EMBANKMENT Horse Guards Avenue - Westminster Bridge  -  Albert Embankment - Vauxhall - Stockwell - Brixton - STREATHAM HILL Telford Avenue (MS peaks)
New Tram Replacement Route for Trams 22 &24 - see Route 104

17.10.56	BN	3RT	3RT	--
	CA	6RTL	--	--

16.10.57

BN

12RT

--

--

EMBANKMENT Horse Guards Avenue (Mon-Fri peaks) - Parliament Square - Lambeth Bridge - Vauxhall - STOCKWELL STATION - Brixton - Streatham - Norbury - Thornton Heath Pond - St James's Road - ADDISCOMBE Black Horse. (Mon-Fri)
Diverted via Lambeth Bridge instead of Westminster Bridge
Mon-Fri extended from Telford Avenue to Addiscombe
Saturday Route withdrawn although this was mainly covered by Route 50 and Route 159 which was boosted between West Hampstead and Streatham

26.11.58

BN

12RT

10RT

--

ADDISCOMBE - STOCKWEL ( Mon-Sat )  -  EMBANKMENT (Mon-Fri peaks)
Saturday Route re-introduced, which helped to compenasate for the Saturday withdrawal of Route 59A

17.05.63

BN

13RTL

10RTL

--

ADDISCOMBE - STOCKWEL ( Mon-Sat )  -  EMBANKMENT (Mon-Fri peaks)
RT type replaced by RTL.

29.01.64

AK

15RT

13RT

--

VICTORIA - Vauxhall - Stockwell - Brixton - Streatham - Norbury - Thornton Heath - ADDISCOMBE Black Horse ( Mon-Sat )
Withdrawn between Vauxhall and Embankment and diverted instead at all times to Victoria.
Allocation transferred from Brixton (BN) to Streatham (AK)

31.12.66	AK	7RT	9RT	--
	TH	7RT	--	--

ADDISCOMBE - STOCKWELL -; VICTORIA (Mon-Fri peaks)
Withdrawn between Stockwell and Victoria except Mon-Fri peaks.
Mon-Fri Thornton Heath (TH) allocation introduced.

15.06.68	AK	--	9RT	--
	BN	11RT	--	--

ADDISCOMBE (Sats) - STREATHAM GARAGE (Mon-Fri) - STOCKWELL ( Mon-Sat ) - VICTORIA (Mon-Fri peaks)
Mon-Fri withdrawn between Streatham Garage and Addiscombe partly replaced by Route 289
Mon-Fri Streatham (AK) allocation withdrawn.
Mon-Fri Brixton (BN) allocation introduced.

19.07.69

BN

11RT

9RT

--

ADDISCOMBE (Sats) - STREATHAM GARAGE (Mon-Fri) - STOCKWELL ( Mon-Sat ) - VICTORIA (Mon-Fri peaks)
Saturday only Streatham (AK) allocation transferred to Brixton (BN).

31.10.70

BN

11RT

--

--

STREATHAM GARAGE - STOCKWELL (Mon-Fri) - VICTORIA (Mon-Fri peaks)
Saturday Route withdrawn, section between Thornton Heath and Addiscombe replaced by Saturday introduction of Route 289

24.07.71

BN81+

9DMS

9DMS

3DMS

STOCKWELL STATION - Brixton - Streatham - Norbury - Melfort Road - THORNTON HEATH High Street (Suns) CROYDON Katharine Street ( Mon-Sat )
CONVERTED TO DOUBLE DECK ONE PERSON OPERATION.
Withdrawn between Stockwell and Victoria but extended from Streatham to Thornton Heath (Suns) and further extended on Mon-Sat to Croydon.

04.09.82

BN81+

9DMS

9DMS

--

STOCKWELL - CROYDON ( Mon-Sat )
Sunday withdrawn.

27.10.84

BN81+

9M

9M

--

STOCKWELL - CROYDON ( Mon-Sat )
DMS type replaced by Metrobuses

07.02.87

AK181+

9M

9M

--

STOCKWELL - CROYDON ( Mon-Sat )
Allocation transferred to Streatham (AK).

14.05.88	AK181+	5L/M	--	--
	TC171+	6D/L	10D/L

STREATHAM GARAGE - Norbury - Melfort Road - Thornton Heath - Croydon - Purley - Coulsdon - OLD COULSDON Tudor Rose ( Mon-Sat )
Withdrawn between Stockwell and Streatham but extended from Croydon to Old Coulsdon replacing Route 190
Mon-Sat Croydon (TC) allocation introduced. Saturday (AK) allocation withdrawn.

26.11.88	AK181+	--	5L/M	--
	TC171+	11D/L	6D/L

STREATHAM GARAGE - OLD COULSDON ( Mon-Sat )
Mon-Fri Streatham (AK) allocation withdrawn but introduced on Saturday instead.

28.10.89	AK181+	10L/M	10L/M	--
	TC171+	1D/L	--

STREATHAM GARAGE - OLD COULSDON ( Mon-Sat )
Mon-Fri Streatham (AK) allocation re-introduced - and Saturday (TC) withdrawn.

06.01.90	AK181+	10M	10M	--
	TC171+	1D/L	--

STREATHAM GARAGE - OLD COULSDON ( Mon-Sat )
Streatham (AK) withdraws Olympian (L) type

21.07.90

TH101+

10L

10L

6L

STREATHAM St Leonard's Church - OLD COULSDON (Daily)
Sunday Route introduced replacing Route 190.
Streatham (AK) allocation transferred to Thornton Heath (TH)

29.06.91	TC171+	1D/L	--	--
	TH101+	10L	10L	6L

STREATHAM GARAGE - OLD COULSDON
Withdrawn between St Leonards Church and Streatham Garage

09.10.93

TC191+

11L/M

10L/M

10L/M

STREATHAM GARAGE - OLD COULSDON
Thornton Heath (TH) allocation transferred to Croydon (TC).

29.08.98

TC191+

6L

7L

4L

STREATHAM GARAGE - SOUTH CROYDON Swan & Sugar Loaf
Withdrawn between South Croydon and Old Coulsdon - replaced by revised Route 60

30.08.03

TC191+

6M

7M

5M

	DW14 at the Croydon stand

	The new order is shown here by T65 AD Trident Enviro 10.1M at Wellesley Road

31.03.12

BN211+

14DW

14DW

8DW

STOCKWELL & CROYDON
Croydon (CN) garage closure and so part of the shuffle to even up garage allocations in South London the route was transferred to Brixton (BN) - which helped to make up the loss of Route 19 which went to London General (SW)

03.05.14

BN211+

14DW

14DW

8DW

Taken from 2014 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

29.08.15

BN211+

14DW

14DW

8DW

STOCKWELL  -  CROYDON Town Centre
Contract extended for two years

	HV33 is actually Croydon bound on the South Lambeth Road © Ian Armstrong

26.08.17

BN211+

15DW

15DW

9DW

STOCKWELL  -  CROYDON Town Centre
Contract renewal

27.08.22

BN211+

15DW

15DW

9DW

STOCKWELL  -  CROYDON Town Centre
Contract extended for two years

 

© Ian Armstrong 2024
Date of edit   Friday, 05.04.24