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Following the rising cost of fuel, protests were organised at fuel refineries and distribution
sites resulting in severe fuel shortages across the UK. Things got so bad that petrol
stations ran out of fuel and bus companies had to restrict their services. I was working for
Arriva at the time.....here are some clickable images of the notices we carried on buses:
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October 2001 saw Thamesway pull out of it’s joint operation with Arriva Southend on the
Green Line branded London express coach services, with Thamesway abandoning any
further thoughts of running coaches to London.
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2002
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17th February 2002 was the last day of operation on Green Line route 721 by Arriva
Southend, who finally threw in the towel on London coach work. The service was replaced
in a reduced capacity from the 18th February 2002 by Stephensons of Essex, who rather
appropriately numbered the service X1.
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2003
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The last ‘slam door’ trains ran on c2c on 31st March 2003. All services are now provided
solely by brand new class 357 ‘Electrostar’ 4 car trains with air conditioning, CCTV and
sliding plug doors. c2c is the first operator in the UK to renew it’s entire fleet under the
privatised railway system.
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