Cheapest€10.07
- Essex County Council EC100316:171h 2m17:19London Victoria Coach StationSouthend Travel Centre
Door to door 1h 46mCO2 1.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
London to Southend-on-Sea bus
Buses from London to Southend-on-Sea start at €10.07 and take 1h 43m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price London to Southend-on-Sea on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from London to Southend-on-Sea starts at €10.07 and takes 1h 43m door to door, run by 2 operators over 67 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 43mDoor to door
- 59mMoving
- €10.07From
- 06:02 to 19:23First and last departure
- 10Per day
- 1.8 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 19, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
Essex County Council runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for London to Southend-on-Sea on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €10.07Sat19
- about €10.07Sun20
- about €10.07Mon21
- about €10.07Tue22
- about €10.07Wed23
- about €10.07Thu24
- about €10.07Fri25
- about €10.07Sat26
- about €10.07Sun27
- about €10.07Mon28
- about €10.07Tue29
- about €10.07Wed30
- about €10.07Thu1
- about €10.07Fri2
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on September 19, 2026
Bus operators
The bus gets you into Southend-on-Sea. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Southend-on-Sea for the night the bus gets in
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When to book London to Southend-on-Sea
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.077 days
- €10.073 days
- €10.071 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 0 percent. The most expensive point is €10.07, 90 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.07Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.07Wed
- €10.07Thu
- €10.07Fri
- €10.07Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
London
Bus
- London Victoria Coach Station
- London Marble Arch
Southend-on-Sea
Bus
- Southend Travel Centre
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 67 km against 58 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves London at 06:02 and the last at 19:23, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 17m | 33m | 44m | €18.49 | 2.2 kg | 20 |
| Coach | 1h 43m | 59m | 44m | €10.07 | 1.8 kg | 10 |
Questions about London to Southend-on-Sea
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 London to Southend-on-Sea take?
The Coach from London to Southend-on-Sea takes 1h 43m door to door, of which 59m is spent moving. The route runs 67 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 London to Southend-on-Sea cost?
The Coach from London to Southend-on-Sea starts at €10.07 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €11.18. 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 London to Southend-on-Sea?
2 operators run the Coach from London to Southend-on-Sea: Essex County Council, FlixBus. Between them they file around 10 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 London to Southend-on-Sea use?
The Coach from London to Southend-on-Sea leaves from London Victoria Coach Station and arrives at Southend Travel Centre. 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 London to Southend-on-Sea?
Traveling from London to Southend-on-Sea by Train costs €18.49 and takes 1h 17m door to door, against 1h 43m 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 London to Southend-on-Sea?
Fares for the Coach from London to Southend-on-Sea bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 0 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from London to Southend-on-Sea produce?
The Coach from London to Southend-on-Sea produces about 1.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 67 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 London to Southend-on-Sea?
Operators on the Coach from London to Southend-on-Sea publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 43m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for London to Southend-on-Sea on September 18, 2026: 67 km of route against 58 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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