Route History

 

Date of introduction	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
30.09.72	SW	3FS	3FS	--

BRIXTON STATION - Brixton Road - Gresham Road - Coldharbour Lane - Herne Hill Road - Red Post Hill - Dulwich Village - Court Lane - Lordship Lane - London Road - Honor Oak Road - Honor Oak Park - BROCKLEY RISE Chandos ( Mon-Sat )
NEW FLAT FARE MINIBUS SERVICE

18.12.76

SW251+

3BS

3BS

--

BRIXTON  -  BROCKLEY RISE ( Mon-Sat )
Converted to BS type

27.09.80

SW251+

3BL

3BL

--

BRIXTON  -  BROCKLEY RISE ( Mon-Sat )
Converted to BL operation

BL9 Brockley Rise busmap.co.uk

04.09.82

SW251+

2BL

2BL

--

BRIXTON STATION - BROCKLEY RISE (Mon-Sat except evgs)
Evening service withdrawn.

29.01.83

SW251+

4LS

4LS

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BRIXTON STATION - North Dulwich Stn - Dulwich Village - Honor Oak Park - Brockley Rise - Stondon Park,Brockley Road - Adelaide Avenue - Ladywell Road - High Street Lewisham - LEWISHAM Bus Station (MS except evgs)
Extended from Brockley Rise to Lewisham via Route 122 and converted to Leyland National operation.
The new section was conventional fare stage system although the flat fare was still maintained between Brixton and Brockley Rise

22.05.83

SW251+

4LS

4LS

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BRIXTON  -  LEWISHAM (Mon-Sat except evgs)
The whole route converted to conventional fare stage operation.

25.06.83

SW251+

4LS

4LS

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BRIXTON STATION - North Dulwich Stn - Dulwich Village - Honor Oak Park - Brockley Rise - Stondon Park - Brockley Grove - Ladywell Road - LEWISHAM Bus Station (MS except evgs)
Rerouted in Brockley via Brockley Grove instead of Adelaide Avenue.

21.09.83

SW251+

4LS

4LS

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BRIXTON  -  LEWISHAM (Mon-Sat except evgs)
Buses towards Lewisham revised run direct from Honor Oak Park into Stondon Park - instead of via Wyleu Street and Gabriel Street

03.08.85

NL

SNB

SNB

SNB

07.09.86

NL1+

SNB

SNB

SNB

BRIXTON  -  LEWISHAM (Mon-Sat except evgs)
London Country was split into 4 separating companies - our route was London Country (South East) Ltd although still under contract to LRT.

28.02.87

VE

SNB

SNB

SNB

BRIXTON  -  LEWISHAM (Mon-Sat except evgs)
Operation transferred to VE ( ex Samuelsons garage at Victoria ) although in practise buses parked at Battersea Coach Park.

30.12.89

SK

SNB

SNB

SNB

BRIXTON  -  LEWISHAM (Mon-Sat except evgs)
Allocation moved to a new depot at Bricklayers Arms

17.11.90

DT

SNB

SNB

SNB

BRIXTON  -  LEWISHAM (Mon-Sat except evgs)
Allocation moved to Dartford depot.
During the Kentish Bus era - the route was rerouted in Dulwich after Court Lane had speed humps installed - so changed from serving Court Lane and Lordship Lane north of The Grove Tavern to Dulwich Common and College Road. However I don't have the exact date of the change.

475 Lewisham High Street busmap.co.uk

27.04.91

TL101+

7DW

6DW

4DW

BRIXTON - LEWISHAM
Operation transferred to Selkent (TL) under LRT tendering process
Mon-Sat evening service and new Sunday service introduced.
Inter worked with Route L1 Mon-Sat evgs and Sat early morning.

09.05.98

TL101+

7SLD

7SLD

6SLD

BRIXTON - LEWISHAM
New Contract - Sunday service increased from 2bph to 3bph. SLD type introduced ( 5th May ).

15.09.02

TL101+

10DM

10DM

11DM

BRIXTON - LEWISHAM
Frequencies increased.

01.05.10

TL101+

11DM

11DM

11DM

BRIXTON - LEWISHAM
Contract renewal

Operating Garages

SW Stockwell
Meal reliefs were made by running dead to garage from Brixton

NL Catford
Changeover ?

VE Victoria
Changeover ?

SK Southwark ( Bricklayers Arms )
Changeover ?

DT Dartford
Changeover ?

TL Catford
Changeover Lewisham stand - duty schedule combined with Route 178