FIRST Essex has announced its Christmas timetables for passengers over the festive period.

The timetables will affect passengers in Southend, Castle Point and Rayleigh over Christmas and New Year.

There will be normal service on Monday, December 22, Tuesday December 23, Saturday December 27 and Sunday December 28.

On Christmas Eve there will be a normal service with exceptions to services 20, 27 and X30 which will terminate earlier.

There will be no service on Christmas Day and only the X30 aircoach will run on Boxing Day.

Saturday services will run on Monday December 29 and Tuesday December 30 with no service on New Year’s Day.

Residents heading out on New Year’s Eve will have a Saturday service with the following exceptions: routes 21C and 27X will operate as per the Monday-Friday timetables, routes 20, 27 and X30 will terminate earlier than usual.

On Friday, January 2, there is a normal Saturday service with the following exceptions: routes 21C and 27X will operate as per the Monday-Friday timetables.

Full details are available from firstgroup.com/ukbus/essex