Site Updates & Changes

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16th December 2009

Well it’s certainly been a while!!

The first thing I’ve caught up on is the service update page, including details of all the
services operating in Thurrock over the Christmas and new year period - I hope it’s not too
late and proves of use to somebody out there.

Very much at the top of my to do list is the bus route history list, though I need to find a
good chunk of free time to sit down and go through all the timetables I have. So it’s still on
the back burner for now but it is something I want to complete as much as I can.

Things I’ll be doing over the next few days, as they’re fairly simple jobs, are:

1) Remove the Swallow Coach Company page as I believe they’re no longer running the
X1 service - not that I could confirm they were operating it anyway as they never answered
any of my emails.

2) Adding a fleet list page for Arriva’s Grays garage, thanks to information supplied by
forum member ‘pyromaniac’. I may even add the Southend garage too, as they run the 5,
44 and 150 in Thurrock, but I’m undecided on whether it’s relevant - perhaps you’d like to
join the forum and have a say??!!

3) Updating the Ensign Bus fleet list. I would like to publicly thank Ensign Bus for supplying
the information, and their continuing offers of support to this website.

4) Adding some historical images, possibly on a new page, supplied by an ex London
Country driver that used to be based at Grays garage - I now work with him on London
Underground and he has threatened promised me he’ll be digging out some more in the
new year!!....

5) Getting the links on the Stephensons page sorted.

6) Updating the sources and general links pages.

This site is taking much longer to get it where I want it than I ever imagined it would, but I’ll
keep at it. So all that’s left for now is to wish you all a merry Christmas and a very
prosperous new year - here’s hoping I can get more done in 2010!!

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10th July 2009

Owing to personal circumstances, this website hasn’t been updated since the April changes
noted below; this situation is likely to continue for at least another two months.

I’d like to apologise and I hope to get back to updating this website sooner rather than later.

18th April 2009

New page added for Excel coaches, as they are starting a new daily 24 hour service,
under the name “Airport by coach”, from Grays to Stansted Airport from 1st May 2009.

23rd March 2009

Well it’s been a while, but I’ve finally managed to do some work on this website!!

First of all, there’s another new page in the current bus operators area - East London
take over TfL contract route 372 from 28th March (click here to visit the new page).

The fleet history for Harris Bus is now complete, and the bus route history page is
coming along with the 300’s pretty much complete and I’ve made a start on the 400’s
and 500’s.

I’ve added another 75 images to the galleries on most of the bus company pages -
significant additions are Arriva (route 370), Ensign Bus (particularly the N324), Capital
Citybus (including two galleries dedicated to special running days)......oh yes, and the
‘Outside Thurrock’ page has seen few more images added too. Like I say, most of the
bus companies have seen something added to their respective galleries so I’ll leave you
to explore my site.

I think that’s about it for now - don’t forget to leave me feedback via the guestbook,
forum, or by email (ihavesomeinfo@thurrocktransport.co.uk).

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20th December 2008

Given the time of year, I haven’t had much time to do anything to the website - though
there are two new pages.....fleet list’s for Harris Bus and Town & Country (found via the
Miscellaneous Bus Stuff area). I’ve made a start on the Town & Country page as I do
have some info - the Harris Bus page, when done, will be a complete history!

The service changes page shows as much information as I can find regarding Christmas &
New Year changes to Public services - I hope someone finds that particular page useful.

I also have some 40 images to re-size and upload, with the threat of more to come from those that have been kind enough to supply those already in use, and possibly the hardest part of the route history page is looming......the 300 numbered routes.

There’s plenty more to add in the yearly summaries too, so still loads to do, but I’ll get
there eventually.

In the mean time, I’d like to wish all my visitors a very merry Christmas and a prosperous
New Year....

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22nd November 2008

This week has seen 150 images added, mainly from two sources (Michael Graves and
Trevor Wright) - I am hugely appreciative of their contribution. Almost all galleries have
seen something added, but the most notable of them all is the Capital Citybus gallery
which has gone from 1 to 31 images!

The page listing all known bus routes in Thurrock is currently up to the 200’s - the dates
with stars are just a note pointing me to certain timetables, so hopefully that’ll change
over time.

I’ve also added a couple more pages - I’m led to believe that Swallow coach company are
now running an X1 service (thanks to ‘emanresu’ who joined the forum and posted the
info); and there’s a page on ticketing - there ain’t much on it at the moment, and I’m not
happy with how it looks at the moment, but it’s a start.....

Last mention goes to Thomas, who emailed me regarding Ensign’s new 88 route (East
Tilbury to Lakeside) - cheers for the heads up!

That’s all for now....

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14th November 2008

I’ve done a bit of re-organising of the website today as I wanted to add a page detailing
every single bus route that’s ever operated in Thurrock. I couldn’t decide where to put
it at first, then it occurred to me that I’ve so far got two fleet list pages hidden away on
the respective operators pages (there are more to follow), and the ‘Outside Thurrock’ &
‘Buses Moved On’ pages were sort of out of place...........and much of this stuff is likely
to appeal to those more interested than most in bus stuff......

So I’ve created a whole new area called ‘Miscellaneous Bus Stuff’ and moved the appropriate pages there.

This site is now getting quite big, at least in terms of building it and I’m at all sorts of
stages with various bits of information and pages I’m in the mood/have time to update
(working on one thing at a time, such as all the timetables I have, can get pretty tedious,
so it makes a nice change to switch to updating fleet lists or image galleries for example).

Now of course you (as well as me sometimes!!) would obviously like to know what’s changed, etc.........so this page is the other major change.

In future, as I make significant changes to this website, I’ll put some info here telling you
all about it - bit like a blog if ya like.....