Route History

OLD FORD, Bethnal Green, Shoreditch, Liverpool Street, Bank, Holborn, Oxford Circus, Marble Arch, Maida Vale, Kilburn, Willesden, Neasden, KINGSBURY Blackbird Cross (Mon-Sat) Wembley Park Stn, ALPERTON (Suns)

OLD FORD, Bethnal Green, Shoreditch, Liverpool Street, Bank, Holborn, Oxford Circus, Marble Arch, Maida Vale, Kilburn, Willesden, Neasden, KINGSBURY Blackbird Cross (Mon-Sat) Wembley Park Stn, ALPERTON (Suns)
Allocation changed from RT/RTL type to RTW

OLD FORD - WEMBLEY Empire Pool (Sat) - WEMBLEY Trading Estate (Mon-Fri peaks)
Mon-Fri peaks extended from Kingsbury to Wembley Trading Estate.
Saturday extended from Kingsbury to Wembley Empire Pool
Sunday renumbered 8B.
RML prototype on trial

OLD FORD - NEASDEN Dog Lane (Mon-Sat) - WEMBLEY Trading Estate (MF peaks)
Mon-Fri outside peaks and Saturday withdrawn north of Neasden.

RM type introduced prior to trolleybus conversions.

CL garage closed, allocation transferred to BW.

OLD FORD - WILLESDEN GARAGE (Suns) - NEASDEN (Mon-Sat) - WEMBLEY Trading Estate (Mon-Fri peaks)
Sunday Route withdrawn between Willesden and Alperton thus 8B renumbered 8.

RM type introduced at BW

RM type introduced at AC.

Sunday joint allocation with 8A withdrawn.

OLD FORD - WILLESDEN - NEASDEN (Sat shop hrs) - WEMBLEY (Mon-Fri peaks)
Mon-Fri withdrawn between Willesden and Neasden except for peak journeys to Wembley
Saturday withdrawn between Willesden and Neasden except for shopping hours.

BW introduce RML type.

10.01.76	AC	16RML	14RML	8RML
	BW	23RML	23RML/2RM	11RML

Revised to operate in Old Ford both directions via Roman Road
St Stephen's Road and Old Ford Road. Eastbound routeing via Driffield Road discontinued.

25.04.81	AC	9RML	7RML	6RML
	BW	22RML	24RML	14RML

OLD FORD - WILLESDEN GARAGE - WEMBLEY Trading Estate (Mon-Fri peaks)
Saturday withdrawn between Willesden & Neasden.

23.01.82	AC	10RML	7RML	6RML
	BW	22RML	24RML	16RML

Wembley Trading Estate journeys rerouted at the Arena via Engineers Way First Way to South Way instead of Wembley Hill Road.

04.09.82

BW

29RML

27RML

23RML

OLD FORD - WILLESDEN GARAGE
Mon-Fri peak journeys beyond Willesden to Wembley withdrawn in favour of bifurcation journeys on Route 297.
AC allocation withdrawn.

28.07.84

BW

32RML

30RML

20RML

BOW GARAGE - WILLESDEN GARAGE
Route extended from Old Ford to Bow Garage at all times.

16.01.88	BW	37RML	32RML	--
	WH	--	--	21T

WEST HAM GARAGE (Suns) Stratford, BOW CHURCH (Mon-Sat) - WILLESDEN
Sunday converted to One Person Operation and transferred to West Ham (WH)

21.05.88	BW	37RML	33RML	--
	WH	--	--	25T

Sunday First Bus from West Ham Garage rerouted to loop via Bow Church and Bromley High Street.

23.11.91	AC	10RML	9RML
	BW	2`7RML	25RML	--
	WH	--	--	25T

Mon-Sat AC allocation re-introduced.

18.07.92

BW

26RML

23RML

14T

BOW CHURCH, Old Ford, Bethnal Green, Liverpool Street, Bank, High Holborn, Oxford Circus, Berkely Square, Hyde Park Corner, VICTORIA Bus Station
Re-routed at Oxford Circus via withdrawn section of Route 25 to Victoria. Willesden section replaced by new Route 98.

01.06.93	BW	22RML	19RML	11S/T
evgs	BW	T	T	--

Scania type introduced for OPO workings.

05.11.94	BW	22RML	19RML	11T
evgs	BW	T	T	--

Scania type withdrawn.

15.07.95	BW	22RML	21RML	11T
evgs	BW	T	T	--

Evening Route converted to One Person Operation.

07.12.96	BW	22RML	21RML	11T/VN
evgs	BW	T/VN	T/VN	--

VN type introduced

28.04.01

BW

28RML

23RML

15RML

MS evening and Sunday Route reverted to crew operation except for a few late evening journeys ex N8.

05.06.04

BW61+

34TA

28TA

18TA

Route converted to OPO operation - click here for conversion night

26.06.09

BW61+

29TA

24TA

15TA

BOW CHURCH - OXFORD CIRCUS
Contract renewed but withdrawn between Oxford Circus and Victoria, most of this section covered by extending Route C2 from Oxford Circus to Victoria. Revised to stand in Henrietta Place.

Operating Garages

AC Willesden
Changeover point at garage

CL Clay Hall
Changeover point at Old Ford

BW Bow
Changeover point at Old Ford

WH West Ham
Changeover point at garage

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