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03.05.50
HW
24RTL
25RTL/6STL
17RTL/9STL
 
V
7RTL
11RTL
7RTL

HAYES STATION - Coldharbour Lane, Yeading, Greenford, Greenford Avenue, Hanwell, West Ealing, Northfields, Popes Lane, Acton, The Avenue, Turnham Green, Sutton Court Road, then Grove Park Hotel (Monday-Saturday) or Burlington Lane, CHISWICK Edensor Road.

02.05.51
HW
24RTL
25RTL/6B
24RTL/3B
 
V
7RT
11RT
--

V allocation converted from RTL to RT. Sunday V allocation withdrawn for summer months to make more resources available for the busy Route 65
22.10.52
HW
24RT
34RT
15RT
 
V
7RT
11RT
6RT

This pattern of allocation changes continued until May 1955 when the V Sunday allocation was withdrawn in the Summer and re-introduced for the Winter until re-introduction in November 1958.

04.05.55
HW
24RT
31RT
25RT
 
V
7RT
8RT
--

HAYES Bourne Avenue - Grove Park Hotel (Monday-Saturday) or Burlington Lane, CHISWICK Edensor Road.
Extended in Hayes beyond the Station via Station Road and Dawley Road to Bourne Avenue.
This replaced the 140 journeys which were diverted to London Airport Central.

26.11.58
HW
22RT
33RT
13RT
 
V
7RT
8RT
4RT

Sunday V allocation re-introduced for the winter months.

13.05.59
HW
22RT
33RT
22RT
 
V
7RT
8RT
--

The withdrawal of V from the Summer Sunday schedules continued until 1965.

18.11.64
HW
22RT
26RT
11RT
 
V
8RT
8RT
3RT

Sunday V allocation re-introduced on a permanent basis until withdrawal,
RT1983 Turnham Green ( M G Webber )

03.10.65
HW
22RM
19RM
11RM
 
V
5RM
5RM/10RT
3RM

HW allocation replaced by HL. This was part of a series of changes introduced on this day. HW needed the space because the 92 & 105 allocation were increased, the 120 was extended to Greenford and the HL share of the 97 moved from HL to HW, and new route 195 introduced. The 55 filled the gap at HL left by the 97 and the 255 which transferred to Riverside.

RM90 Greenford Red Lion - Jim Blake


30.11.68
Route withdrawn west of Greenford and renumbered E3. The Greenford to Hayes section covered by new 274 Ealing Broadway & Hayes. The Grove Park leg at Chiswick was withdrawn without replacement because the new MBS vehicles allocated to the E3 were too long to negogiate the turn outside the Grove Park Hotel.

Operating Garages

HL Hanwell 1965-1968
Crew changeovers at HANWELL Church Road.

HW Southall 1950-1965
Crew changeovers at GREENFORD BROADWAY or GREENFORD Red Lion stand.
Garage journeys left line of route at Greenford and observed Route 92 stops to garage, display to read SOUTHALL GARAGE via Greenford Road or left line of route at Hanwell and observed Route 207 stops to garage.

V Turnham Green 1950-1968
Crew changeovers at TURNHAM GREEN Crown & Anchor. Garage on line of route.

Personal Comment !
As a child I nicknamed this Route "The weaver" because it did exactly that on the Uxbridge Road between Acton & Hayes Grapes. Because of this I suspect the majority of passengers would have been rabbits (short hop riders). Although the RML type was introduced to Hanwell Garage in 1967 I dont think they were ever allocated to the 55 even as a strange visitor.

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