Route History

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
at 03.10.34
D
16NS
22NS
10NS
 
H
22NS
20NS
20NS

FINSBURY PARK - Seven Sisters Road - Manor House - Amhurst Park - Stamford Hill - Clapton Pond - Hackney Station - Mare Street - Bethnal Green - Mile End Gate - Whitechapel - Aldgate - Tower Bridge - Tower Bridge Road - Bricklayers Arms - Old Kent Road - Albany Road - Walworth Road - CAMBERWELL GREEN ( Mon-Fri ) - Coldharbour Lane - Brixton - Acre Lane -
CLAPHAM COMMON Old Town ( Sat / Sun )


Taken from 1934 map drawn by Mike Harris
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October 1934 first and last times

02.01.35
D
16NS
22NS
--
 
H
22NS
20NS
19NS
 
Q
--
--
17NS

FINSBURY PARK -- CAMBERWELL GREEN ( Mon-Fri ) - CLAPHAM COMMON Old Town ( Sat / Sun )
Sunday Dalston (D) allocation withdrawn in favour of Camberwell (Q) - the gap at Dalston filled by new allocation on Route 67

04.03.36
D
16STL
22STL
17STL
 
H
21STL
19STL
17STL

FINSBURY PARK -- CAMBERWELL GREEN ( Mon-Fri ) - CLAPHAM COMMON Old Town ( Sat / Sun ) 
Sunday only Camberwell (Q) withdrawn - replaced by reinstated Dalston (D) on this day - Route 67 allocation withdrawn to balance

24.03.37
D
--
4STL
18STL
 
H
37STL
35STL
17STL

FINSBURY PARK -- CAMBERWELL GREEN ( Mon-Fri ) - CLAPHAM COMMON Old Town ( Sat / Sun )
Mon-Fri Dalston (D) allocation withdrawn

06.10.37
D
--
4STL
--
 
H
37STL
35STL
36STL

FINSBURY PARK -- CAMBERWELL GREEN ( Mon-Fri ) - CLAPHAM COMMON Old Town ( Sat / Sun )
Sunday Dalston (D) allocation withdrawn

05.01.38
D
--
4STL
--
 
H
30STL
35STL
36STL
 
Q
7STL
--
--

FINSBURY PARK -- CAMBERWELL GREEN ( Mon-Fri ) - CLAPHAM COMMON Old Town ( Sat / Sun ) 
Mon-Fri Camberwell (Q) allocation introduced

04.05.38
H
30STL
39STL
36STL
 
Q
7STL
--
--

FINSBURY PARK -- CAMBERWELL GREEN ( Mon-Fri ) - CLAPHAM COMMON Old Town ( Sat / Sun )
Saturday only Dalston (D) allocation withdrawn

16.10.38
AR
--
12STL
--
 
H
12STL
7STL
--
 
Q
7STL
--
--

TURNPIKE LANE STN - West Green- Tottenham - Seven Sisters - Stamford Hill - Clapton Pond - Hackney Station - Mare Street - Bethnal Green - Mile End Gate - Whitechapel - Aldgate - Tower Bridge - Tower Bridge Road - Bricklayers Arms - Old Kent Road - Albany Road - Walworth Road - CAMBERWELL GREEN ( Mon-Sat)
Diverted at Stamford Hill to Turnpike Lane via withdrawn 76A
Withdrawn between Camberwell Green and Clapham Common - partly compensated by new 42A  Sat afts
Sunday service withdrawn - mainly replaced by Sunday service on Route 42A
Mon-Fri to run in two sections TLS - Aldgate and Aldgate - Camberwell Green
Saturday only Tottenham (AR) introduced

05.02.39
AR
--
14STL+
--
      2STL/76  
 
H
29STL
31STL
30STL
 
Q
7STL
--
--

TURNPIKE LANE STN ( Mon-Sat ) - TOTTENHAM GARAGE ( Suns ) - CAMBERWELL GREEN -: - CLAPHAM COMMON Old Town ( Sat afts )
Sat afternoons extended from Camberwell Green to Clapham Common to compensate for Route 42A withdrawal
Sunday reintroduced to compensate for Route 42A withdrawal - operated by Hackney (H)

22.11.39
Q
12STL
12STL
9STL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Withdrawn between Aldgate and Tottenham/Turnpike Lane and between Camberwell Green and Clapham Common
This was a wartime economy as Trolleybus Route 653 covered all of the withdrawn section

03.01.40
P
4LT
5LT
--
 
Q
12STL
12STL
9STL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Mon-Sat Old Kent Road (P) added - the Route 1 allocation was withdrawn at this time

March 1940 first and last buses

15.05.40
Q
14STL
15STL
9STL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Mon-Sat Old Kent Road (P) withdrawn

30.04.41
Q
14ST
15ST
6ST

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Converted to ST operation

29.10.41
Q
11ST
10ST
5STL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Sunday reverted to STL operation

10.10.45
Q
7ST
7STL
4STL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Saturday reverted to STL operation

22.05.46
Q
8ST
7STL
5STL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Saturday reverted to STL operation

30.04.47
P
--
7ST
--
 
Q
8ST
--
5STL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Sat Old Kent Road (P) replaced Camberwell (Q) allocation

02.05.51
Q
9SRT
7SRT
5RTL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN 
(P) Old Kent Road allocation withdrawn and RTL type introduced on Sundays.

14.05.52
Q
9SRT
7RTL
5RTL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN ( Mon-Sat ) Loughborough Junction - Herne Hill - West Norwood - NORWOOD GARAGE (Suns)
RTL type introduced on Saturdays and Sunday extended from Camberwell Green to Norwood Garage to compensate for Route 48 Sunday withdrawal.

06.10.54
Q
9RTL
7RTL
5RTL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN ( Mon-Sat ) - HERNE HILL (Suns)
SRT type withdrawn and Sunday Route withdrawn between Herne Hill and Norwood Garage.

16.02.55
Q
9RTL
10RTL
6RTL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN (Mon-Fri) - HERNE HILL (Suns) - NORWOOD GARAGE (Sats)
Saturday extended from Camberwell Green to Norwood Garage to part compensate for Route 48 withdraw on this day.

17.10.56
Q
8RTL
9RTL
6RTL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN (Mon-Fri) - HERNE HILL (Sat/Sun)
Saturday withdrawn between Herne Hill and Norwood Garage.

30.04.58
Q
8RTL
9RTL
6RTL

ALDGATE  -  CAMBERWELL GREEN ( Mon-Fri )  -  HERNE HILL ( Sat / Sun )
First and last buses prior to 1958 bus strike


20.08.58
Q
10RTL
7RTL
5RTL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN (Mon-Fri/Sun) - HERNE HILL (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat)
Mon-Fri peaks extended from Camberwell Green to Herne Hill to part compensate for Route 48 withdrawal.

The trolley wires have gone but RTL1428 has gained a roof box

 


17.01.65
Q
10RTL
6RTL
4RTL

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN  -  HERNE HILL (Mon-Fri peaks)
Saturday withdrawn between Camberwell Green and Herne Hill - this section covered by new 40B.

16.05.66
Q
10RT
5RT
4RT

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN  -  HERNE HILL (Mon-Fri peaks)
RTL type replaced by RT.


31.12.66
Q
8RT
5RT
3RT

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Withdrawn between Camberwell Green and Herne Hill - this section left unserved.

24.01.70
Q
7MB
4MB
4MB

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Converted to single deck OPO.

MB167 Albany Road

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23.01.73
Q101+
7DMS
4DMS
4DMS

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Converted to double deck operation.

DMS762 Bermondsey Square

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01.03.75
Q101+
7DMS
4DMS
4DMS

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Converted to double deck operation.

24.11.79
Q101+
6SMS
5SMS
4SMS

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Reverted to single deck operation.

SMS283 Tower Bridge Road

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14.07.80
Q101+
6DMS
5DMS
4DMS

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
Converted back to double deck operation.

26.07.80
Q101+
6T
5T
4T

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN
DMS type replaced by Leyland Titan.

 

T985 turns into The Minories

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27.04.85
WL
4T
4T
4T

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN (except evgs)
Evening Route withdrawn and allocation transferred to Walworth (WL).

02.11.85
Q111+
3T
4T
3T

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN (except evgs)
Walworth garage closures forces route back to Camberwell (Q).

07.02.87
NL1+
SNB
SNB
SNB

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN (except evgs)
Route transferred to London Country South East (National London Catford)

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28.02.87
NL
SNB
SNB
SNB

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN (except evgs)
Allocation transferred to Victoria with the closure of Catford although buses were kept at the NBC Battersea Coach park to the south of Chelsea Bridge.

SNB412 Aldgate

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30.12.89
SK
SNB
SNB
SNB

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN (except evgs)
Allocation moved to a new depot at Bricklayers Arms

SNB412 Aldgate

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21.01.90
SK
3LN
3LN
--
 
LY
--
--
3ON

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN (except evgs)
Sunday Route transferred to Leyton and converted to double deck Leyland Olympian

514 The Tower

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24.02.90
SK
3LN
--
--
 
LY
--
3ON
3ON

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN (except evgs)
Saturday Southwark Depot allocation transferred to Leyton and converted to double deck Leyland Olympian

15.12.90
LY
5MR
4MR
2MR

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN (except evgs)
Monday-Friday allocation transferred from Bricklayers Arms to Leyton and converted to Metrorider operation..

862 Mansell Street

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08.05.94
CH
5MR
4MR
2MR

ALDGATE - CAMBERWELL GREEN (except evgs)
Leyton (LY) allocation transferred to Cambridge Heath.

11.06.94
CH
5Dart
4Dart
2Dart

CAMBERWELL GREEN - LIVERPOOL STREET STN (except evenings)
Extended from Aldgate to Liverpool Street

121 Aldgate

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04.05.96
CH
7Dart
7Dart
3Dart

CAMBERWELL GREEN - LIVERPOOL STREET STN
Late evening Route introduced.

19.04.97
QB
7Dart
7Dart
5Dart
New operator

DENMARK HILL Red Post Hill - LIVERPOOL STREET BUS STATION
Extended from Camberwell Green to Denmark Hill.
Contract transferred from Kentish Bus to Limebourne

This Limebourne Dart shares the stand with a
Stagecoach London City Airport service

07.07.01
QB
7DCL
6DCL
4DCL

DENMARK HILL Red Post Hill - LIVERPOOL STREET BUS STATION
Operation transferred to Connex Bus

19.01.02
DR
12dart
11dart
5dart

DENMARK HILL Red Post Hill - LIVERPOOL STREET BUS STATION
Operation sub contracted to Durham Travel Routes (DTS) Old Kent Road base

20.04.02
DR
12ELS
11ELS
5ELS

DENMARK HILL Red Post Hill - LIVERPOOL STREET BUS STATION
Formally transferred to Durham Travel Routes trading as Easylink

Full timetable February 2002

21.08.02
AG31+
11ELS
10ELS
5ELS

DENMARK HILL Red Post Hill - LIVERPOOL STREET
DTS go into liquidation - Route transferred to East Thames buses.

ELS8 Worship Street stand

15.10.05
MA31+
11ELS
10ELS
6VWL

DENMARK HILL Red Post Hill - LIVERPOOL STREET
Operation transferred to a new base at Mandela Way SE1

 

VPL174 usually worked Route 185 but is seen here at Minories - helping out, currently with Sullivan Buses

 


03.10.09
MA31+
11ELS
11ELS
7ELS

DENMARK HILL Red Post Hill - LIVERPOOL STREET
Route now operated by Go Ahead

 

ELS2 still awaits the new livery. A reminder of my working days as my  Addison Lee car is parked behind while I am busy with the camera

 

 


01.05.10
Q91+
11ELS
10ELS
7ELS
logo Allocation moved to Camberwell (Q) - therefore now London Central not London General

DENMARK HILL Red Post Hill - LIVERPOOL STREET
Allocation moved to Camberwell (Q)

13.10.12
MW301+
11ELS
10ELS
7ELS
logo Allocation transferred from Camberwell (Q) to Mandela Way (MW)

DENMARK HILL Red Post Hill - LIVERPOOL STREET
Allocation moved toMandella Way (MW)

Taken from 2014 map drawn by Mike Harris
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04.10.14
Q91+
12ELS
11ELS
7ELS
logo Allocation moved to Camberwell (Q) therefore now London Central not London General.
Contract extended for two years

DENMARK HILL Red Post Hill - LIVERPOOL STREET
Allocation moved to Camberwell (Q)

01.10.16
Q91+
13MHV
12MHV
8MHV

TOWER BRIDGE ROAD  -  EAST DULWICH Sainsbury's
TEMPORARY CURTAILMENT between Tower Bridge Road and Liverpool Street whilst mainetance in progress on Tower Bridge
Loop working at Sunray Avenue withdrawn, extended instead to East Dulwich via Red Post Hill, North Dulwich Stn, East Dulwich Grove and Grove Vale
Converted to double deck operation

The new order represented here by MHV58 at Tower Hill

© Lawrence Living

Relevant document

Taken from 2014 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

24.12.16
Q91+
16MHV
15MHV
9MHV

LIVERPOOL STREET  -  EAST DULWICH Sainsbury's
Temporary curtailment withdrawn

An unusual visitor to the route is PVL302 showing an unhelful final destination, seen here at Camberwell Road

© Anthony Moore


02.10.21
Q91+
13MHV
13MHV
9MHV

LIVERPOOL STREET  -  EAST DULWICH Sainsbury's
Contract extended for two years

30.09.23
Q91+
10MHV
10MHV
9MHV

LIVERPOOL STREET  -  EAST DULWICH Sainsbury's
Contract renewal

 

Current Blind



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Operating Garages

Q Camberwell
ibus  code 34
Changeover point CAMBERWELL GREEN Denmark Hill
FromOctober 2014 Camberwell Road Nags Head

P Old Kent Road
Changeover point Albany Road / Old Kent Road

WL Walworth
Changeover point garage

NL Catford
Changeover point ?

NL Victoria
Changeover point ?

KB Kentish Bus ( Southwark - Leyton - Cambridge Heath )
Changeover point ?

QB Battersea Base (Connex and Limebourne)
Changeover point ?

DR Old Kent Road (DTS)
Changeover point ?

AG East Thames Buses
Changeover point ?

MA East Thames Buses
Changeover point ?

MW Mandela Way
Changeover point Bricklayers Arms

AR Tottenham
Changeover point not known

D Dalston
Changeover point not known

H Hackney
Changeover point Mare St / Well St

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© Ian Armstrong 2024
Date of edit   Friday, 26.04.24

 

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