Date	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
11.11.59	PR	22RM	25RM	19RM
	WH	8RM	--	--

BLOOMSBURY Red Lion Square - Clerkenwell Road - Old Street - Commercial Street - Stepney - Limehouse - Poplar - Canning Town - Barking Road - East Ham - Barking - BARKING GARAGE
This was stage 4 of the Trolleybus Replacement Program

11.10.61	PR	22RM	26RM	19RM
	WH	10RM	--	6RM

BLOOMSBURY - BARKING GARAGE (Sun) - Bennetts Castle Lane - BECONTREE Chittys Lane (Mon-Sat)
Mon-Sat extended from Barking Garage to Becontree via Bennetts Castle Lane replacing withdrawn section of Route 238 which was diverted to Little Heath.

09.05.62	PR	22RM	26RM	--
	WH	10RM	--	--

BLOOMSBURY - BECONTREE Chittys Lane (Mon-Sat)
Sunday Route extended from Barking Garage to Becontree via Becontree Avenue and  renumbered 5B  ..

15.08.62	PR	10RM	-	--
	WH	10RM	--	--

BLOOMSBURY - EAST HAM White Horse (Mon-Fri)
Mon-Fri withdrawn between East Ham and Becontree and diverted at East Ham to "White Horse".
Saturday withdrawn between Barking Garage and Becontree and renumbered 5B
Becontree section replaced by new Mon-Sat 33 Route.

27.01.65

WH

13RM

--

--

BLOOMSBURY - EAST HAM White Horse (Mon-Fri)
PR allocation withdrawn.

01.02.66

WH

13RML

--

--

BLOOMSBURY - EAST HAM White Horse (Mon-Fri)
RM type replaced by RML.

07.09.68	PR	--	-	6RM
	WH	13RML	9RML	--

BLOOMSBURY (Sun) - CLERKENWELL GREEN (Mon-Sat) - POPLAR (Sun) - EAST HAM White Horse (Mon-Sat/Sun early journeys)
Mon-Fri withdrawn between Clerkenwell Green and Bloomsbury.
Sat introduced between Clerkenwell Green and East Ham partly replacing withdrawn 5C
Sunday introduced between Bloomsbury and Poplar with early journeys extended to East Ham partly replacing withdrawn 5B .

17.04.71	PR	7DMS	5DMS	4DMS
	WH131+	7DMS	4DMS	4DMS

BLOOMSBURY (Sun) - CLERKENWELL GREEN (Mon-Sat) - POPLAR (Sun) - EAST HAM White Horse (Mon-Sat/Sun early journeys)
Converted to One Person Operation
Mon-Sat PR allocation re-introduced and Sun WH allocation re-introduced.

22.04.78	PR	--	3DMS	2DMS
	WH131+	15DMS	5DMS	5DMS

BLOOMSBURY - EAST HAM White Horse
Revised to operated between Bloomsbury and East Ham all day.

31.01.81	PR	--	3DMS	3DMS
	WH31+	14DMS	6DMS	5DMS

WATERLOO - Aldwych - Kingsway - Bloomsbury - Clerkenwell Green - Old Street - Great Eastern St - Aldgate - Stepney - Poplar - Canning Town - Plaistow - Upton Park - EAST HAM White Horse
Daily extended from Bloomsbury to Waterloo via Route 68.

25.04.81	BK	--	--	9T
	U	--	--	7DMS
	WH131+	21RM	13RM	--

WATERLOO - Bloomsbury - Clerkenwell Green - Old St - Great Eastern St - Aldgate - Stepney - Poplar - Canning Town - Plaistow - East Ham - Barking - Longbridge Road - BECONTREE HEATH
Mon-Sat reverted to Crew Operation.
Daily extended from East Ham to Becontree Heath via withdrawn 23.
PR allocation withdrawn. New Sunday BK and U allocation introduced at the expense of WH.

31.10.81	BK21+	--	--	9T
	U	--	--	7DMS
	WH	21RM	13RM	--

WATERLOO - Aldwych - Clerkenwell Green - Old Street - Shoreditch - Liverpool Street - Aldgate - Stepney - Poplar - Canning Town - Plaistow - East Ham - Barking - BECONTREE HEATH
Re-routed at Shoreditch via Route 78 to Aldgate instead of via Commercial Street.

04.09.82	BK21+	--	--	7Tc
	U91+	5RML	11RML	4RML
	WH131+	15RM	--	--

04.12.84	U91+	5RML	11RML	4RML
	WH131+	15RM	--	7Tc

BECONTREE HEATH  -  OLD STREET STN (Mon-Fri evenings/Sat/Sun)  -  WATERLOO (Mon-Fri except evenings)
Sunday WH allocation to crew T

03.08.85	U91+	5RML	11RML	4RML
	WH131+	15Tc	--	7Tc

BECONTREE HEATH  -  OLD STREET STN (Mon-Fri evenings/Sat/Sun)  -  WATERLOO (Mon-Fri except evenings)
WH vehicles changed from RM to T crew operated.

02.11.85	BK81+	20T	5T	--
	WH131+	7T	8T	13T

BECONTREE HEATH  -  OLD STREET STN (Mon-Fri evenings/Sat/Sun)  -  WATERLOO (Mon-Fri except evenings)
Converted to One Person Operation.
Mon-Sat BK allocation re-introduced.
Sat WH allocation introduced.
U allocation withdrawn.

21.06.86

BK81+

28T

13T

13T

BECONTREE HEATH  -  OLD STREET STN (Mon-Fri evenings/Sat/Sun)  -  WATERLOO (Mon-Fri except evenings)
WH allocation withdrawn.

04.03.89	BK81+	--	--	13T
	WH	7T	5T	--

HOLBORN STN (Mon-Sat early journeys) - OLD STREET - POPLAR (Mon-Sat) - PLAISTOW Greengate (Mon-Sat WH garage journeys) - BECONTREE HEATH (Suns)
Withdrawn between Old Street and Waterloo except for early journeys to Holborn Station (replaced by new Red Arrow Route 505)
Mon-Sat withdrawn between Poplar and Becontree Heath - this section replaced by new D5
Mon-Sat BK allocation replaced by reintroduced WH allocation.

21.04.90

BK81+

11T

11T

13T

OLD STREET (Sun except evgs) - CANNING TOWN (Mon-Sat/Sun evenings) - BECONTREE HEATH
Mon-Sat withdrawn between Poplar and Old Street/Holborn (partly replaced by new D3) and introduced instead between Canning Town and Becontree Heath replacing withdrawn section of D5.
Sunday Route between Canning Town and Old Street withdrawn after market closed.

22.08.98

BK81+

12T

11T

13T

OLD STREET (Sun except evgs) - CANNING TOWN (Mon-Sat/Sun evenings) - BECONTREE HEATH
New schedules

01.05.99

BK81+

16TA

12TA

13TA

OLD STREET (Sun except evgs) - CANNING TOWN (Mon-Sat/Sun evenings) - BECONTREE HEATH
Converted to low floor operation and PVR increase.
New Bus Station at Canning Town opened

18.09.99

BK81+

16TA

12TA

7TA

BECONTREE HEATH - CANNING TOWN STN
Sunday extension from Canning Town to Old Street withdrawn.

20.07.02

BK81+

16TA

14TA

8TA

BECONTREE HEATH - CANNING TOWN STN
New schedules

30.08.03

BK81+

18TA

18TA

10TA

25.03.06	BK81+	18TA	17TA	13TA
	NS1+	11TA	11TA	13TA

PR Poplar
Changeover point Aberfeldy Street

WH West Ham
Changeover point Greengate

U Upton Park
Changeover point Priory Road

BK Barking
Changeover point outside garage.

NS North Street - Romford
Changeover point Romford Station

 

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