Chigwell Parish Council has been running a couple of yellow buses in their local area. These have been running between Chigwell Station, Chigwell Row, Grange Hill and West Hatch, taking children to school and worshippers to the new Hindu temple in Chigwell village. And the service has been free of charge. The buses have been operated on behalf of the Parish Council by EFCT (Epping Forest Community Transport). Very sadly the money for this amazing service is about to run out, and steps are urgently being taken to save the Chigwell buses.
Meanwhile Epping Forest District Council has agreed to support the 87 bus route to the Shopping Park on Langston Road until a more permanent solution can be found, perhaps along similar lines to the service that’s been running in Chigwell.