Ipswich to Basildon bus

Buses from Ipswich to Basildon start at €10.07 and take 1h 57m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Ipswich to Basildon starts at €10.07 and takes 1h 57m door to door, run by 1 operator over 84 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 7, 2026Priced for September 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 57mDoor to door
  • 1h 13mMoving
  • €10.07From
  • 2.3 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 14, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€10.07
  1. Essex County Council EC751014:391h 15m15:54Tower Ramparts Bus StationBasildon

Door to door 1h 59mCO2 2.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Essex County Council€10.071h 56m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

The trip ends at Basildon railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Basildon railway station

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Booking window

When to book Ipswich to Basildon

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €10.0790 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0721 days
  6. €10.0714 days
  7. €10.077 days
  8. €12.283 days
  9. €12.281 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 22 percent. The most expensive point is €12.28, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €10.07Sun
  2. €10.07Mon
  3. €10.07Tue
  4. €10.07Wed
  5. €10.07Thu
  6. €10.08Fri
  7. €10.07Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Ipswich

Bus
  • Tower Ramparts Bus Station
  • Old Cattle Market Bus Station

Basildon

Bus
  • Basildon
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 84 km against 73 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Archway, London, Saint Peters, Cambridge. The gap between arriving and leaving is 84 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Ipswich at 06:53 and the last at 14:39, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 24m40m44m€12.442.8 kg10
Coach1h 57m1h 13m44m€10.072.3 kg2

Questions about Ipswich to Basildon

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Ipswich to Basildon take?

The Coach from Ipswich to Basildon takes 1h 57m door to door, of which 1h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 84 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Ipswich to Basildon cost?

The Coach from Ipswich to Basildon starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €10.35. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Ipswich to Basildon?

1 operators run the Coach from Ipswich to Basildon: Essex County Council. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Ipswich to Basildon use?

The Coach from Ipswich to Basildon leaves from Tower Ramparts Bus Station and arrives at Basildon. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Ipswich to Basildon?

Traveling from Ipswich to Basildon by Train costs €12.44 and takes 1h 24m door to door, against 1h 57m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Ipswich to Basildon?

Fares for the Coach from Ipswich to Basildon bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 22 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Ipswich to Basildon produce?

The Coach from Ipswich to Basildon produces about 2.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 84 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Ipswich to Basildon?

Operators on the Coach from Ipswich to Basildon publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 57m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Ipswich to Basildon on September 7, 2026: 84 km of route against 73 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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