Registered local bus service

PF0002189/106

88

Historical registration: not listed in the publisher’s current RegisteredOnly snapshot. This does not establish today’s timetable or vehicle allocation.

Service
88
From
Head Street / Osborne St, Colchester, Essex
To
Conies Road, Halstead, Braintree, Essex / Hedingham, Post Office / Great Yeldham , Essex
Via
Earls Colne
Effective
30 August 2026
Status
Variation

Registration history

12 records

Publisher-supplied variations, newest variation number first. Differing rows with the same variation number are preserved; no missing historical changes are reconstructed.

#11 · Variation

Effective
30 August 2026
Received
16 July 2026

88 · Head Street / Osborne St, Colchester, Essex – Conies Road, Halstead, Braintree, Essex / Hedingham, Post Office / Great Yeldham , Essex

via Earls Colne

Route, stopping places, start place, arrangements and timetable variation. Enhanced peak time headway. Generally alternate journeys renumbered 89 and extended to Great Yeldham. Sunday service introduced (V11).

#10 · Registered

Effective
28 July 2025
Received
14 July 2025

88 · Head Street, Colchester, Essex – Conies Road, Halstead, Braintree, Essex / Hedingham, Post Office / Great Yeldham , Essex

via Earls Colne

Route, stopping places, and timetable variation. (V10 09/2025).

Operating between Head Street, Colchester, Essex and Conies Road, Halstead, Braintree, Essex / Hedingham, Post Office / Great Yeldham , Essex given service number 88 / 88A / 88B effective from 28 July 2025. To amend Route, Stopping Places and Timetable.

#9 · Registered

Effective
22 April 2025
Received
11 April 2025

88 · Head Street, Colchester, Essex – Conies Road, Halstead, Braintree, Essex / Hedingham, Post Office / Great Yeldham

via Earls Colne

Route, stopping places, and timetable variation (V9 05/2025).

Operating between Head Street, Colchester, Essex and Conies Road, Halstead, Braintree, Essex / Hedingham, Post Office / Great Yeldham given service number 88 effective from 22 April 2025. To amend Route, Stopping Places and Timetable.

#8 · Registered

Effective
1 January 2023
Received
17 November 2022

88 · Colchester – Halstead

via Earls Colne

Revised timetable

Operating between Colchester and Halstead given service number 88 effective from 01 January 2023. To amend Timetable.

#7 · Expired

Effective
28 March 2022
Received
16 March 2022
End date
31 December 2022

88 · Colchester – Halstead

via Earls Colne

Temporary timetable variation

Operating between Colchester and Halstead given service number 88 effective from 28 March 2022. To amend Timetable.

#6 · Expired

Effective
27 November 2021
Received
23 November 2021
End date
31 March 2022

88 · Colchester – Halstead

via Earls Colne

Temporary timetable variation

Operating between Colchester and Halstead given service number 88 effective from 27 November 2021. To amend Timetable.

#5 · Expired

Effective
8 March 2021
Received
2 March 2021
End date
1 October 2021

88 · Colchester – Halstead

via Earls Colne

Temporary Timetable Variation

Operating between Colchester and Halstead given service number 88 effective from 08 March 2021. To amend Timetable.

#4 · Expired

Effective
25 January 2021
Received
19 January 2021
End date
1 October 2021

88 · Colchester – Halstead

via Earls Colne

Temporary Timetable Variation

Operating between Colchester and Halstead given service number 88 effective from 25 January 2021. To amend Timetable.

#3 · Registered

Effective
6 July 2020
Received
3 July 2020

88 · Colchester – Halstead

via Earls Colne

Pre-Covid timetable resumes.

Operating between Colchester and Halstead given service number 88 effective from 06 July 2020. To amend Timetable.

#2 · Expired

Effective
2 April 2020
Received
2 April 2020
End date
31 August 2020

88 · Colchester – Halstead

via Earls Colne

temporary change to timetable due to corona virus

Operating between Colchester and Halstead given service number 88 effective from 02 April 2020. To amend Timetable.

#1 · Expired

Effective
30 March 2020
Received
28 March 2020
End date
31 August 2020

88 · Colchester – Halstead

via Earls Colne

temporary change to timetable due to corona virus

Operating between Colchester and Halstead given service number 88 effective from 30 March 2020. To amend Timetable.

#0 · Registered

Effective
19 December 2018
Received
19 December 2018

88 · Colchester – Halstead

via Earls Colne

Monday to Saturday excluding bank holidays

From: Colchester To: Halstead Via: Earls Colne Name or No.: 88 / Service type: Normal Stopping Effective date: 19 December 2018 Other details: Monday to Saturday excluding bank holidays

Official Traffic Commissioner public data. Snapshot updated 8 Sept 2026. Traffic Commissioners / DVSA · CC BY ↗