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Route History

Farechart from 2000 233 map

27.10.84
SP101+
T
T
--

ELTHAM Well Hall, Avery Hill, Sidcup, Foots Cray, SWANLEY LCBS Garage
NEW Monday-Saturday route via 228 to Sidcup Station and then withdrawn 21A to Swanley using buses ex 228

M1371 which was part of the Metrobus v Titan trial T557 Swanley

21.02.87
SP101+
L/T
L/T
--

Buses ex 228A/C

L40 at Eltham Station

16.01.88
BO
dd
dd
--

Operation transferred to Boroline Maidstone

17.02.92
CR
dd
dd
--

Operated by KENTISH BUS (Crayford)

Leyland Olympian Northern Counties - ex Boroline Maidstone bus

05.09.92
CR
dd
dd
--
 
DT
--
--
sd

ELTHAM STN (MS) - SIDCUP STN (Suns) - SWANLEY Beechenlea Road
Sunday service introduced between Sidcup and Swanley operated by single deck buses from Dartford

16.05.93
CR
dd
dd
--
 
DG
--
--
sd

Sunday service reallocated to Dunton Green (DG) Garage

18.10.93
DT
dd
dd
--
 
DG
--
--
sd

Crayford base closed, MS allocation moved to Dartford (DT)

14.09.96
DT
sd
sd
--
 
DG
--
--
sd

ELTHAM STN - SWANLEY Beechenlea Road
MS service converted to single deck, and Sunday service extended from Sidcup to Eltham

28.09.87
DT23+
7sd
7sd
4sd

Sunday allocation moved to Dartford (DT)

24.01.98
MB11+
5sd
5sd
3sd

ELTHAM STN, - Eltham High Street, Foots Cray Road, New Eltham Stn, Main Road, Longlands Road, Sidcup Stn, then as before to SWANLEY Beechenlea Road
NEW CONTRACT to METROBUS
Rerouted between Eltham and Sidcup via New Eltham instead of Avery Hill, revised 286 covering the withdrawn section.

Dennis Dart SLF - Alexander Pointer 8.8 ( 389 ) at Eltham Station Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer 704, Eltham Station

08.03.03
MB161+
6MPD
6MPD
3MPD

NEW CONTRACT commenced

Transbus Pointer 8.8m Transbus Pointer 8.8m in a different livery - John King

16.02.08
DT31+
6E200
5E200
4E200

Contract moved to Arriva Kent Thameside

233 times

Operating Garages

SP Sidcup
Changeover at garage

DT Dartford
Changeover point Eltham Station

More information for this route can be seen at Robert Munster site - 233

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Ian Armstrong 2012