Route History

07.04.52	J	5RT	5RT	--
	SW	25RTL	22RTL	14RTL

FOREST HILL, Brockley, New Cross, Peckham, Camberwell, Elephant & Castle, Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment, Aldwych, Kingsway, Bloomsbury, Islington, Newington Green, Manor House, Harringay, TOTTENHAM Bruce Grove
Southern section swapped with service 172 and diverted to Forest Hill instead of West Norwood.
Stockwell (SW) allocation transferred to Peckham (PM) and Walworth (WL

20.08.58	J	6RT	5RT	--
	PM	--	--	7RT
	WL	24RTL	15RTL	8RTL

FOREST HILL, Brockley, New Cross, Peckham, Camberwell, Elephant, Waterloo Bridge, Aldwych, Fleet Street, Chancery Lane, High Holborn, Grays Inn Road, Rosebery Avenue, Islington, Essex Road, Newington Green, Manor House, TOTTENHAM Bruce Grove
Diverted between Waterloo and Islingtonvia Chancery Lane to compensate for the withdrawal of service 67.

13.05.59	J	6RT	5RT	--
	WL	24RTL	15RTL	15RTL

Sunday only Peckham (PM) allocation transferred to Walworth (WL)

08.11.61	AR	4RTL	--	--
	J	--	5RT	--
	WG	3RTL	--	--
	WL	24RTL	15RTL	15RTL

Allocation changes as above connected with the trolleybus conversion program at Wood Green.

03.01.62	AR	6RTL	5RTL	--
	WL	24RTL	15RTL	15RTL

Mon-Fri WG and Sat J transferred to Tottenham (AR)

08.05.63	AR	6RTL	5RTL	--
	NX	--	--	6RT
	WL	24RTL	15RTL	15RTL

Sunday New Cross (NX) allocation introduced.

23.01.66	AR	11RTL	8RM	--
	WL	20RTL	12RTL	--

FOREST HILL - TOTTENHAM Bruce Grove (Mon-Sat)
Sunday service withdrawn, mainly replaced by new 171A Tottenham and Abbey Wood.
Saturday routemasters introduced at Tottenham (AR)
Sunday NX allocation transferred to new 171A

23.03.68	AR	13RT	8RT	--
	WL	20RTL	12RTL	--

Tottenham (AR) converted to RT

07.09.68	AR	15RM	8RM	--
	NX	19RM	11RM	--

Daily routemasters introduced and Walworth allocation transferred to New Cross (NX) to make room at Walworth for the new Red Arrow services.

08.01.72	AR	12RM	11RM	--
	NX	20RM	13RM	11RM

FOREST HILL - TOTTENHAM GARAGE (Suns) - TOTTENHAM Bruce Grove (Mon-Sat)
Sunday service re-introduced with a New Cross allocation.

16.11.84	AR131+	13RM	11RM	--
	NX61+	19RM	13RM	11RML

RML type introduced at New Cross on Sundays.

03.08.85	AR131+	15RM	8RM	--
	NX61+	14RM	14RM	13T

Sunday service converted to One Person Operation.

01.02.86

NX61+

14RM

14RM

13T

FOREST HILL - ALDWYCH (Sats) - ROSEBERY AVENUE (Mon-Fri) - TOTTENHAM GARAGE (Suns)
Mon-Sat northern part of route transferred to new 171A.

21.06.86

NX61+

16RM

11RM

9T

FOREST HILL - ALDWYCH (Sat/Sun) - ISLINGTON GREEN (Mon-Fri)
Mon-Fri extended from Rosebery Avenue to Islington Green.
Sunday service withdrawn between Aldwych and Tottenham, replaced by Sunday introduction of service 171A.

16.09.86

NX61+

16Tc

11Tc

9T

Routemasters replaced by Leyland Titans.

25.10.86

NX61+

19T

13T

9T

Converted to One Person Operation.

18.07.92

NX61+

16L/T

14L/T

9L/T

FOREST HILL - HOLBORN STN
Withdrawn between Holborn and Islington.

12.03.94

NX61+

19L/T

20L/T

12L/T

CATFORD GARAGE, Catford, Stanstead Road, Forest Hill, HOLBORN STATION
Service extended from Forest Hill to Catford Garage.

30.11.96

NX51+

19VN

20VN

13VN

Volvo type introduced.

28.04.01

NX51+

19PVL

20PVL

13PVL

Operating Garages

AR Tottenham
Changeover point outside garage

WG West Green
Changeover point not known

J Holloway
Changeover point Manor House

Q Camberwell
Changeover point Camberwell Green

WL Walworth
Changeover point Camberwell Green

PM Peckham
Changeover point outside garage

NX New Cross
Changeover point outside garage

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