Route History

15.04.59

CT

26RTL

23RTL

12RTL

SMITHFIELD, St John Street, Clerkenwell Road, Goswell Road, Angel, Essex Road, Balls Pond Road, Dallston Junction, Graham Road, Hackney, mare Street, Well Street, Lauriston Road, Victoria Park, Grove Road, Mile End, Burdett Road, Limehouse, West India Dock Road, West Ferry Road, Manchester Road, CUBITT TOWN Stebondale Street
NEW TROLLEYBUS REPLACEMENT ROUTE for Route 677

11.10.61

CT

26RTL

23RTL

16RTL

SMITHFIELD, - CUBITT TOWN Stebondale Street (MS) - Cubitt Town, Prestons Road, Cotton Street, POPLAR Blackwall Tunnel (Suns)
Sunday service extended from Cubitt Town to Poplar replacing withdrawn 56 on this day.

18.11.64	CT	30RTL	28RTL	16RTL
	PR	--	4RTL	--

SMITHFIELD, - CUBITT TOWN Stebondale Street (MF) - POPLAR Blackwall Tunnel (Sat/Sun)
Saturday service extended from Cubitt Town to Poplar replacing withdrawn 56 on this day and PR allocation added.

23.01.66	CT	30RTL	28RTL	14RTL
	PR	--	4RTL	--

SMITHFIELD (MS) - ISLINGTON Angel (Suns) - CUBITT TOWN Stebondale Street (MF) - POPLAR Blackwall Tunnel (Sat/Sun)
Sunday service withdrawn between Angel and Smithfield.

01.09.67	CT	27RT	26RT	14RT
	PR	--	4RTL	--

Clapton (CT) allocation converted from RTL to RT.

07.09.68	CT	27RT	26RT	14RT
	PR	--	4RT	--

Poplar (PR) allocation converted from RTL to RT.

05.10.68	CT	27RT	26RT	13RT
	PR	--	4RT	2RT

A small Sunday Poplar (PR) allocation added.

25.10.69	CT	19RT	21RT	14RT
	PR	11RT	11RT	--

SMITHFIELD (MS) - ISLINGTON Angel (Suns) -POPLAR Blackwall Tunnel
MF extended from Cubitt Town to Poplar making this a daily operation to replace Route 56 which was withdrawn.
Sunday (PR) withdrawn.

16.01.71	CT	10RT	15RT	11RT
	PR	20RT	11RT	--

SMITHFIELD (MS) -MILDMAY PARKl (Suns) -POPLAR BATHS
Daily extended in Poplar via East India Dock Road and Newby Place (returning via Poplar High Street) to POPLAR BATHS.
Sunday service withdrawn between Mildmay Park and Angel

05.01.74	CT	12DMS	10DMS	3DMS
	PR	12DMS	9DMS	2DMS

SMITHFIELD (MS) - MILDMAY PARK (Suns) - CUBITT TOWN Queen Hotel
Converted to OPO and withdrawn between Cubitt Town and Poplar, this section covered by new crew route 277A .
Sunday Poplar (PR) allocation introduced.

07.08.76	CT71+	11DMS	11DMS	5DMS
	PR1+	19DMS	15DMS	7DMS

SMITHFIELD (MS) - MILDMAY PARK (Suns) - POPLAR BATHS
Extended from Cubitt Town to Poplar Baths replacing withdrawn 277A.

18.04.82	CT71+	10DMS	8DMS	5DMS
	PR1+	15T	12T	5T

Poplar (PR) allocation converted to Leyland Titan operation.

04.09.82	CT71+	5T	6T	2T
	PR1+	15T	12T	6T

SMITHFIELD (MF except evgs,Sats) - ANGEL(MF evgs,Suns) - POPLAR BATHS
MF evenings withdrawn between Angel and Smithfield but extended on Sunday from Mildmay park to Angel.
Clapton (CT) allocation converted to Leyland Titan operation.

14.04.84	CT71+	5M	6M	2M
	PR1+	15T	12T	6T

Clapton (CT) allocation converted from Leyland Titan to MCW Metrobus operation.

02.11.85

CT71+

15M

14M

6M

Poplar (PR) allocation moved to Clapton (CT) with garage closure.

15.08.87

AG71+

15T

14T

6T

Clapton (CT) closure, allocation moved to Ash Grove (AG)

04.03.89

AG71+

11T

11T

6T

SMITHFIELD (MF except evgs,Sats) - ANGEL(MF evgs,Suns) - LIMEHOUSE (MS) - POPLAR BATHS (Suns)
Mon-Sat withdrawn between Limehouse and Poplar, replaced by new D7

24.02.90

BW111+

9T

9T

7T

HIGHBURY & ISLINGTON STN, St Pauls Road, Balls Pond Road - LIMEHOUSE (MS) - POPLAR BATHS (Suns)
Diverted at Canonbury via St Pauls Road to HIGHBURY AND ISLINGTON STATION, the Smithfield section replaced by new 56.
Ash Grove allocation transferred to Bow (BW).

01.07.91

BW11+

11T

1OT

7T

HIGHBURY & ISLINGTON STN, Dalston, Hackney, Victoria Park, Mile End, Limehouse, West India Dock Road, West Ferry Road, CANARY WHARF Westferry Circus (MS) - POPLAR BATHS (Suns)
MS extended from Limehouse to CANARY WHARF

10.07.91

BW111+

11T

1OT

7T

HIGHBURY & ISLINGTON STN, Dalston, Hackney, Victoria Park, Mile End, Limehouse, West India Dock Road, West Ferry Road, CANARY WHARF Cartier Circle (MS) - POPLAR BATHS (Suns)
MS extended CANARY WHARF Westferry Circus to Cartier Circle.

07.12.91	BW	11T	1OT	7T
	WH	5T	--	--

An additional MF (except evening service) introduced between Canary Wharf and Mile End Station worked by buses from West Ham (WH)

09.05.92

BW111+

11T

1OT

7T

MF supplementary service between Canary Wharf and Mile End Station withdrawn along with West Ham (WH) allocation.

20.03.93

BW111+

11T

1OT

6T

HIGHBURY & ISLINGTON STN - CANARY WHARF Cartier Circle
Withdrawn between Canary Wharf and Poplar

15.01.94

BW111+

12T

12T

5T

HIGHBURY & ISLINGTON STN - CANARY WHARF Cartier Circle (Suns) - Trafalgar Way, Aspen Way, Oreagano Drive, Coriander Avenue, Rosemary Drive, LEAMOUTH Saffron Avenue (return via Clove Crescent)
MS extended from Canary Wharf to Leamouth.

28.02.98

BW111+

12T

11T

5T

Start of new contract

10.07.99

BW111+

12TA

11TA

5TA

Converted from d/d to low floor dd

01.03.03

BW111+

20TA

18TA

15TA

HIGHBURY & ISLINGTON STN - LEAMOUTH Saffron Avenue
Contract renewed with Stagecoach (BW)
Sunday service extended from Canary Wharf to Leamouth as MS.
N277 introduced running every night, route as per 277

27.03.04	BW111+	20TA	18TA	15TA
Night service	BW101+	3TA	3TA	3TA

"N277" number dropped, thus service now 24 hour

30.08.09	WH311+	22TA	21TA	16TA
Night service	WH301+	3TA	3TA	3TA

Bow allocaion withdrawn and transferred to West Ham (WH), replaced by new acquired Route 205

17.09.11	BW151+	21TA	19TA	17TA
Night service	WH301+	3TA	3TA	3TA

Allocation moved back to Bow (BW), this was connected to Upton Park garage closure.

Operating Garages

PR Poplar
Changeover at Blackwall Tunnel

BW Bow
Changeover at Mile End Station

AG Ash Grove
Changeover at Well Street ?

CT Clapton
Changeover point at H Garage, Well Street

Comment

The Queen Hotel, Cubitt Town.

My wife is a geordie and asked me to take her to the the real East End and so we bought a travelcard and visited a few pubs. I had bought some books earlier in the day and the alchohol must have dulled my mind as I left them under the stool at the "Queen". It was not until we got back to a pub in Bow (the Bow Bells) that I realised that I had forgotten my books and so I left my wife perched on a stool in the Bow Bells and returned to "The Queen" and asked the barmaid if anyone had handed in my books and she replied.

"Anything else and I would say no, but books- no one can read round here, they will be where you left them - sure enough ! "

Yes, I will always remember the Queen with affection, alas a posh bar now

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