are now updated on this site.

Route 47/147 to serve Magdalen Laver. These existing services which provide a once a day service to villages to the east of Harlow from Tuesday to Saturday, will be diverted to additionally serve Magdalen Laver. Buses will leave the village at 10:15 am, arriving in Harlow at 10:47. the return service will leave Harlow at 13:35. Departures from some other points will now be a few minutes later than previously. 

9th August 2004

Route R1 will continue to link Sumners and Katherines with the town centre, continuing during rush hours to Harlow Town Station. Buses will generally operate every 10 minutes during daytimes. During the morning rush hour, those journeys continuing to Harlow Town Station and Edinburgh Way will be numbered R21

Routes R11 will continue as today, to revised times, and also serving Harlow Town Station.

Routes R21 will continue largely as now during rush hours, with additional morning journeys, as mentioned above. The daytime service to Queensgate, Edinburgh Way and Templefields will be replaced by services R7 and R8 (see below)

Route R31 will no longer operate, replaced by the more frequent service on route R1

2nd August 2004

Route R2 will continue to operate between the Staple Tye area and the Town centre, continuing during rush hours to the Town Station and Pinnacles Industrial Area. Buses will no longer operate to Mark Hall South and Old Harlow

Route R3 will continue to operate between the Staple Tye area and the Town Centre, continuing during rush hours to the Town Station and Templefields Industrial Area. Buses will no longer operate to Mark Hall South and Old Harlow.

New Route R7 will provide an hourly circular link during Monday to Friday daytimes between Harlow Town Centre, Harlow Town Station, Edinburgh Way, Harlowbury, Old Harlow, Mark Hall South, The Stow and Harlow Town Centre

New Route R8 will provide a similar service to route R7 above, operating in the reverse direction.


26th July 2004

Arriva route 333 will be extended within Harlow to provide a regular service to Princess Alexandra Hospital. Buses will continue to operate every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturdays (except evenings) to and from Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford and Parsonage Estate (Heath Row).

Route B6 will be revised to serve the Bus Station and Sainsbury's in both directions.
 

RURAL SERVICE CHANGE
Route 396 to Hastingwood, presently operating one journey on Fridays, will no longer operate after 26th March 2004.

IMPROVEMENTS TO METRO 8
Starting 15th March 2004, route 8 will be improved to operate every 15 minutes. The service will also be extended within Old Harlow to serve The Green Man, Old Road and Priory Avenue (as per route 505). 

CHANGES TO ROUTE 410
Starting 1st March 2004, route 410 will operate only on Monday to Friday Schooldays, with the main service operating between Harlow Town Centre and Old Harlow Post Office only. Passengers for Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford and Stansted Airport should use the regular alternative services provided by routes 333 and 510. Passengers for Takeley should change at Bishops Stortford to Village Link 5.

CHANGES TO OLYMPIAN TOWN SERVICES
Starting 23rd February 2004 routes R2 and R3 are being expanded. The main service around the Staple Tye area will continue, but buses will in future run on to connect with Old Harlow. During rush hours buses will serve the Town Station as now, then Edinburgh Way (Templefields) and Old Harlow Post Office. During the daytimes, buses will continue on from the Bus Station to serve Netteswell (Maddox Road) Mark Hall South (Momples Road) and Old Harlow Post Office. Buses will generally operate every 10 minutes. In addition, a bus every 30 minutes will extend to Old Road, Priory Avenue, The Green Man and onto Churchgate Street. Full details of times will be provided shortly.

Also from 23rd February, Route R4 will no longer operate.

LAKESIDE SERVICE TO CONTINUE ON SATURDAYS
After 21st February route 600 will provide a direct service to Lakeside on Saturdays. Buses will start at Bishops Stortford serving Sawbridgeworth, Old Harlow, First Avenue, Staple Tye, and Potter Street before running non-stop to Lakeside. Buses will leave Harlow Bus Station at 9.30 and midday (Old Harlow 13 minutes earlier, Potter Street 13 minutes later) returning from Lakeside at 14:25 and 17.25. The weekday service, introduced for Christmas, will no longer operate. 

IMPROVED SERVICE FOR HUNSDON
Starting 2nd February route C4 will be altered to serve Hunsdon, providing a regular service on Mondays to Saturdays. Some times are slightly revised, most details are now updated. 

IMPROVED SERVICE ON METRO 4
Starting 12th January 2004, Arriva Metro 4, will be improved to operate every 6 minutes during Monday to Friday daytimes between Latton Bush and the Town Centre. The rush hour service, including journeys to the Town Station and to Pinnacles, and the Saturday service, will remain as now.

LOCAL ROUTE 6 TO BE DISCONTINUED
After 10th January 2004, Arriva local service 6 between Potter Street and the Town Centre will be discontinued. Regular alternative services operate. Please click POTTER STREET for details. Please note that there is no change to separate route B6, which continues to operate between Harlow, The Stow, Brays Grove and Latton Bush (Pear Tree Mead)

NEW SERVICE R4 TO LATTON BUSH
Starting 17th November, Olympian Coaches will be operating new service R4 between Harlow Bus Station and Latton Bush via Bush Fair. Buses will operate every 10 minutes between 9am and 6pm on Mondays to Fridays. There will be no change to existing  services in the area.

NEW DIRECT SERVICE TO LAKESIDE
Starting 8th November, Olympian Coaches will provide a direct connection to Lakeside Shopping Centre from the Harlow area. Route 600 will start at Bishops Stortford serving Sawbridgeworth, Old Harlow, First Avenue, Staple Tye, and Potter Street before running non-stop to Lakeside. Buses will leave Harlow Bus Station at 9.30 on Mondays to Saturdays (Old Harlow 13 minutes earlier, Potter Street 13 minutes later) returning from Lakeside at 14:25. On Saturdays there will be an additional service from Harlow at midday, and an additional return journey at 17:25. The return fare will be just £4.  

Starting 1st November 2003.

Route H1, which currently operates between Harlow and Buckhurst Hill, will be revised to terminate at Loughton Station on Monday to Saturday. Times are otherwise unchanged. Passengers for Buckhurst Hill should change to buses 167 or 549 at Loughton.

Starting 20th October 2003.

Olympian Coaches services to/from Katherines and Sumners are being revised, with a new pattern of routes. There will be additional buses serving Pinnacles, services in the daytime through to Old Harlow, and buses serving Katherines before Sumners. The new service numbers will be R1, R11, R1 and R31. Click here for details.


Starting 11th October 2003.

Route 410, which currently operates between Harlow and Bishops Stortford, will be extended to Stansted Airport. Buses will run half-hourly on Monday to Saturday, and operate via Dunmow Road and Takeley. The Rye Street area will continue to be served by route 510. Times are now updated on this site.

Starting 6th October 2003.

SM Coaches route T6, will operated to a revised route and timetable. Buses will in future operate from the town centre to Minchen Road as now, then continue to Brays Grove, Tumbler Road, Potter Street and Church Langley Tesco. Buses will in future operate hourly between approximately 9am and 3pm.


Starting 1st October 2003.

New route 503 will provide a limited new direct connection between Harlow and Waltham Cross. Buses will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and provide 3 return journeys on each day. For times, click Waltham Cross

Starting 29th September 2003.

Rural services 47, 146 and 147 will have a new timetable introduced. The same level of service will be provided, but buses will in general arrive earlier and depart later, allowing more time for shopping etc. Convenient low floor buses will be used wherever possible on routes 47 and 146. New times are now updated


Starting 30th August 2003.

Route 59. There will be a minor change to the Saturday timetable - one late afternoon journey between Harlow and Hatfield Broad Oak will be discontinued. Deatils are now updated on this site.

Route 210 between Harlow and Sawbrigdeworth (Bullfields) via Mark Hall South will be discontinued after service on 29th August. Arriva route 8 will continue to serve Maddox Road, Minchen Road, Momples Road and Old Harlow. Routes 333, 410 and 510 provide regular alternatives to Old Harlow and Sawbridgeworth (London Road/Cambridge Road) direct via First Avenue.

Route 505 will be altered at Chingford and Old Harlow. At Chingford buses will in future operate via the full length of Sewardstone Road and then serve Kings Head Hill and the station, where buses will teminate. At Old Harlow buses will continue to serve the existing roads, but operate a one-way loop via the Post Office, Wayre Road, Green Man, Old Road, Priory Avenue, Station Road and the Post Office before returning to Harlow town centre and onto Chingford.

Passengers for parts of Chingford and Walthamstow no longer served should change to local London Buses services. Details of new times are now available under the relevant place from the DESTINATIONS or LOCAL POINTS pages.


Starting 28th July 2003.
There will be a change of operator on two services. The Monday to Friday service on route 354 will change to TrustLine using red buses whilst the Saturday service will continue with Myalls using white minibuses. There will be no change to the timetable.

The evening service on route 500 will also change to TrustLine, though there will be no change to the main daytime and peak hour service operated by Arriva. Late evening Departure times FROM HARLOW are being altered, and will now run approximately 20 minutes later than previously operated. Please check revised details now on the site.

Starting 7th July 2003
CHANGES TO ROUTE 333 
IMPROVED FREQUENCY TO THORLEY PARK,  HERTS & ESSEX HOSPITAL AND PARSONAGE ESTATE. FIRST ALL DAY SERVICE TO PINNACLES INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

The existing hourly service on route 333 between Epping and Stansted run by First will be discontinued and new replacement services introduced as follows.

Arriva will operate a service every 30 minutes between Harlow, Old Harlow, Sawbridgeworth, Thorley Park, Bishops Stortford Town Centre, Herts & Essex Hospital and Parsonage Estate (Heath Row).

Excel will operate an hourly service between Epping and Stansted Mountfitchet. This will follow the existing routing for most of the journey, but within Harlow will serve Fourth Avenue, Elizabeth Way (Pinnacles) and Third Avenue instead of the Hare Street area. This will provide a new all day link on Mondays to Saturdays to The Pinnacles.

Most times of the new services are updated, except where stated otherwise. 


Starting 7th June 2003
NEW DIRECT SERVICE TO THE BROOKFIELD CENTRE TO REPLACE ROUTE 310B.
Route C4 will run hourly on Mondays to Saturdays from Harlow, also serving Stansted Abbotts, Hundred Acre, Rye Park, Hoddesdon and Broxbourne. Saturday only service 310B to Waltham Cross will be discontinued. As an alternative, two direct journeys to Waltham Cross on Saturdays are provided by route 506. At other times, passengers should either take the C4 or 392/3 to  Broxbourne and change to routes 310 or 311, or take bus 505 to Waltham Abbey and change to bus 211, 212, 213, 250 or 251.    

Starting 27th May 2003
Service 347 will have a revised timetable. Two return journeys will in future operate over the whole 347 route, replacing the shorter 348 service, which will be discontinued. New times are available below the existing times from the relevant places shown on the DESTINATIONS page.

Starting 25th May 2003
Service 500 which operates daily between Harlow and Romford, will no longer operate on Sundays. As a replacement, new service 203 will run on Sundays only between Harlow and Debden serving Brays Grove, Potter Street, Epping, Theydon Bois and Abridge. Times will also change on Sunday service 200. Details of both will be available from mid-May.

Recent service changes

Starting 3rd May 2003
Regal Busways will start new service 506, providing two return journeys between Harlow, Waltham Abbey and Waltham Cross on Saturdays only. Details are now included on this site.

Starting 26th April 2003
Additional buses will operate on LocalLink service 410, increasing the frequency to every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime. The service will also be extended in the Bishops Stortford area to also serve Rye Street and Farnham Road. Revised times will also be introduced on LocalLink service 210 at the same time. Details are now updated on this site.

Starting 12th April 2003
Service 503 between Harlow and High Ongar or Brentwood will be discontinued. Route 501 provides a regular alternative along the same route. 

Starting 7th April 2003
Service 354 will be operated by Arriva using Turquoise and Cream vehicles in place of the existing white vehicles of London Transit. 

Starting 30th March 2003
Evenings only service 391 between Katherines/Sumners, Town, and Old Harlow Churchgate Street is now discontinued. The nearest alternative services are routes 2 and 3 to the Staple Tye area, or route 510 to Old Harlow.

26th March 2003 (updated April) 
Buzz co-operative, operators of yellow buses on routes B1/B31, B6 and B11 have ceased trading. The following replacement services are now operating. 

Arriva route B1 runs from Sumners and Katherines to the Town Centre via Staple Tye. During rush hours buses additionally run directly onto the Town Station. Buses operate every 15 minutes during rush hours and every 10 minutes during daytimes and on Saturdays. Passengers for Templefields and Pinnacles will need to use service R1 (see below).

Arriva route B6 runs from Pear Tree Mead and Brays Grove to the Town Centre via Tumbler Road, Minchen Road and The Stow. During rush hours buses additionally run directly onto the Town Station. Buses also serve Sainsbury's during daytimes. Buses operate every 20 minutes on Mondays to Saturdays. Passengers for Pinnacles will need to use alternative services.

Olympian Coaches route R1 operates from Sumners and Katherines to the Town Centre, Town Station and Templefields. There are also rush hour services through Pinnacles. Buses operate every 20 minutes during rush hours. In the daytimes buses operate every 15 minutes between Katherines/Sumners and the town, with alternate buses continuing to Templefields. 

SM Coaches route T6 runs from the Town Centre via Maddox Road, Minchen Road and The Stow before returning to the Town Centre. During rush hours buses additionally serve the Town Station and Pinnacles.

Please note that operators are making every effort to provide a replacement service at short notice and services may be delayed initially. Your patience and cooperation is requested. Details of these changes are gradually being updated on this site, please check the last update date to be certain that changes are included.


Starting 15th March 2003
Arriva will be making changes to Metro 10 and 10A. Buses will continue to run between Church Langley, Harlow Town Centre and Harlow Town Station, however the existing 10A buses that operate during rush hours through Edinburgh Way (Templefields), Old Harlow, and Nortel will no longer operate. All buses will instead operate as service 10 to the standard route to a revised timetable at the same level of service. This change will assist in improving timekeeping and reliability. New timetable information has been provided in advance.

Alternative services B1, T10 and T15 will continue to serve Edinburgh Way from Harlow Town Centre and station. Route T10 will additionally provide a direct service from Church Langley.

Starting 10th March 2003
SM Coaches are planning to start new service T10. Buses will run every 30 minutes between Church Langley, Harlow Town Centre and Harlow Town Station. During rush hours buses will also serve Edinburgh Way (Queens Gate, Templefields). Times are now updated. 

Starting 3rd March 2003
Imperial service H1 has now been extended from Loughton to Buckhurst Hill on Mondays to Fridays. Buses continue to run hourly but some times have changed. The Saturday service continues to operate four times per day as far as Loughton Station. 

LocalLink service 1 between Harlow and Old Harlow is now discontinued. Regular alternative services operate along the same route. 


Starting 10th February 2002
A new timetable will be introduced on Mondays to Fridays on route 381/382. Buses will continue to run between Harlow, Roydon, Epping Green, Epping, Coopersale and Toothill, however journey times will be altered in order to improve reliability. New times are now shown beneath the existing times, please take the appropriate link from the DESTINATIONS page for details. The Saturday service will continue unchanged. 

Starting 1st February 2003
A new timetable will be introduced on Saturday route 310B. Buses will continue to run hourly from Harlow to Stansted Abbotts, Hoddesdon, Broxbourne, Cheshunt and Waltham Cross. Passengers for Enfield will need to change at Waltham Cross to one of routes 310, 310A, or 317 from there. Times are now updated on this site. 


Starting 16th December 2002
Regal Busways will be introducing new route 503 on schooldays. The service will operate from Harlow to either High Ongar or Brentwood and will consist of one daytime return journey to each destination by way of Thornwood, Epping, North Weald & Ongar. Times are now updated on this site.   


From 9th December 2002
Changes to Olympian Coaches services in the Staple Tye area.
Existing services OC2 & OC3 have been replaced by new RoadRunner routes R2 & R3. These services will run from the bus station in a circle via Abercrombie Way, Passmores, Stewards, Staple Tye Shopping Centre, Ployters Road, Kingsmoor and return to the town centre. During rush hours buses will operate to the Town Station and Pinnacles. Both services will operate every 20 minutes during the daytime and every 30 minutes during rush hours.  


Park & Ride at Christmas - low floor - low fare!
In the lead up to Christmas, a park and ride service will be operated between the town centre and nearby Burnt Mill School, just off First Avenue. Buses will operate every 10 minutes during shopping hours on every Saturday from 23rd November until Christmas, and also on Sundays 24th November, 1st December and 22nd December. The fare is just 50p return for adults (free for under 14's) and buses will be low floor to give easy access for buggies, trolleys, and wheelchair accessibility.


Starting 30th November 2002
Saturday service for route 381. Regal Busways, in association with Essex County Council, will be introducing three journeys between Harlow, Roydon, Epping Green, Epping and Coopersale, with two journeys continuing to Toothill. Details of times can be found by selecting the relevant place from the DESTINATIONS page. 


Starting 23rd November 2002
LocalLink will be introducing a Christmas shoppers service on Saturdays from Bishops Stortford and Harlow direct to Lakeside and Bluewater. New route 701 will leave Harlow Bus Station at 9.30 and 11.30, serving Bush Fair and Potter Street a few minutes later. Return times are 3pm and 5pm from Bluewater and 3.30pm and 5.30pm from Lakeside. Buses will operate each Saturday until mid-January. 


Starting 16th November 2002
Arriva will be making improvements to local services:- 

Routes 2 and 3 serving Staple Tye and the surrounding area will be improved to provide a bus every 15 minutes on each service during most of Monday to Friday daytimes and in shopping hours on Saturdays.

Additional buses will be introduced between Harlow Town Centre and Potter Street. The additional service will be route 6 and will run every 15 minutes from around 9am to 2.30pm on Monday to Fridays and 3.30pm on Saturdays. 


Starting 11th November 2002
LocalLink will be making improvements to services between Harlow, Old Harlow, Sawbridgeworth & Bishops Stortford:-

New route "The ONE" will provide additional buses between Harlow Town Centre and Old Harlow (Post Office) operating direct via First Avenue. Buses will operate every 20 minutes from around 9am until around 2.40pm on Mondays to Fridays.

Route 210 will continue to run between Harlow Bus Station and Sawbridgeworth, but will now operate to Bullfields within Sawbridgeworth rather than serving Bishops Stortford (see new route 410). Buses will continue to operate via Maddox Road and Momples Road and will be improved to run hourly.

New Route 410 will run hourly on Mondays to Saturdays between Harlow Bus Station and Bishops Stortford. Buses will operate direct via First Avenue, then serve Old Harlow, Sawbridgeworth and Spellbrook.   


Starting 28th October
At our neighbour town of Sawbridgeworth, Arriva, in conjunction with Hertfordshire County Council, are introducing brand new minibus services. These will connect many of the residential areas with the town centre and station. For further details, please see information available on the buses that you'll see around town, also available at some local outlets.

Starting 21st October 2002
A new timetable will be introduced on Milwards local service ZIP1. Buses will now run every 20 minutes between Harlow Town Centre, Staple Tye and Milwards, running every 20 minutes from approximately 8.20am until 5.50pm on Mondays to Fridays. Please note that the limited service to the Town Station and the Saturday service will no longer operate. New timetable details will be published on this site from from 14th October.



Starting 2nd September 2002
There will be minor changes to the times of certain journeys on route 59. Details are now updated on this site.

Starting 27th August 2002
Olympian Coaches introduced a new route, OC3, linking the Staple Tye area with the town centre. Please see the routes page for details.

Route SM20
Please note that although this site contains details of this service, it is not operating at present. Clarification is being sought with the operator at present as to the future of the service.

3rd July 2002
Buzz have introduced new timetables on all services. Details on this site are gradually being updated. If the last update date is earlier than July, please check with the operator. 

Starting 22nd June 2002
Service improvements will be provided to Netteswell and Mark Hall South. Faster journeys will be available to and from Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford and Stansted Airport. Details as follows.

New route 8 will operate between Harlow Bus Station and Old Harlow, following existing route 510, but operating every 20 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes.
Route 510 will operate direct via First Avenue between Harlow and Old Harlow, improving journey times to all destinations beyond.
Please note that during the evenings buses on route 510 will continue to follow the existing routing as new route 8 will not operate at these times. Timetable details will be available from 21st June..

Starting 18th May 2002
There will be a major enhancement to route 4 (Latton Bush, Bush Fair & Harlow), with buses running every 7-8 minutes during the daytime. In addition, those journeys which are presently numbered 4A will use the main number 4.

Starting 13th May 2002
There will be a minor timetable change on Route 59.  Full details will be available on this site from 10th May.

Starting 15th April 2002
Route 333 is extended to serve the main airport terminal at Stansted. There are also some additional later journeys from Stansted. New timetable details are now updated on this site. .

Changes to operators and timetables from Easter weekend (updated 7/4/02)
A number of services which are operated on behalf of Essex County Council had a change of operator, and some times have changed also. All details on this site are now updated..

Route 1* (Harlow to Bumbles Green) will be operated by Arriva to the existing timetable.
Routes 47, 146*, 147, 347, 348, will be operated by LocalLink Buses to the existing timetables.
Route 354 will be operated by London Transit on Monday to Fridays (there is no change to the Saturday service provided by Myalls)
Routes 381 and 382 will be operated by Regal Busways to the existing timetable.
Routes 392 and 393 will be operated by TrustLine to the existing timetable.
The Sunday service on routes 200 and 500 will be operated by LocalLink Buses (please note that there is no change to the main Monday to Saturday service provided by Arriva). There will be an earlier service toward Romford and later return journeys from Romford.

In addition new route 210 will be provided by LocalLink buses. The service will operate from Harlow Bus Station to Bishops Stortford via The Stow, Old Harlow and Sawbridgeworth. Buses will run approximately every 90 minutes on Monday to Saturdays.  

Please note that those services marked * are not featured on this site. 

11th March 2002
New timetables were introduced on SM Coaches S20 and T15 services. There will be no change to the general level of service provided, although passengers for Pinnacles and Templefields should check on the relevant LOCAL POINTS pages for details of revised times. Route T15 will continue to serve the Town Station during rush hours, otherwise buses will operate to the Town Centre (Bus Station) only.

22nd December 2001 (Amended 29th December 2001)
A number of changes will take effect from  22nd December 2001. Timetable information on this site is being updated gradually, please check the effective or last update date at the top of the relevant page.

5 - This service will continue to run between Potter Street and Little Parndon at basically the same frequency. Most journeys between 9am and 3.30pm will be extended from Little Parndon to Princess Alexandra Hospital. Some early morning and early evening buses will now be operated by Locallink buses. 

7 - This new service will operate from Churchgate Street and run through Old Harlow, First Avenue, Harlow Bus Station, Great Parndon (Three Horseshoes Road) and Kingsmoor to Sumners Farm. The service will operate every hour on Monday to Saturdays between approximately 9am and 6pm, and will replace this section on service 392. Please note that the service will operate the full length of First Avenue and not serve Queens Gate or Harlow Town Station.

392 - This service will now operate between Harlow Town Station and Hoddesdon (Rye Park) and be operated by First in place of Arriva. The routing in Harlow will be through the Bus Station then Bush Fair, Commonside Road and Paringdon Road, replacing route B4 along this section. One journey will be renumbered 393 and serve Roydon Hamlet instead of Bumbles Green. New route 7 (above) will replace the section within Harlow from Kingsmoor and Great Parndon to Churchgate Street.

502 - This Arriva service is being discontinued to ensure that a full and reliable service can be operated on other Arriva routes during the present driver shortages. Alternative connections to most places are provided by hourly route 500. Passengers for the Loughton and Debden area should use improved service H1. A limited new service from the Loughton area to Romford, numbered 202, will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays (Romford market days). This service will be operated by Trustline.

B1 - The Saturday service will be improved to run every 10 minutes on the section between between Harlow Town Centre and Sumners/Katherines.

B4 - This service will be discontinued. Route 392/3 will provide a replacement service along Commonside Road, whilst new Arriva route 7 will provide a service to Sumners Farm. 

H1 - A new timetable is being introduced on this service to provide an earlier and later service on Mondays to Fridays. In addition, a Saturday service is being introduced with four return journeys spread through the day. To assist reliability, buses will now run directly from Tumbler Road to the Bus Station, and no longer serve Maddox Road or Princess Alexandra Hospital. . 


10th December 2001
Times, stopping places and route numbers for Stort Valley Coaches "Capital Connect" London commuter services have been revised. For the new details, please click here

3rd December 2001
A new service had been started by Olympian Coaches. Route OC2 operates from Harlow Bus Station directly to Staple Tye Shopping Centre and the Salvation Army via Abercrombie Way. White minibuses operate the service which runs every 15 minutes between approximately 9am and 3pm, and from 4.30pm to 6pm.

Metro 4 (from Sunday 2nd September)
This route will be introduced on Sundays, running every hour. On this day only buses will run via Howard Way and First Avenue, and in addition will start from (but not run to) Little Parndon. The Sunday service will be run by Clintona using blue and white minibuses. This service will replace existing Sunday service 854. There is no change to the weekday service on route 4. 

Metro 10 (from Sunday 2nd September)
This route will be introduced on Sundays, running every hour. The Sunday service will be run by Clintona using blue and white minibuses. This service will replace the link between Church Langley and Harlow Town presently provided by Sunday service 851. There is no change to the weekday service on route 10. 

New Sunday route 11 (from Sunday 2nd September)
Will operate every hour from Sumners and Katherines to Harlow Bus and Town stations. Buses will continue to (but not start from) Little Parndon. Route 11 will be operated by Clintona using blue and white minibuses. This service will replace the link between Sumners/Katherines and Harlow Town presently provided by Sunday service 851.


New Sunday route 12 (from Sunday 2nd September)
Will run every hour from Old Harlow to Templefields and Harlow Town, then run in a circle through Hare Street, Passmores, Stewards, Staple Tye, and Kingsmoor, then return to Hare Street, Harlow Town, Templefields and Old Harlow. Route 12 will be operated by Clintona using blue and white minibuses. This service will replace the link between the Staple Tye area and Harlow Town presently provided by Sunday services 852 and 853. Note that this route will only operate in one direction through Passmores, Stewards, Staple Tye, and Kingsmoor. This service will also replace the link between Old Harlow, Edinburgh Way and Harlow Town presently provided by Sunday service 851.

Sundays routes 851, 852, 853 and 854 
Will no longer run and be replaced by the changes to routes 4 and 10, and by new Sunday routes 11 and 12. 

New Monday to Friday route H1 (from Monday 3rd September)
Will run from Harlow to North Weald, Epping, Debden and Loughton. Within Harlow buses will start on Fourth Avenue near Princess Alexandra Hospital, and then run via the bus station, Maddox Road, Tumbler Road and Potter Street. The service will run hourly during the daytime. Route H1 will be operated by Imperial using green double deck buses.

New Monday to Saturday route SM20 (from Monday 3rd September)
Will run from Sumners and Katherines to Harlow bus station via Staple Tye, Passmores, St Marks School, and Bush Fair. The main service will run every 15 minutes during monday to Saturday daytime. Certain Monday to Friday rush hour journeys will continue to either Pinnacles, Templefields, or Burnt Mill and Mark Hall Schools. Route SM20 will be operated by SM Travel using red double deck buses.

SM Travel route T15 (from Saturday 1st September) 
Will be simplified to run between Potter Street and Harlow bus and train stations. Buses will continue to run every 15 minutes with certain rush hour journeys on Mondays to Fridays  continuing to run to Pinnacles or Templefields. Little Parndon, Princess Alexandra Hospital, The Stow and Church Langley will no longer be served. 

In order to improve timekeeping and reliability on METRO 10 and 10A, buses will no longer serve the stop immediately outside Church Langley Tesco. The nearest stop will be the first stop in Church Langley Way which is easily accessible from the store, or alternatively, the last stop in Kiln Lane. Times are otherwise unchanged. 

Routes 59 and 349 combined into one service numbered 59. The present route 349 journeys to Hatfield Broad Oak, and the peak hour service to Templefields now operate under the 59 number. Most journeys remain at the same times, there are however some minor variations.

Times for Buzz services in the town were altered to improve reliability. The frequency to Katherines on Saturdays altered from every 10 minutes to every 15 minutes. The weekday service to Templefields is now on service B1 rather than B31.

A minor change on route 724. The Monday to Friday 06:00 journey from Harlow re-timed to  leave 10 minutes earlier at 05:50. This is to allow the bus sufficient time to complete the journey.

Some minor alterations  to the timetables on routes 4,5, 501, 502 and 510.   In general only a few journeys are affected, and will involve them leaving slightly earlier than at present, to allow sufficient time for the journey to be completed on time.

A new operator, Imperial of Rainham, took over the Sunday service on Routes 200 and 500. The 500 at Romford now starts at Romford Market (St Edwards Way) and no longer serves the section of route between there and Romford Station. Times are basically the same and the main Monday to Saturday service by Arriva remained unchanged.

Town Routes 851-4 passed from First Eastern National to Clintona Minicoaches without any change to the timetable.

T15 change
Passengers making journeys on route T15 from Church Langley should note that after 9am buses now leave directly to the A414 from Tesco, and no longer serve Church Langley Way, Lane End and Kiln Lane.

Buses on Route 59 will be better spread through the day to reduce some of the longer gaps in the service. Arriva Colchester gain two Journeys to Harlow and One from on Mondays to Fridays, one one each way on Saturdays.

Metro 2 & 3 (Staple Tye Circular)
All day frequency on both routes now every 20 minutes (the same as the present rush hour service, which is unchanged).

Metro 4 (Latton Bush)
Daytime and Saturday frequency now every 12 minutes (rush hour service continues every 10 minutes as now).

Metro 5 (Potter Street & Little Parndon)
Daytime and Saturday frequency now every 30 minutes with all buses operating the full route. (rush hour service continues every 20 minutes and extending to Pinnacles as now).

Route 392
Journey from Churchgate Street to Harlow at 08:15 discontinued. See near alternatives from Old Harlow (Green Man).

Route 503 (Harlow to Loughton)
Service discontinued. Route 502 provides an equivalent service from Harlow to Debden.

Route 505
Daytime service to be every hour from Old Harlow to Walthamstow, the additional short journeys within Harlow discontinued.

392 - Diverted at Hoddesdon to Hundred Acre Estate (withdrawn from Hertford) with additional hourly frequency Hoddesdon to Hundred Acre. Improved service to Churchgate Street during peak hours (now basically hourly all day).

505 - Additional frequency (now half-hourly) between Old Harlow (Green Man) and Staple Tye (Brookside roundabout).

503 - New Route (Mon-Sat daytime, hourly) Harlow Bus Station to Debden via 502, then via 250 to Loughton Station.

333 - New timetable with most journeys now operating to Stansted (hourly instead of 4-6 journeys). Extended in Stansted from Maitland Road to Third Avenue.

505 - Sunday service withdrawn

New route 522 will link Harlow with the Market serving Staple Tye, Southern Way, and Potter Street. Passengers will be able to use the route for all local connections and not just for travel to the market. This represents a change from previous arrangements on special services 005 and 006, which will no longer run. A fare will now be charged, but this will be kept especially low at £1 single or £1.50 return. For details of times, please see the "from" or "to" link from the CONNECTIONS page.

A new timetable has been introduced on Route 381 providing more journeys to Roydon, Epping Green, Coopersale and Toot Hill. Please choose the "from" or "to" link from the CONNECTIONS page for details. The journey via Coronation Hill in Epping is renumbered 382.

A Sunday service is being introduced this summer on Route 505 for the first time. This will provide direct bus links to many places previously unavailable on this day including Walthamstow, Chingford, Waltham Abbey, Bumbles Green and Broadley Common. Details on this site have now been updated. The Sunday service will operate until 3rd September.

A number of daytime journeys on Route T15 have been diverted to serve the Hospital, providing a direct link from Church Langley, Potter Street, Brays Grove and Little Parndon

Sunday service changes saw Route 510 introduced on an hourly headway, replacing the two two-hourly Sunday only routes, 504 and 512. Connections onward from Bishops Stortford are now made onto new route 302, running from St Michaels Mead to Saffron Walden every two hours.

This is the target date for the introduction of the Church Langley Express Bus Corridor. Route 10 will be introduced during peak hours, and extended at these times to Harlow Town Station. The off-peak service will be improved to run every 15 minutes.

New route 10A will be introduced to replace the existing 856 service. Low floor buses will be guaranteed.

NEW ROUTE 2 - STAPLE TYE CIRCULAR This new service will operate from Harlow Bus Station to Hare Street, Kingsmoor, Staple Tye, Stewards and Passmores before returning to Harlow Bus Station. During rush hours buses will continue to and start from Harlow Town Station. Buses will operate to a new more reliable timetable, running every 20 minutes during rush hours and every 15 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime. In the evenings a new hourly service will be introduced, which together with new route 3 below, will provide twice as many buses to the area than is provided in the evenings today.
This replaces present daytime route 802 between Harlow Town and the Staple Tye area.

NEW ROUTE 3 - STAPLE TYE CIRCULAR This new service will operate as route 2 above, but run the reverse way around the circle. Buses will also operate every 20 minutes during rush hours and every 15 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime with an hourly service during the evenings.
This replaces present daytime route 803 between Harlow Town and the Staple Tye area, and also the Monday to Saturday evening service on route 853.

NEW ROUTE 4 - LATTON BUSH - HARLOW TOWN NEW ROUTE 4A - LATTON BUSH - HARLOW TOWN - PINNACLES These new services will operate from Latton Bush to Harlow Bus Station via present route 804. During rush hours buses will continue to, and start from, Harlow Town Station. Route 4A will continue to Pinnacles Industrial Estate. The service will be improved to operate every 8 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytime. During rush hours buses will operate every 10 minutes between Latton Bush and Harlow Bus and Rail Stations, with alternate buses continuing to Pinnacles. An hourly evening service will also be provided. This replaces present daytime route 804, and also the Monday to Saturday evening service on route 854.

5 - An hourly evening service will be introduced on Monday to Saturdays between Harlow Town Centre, Harlow Town Station ,and Little Parndon. This replaces the similar section of present route 859.

10 - An new hourly evening service will be introduced on Monday to Saturdays between Harlow Town Centre and Church Langley.

391 - This new hourly evening service will be introduced between Churchgate Street and Sumners/Katherines via Harlow Town Station and Harlow Town Centre. This will replace existing service 859 between Churchgate Street and Harlow, and also the Monday to Saturday evening service on route 851.

504 - The Monday to Friday service will be discontinued. Passengers for Saffron Walden should take route 510 and change at Stansted Airport to Village Link service 5. Details of connecting times will be published shortly.

510 - The evening service which at present operates along First Avenue will be diverted via Maddox Road, Momples Road and Mark Hall South to match the daytime service. This replaces the section of existing evening route 859 between Harlow and Old Harlow.

802/803 - These services will be discontinued and replaced by new routes 2 and 3 above. Passengers for Templefields or Harlow Mill should change at Harlow Bus Station to services 856, B1 or B31.

804 - This service will be discontinued and replaced by new routes 4 and 4A above.

851, 853, 854 and 859. These Monday to Saturday evening services will be discontinued and incorporated into routes 3, 4, 5, 391, and 510.

Buzz route B4 has been extended from Staple Tye back to Harlow Bus Station, making the service a circular. In addition a new peak hour facility is introduced, and certain journeys now extend to or start from Templefields (Riverway). One journey operates direct via the Stow, is numbered B14. These changes replace and improve upon the previous Associated Coachways service 864. See services page for details.

T15 - Buses will continue to run from Church Langley to Harlow Bus Station, but alternate journeys will continue to Little Parndon via Harlow Town Station. These journeys will not serve the Stow in this direction. The peak hour service to Pinnacles will be diverted to also serve Little Parndon, and there will be more evening journeys returning from Pinnacles. The Templefields journeys will continue as now.

500 & 502. From this date Arriva have guaranteed that low floor buses will be used on these routes. Full details of the guarantee can be found at  www.roding-valley-buses.co.uk (later note: website since discontinued). 

510 - A new early journey introduced on Mondays to Saturdays. Ex Harlow 04:10, Ex Stansted Airport 05:10.

B4 - New service operated by Buzz Co-operative. Bus Station to Tye Green, Latton Bush, Commonside Road, Sumners Farm and Staple Tye. Hourly between 9am and 2.30 Monday to Friday or shopping hours on Saturday. See services page for full details.

5 - New service replacing route 805, and also the Bus Station to Little Parndon section of route 807. Operation Monday to Saturday daytimes as follows. Potter Street, Moat House, Traceys Road, Tumbler Road, Tillwicks Road, Second Avenue, Bus Station, Town Station, Little Parndon. Certain journeys in rush hours will operate to Pinnacles Industrial Estate. Every 15-20 mins Potter Street to Bus Station, every 30 mins Bus Station to Little Parndon. 

10 - New service replacing the section of routes 817 and 818 between Church Langley and Harlow Bus Station via Second Avenue. Operation Monday to Saturday daytime (between rush hours only), half hourly. Note that route 856 remains unchanged.

392 - Extended within Harlow from the Bus Station to Town Station, then Queensgate, First Avenue, Old Harlow Post Office, Old Harlow Green Man, to Churchgate Street. (This replaced the Bus Station to Churchgate Street section of route 807). In addition the daytime service frequency will be increased to run hourly. (This replaced route 393)

393 - This service discontinued and replaced by additional journeys on route 392. The service to Roydon is now only on route 381 (Monday-Friday) or 724 (Sundays only)

505 - Extended within Harlow from the Bus Station to First Avenue, then Mark Hall North, Old Harlow Post Office, Harlowbury (Priory Avenue, The Hoo, Old Road) to Old Harlow (Green Man). (This replaced the service to Mark Hall North  and Mulberry Green on routes 817 and 818, and the service to Harlowbury on routes 809 and 810)

805 - This service discontinued and replaced by new route 5.

809/810 - This service discontinued and the Harlowbury sections replaced by route 505. For Sawbridgeworth see alternative connections.

815 - This service discontinued

817/818 - This service discontinued. The Church Langley to Harlow Bus Station section is replaced by new route 10. The Old Harlow and Mark Hall North to Harlow Bus Station section is replaced by route 505. Note that route 856 remains unchanged.

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