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Route History

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08.04.51
TH
18RT
16RT
10RT

THORNTON HEATH High Steet, Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath Pond, Croydon, SOUTH CROYDON Swan & Sugar Loaf
This was a tram replacement route replacing #42

22.10.52
TH
18RT
15RT
10RT

THORNTON HEATH High Steet, Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath Pond, Croydon, SOUTH CROYDON Swan & Sugar Loaf (Suns) Purley Coulsdon Marlpit Lane OLD COULSDON Tudor Rose
Mon-Sat extended from South Croydon to Old Coulsdon via withdrawn 166A.

06.10.54
TC
--
--
5RT
 
TH
17RT
13RT
5RT

Mon-Sat and half Sunday Croydon allocation transferred to Thornton Heath (TH).

02.05.56
TH
15RT
13RT
9RT

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON
Sunday extended from South Croydon to Old Coulsdon replacing withdrawn 159 on this day
Croydon (TC) allocation withdrawn.

31.12.66
TC
12RT
12RT
--
 
TH
--
--
5RT

Mon-Sat Thornton Heath (TH) allocation transferred to Croydon (TC)

RT181 is in High Street, Croydon about to pass what were then the offices of local surveyors Fuller, Moon & Fuller

RT181 (TH) seen in November 1967, the TH plate suggests this was a Sunday working

Jim Blake
18.04.70
TC
12RT
10RM
--
 
TH
--
--
4RT

Saturday Routemasters introduced.

31.10.70
TC
14RT
8RM
--

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON (MS)
Sunday service withdrawn, mainly replaced by Sunday only Route 59.

20.11.71
TC
10RM
8RM
--

Routemasters introduced on Mon-Fri.

Southend Corporation Transport's Leyland Titan PD3 342 in London Road, Croydon, at West Croydon Station

During 1975 due to a chronic vehicle shortage some Leyland PD3's were loaned to London Transport and put to work exclusively on Route 190 as shown in this picture

Paul Davis
RM1751 in Croydon

RM1751 is in North End, Croydon, passing the long gone Odeon Cinema in a road that has for long been pedestrianised.

Paul Davis

28.10.78
TC171+
11RM
13RM
3RM

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON
Sunday service re-introduced replacing part of withdrawn 59.

RM2183 ar West Croydon
RM2183 at West Croydon Bus Station
23.04.83
TC171+
9RM
14RM
3D

Sunday service converted to double deck one person operation.

19.10.84
TC171+
9Dc
9Dc/5RM
3D

Mon-Sat Daimler Fleetline (crew) operation commenced.

02.02.85
TC171+
8D
13D
3D

Daily service converted to double deck one person operation.

L203 is heading up Brighton Road in Purley in the spring of 1987, before the greenery beside it was lost to a giant Tesco superstore.
05.09.87
TC171+
9Dc
13D
3D

THORNTON HEATH - OLD COULSDON Tudor Rose - Taunton Manor School (SDO)
School day only journeys extended from Tudor Rose to Taunton Manor School

14.05.88
TC171+
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--
5L

THORNTON HEATH High Street - OLD COULSDON (Suns)
Mon-Sat service replaced by revised service 50. which took over the running number sequence

L147 is in High Street, Croydon with the flags fluttering on the Allders department store in the background, and the listed frontage of the old Grants department store to the left of it. The Grants site is now a huge modern cinema/entertainment complex, but still the Grants frontage was pulled down, restored and put back up again!!!

21.07.90
Route withdrawn, mainly replaced by Route 50.

Operating Garages

TC Croydon
Changeover point garage

TH Thornton Heath
Changeover point garage

Page dedicated to Paul Davis

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