Every route 99. 12 of 25.

Sunday 28th June 2026 Well, this route 99 is a bit of a quirky one. It’s the third such numbered bus route in Essex to be featured (following the Tilbury Town service and Southend’s open-top bus route) and exists to provide a very limited link between Maldon and Chelmsford via, as I found on my journey, some delightful Essex villages. I’m grateful to Bill Hiron of Stephenson’s who kindly gave me a brief history of the route, as on the face of it with just two journeys a day in each direction, one as early as 07:00 from Maldon and the other at 11:15 with return journeys from Chelmsford’s large out-of-town regional Broomfield Hospital at either 15:30 and 17:30 it doesn’t seem to offer much choice for aspiring passengers. Bill explained “the 99 was built up by Arrow Taxis in Maldon who sadly went bust a couple of years ago. We ran it for a while until it went under tender” which was won by Konectbus, now part of the expanding Central Connect empire. However, Bill continued, “we take it…