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Route History

Route 6 Farechart Route 6

01.01.50
AC
30STL
18STL/18RT
20RT
 
H
30STL
25STL
29STL

WILLESDEN GARAGE (garage journeys) Brondesbury Park, Staverton Road, KENSAL RISE STN, West Kilburn, The Chippenham, Warwick Avenue, Edgware Road, Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Aldwych, Fleet Street, St Paul's, Bank, Liverpool Street, Shoreditch, Hackney Road, Cambridge Heath, Hackney, Well Street, HACKNEY WICK, Ruckholt Road, LEYTON TOWN HALL (Monday- Saturday peaks)

02.05.51
AC
30RTW
28RTW
20RTW
 
H
25RTW
25RTW
20RTW

Allocation changed from STL to RTW

29.01.64
AC
30RTW
--
16RTW
 
H
21RTW
--
14RTW

KENSAL RISE STN - HACKNEY WICK (Mon-Fri/Sun)- LEYTON TOWN HALL (Mon-Fri peaks)
Saturday Route withdrawn in favour of new 6B and regular Route on 6A.

RTW172

01.04.65
AC
29RM
--
16RM
 
H
21RM
--
14RM

RTW type replaced by new RM type.

01.10.65
AC
24RML
--
13RML
 
H
20RML
--
11RM;

RM type replaced by new RML type.

31.12.66
AC
23RML
--
13RML
 
H
22RML
12RML
11RML

KENSAL RISE STATION (Mon-Fri/Sun) - WARWICK AVENUE STN (Sats) - HACKNEY WICK - LEYTON (Mon-Fri am peak)
Route 6A on Saturday restricted to limited peak Route therefore Saturday 6 reintroduced but only as far as Warwick Avenue Station.

07.09.68
AC
17RML
17RML/3RM
13RML
 
H
23RML
--
11RM;

KENSAL RISE STN - ALDWYCH (Sat) - HACKNEY WICK (Mon-Fri/Sun) - LEYTON TOWN HALL (Monday-Friday am peak)
Saturday extended from Warwick Avenue to Kensal Rise to compensate for withdrawal of Route 6B but withdrawn between Aldwych and Hackney Wick which was replaced by a regular Saturday Route on 6A between Marylebone Station and Hackney Wick.

25.10.69
AC
16RML
16RML/4RM
13RML
 
H
23RML
--
11RML

KENSAL RISE STN - ALDWYCH (Sat) - HACKNEY WICK (Mon-Fri/Sun)
Withdrawn between Hackney Wick and Leyton Town Hall.

24.01.70
AC
16RML
16RML/4RM
13RML
 
H
23RML
12RML
11RML

KENSAL RISE STN - HACKNEY WICK
Saturday Route re-introduced between Aldwych and Hackney Wick but Route was split into two overlapping sections:
Kensal Rise and Aldwych / Oxford Circus and Hackney Wick. This in actual fact was the 6A withdrawn between Oxford Circus and Marylebone and renumbered 6.


20 October 1973
Saturday through Route was re-introduced

25.04.81
AC
11RML
9RML
12RML
 
AG
28RML
18RML
9RML

Hackney Garage closed, new Ash Grove allocation introduced.

06.06.87
AC
9RML
9RML
--
 
AG
24RML
15RML
17T

Sunday AC allocation withdrawn and remainder converted to One Person Operation.

RML 2483 seen with full load in theSrand RML2370 in tourist livery

23.11.91
AC
26RML
25RML
18M
 
BW
11RML
8RML
--

AG allocation withdrawn. Sunday AC introduced. Mon-Sat BW allocation introduced.

18.07.92
AC
24RML
20RML
12M

KENSAL RISE STN - ALDWYCH
Withdrawn between Aldwych and Hackney Wick but replaced by new Route 26 Waterloo and Hackney Wick.

04.12.93
AC
20RML
20RML
12M
evenings
 
M
M
--

MS evening Route converted to OPO.

LN25 Oxford Street

19.09.98
AC
20RML
20RML
13AV/M
evenings
 
AV/M
AV/M
--

AV type introduced

AV34 Queens Park

17.04.01
AC
22RML
20RML
13VPL
evenings
 
8VPL
8VPL
--

VPL type introduced

RML2393 - IAN aRMSTRONG RML2431 Mark Pitman
RML2594 - Mark Pitman VPL76 Ian Armstrong

27.03.04
AC501+
30VP
27VP
16VP
Night
AC731+
8VP
8VP
8VP

Converted to OPO, and route now 24hr as "N" prefix dropped.

VP554 outside Canada House
30.07.05
AC501+
30VP
26VP
16VP
Night
AC731+
8VP
8VP
8VP

ALDWYCH - Kensal Rise, Chamberlayne Road, Donnington Road, Pound Lane, WILLESDEN GARAGE
Daily Route extended from Kensal Rise to Willesden Garage via new routeing as above/

11.12.10
AC501+
26VP
26VP
16VP
Night
AC731+
8VP
8VP
8VP

Contract renewal , MF peaK REDUCTION, this allowed the 460 transfer into AC to partly compensate

VP531 Marble Arch VP523 Donnington Road

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Operating Garages

AC Willesden
Changeover point Kensal Rise Station

H Well Street, Hackney
Changeover point outside garage.

AG Ash Grove
Changeover point outside garage.

BW Bow
Changeover point at garage, buses running light from Hackney Wick

 

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