Company Name
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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
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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. |
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Eastern National's veteran Bristol K/ECW 2383 (WNO
479), seen in Clacton in 1988 |
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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. |
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1504 is a Dennis Lance with Northern Counties
bodywork, seen here in April 2002 at Colchester Bus Station. |
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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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