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14.05.52	AK	--	--	10RT
	AL	27D 12RTL	30D 10RTL	14D 10RTL
	B	8RTL	10RTL	16RTL

06.05.53	AK	--	--	12RT
	AL	37RT	40RT	15RT
	B	8RTL	10RTL	16RTL

SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN - CRYSTAL PALACE
AL converted to RT type.

17.03.54	AK	--	--	10RT
	AL	37RT	40RT	31RT
	B	8RTL	10RTL	--

SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN - CRYSTAL PALACE
Sunday B allocation withdrawn.

26.11.58	AK	--	--	30RT
	AL	31RT	34RT	10RT
	B	8RTL	12RTL	--

HARLESDEN Willesden Junction (Suns) Acton Lane - Park Royal - Western Avenue - East Acton - Old Oak Common Lane - SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN (Mon-Sat) - CRYSTAL PALACE
Sunday extended from Shepherds Bush Green to Harlesden via withdrawn Sunday section of Route 12.
** An oddity of this extension was that no provision was made for a turning point between Shepherds Bush and Harlesden**

	RTL1545 (B) seen in Kensington High Street

16.05.66	AK	--	--	22RT
	AL	24RT	26RT	9RT
	B	4RTL	5RTL	--

WILLESDEN JUNCTION ( Suns )  -  SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN ( Mon-Sat )  -  CRYSTAL PALACE (Daily )
Schedule reduced.

31.12.66	AK	14RT	15RT	23RT
	AL	20RT	21RT	9RT

WILLESDEN JUNCTION ( Suns )  -  SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN ( Mon-Sat )  -  CRYSTAL PALACE (Daily )
Mon-Sat AK introduced
B allocation withdrawn.

19.07.69	AK	20RT	14RT	32RT
	AL	18RT	20RT	--

WILLESDEN JUNCTION ( Suns )  -  SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN ( Mon-Sat )  -  CRYSTAL PALACE (Daily )
Sunday AL allocation withdrawn.

	RT4245 waits at Crystal Palce for a Sunday outing to NW10 - whereas the RM on the 137 has a shorter journey on a Sunday. The gold LONDON TRANSPORT logo was applied to a few buses in 1966   © Malcolm Allan

25.10.69	AK	20RT	14RT	20RT
	AL	18RT	20RT	--

WILLESDEN JUNCTION ( Suns )  -  SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN ( Mon-Sat )  -  CRYSTAL PALACE (Daily )
Diverted in Chelsea via Beaufort Street instead of Oakley Street

01.01.70	AK	20RT	14RT	20RT
	AL	18RT	20RT	--

Battersea to Shepherds Bush section in more detail
Taken from 1970 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

15.05.71	AK	15RM	6RM	16RM
	AL	17RM	17RM	--

HARLESDEN (Suns) - SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN (Mon-Sat) - STREATHAM GARAGE   (Daily )
Withdrawn between Streatham and Crystal Palace - withdrawn section replaced by new Route 249.
RM type replace RT at both garages.

07.08.72	AK	15RM+	6RM	16RM
		1RT/118
	AL	17RM	17RM	--

	RT2623 Tooting Bec Common busmap.co.uk

12.05.73	AK	15RM	15RM	12RM
	AL	17RM	8RM	8RM

WILLESDEN JUNCTION (Suns) - SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN (Mon-Sat) - STREATHAM GARAGE   (Daily )
Sunday AL reintroduced.

28.10.78	AK1+	19RM	12RM	14RM
	AL61+	11RM	14RM	--

SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN - STREATHAM St Leonard's Church
AK garage closed for re-construction - allocation transferred to AL.
Running number sequence change

27.04.85	AL51+	18RM	24RM	19RM
	S171+	10RM	--	--

SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN - STREATHAM St Leonard's Church
New Mon-Fri S allocation introduced.

01.02.86	AL51+	18RM	21RM	20RM
	S171+	10RM	6RM	--

SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN - STREATHAM St Leonard's Church
Saturday S allocation introduced.

25.10.86	AL51+	18RM	18RM	12RM
	S171+	10RM	6RM	6RM

SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN - STREATHAM St Leonard's Church
Sunday S allocation introduced.

	A pair of Routemasters wait at Caxton Road

07.02.87	AK51+	18RM	17RM	14RM
	S171+	10RM	6RM	--

SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN - STREATHAM GARAGE
Sunday S allocation withdrawn.
AL allocation transferred to reopened AK

11.07.87	AK51+	20M	12M	--
	AL121+	--	--	20D
	S171+	10M	12M	--

SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN - STREATHAM GARAGE ( Daily )  -  Norbury  -  Mitcham -- MERTON GARAGE ( Sunday garage journeys )
Converted to One Person Operation.
Sunday AK transferred to AL
Some garge journeys operated in service via Norbury - Northborough Road - and Fair Green Mitcham

SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN - CRYSTAL PALACE
Extended from Streatham to Crystal Palace via withdrawn 249.
Sunday AK allocation re-introduced.

	DMS2454 Crystal Palace October 1989

06.01.90	AK51+	34M	32M	6M
	AL121+	--	--	18D

SHEPHERDS BUSH GREEN - CRYSTAL PALACE
S allocation withdrawn.

	DMS2249 and M290 side by side at Shepherds Bush Green

25.05.91

SW151+

13M

14M

10M

SHEPHERDS BUSH - CLAPHAM JUNCTION
Withdrawn between Clapham Junction and Crystal Palace - this section replaced by 249 ( Mon-Sat ) and 349 (Sun)

	M490 Clapham Junction

08.06.96	BB1+	6M	6M	3M
	SW151+	9M	6M	9M

SHEPHERDS BUSH - CLAPHAM JUNCTION
Battersea (BB) allocation added.

	M357 Caxton Road with the Green Plate denoting BB bus

27.06.98

SW151+

15M

15M

13M

SHEPHERDS BUSH - CLAPHAM JUNCTION
Battersea (B) allocation withdrawn.