Route History
Date |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
13.04.84 |
GM141+ |
2D |
2D |
2D |
SHEPHERDS
BUSH GREEN - Hammersmith - Dawes Road - Fulham Broadway - Chelsea - Sloane
Square - Victoria - Hyde Park Corner - Piccadilly Circus - Trafalgar Square - Aldwych -
St Pauls - Bank - LIVERPOOL STREET STN
NEW NIGHT ROUTE: mainly replaces
night service on Route 11.
 |
DMS2322 on the last journey to home garage |
|---|
05.07.84 |
GM141+ |
2M |
2M |
2M |
LIVERPOOL STEET - SHEPHERD'S BUSH GREEN
Converted
from Daimler type to Metrobus. - buses used on the Sightseeing Tour daytime.
27.04.85 |
GM141+ |
3M |
3M |
3M |
ACTON
TRAM DEPOT - Uxbridge Road - Shepherds Bush - Hammersmith - Dawes Road -
Fulham Broadway - Chelsea - Sloane Square - Victoria - Hyde Park Corner - Piccadilly
Circus - Trafalgar Square - Aldwych - St Pauls - Bank - Liverpool Street - Wormwood
Street - Bishopsgate - Bethnal Green Road - Cambridge Heath - HACKNEY
CENTRAL STATION
Extended at both ends - Shepherds Bush to Acton
and Liverpool Street to Hackney Central
 |
|---|
02.11.85 |
GM141+ |
3M |
3M |
3M |
ACTON
TRAM DEPOT - Hackney Central. Well Street - HACKNEY WICK Eastway
Extended from Hackney Centrla to Hackney Wick.
09.08.86 |
GM141+ |
3M |
3M |
3M |
TURNHAM
GREEN CHURCH - Acton
Lane - Acton Green - Goldhawk Road - Shepherds Bush - HACKNEY WICK Eastway
Diverted at Shepherds Bush to Turnham Green via Acton Green instead of Acton.
28.10.89 |
GM141+ |
1M |
1M |
1M |
S91+ |
1M |
1M |
1M |
|
AV485 |
1M |
1M |
1M |
|
| AV485 was Hounslow staff bus but did one journey TS to TG 0319 which allowed GM141 to have a meal break at Victoria | ||||
TURNHAM
GREEN CHURCH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Hackney
Wick - the withdrawn section mainly replaced by new N6.
Shepherds Bush (S) allocation added.
27.03.93 |
AV |
2M |
2M |
2M |
GM |
1M |
1M |
1M |
TURNHAM
GREEN CHURCH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Shepherds
Bush (S) allocation withdrawn but Hounslow (AV) allocation introduced.
17.07.93 |
AV11+ |
2M |
2M |
2M |
SW121+ |
1M |
1M |
1M |
TURNHAM
GREEN CHURCH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Gillingham
Street (GM) closed - allocation transferred to Stockwell (SW)
 |
M357 with the very explicit blind only used for N11 and the 88 which would have been on the SW blind but not the AV blind |
26.02.94 |
V |
2L |
2L |
2L |
SHEPHERDS
BUSH GREEN - Hammersmith - Fulham - Chelsea - Sloane Square - Pimlico
Road - Victoria - Westminster - Trafalgar Square - Aldwych - Fleet Street - St Paul's -
Bank - LIVERPOOL STREET STATION
Withdrawn between Turnham Green and Shepherds Bush but extended from Trafalgar
Square to Liverpool Street.
Rerouted between Victoria and Trafalgar Square direct via Westminster instead
of Piccadilly.
Shepherds Bush (S) and
Stockwell (SW) withdrawn in favour of Stamford Brook (V) allocation.
 |
L312 seen in Duncannon Street showing a unique destination
|
|---|
09.11.96 |
AV231+ |
2M |
2M |
2M |
SHEPHERDS BUSH - LIVERPOOL STREET
Reallocated
to Hounslow (AV)
06.03.99 |
S401+ |
4M |
4M |
4M |
SHEPHERDS BUSH - LIVERPOOL STREET
Frequency
increase and transferred to Shepherds Bush (S).
 |
|---|
29.04.00 |
S401+ |
4DP |
4DP |
4DP |
SHEPHERDS BUSH - LIVERPOOL STREET
Converted
from double deck to low floor single deck.
 |
DP95 Duncannon Street © Brian Creasey
|
|---|
31.03.01 |
S401+ |
8VA |
8VA |
8VA |
LIVERPOOL
STREET - Bank -
Aldwych - Trafalgar Square - Westminster - Victoria - Sloane Square - Chelsea -
Fulham - Dawes Road - Hammersmith - King Street - Turnham Green Station - The Avenue -
Acton High Street - Gunnersbury Lane - Popes Lane - Northfields Station - West
Ealing - Argyle Road - Perivale Stn - Bilton Road - Alperton - Ealing Road - WEMBLEY
CENTRAL STN
Diverted at Hammersmith to Wembley Central
instead of Shepherds Bush.
 |
VA67 Trafalgar Square © Brian Creasey |
29.06.03 |
SW521+ |
7WVL |
7WVL |
7WVL |
 |
Contract reassigned |
SHEPHERDS BUSH - WEMBLEY CENTRAL
Converted to WVL and transferred to Stockwell
07.06.08 |
SW521+ |
7WVL |
7WVL |
7WVL |
LIVERPOOL
STREET- EALING
BROADWAY STN
Diverted
at West Ealing via 207 to Ealing Broadway Station.
Withdrawn section covered
by new night service on Route 297.
 |
WVL478 Hammersmith Bus Station © Jack Marian |
|---|
|
|---|
31.12.15 |
SW521+ |
7LT |
7LT |
7LT |
LIVERPOOL
STREET- EALING
BROADWAY STN
Restriction for long buses in Acton Lane at the railway bridge deemed unnecesary thus LT type now able to be used
03.11.17 |
SW521+ |
7LT |
7LT |
7LT |
EALING BROADWAY - FINSBURY CIRCUS
Temporarily diverted to Finsbury Square instead of Bus Station
 |
LT48 Fulham Palace Road © Jeff Holland |
31.10.20 |
SW521+ |
7LT |
7LT |
7LT |
EALING BROADWAY - FINSBURY CIRCUS
Contract extended for two years
29.04.23 |
SW521+ |
5LT |
6LT |
6LT+ |
| 1/11 |
EALING BROADWAY - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Liverpool Street
Date |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
13.04.84 |
GM141+ |
2D |
2D |
2D |
SHEPHERDS
BUSH GREEN - Hammersmith - Dawes Road - Fulham Broadway - Chelsea - Sloane
Square - Victoria - Hyde Park Corner - Piccadilly Circus - Trafalgar Square - Aldwych -
St Pauls - Bank - LIVERPOOL STREET STN
NEW NIGHT ROUTE: mainly replaces
night service on Route 11.
|
DMS2322 on the last journey to home garage |
|---|
05.07.84 |
GM141+ |
2M |
2M |
2M |
LIVERPOOL STEET - SHEPHERD'S BUSH GREEN
Converted
from Daimler type to Metrobus. - buses used on the Sightseeing Tour daytime.
27.04.85 |
GM141+ |
3M |
3M |
3M |
ACTON
TRAM DEPOT - Uxbridge Road - Shepherds Bush - Hammersmith - Dawes Road -
Fulham Broadway - Chelsea - Sloane Square - Victoria - Hyde Park Corner - Piccadilly
Circus - Trafalgar Square - Aldwych - St Pauls - Bank - Liverpool Street - Wormwood
Street - Bishopsgate - Bethnal Green Road - Cambridge Heath - HACKNEY
CENTRAL STATION
Extended at both ends - Shepherds Bush to Acton
and Liverpool Street to Hackney Central
|
|---|
02.11.85 |
GM141+ |
3M |
3M |
3M |
ACTON
TRAM DEPOT - Hackney Central. Well Street - HACKNEY WICK Eastway
Extended from Hackney Centrla to Hackney Wick.
09.08.86 |
GM141+ |
3M |
3M |
3M |
TURNHAM
GREEN CHURCH - Acton
Lane - Acton Green - Goldhawk Road - Shepherds Bush - HACKNEY WICK Eastway
Diverted at Shepherds Bush to Turnham Green via Acton Green instead of Acton.
28.10.89 |
GM141+ |
1M |
1M |
1M |
S91+ |
1M |
1M |
1M |
|
AV485 |
1M |
1M |
1M |
|
| AV485 was Hounslow staff bus but did one journey TS to TG 0319 which allowed GM141 to have a meal break at Victoria | ||||
TURNHAM
GREEN CHURCH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Hackney
Wick - the withdrawn section mainly replaced by new N6.
Shepherds Bush (S) allocation added.
27.03.93 |
AV |
2M |
2M |
2M |
GM |
1M |
1M |
1M |
TURNHAM
GREEN CHURCH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Shepherds
Bush (S) allocation withdrawn but Hounslow (AV) allocation introduced.
17.07.93 |
AV11+ |
2M |
2M |
2M |
SW121+ |
1M |
1M |
1M |
TURNHAM
GREEN CHURCH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Gillingham
Street (GM) closed - allocation transferred to Stockwell (SW)
|
M357 with the very explicit blind only used for N11 and the 88 which would have been on the SW blind but not the AV blind |
26.02.94 |
V |
2L |
2L |
2L |
SHEPHERDS
BUSH GREEN - Hammersmith - Fulham - Chelsea - Sloane Square - Pimlico
Road - Victoria - Westminster - Trafalgar Square - Aldwych - Fleet Street - St Paul's -
Bank - LIVERPOOL STREET STATION
Withdrawn between Turnham Green and Shepherds Bush but extended from Trafalgar
Square to Liverpool Street.
Rerouted between Victoria and Trafalgar Square direct via Westminster instead
of Piccadilly.
Shepherds Bush (S) and
Stockwell (SW) withdrawn in favour of Stamford Brook (V) allocation.
|
L312 seen in Duncannon Street showing a unique destination
|
|---|
09.11.96 |
AV231+ |
2M |
2M |
2M |
SHEPHERDS BUSH - LIVERPOOL STREET
Reallocated
to Hounslow (AV)
06.03.99 |
S401+ |
4M |
4M |
4M |
SHEPHERDS BUSH - LIVERPOOL STREET
Frequency
increase and transferred to Shepherds Bush (S).
|
|---|
29.04.00 |
S401+ |
4DP |
4DP |
4DP |
SHEPHERDS BUSH - LIVERPOOL STREET
Converted
from double deck to low floor single deck.
|
DP95 Duncannon Street © Brian Creasey
|
|---|
31.03.01 |
S401+ |
8VA |
8VA |
8VA |
LIVERPOOL
STREET - Bank -
Aldwych - Trafalgar Square - Westminster - Victoria - Sloane Square - Chelsea -
Fulham - Dawes Road - Hammersmith - King Street - Turnham Green Station - The Avenue -
Acton High Street - Gunnersbury Lane - Popes Lane - Northfields Station - West
Ealing - Argyle Road - Perivale Stn - Bilton Road - Alperton - Ealing Road - WEMBLEY
CENTRAL STN
Diverted at Hammersmith to Wembley Central
instead of Shepherds Bush.
|
VA67 Trafalgar Square © Brian Creasey |
29.06.03 |
SW521+ |
7WVL |
7WVL |
7WVL |
|
Contract reassigned |
SHEPHERDS BUSH - WEMBLEY CENTRAL
Converted to WVL and transferred to Stockwell
07.06.08 |
SW521+ |
7WVL |
7WVL |
7WVL |
LIVERPOOL
STREET- EALING
BROADWAY STN
Diverted
at West Ealing via 207 to Ealing Broadway Station.
Withdrawn section covered
by new night service on Route 297.
|
WVL478 Hammersmith Bus Station © Jack Marian |
|---|
 |
August 2008 new corporate logo introduced |
|
|
|---|
31.12.15 |
SW521+ |
7LT |
7LT |
7LT |
LIVERPOOL
STREET- EALING
BROADWAY STN
Restriction for long buses in Acton Lane at the railway bridge deemed unnecesary thus LT type now able to be used
03.11.17 |
SW521+ |
7LT |
7LT |
7LT |
EALING BROADWAY - FINSBURY CIRCUS
Temporarily diverted to Finsbury Square instead of Bus Station
|
LT48 Fulham Palace Road © Jeff Holland |
31.10.20 |
SW521+ |
7LT |
7LT |
7LT |
EALING BROADWAY - FINSBURY CIRCUS
Contract extended for two years
29.04.23 |
SW521+ |
5LT |
6LT |
6LT+ |
| 1/11 |
EALING BROADWAY - TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Liverpool Street
 |
EH308 Hammersmith Bus Station |
CURRENT BLIND
 |
Garages
GM Gillingham Street
Meal reliefs taken at garage
AV Hounslow
Meal reliefs taken ?
V Stamford Brook
Meal reliefs taken ?
S Shephers Bush
Meal reliefs taken ?
SW Stockwell
Meal reliefs taken ?
 |
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© Ian Armstrong 2024
Date of edit
Thursday, 21.03.24
