Route History

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
28.09.60
AC
1RTL
--
1RTL

WILLESDEN GARAGE - LIVERPOOL STREET ( except Saturday night )
This Route was previously numbered 291 but was part of a scheme to renumber all night routes in the "N" series to make available the numbers for the trolleybus replacement routes although  this number remained vacant until 1965 and was used for a local route in the Barking area

Note the meal relief at Willesden Garage between 12.43 and 1.38
01.07.64
AC
1RTL
--
1RTL

Meal relief point moved from Willesden Garage to Liverpool Street

03.10.65
AC
1RM
--
1RM

Converted to Routemaster  operation

13.06.66
AC
1RM
--
1RM

Diverted between Edgware Road and Harrow Road via Route 36 in order to serve Paddington Station
***Oddly the January 1967 or Summer Public Red Book  1967 shows the revised roads Porchester Road etc but does not show Paddington Station as a timing point .     This was however corrected by September 1968 ***

31.12.66
AC
1RML
--
1RML

Upgraded to RML

04.09.82
AC171
1Mc
--
1Mc

Crew Metrobus type introduced

29.10.83
AC171
1Mc
1Mc
1Mc

Saturday night introduction

13.04.84
AC171
1M
1M
1M

CONVERTED TO OPO operation

27.10.84
Withdrawn

Garages

AC Willesden
Changeover point Willesden Garage
from July 1964 Liverpool Street