New Leigh-on-Sea bus route to Southend Airport in operation
The service is funded by the Department for Transport's Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) Bus Grant
A new bus service has launched, running between Leigh-on-Sea railway station and Southend Airport.
The 23A and 23B bus services will run at up to 30 minute intervals, with the 23A running down Aviation Way, and the 23B running to the Airport Business Park.
The service will be running 7 days a week, with weekend service alterations.
Bus stops have been installed along Progress Road and Whitehouse Road to support the new service.
Councillor Paul Collins, cabinet member for finance, assets, investments and public transport, said in interview with Greatest Hits Radio Essex:
"We are trying to make sure there is connectivity, there are transport hubs where people can go to a certain stop, it will be safe, it will be lit, and there will be another service to where they want to go."
"Leigh town centre will be one of these connectivity hubs."
"It's a brand new service that is on the bones of what was there in the past."
"It's more than just getting the bus down to Leigh for a coffee. It is actually saying, I can take this to work, I can take this to college, I can take this to the station to commute. That is what we want to do."
The service has been named the "Leigh Link" and aims to support the council's goal of a greener Southend