Green Line routes X1 and X10

X1 & X10
Stephensons of Essex Plaxton Premiere bodied Volvo B10M in April 2008
Overview
System	Green Line
Operator	Stephensons of Essex
Garage	Rochford
Route
Start	Harlow
Via	Southend Benfleet Dagenham
End	London
Length	30 miles (48 km)

Green Line routes X1 and X10 were limited-stop express coach services which were operated by Stephensons of Essex as part of the Green Line Coaches network. The services operated between Rochford, Southend and London. The original X1 route was introduced in 1980 by Southend Transport and Reading Transport, and also served Reading.

Route X1 has a very complex history, starting in October 1980.

The UK coach market was deregulated in 1980 under the Transport Act 1980 and the X1 service was started the same year. It ran every two hours between Southend and Reading via Basildon, Socketts Heath, Rainham, Dagenham, East Ham, Canning Town, Aldgate, Piccadilly, Kensington, Hammersmith, Heathrow Airport, Slough, Maidenhead and Twyford, and was jointly operated by Southend Transport and Reading Transport. Southend Transport used four recently delivered Leyland Leopards, and Reading Transport bus seated MCW Metrobuses and MCW Metropolitans.