Route History

Date of introduction
Gar
Sun-Thur
nights
Friday
night
Saturday
night
18.08.95
A71+
5M
7M
7M
 
SW121+
--
2M
2M

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Westminster Bridge - Kennington Road - Oval - Stockwell - Clapham - Balham - Tooting - Colliers Wood - South Wimbledon - Morden - St Helier - SUTTON STATION
( Nightly )
New Route replacing Route N87 between Trafalgar Square and Tooting


28.06.96
A71+
5M
7M
7M
 
SW121+
--
2M
2M

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Westminster Bridge - St Georges Circus - Elephant & Castle - Oval - Stockwell - Clapham - Balham - Tooting - Colliers Wood - South Wimbledon - Morden - St Helier - SUTTON STATION ( Nightly )
Rerouted between Westminster Bridge Road and Oval via Elephant & Castle

11.12.97
A71+
7NV
8NV
8NV
 
SW121+
--
2M
2M

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - SUTTON Sutton Court Road ( Nightly )
Sutton terminal change

28.05.99
A331+
9NV
9NV
9NV

ALDWYCH - SUTTON STATION( Nightly )
Extended from Trafalgar Square to Aldwych
Sutton terminal reverted to Station

Stockwell (SW) allocation withdrawn

30.04.00
A331+
9NV
9NV
9NV
 
SW491+
--
1PVL
1PVL

ALDWYCH - SUTTON STATION( Nightly )
Stockwell (SW) reintroduced Fri/Sat nights

12.12.03
A331+
9EVL
15EVL
15EVL
 
SW491+
--
1PVL
1PVL

ALDWYCH - MORDEN STATION ( Nightly )
Withdrawn between Morden and Sutton - section between Morden and St Helier left unserved - St Helier to Sutton covered by rerouteing of Route N44

29.04.05
A331+
9EVL
15EVL
15EVL

ALDWYCH - MORDEN STATION ( Nightly )
Stockwell (SW) allocation withdrawn

10.12.10
A331+
9NV
18EVL
18EVL
  AL221+ 2 ex 155 2 ex 155 2 ex 155

ALDWYCH - MORDEN STATION ( Nightly ) 
Two journeys from Aldwych to Morden are covered by  Route 155 - buses running out of service from Elephant & Castle to Aldwych

12.12.15
A331+
9E
18E
18E
  AL221+ 2 ex 155 2 ex 155 2 ex 155

ALDWYCH - MORDEN STATION ( Nightly ) 
Contract extended for two years

Taken from Greater London Bus Map 36, July 2017
Drawn by © Mike Harris

01.10.17
A331+
9WHV
19WHV
19WHV

ALDWYCH  -  MORDEN
Merton (AL) involement ended as Route 155 transferred to Stockwell, a complicated schedule introduced using buses from 93, 151 and 154 schedule commenced

DOE54 Morden Station

DOE54 (A) seen on NYE 2019 when buses were terminated short of Central London

© Alisha

DOE3 Aldwych

DOE3  at the last stop Aldwych

© London Bus Explorer


30.03.19
SW561+
7WHV+
10WHV+
10WHV+
    2 EX 155 3 EX 155 3 ex 155

ALDWYCH  -  MORDEN
Allocation moved from Sutton (A) to Stockwell (SW)

12.12.20
SW561+
7WHV+
10WHV+
10WHV+
    2 EX 155 3 EX 155 3 ex 155

ALDWYCH  -  MORDEN
Contract extended for two years

10.12.22
SW561+
7EH+
8EH+
8EH+
    3 EX 155 4 EX 155 5 ex 155

ALDWYCH  -  MORDEN
New Contract, under Tranche 820, retained by London General operating from Stockwell (SW) garage.
Friday & Saturday night frequency reduction introduced on 03/09/2022

EH178

EH178

© Ryan Fielding

 

Current Blind



n155


Garages

A Sutton
Meal reliefs at Sutton Garage

SW Stockwell
Meal reliefs at garage but 1 duty runs light to Sutton Garage Fri/Sat night

AL Merton
Meal reliefs n/a  

Live visual

 

 

 

 

© Ian Armstrong 2024
Date of edit   Thursday, 02.11.23