Route History

11.11.59	PR	5RM	--	--
	WH	6RM	8RM	--

BECONTREE Chittys Lane, Bennetts Castle Lane, Longbridge Road, Barking, East Ham, Upton Park, Barking Road, CANNING TOWN (MS) - Silvertown Way, NORTH WOOLWICH Free Ferry (MF peaks)

11.10.61	PR	5RM	--	--
	WH	8RM	--	--

LITTLE HEATH, Barley Lane, Goodmayes Lane, Barking, CANNING TOWN (MF) - NORTH WOOLWICH (MF peaks)
MF withdrawn between Barking and Becontree and diverted instead to Little Heath via Goodmayes Lane
Saturday withdrawn and replaced by new 238A.

27.01.65

WH

9RM

8RM

5RM

LITTLE HEATH, Goodmayes, Barking, Upton Park, Green Street, Plashet Road, Portway, West Ham Lane, STRATFORD
BROADWAY
Withdrawn between Upton Park and Canning Town / North Woolwich, this section mainly replaced by revised 33.
Saturday and Sunday service introduced.
PR allocation withdrawn.

	RM79 on layover at Stratford Photo by J Smith Click photo to see larger image

31.12.66

WH

9RM

8RM

5RM

STRATFORD BROADWAY - LITTLE HEATH - CHADWELL HEATH HOSPITAL (Sun pm jnys)
Sunday journeys extended from Little Heath to CHADWELL HEATH HOSPITAL

17.04.71

WH

8SMS

7SMS

3SMS

Converted to single deck one person operation.

30.10.71	U	--	--	4SMS
	WH	9SMS	8SMS	--

Sunday West Ham (WH) allocation transferred to Upton Park (U).

16.06.73	U	--	--	4SMS
	WH	9SMS	8SMS	--

STRATFORD Bus Stn - LITTLE HEATH - CHADWELL HEATH HOSPITAL (Sun pm jnys)
Stratford terminal changed to new Bus Station.

20.04.74

WH

9SMS

8SMS

4SMS

Sunday Upton Park (U) allocation transferred to West Ham (WH)

28.09.75

WH

9SMS

8SMS

4DMS

Sunday converted to double deck operation.

19.03.77

WH81+

9DMS

8DMS

4DMS

MS converted to double deck operation.

22.04.78	U101+	8DMS	6DMS	4DMS
	WH81+	--	6DMS	--

Allocation change as above

	DMS101 seen in January 1980 Photo by Paul Davies

26.04.81	U101+	8T	6T	4T
	WH81+	--	7DMS	--

Upton Park (U) converted to Titan.

	T504 Barking Thsi image found on the Titan Picture CD

04.09.82

BK61+

7T

10T

4T

U and WH allocation transferred to Barking (BK).

14.04.84

BK61+

7T

10T

3T

STRATFORD Bus Stn - LITTLE HEATH - CHADWELL HEATH HOSPITAL (Sun afts)
Regular service to Chadwell Heath Hospital introduced instead of just isolated journeys.

28.10.89

BK61+

6T

11T

3T

STRATFORD, Portway, Plashet Grove, Plashet Road, High Street North, East Ham, Barking, Goodmayes, LITTLE HEATH -
CHADWELL HEATH HOSPITAL (Sun afts)
Diverted via East Ham Station instead of Upton Park.

14.09.91

BK61+

5T

7T

4T

STRATFORD Bus Station - BARKING GARAGE
Withdrawn between Barking Garage and Little Heath / Chadwell Heath Hospital.

25.09.93

BK61+

9DRL

9DRL/1DW

3DRL

Converted to single deck operation.

	East London Hoppa DRL125 at Barking Station This image can be obtained on Single Deck CD
	DW150 seen here with "CH" garage code, originally meant to be Chadwell Heath garage but the scheme aborted This image can be obtained on Single Deck CD

26.06.95

BK61+

9DRL

9DRL

4DRL

Revised bus type.

	DAL14 at Stratford Bus Station This image can be obtained on Single Deck CD

19.07.97

BK61+

8T

9T

4T

Converted to double deck operation.

	Leyland Titan T653 outside the famous through bus photos carpet shop in Barking This image can be found on The Stagecoach CD

28.10.99

BK61+

6T

11T

3T

Mon-Sat joint duty with 162 and Sunday joint duty with 287

09.10.99	BK61+	--	--	4SLD
	U301+	9S	9S	--

Mon-Sat allocation moved to Upton Park

	SLD117 (BK) waits at Stratford This image can be found on The Stagecoach CD

04.03.00	BK61+	--	--	7T
	U301+	9S	9S	--

STRATFORD Bus Station - BARKING STATION.
Start of new contract with revised frequencies and withdrawn between Barking Station and Barking Garage.

08.07.00	BK61+	--	--	4SLD
	U301+	10SLD	10SLD	--

Converted to low floor single deck operation.

	SLD182 (U) waits performs a Sunday duty This image can be found on The Stagecoach CD

31.08.03

U301+

10TA

11TA

7TA

Barking (BK) allocation withdrawn, converted to low floor double deck operation.

	17841 Dennis Trident at Stratford Bus Station This image can be found on The Stagecoach CD

05.03.05

U301+

10TA

12TA

8TA

Contract renewal

06.03.10

U301+

10TA

12TA

8TA

Contract extended for two years
It had been intended to extend the Routefrom Barking to Becontree Heath via Route 5 but this was cancelled

	17889 with a different livery at Tramway Avenue Stratford This image can be found on The Stagecoach CD

17.09.11

WH231+

10TA

12TA

11TA

Upton Park garage closed, allocation moved to Canning Town (WH)

03.03.12

WH231+

11E

12E

9E

Start of new contract with new ADL Enviro 400 buses

 

Operating Garages

PR Poplar
Changeover point Canning Town ?

WH West Ham
Changeover point Greengate 1961 - 1965

U Upton Park
Changeover point East Ham, Newham Town Hall
Some Sunday meal reliefs were taken at Barking Garage, the driver keeping the same vehicle

BK Barking
Changeover point at garage.

WH Canning Town
Changeover point at garage.

Thank you to Stagecoach London team for supplying behind the scenes information

Page modified Sat May 12, 2012 9:25 AM

The latest move on17.09.11 , I would have thought more economical to move the route to Barking and part of the 5 to West Ham