Route History
History in brief before 1934 ( kindly researched by Roland Wilcox )
- 07.09.11 CHELSEA Stanley Arms - SOUTH HAMPSTEAD North Star
- 07.12.11 CHELSEA Stanley Arms - FINCHLEY ROAD Met Station
- 31.12.12 CHELSEA Stanley Arms - GOSPEL OAK
- 19.01.13 CHELSEA Stanley Arms - SOUTH HAMPSTEAD (AC,B)
- 15.05.16 CHELSEA Stanley Arms - Swiss Cottage - Camden Town - Euston then via withdrawn 68 to TULSE HILL ( B,CF,N )
- 30.04.17 CHELSEA Stanley Arms - CAMDEN TOWN ( B,CF)
- 13.04.19 AC introduced
- 25.03.21 AC Withdrawn
- 10.11.23 New 31A Herne Hill-Camden Town via Half Moon Lane - Dulwich Road - Water Lane - Effra Rd - Acre Lane - Clapham Pk Rd The Payment - Clapham Common - Chelsea (Sats B CF garages)
- 23.02.24 31A withdrawn
- 16.11.24 Riverside (R) introduced
- 03.10.24 New short working ( 31A ) HARROW ROAD Prince of Wales - CAMDEN TOWN
- 22.02.25 31A withdrawn
- 24.01.26 X introduced
- 23.11.26 New short working (31A) CHELSEA - KILBURN PARK STATION
- 15.04.27 R introduced ( now operated by four garages B - CF ,R and X
- 19.10.27 R and X withdrawn
- 04.04.28 R reintroduced
- 17.10.28 R withdrawn
- 29.03.29 X reintroduced
- 06.10.29 X withdrawn
- 13.04.30 X reintroduced
- 03.10.34 X withdrawn
Date |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
| at 03.10.34 | B |
21NS |
16NS |
12NS |
CF |
12NS |
17NS |
20NS |
CAMDEN TOWN - Chalk Farm - Swiss Cottage - Kilburn - Westbourne Park - Notting Hill Gate - Kensington - Earl,s Court - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
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| 13.02.35 | B |
21NS |
16NS |
12NS |
CF |
12NS |
17NS |
14NS |
|
J |
-- |
-- |
6NS |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
Sunday Holloway (J) allocation introduced
| 02.10.35 | B |
22NS |
16NS |
16NS |
CF |
12NS |
17NS |
16NS |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
Sunday only Holloway (J) allocation withdrawn
| 04.08.37 | B |
22STL |
16STL |
16STL |
CF |
12STL |
17STL |
16STL |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
STL type introduced
| 13.02.46 | B |
21STL |
8STL |
8STL |
CF |
7STL |
17STL |
11STL |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
Times below
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| 03.05.50 | B |
16RTL |
16RTL |
14RTL |
CF |
15RTL |
15RTL 6STL |
12RTL |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
RTL type introduced
02.05.51 |
B |
19RTW |
16RTW |
11RTW |
CF |
15RTW |
22RTW |
15RTW |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
RTL type converted
to RTW.
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RTW495 Kensington Church - note the 270 opposite
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30.04.58 |
B |
16RTW |
16RTW |
9RTW |
CF |
14RTW |
21RTW |
16RTW |
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01.11.65 |
B |
14RTL |
16RTL |
11RTL |
CF |
13RTL |
20RTL |
7RTL |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
RTW type converted
to RTL.
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RTL476 seen at the Stanley Arms stand in Chelsea |
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01.03.67 |
B |
16RT |
14RT |
11RT |
CF |
8RT |
13RT |
7RT |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
RTL
type converted to RT
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RT2294 Maida Hill
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07.09.68 |
B |
17RT |
14RT |
11RT |
CF |
8RT |
13RT |
7RT |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
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15.02.69 |
B |
16RT |
14RT |
7RM |
CF |
8RT |
13RT |
7RM |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
Sunday RT converted
to RM.
07.02.70 |
B |
17RT |
14RT |
7RM |
CF |
8RT |
13RM |
9RM |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
Saturday RM's introduced at Chalk Farm
17.06.72 |
B |
17RM |
13RM |
7RM |
CF |
8RM |
13RM |
9RM |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
Daily converted to RM.
05.01.74 |
B |
17RM |
12RM |
7RM |
CF |
8RM |
13RML |
11RML |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
CF
converted to RML weekends (spare from 24)
19.10.75 |
B |
17RM |
12RM |
7RM |
CF |
8RM |
13RM |
11RM |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
Chalk Farm (CF) reverted to RM operation
28.10.78 |
B31+ |
9RM |
9RM |
5RM |
CF |
11RM |
10RM |
10RM |
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| +1RM/3 |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
BUS PLAN 2
04.09.82 |
X151+ |
17RM |
14RM |
8RM |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
B
& CF allocations transferred to X
07.02.87 |
HT |
7RM |
-- |
-- |
X |
9RM |
14RM |
9RM |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
Monday-Friday
HT allocation introduced
21.11.87 |
CF |
-- |
-- |
10T |
HT |
5RM |
-- |
-- |
|
X |
11RM |
14RM |
-- |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Stanley Arms
Sunday
converted to One Man Operation
Sunday llocation transferred from X to CF.
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T567 (CF) Great Western Road |
15.04.89 |
X |
25MA |
23MA |
11MA |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Worlds End
Converted
to Minibus operation.
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MA5 Bradleys Corner |
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18.07.92 |
X |
26DW |
24DW |
20DW |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Worlds End
MA
type replaced by DW
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DW15 leaving the Chelsea stand |
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01.06.98 |
X |
30DM |
24DM |
23DM |
CAMDEN TOWN - CHELSEA Worlds End
DW
type replaced by DM
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DM216 Kilburn Park Station |
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29.05.99 |
X |
22DM |
22DM |
20DM |
CAMDEN
TOWN - NOTTING HILL GATE
Withdrawn
between Notting Hill Gate and Chelsea - withdrawn section replaced by new
328 Golders Green and Chelsea.
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DM41220 Bradley's Corner
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01.05.04 |
X |
20DM |
20DM |
19DM |
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Contract renewal |
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05.06.04 |
X |
18VNW |
18VNW |
18VNW |
CAMDEN
TOWN - NOTTING HILL GATE
Converted
to low floor double deck operation.
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VNW32369 Pembridge Villas |
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02.12.06 |
X |
23VNW |
23VNW |
22VNW |
CAMDEN
TOWN - Notting Hill Gate - Holland Park Avenue - SHEPHERDS
BUSH GREEN
Extended from Notting Hill Gate to Shepherds
Bush Green via Route 94
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TN33198 Westbourne Grove |
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29.11.08 |
X |
23VNW |
23VNW |
22VNW |
CAMDEN
TOWN - Notting Hill Gate - Holland Park Avenue - Shepherds Bush - Link
Road - WHITE CITY Westfields Bus Station
Extended from Shepherds Bush to new White City
Bus Station
30.04.11 |
X |
24VNW |
25VNW |
24VNW |
CAMDEN TOWN - WHITE CITY Bus Station
Contract renewal
01.10.11 |
AS |
24VNW |
25VNW |
24VNW |
CAMDEN TOWN - WHITE CITY Bus Station
Allocation moved to new base at Harlesden - Atlas Road
22.06.13 |
AS801+ |
24VNW |
25VNW |
24VNW |
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Contract novated to Tower Transit |
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VNW32372 Shepherds Bush Interchange © Jack Marian |
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03.05.14 |
AS801+ |
24VNW |
25VNW |
24VNW |
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30.05.16 |
AS801+ |
24VNW |
25VNW |
24VNW |
CAMDEN TOWN - WHITE CITY Bus Station
Contract extended for two years
01.07.17 |
X801+ |
24VNW |
25VNW |
24VNW |
CAMDEN TOWN - WHITE CITY Bus Station
Atlas Road closed operationally, allocation moved to Westboure Park (X)
28.04.18 |
PA201+ |
20VW |
20VW |
19VW |
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Contract reassigned to Metroline |
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VW1404 Shepherds Bush © Lawrence Living
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23.06.18 |
PA201+ |
15VMH |
15VMH |
15VMH |
CAMDEN TOWN - WHITE CITY Bus Station
Mon-Fri frequency cut from 8bph to 6bph
05.03.22 |
WJ1+ |
15VMH |
15VMH |
15VMH |
CAMDEN TOWN - WHITE CITY Bus Station
Allocation moved from Perivale (PA) to Willesden Junction (WJ)
29.04.23 |
WJ1+ |
15VMH |
15VMH |
15VMH |
CAMDEN TOWN - WHITE CITY Bus Station
Contract extended for two years
04.05.24 |
HT251+ |
15VMH |
15VMH |
15VMH |
CAMDEN TOWN - WHITE CITY Bus Station
Allocation moved from Willesden Junction (WJ) to Holloway (HT)
Meal reliefs are at the Garage or Baron Street canteen as no facility available at Camden
Current Blind
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Operating Garages
HT Holloway
Changeover
point Camden Town.
May 2024 Meal reliefs are at the Garage or Baron Street canteen as no facility available at Camden
WJ Willesden Junction
Changeover
point White City
PA Perivale
Changeover
point White City
CF Chalk Farm
Changeover
point Camden Town.
X
Westbourne Park
Changeover
point outside garage.
B
Battersea
Changeover
point Chelsea stand.
AS Atlas Road - Harlesden
Changeover
point Westbourne Park Station
Personal Comment:
This route was known as the wall of death to the crews. The timing was tight and the twists and turns made it hard work for a conductor. The steering was very heavy on the RTW so I would imagine the drivers' lot was not a good one.
© Ian Armstrong 2024
Date of edit
Thursday, 09.05.24
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