Route History

Date	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
03.10.34	T	3LT	3LT	--

ILFORD STATION - Cranbrook Road - Gants Hill - Wanstead - LEYTONSTONE Green Man ( Mon-Sat )
Renumbered from 248

Taken from 1934 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

03.07.35

G

6LT

5LT

4LT

ILFORD STATION - Cranbrook Road - The Drive - Wanstead - LEYTONSTONE Green Man ( Daily )
Diverted via The Drive instead of Gants Hill
Sunday service introduced
Leyton (T) allocation moved to Forest Gate (G)

15.05.40

AP

3LT

3LT

3LT

ILFORD & LEYTONSTONE
Forest Gate (G) allocation moved to Seven Kings (AP)

20.11.40

AP

2LT

2LT

2LT

ILFORD - THE DRIVE Wanstead Lane
Withdrawn between Wanstead Lane and Leytonstone

29.10.41	AP	4LT	--	--
	U	--	4LT	--

ILFORD STATION - Cranbrook Road - THE DRIVE Wanstead Lane - LEYTONSTONE Green Man ( Mon-Sat peaks)
Mon-Sat peaks extended from The Drive to Leytonstone
Sunday withdrawn
Saturday only Upton Park (U) introduced

21.01.42

AP

4LT

4LT

--

ILFORD STATION - Cranbrook Road - THE DRIVE Wanstead Lane - LEYTONSTONE Green Man ( Mon-Sat peaks)
Saturday only Upton Park (U) withdrawn

17.06.42

AP

2LT

2LT

--

ILFORD - THE DRIVE Wanstead Lane ( Mon-Sat )
Withdrawn between Wanstead Lane and Leytonstone

12.11.47

AP

3LT

3LT

2LT

ILFORD - THE DRIVE Wanstead Lane ( Daily )
Sunday service reintroduced

05.05.48	AP	4LT	--	--
	G	--	4STL	2STL

ILFORD - REDBRIDGE STATION ( Daily )
Extended to Redbridge Station
Withdrawn from Wanstead Lane, Devenport Gardens and Preston Gardens which was terminal working
Weekend Forest Gate introduced at expense of Seven Kings

20.10.48	AP	4RT	--	--
	G	--	4STL	2STL

ILFORD - REDBRIDGE STATION ( Daily )
RT type introduced

26.10.49	AP	4RTL	--	--
	G	--	4STL	2STL

ILFORD - REDBRIDGE STATION ( Daily )
RT type replaced by RTL

03.05.50	AP	4RTL	--	--
	G	--	4RT	2RT

ILFORD - REDBRIDGE STATION ( Daily )
Forest Gate (G) converted to RT type.

30.06.54	AP	3RTL	--	--
	G	--	7RT	2RT
	U	6RT	--	--

NORTH WOOLWICH Free Ferry (Mon-Fri peaks) - ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (Sat peaks) - Manor Way - EAST HAM White Horse ( Mon-Sat ) High Street North - Gladstone Avenue - Browning Road - Little Ilford Lane - ILFORD STN (Suns) - The Drive - REDBRIDGE STN
MS extended from Ilford to East Ham and further extended MS peaks to ROYAL ALBERT DOCK and further extended Mon-Fri peaks to NORTH WOOLWICH.
Mon-Fri Upton Park allocation added.

06.10.54	AP	3RTL	--	--
	G	--	7RT	--
	U	6RT	--	--

NORTH WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks) - ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (Sat peaks) - EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE STN ( Mon-Sat )
Sunday service withdrawn.
The Drive section was left unserved on Sundays until March 1955 when new Route 148A was introduced.

20.08.58	AP	6RTL	--	--
	U	7RT	9RT	--

NORTH WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks) - ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (Sat peaks) - EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE STN ( Mon-Sat )
Forest Gate (G) allocation withdrawn.

26.11.58	AP	6RT	--	--
	U	7RT	9RT	--

NORTH WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks) - ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (Sat peaks) - EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE STN ( Mon-Sat )
Seven Kings allocation converted to RT type.

01.07.64	AP	3RT	--	--
	U	9RT	9RT	--

ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (MS peaks) - EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )
Withdrawn between Royal Albert Dock and North Woolwich.

27.01.65

U

12RT

9RT

--

ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (MS peaks) - EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )
Seven Kings (AP) allocation withdrawn.

03.10.66

U

12RT

9RM

--

ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (MS peaks) - EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )
Saturday service converted to RM.

18.07.70

U

13RT

9RML

--

ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (MS peaks) - EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )
Saturday converted to RML using buses spare from Route 15.

03.07.71

U

12SMS

11SMS

4SMS

ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (MS peaks) - EAST HAM - REDBRIDGE ( Mon-Sat ) - LEYTONSTONE (Suns)
Converted to single deck OPO
Sunday service introduced between East Ham and Leytonstone

SMS773 Redbridge Station busmap.co.uk

16.11.75

U

12DMS

11DMS

4DMS

ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (MS peaks) - EAST HAM - REDBRIDGE ( Mon-Sat ) - LEYTONSTONE (Suns)
Converted to double deck operation.

DMS1924 Leytonstone stand busmap.co.uk

22.04.78

U131+

12DMS

11DMS

3DMS

EAST HAM White Horse - REDBRIDGE STN
Mon-Fri withdrawn between East Ham and Royal Albert Dock
Sunday withdrawn between Redbridge and Leytonstone thus standardising service.

26.04.81

U131+

10T

10T

3T

EAST HAM White Horse - REDBRIDGE STN
DMS type replaced by Titans.

25.06.83

U131+

7T

8T

2T

REDBRIDGE STN - EAST HAM White Horse ( Mon-Sat ) or Barking Road - Upton Park - Prince Regent Lane - VICTORIA & ALBERT DOCKS (Daily)
Part of MS and all of Sunday service rerouted at East Ham Town Hall via Route 5 to Greengate and 262 to V & A Docks - this enabling the new Newham General Hospital to be served.

04.02.84

U131+

7T

8T

2T

REDBRIDGE STN - VICTORIA & ALBERT DOCKS (Daily)
Bifurcations to East Ham withdrawn

02.11.85

U131+

10T

10T

3T

REDBRIDGE STN - East Ham - Barking Road - Prince Regent Lane - Victoria Dock Road - Munday Road - Radland Road - Tarling Road - ( return via Appleby Road) KEIR HARDIE ESTATE
Rerouted at Victoria Dock Road via Route 241 to Keir Hardie Estate.

21.06.86

U121+

10T

10T

4T

ILFORD Hainault Street - KEIR HARDIE ESTATE
Withdrawn between Ilford and Redbridge and diverted at Ilford via Route 25 to the Hainault Street stand.

06.06.87	AP1+	--	--	7T
	U121+	10T	11T	--

SEVEN KINGS GARAGE (Sun garage journeys) ILFORD Hainault Street - KEIR HARDIE ESTATE ( Mon-Sat ) Victoria Dock Road - Freemasons Road - New Barn Street - Balaam Street - Plaistow - Plaistow Road - Stratford Broadway - STRATFORD Bus Station (Suns)
Sunday service extended from Keir Hardie Estate to Stratford
Sunday Seven Kings allocation introduced

T201 seen at Tramway Avenue Stratford embarking on a garage journey of a very complicated routing as shown by a very cramped blind display busmap.co.uk

20.03.93	BK121+	--	--	7T
	U121+	10T	11T	--

ILFORD Hainault Street - KEIR HARDIE ESTATE ( Mon-Sat ) Victoria Dock Road - Freemasons Road - New Barn Street - Balaam Street - Plaistow - Plaistow Road - Stratford Broadway - STRATFORD Bus Station (Suns)
Sunday only AP allocation moved to Barking (BK)

25.09.93	BK121+	11T	12T	--
	U121+	--	--	4DRL

ILFORD - KEIR HARDIE ESTATE
Sunday withdrawn between Keir Hardie Estate and Ilford - replaced by reintroduced Route 241.
Sunday service also converted to midibus and transferred to Upton Park (U) the MS allocation moved from U to BK.

DRL145 seen in East Ham busmap.co.uk

19.07.97

BK121+

14T

13T

6T

ILFORD - KEIR HARDIE ESTATE
Sunday allocation moved from Upton Park (U) to Barking (BK) and converted from midibus status to double deck

01.05.99

U121+

14T

13T

5T

ILFORD - Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
MS BK allocation moved to Upton Park and extended from Keir Hardie Estate to Canning Town Station via Route 241.

13.10.01

U121+

14TAS

13TAS

8TAS

ILFORD - Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Sunday only BK allocation moved to Upton Park (U)

10.05.04

U121+

15TAS

14TAS

10TAS

01.09.07

U121+

18TAS

19TAS

14TAS

ILFORD - Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Daily frequency increase.

28.07.10

WH51+

18TAS

19TAS

14TAS

ILFORD - Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Allocation moved to Canning Town (WH

07.05.11

WH51+

18TAS

19TAS

14TAS

ILFORD - Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Contract renewed

25.07.11

WH51+

18TAS

19TAS

14TAS

ILFORD - PRINCE REGENT DLR STATION
During closure of Victoria Dock Road - withdrawn between Prince Regent and Canning Town

Trident 17156 has just set down at the temporary terminal at Prince Regent

01.04.13

WH51+

18TAS

19TAS

18TAS

ILFORD - Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Routeing reverted to Canning Town - temporary curtailment ended

14.09.13

WH51+

19TAS

20TAS

18TAS

ILFORD - PRINCE REGENT DLR STATION
During closure of Victoria Dock Road - withdrawn between Prince Regent and Canning Town

31.10.15

WH51+

19TAS

20TAS

18TAS

ILFORD - Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Routeing reverted to Canning Town - temporary curtailment ended

07.05.16

RR1+

21E

20E

14E

Current Blind

Operating Garages

G Forest Gate
Changeover point at Ilford

AP Seven Kings
Changeover point at Ilford

BK Barking
Changeover point at Ilford

U Upton Park
Changeover point at Upton Park

RR River Road
Changeover point ILFORD stand

WH Canning Town
Changeover point at Canning Town - but while terminating at Prince Regent buses ran out of service to garage

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