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160 Faretable dated 10-81 160 map

26.10.49
TL
8RT
13RT
11RT

CATFORD St Dunstan's College, Rushy Green, Brownhill Road, St Mildred's Road, Westhorne Avenue, Middle Park Avenue, Kingsground, Eltham Hill, Eltham High Street, Westmount Road, Rochester Way, Welling Way, Bellegrove Road, Welling High St, WELLING Guy Earl of Warwic

RT4616

RT4616 seen here in 1956 at ?

This image available on
Nostalgia1 CD


08.05.63
TL
9RT
9RT
--

CATFORD - WELLING (Mon-Sat)
Sunday service re-numbered 160A

RT189

health & safety might have something to say about the timecard sat in the windscreen ! RT189 at the
SDC Stand

This image available on
Nostalgia1 CD


24.01.70
TL
10SM
8SM
--

Converted to single deck one person operation.

27.06.76
TL101+
10SMD
8SMD
--

Type change

28.01.78
TL101+
10DMS
8DMS
--

Converted to double deck operation.

22.04.78
TL101+
7DMS
7DMS
3DMS

CATFORD St Dunstan's College (Mon-Sat) or CATFORD GARAGE (Suns) - WELLING
Sunday service re-introduced. This was part of Busplan 1, an excercise in standardising routes and withdrawing suffix letters

04.09.82
TL101+
7DMS
5DMS
--

CATFORD - WELLING (MS)
Sunday service re-numbered 160A

25.07.83
TL101+
7T
5T
--

Converted from Daimler Fleetline to Leyland Titan.

02.11.85
TL101+
7T
7T
2T

CATFORD, Middle Park, Eltham, Eltham Park, Hook Lane, Welling, Bexleyheath, BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
Sunday service re-introduced and extended from Welling to Bexleyheath.

T86

T86 at Eltham Green heading for the new destination

Photo by Malcolm Macdonald


03.02.87
TL101+
7LS
7LS
2LS

Converted to single deck Leyland National.

08.07.89
TL81+
5SR
4SR
3SR

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent -; Falconwood, Westwood Lane, WELLING CORNER (MF pm school journeys)

29.07.89
TL81+
5SR
4SR
##11SR

Sunday joint allocation with 108b,180,273,L1

03.02.90
TL81+
5SR
4SR
##MW

Sunday buses ex 124

01.09.90
TL81+
4SR/MW
4SR/MW
##MW

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent
School journeys to Welling withdrawn.

24.04.93
TL81+
4SR/MW
4SR/MW
2SR/MW

Sunday allocation now confined to 160.

DW63

DW63 at Eltham

This image available on the
single deck CD


02.03.94
TL46+
4LA
4LA
3MW

LA type introduced.

LA9

Dennis Lance Alexander LA9
at the much photographed church in
Southend Crescent

This image available on the
single deck CD

 


19.08.95
TL101+
4L
4L
3sd

Converted from single deck LA to double deck Olympian.

L81

The new order represented here by L81 at Eltham

This image available on the
Olympian CD

 


15.09.96
TL101+
9DAL
8DAL
4DAL

CATFORD - Eltham, New Eltham, Southwood Road, Green Lane, Chislehurst, Perry Street, Queen Mary's Hospital, SIDCUP STATION
Extended from Eltham to Sidcup via Chislehurst replacing part of withdrawn 228.
Olympians replaced by Alexandra Dash Darts.

618

Dennis Alexander Dash Dart 618

This image available on the
Stagecoach CD

 


29.07.00
TL1+
10T/VN
9T/VN
4T/VN

CATFORD GARAGE - SIDCUP STATION
Withdrawn between Rushey Green and St Dunstan's College in Catford. Converted from single deck to double deck operation.

VN101

 

Seen here in Sidcup is VN101

This image available on the
Stagecoach CD

 


09.02.02
TL1+
11TAS
9TAS
6TAS

Converted to low floor operation.

TAS469

TAS469 at the Sidcup Station stand

This image available on the
Stagecoach CD

 


16.09.06
DT7+
10dd
10dd
8dd

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Rerouted between ST Mildred's Road and Catford town Centre via Verdant Lane, Sandhurst Road and Sangley Road instead of direct via Brownhill Road.
New contract awarded to ARRIVA KENT THAMESIDE operated from Dartford Garage

Arriva 6238

Arriva 6238

Photo by John King


17.09.11
DT7+
10dd/1sd
10dd
8dd

Contract renewal

4029

AD Enviro Dart 10.8m 4029
Chislehurst Common

This image available on the
Arriva CD

 

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Operating Garages

TL Catford
Changeover point St Dunstan's College

DT Dartford
Changeover point probably Sidcup Station ?

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