Eastern National

Company Name
Eastern National Omnibus Company
Group
First
Based at
Chelmsford, Essex
Operating area
Central and North Essex
Livery
Yellow/Green (being replaced by First Group livery)
Garages
Chelmsford, Colchester, Clacton, Braintree, Bishops Stortford, Harwich
Web Site
http://www.firstgroup.com/firsteasternnational/
Notes
Eastern National once covered a larger part of Essex, the southern operations (including Southend and Greater London) becoming Thamesway in 1990. Both Eastern National and Thamesway are now part of First Essex Buses Ltd.
EN2383.jpg (45590 bytes) Eastern National's veteran Bristol K/ECW 2383 (WNO 479), seen in Clacton in 1988
3100.JPG (106194 bytes) Eastern National set up a Citybus operation for London Transport tenders (which later became part of Thamesway). Bristol VRT/ECW 3100 (UAR 590W) is seen on Debden Estate - this bus was later transferred to First Western National.
EN1504.jpg (82802 bytes) 1504 is a Dennis Lance with Northern Counties bodywork, seen here in April 2002 at Colchester Bus Station.
EN3078.jpg (82366 bytes) One of Eastern National's last Bristol VRTs is based at Colchester. ECW bodied 3078 is seen at the bus station on 27th April 2002

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This page was updated on May 08, 2008