Route History
Date |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
| at 03.10.34 | AH |
22LT |
12LT |
11LT |
CF |
9STL |
10STL |
8STL |
HONOR OAK Forest Hill Tavern - Peckham Rye - Peckham - Peckham Hill Street - Old Kent Road - Bricklayers Arms - Elephant & Castle - Blackfriars - Farringdon Road - Kings Cross - Crowndale Road - Camden Town - CHALK FARM STATION ( Mon-Fri / Sat am ) or Malden Road - HAMPSTEAD HEATH ( Sat pm / Sun )
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Extracted from 1934 historical map drawn by Mike Harris - complete map available for sale as download or hard copy busmap.co.uk |
| 01.11.39 | AH |
26LT |
21LT |
19LT |
HONOR OAK - KINGS CROSS
Withdrawn between Kings Cross and Chalk Farm / Hampstead Heath
| 03.01.40 | AH |
26LT |
27LT |
16LT |
P |
5LT |
5LT |
-- |
|
TL |
4ST |
-- |
-- |
HONOR OAK - KINGS CROSS
Old Kent Road and Catford (TL) allocations added
 |
| 15.05.40 | AH |
26LT |
21LT |
7LT |
CF |
-- |
3STL |
-- |
|
P |
7LT |
7LT |
8LT |
HONOR OAK - KINGS CROSS
Mon-Fri only Catford (TL) allocation withdrawn
Saturday Chalk Farm (CF) introduced
Sunday Old Kent Road (P) introduced
| 20.11.40 | AH |
27LT |
22LT |
7LT |
P |
7LT |
7LT |
8LT |
HONOR OAK - KINGS CROSS
Saturday only Chalk Farm (CF) withdrawn
| 29.10.41 | AH |
27LT |
25LT |
15LT |
HONOR OAK - KINGS CROSS
Daily Old Kent Road (P) allocation withdrawn
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Taken from August 1949 Red Book |
26.10.49 |
AH |
31RT |
25RT |
15RT |
HONOR OAK - KINGS CROSS
Converted to RT operation
 |
RT1493 York Way stand
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03.05.50 |
AH |
31RT |
25RT |
15RT |
HONOR OAK - KINGS CROSS
Allocation book below
 |
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Part of the allocation book library which is for sale Allocation Books |
06.01.54 |
PM |
34RT |
27RT |
15RT |
HONOR OAK - KINGS CROSS
Nunhead
(AH) garage closed - allocation transferred to Peckham (PM).
15.09.54 |
PM |
38RT |
32RT |
17RT |
KINGS CROSS - HONOR OAK ( Suns ) - CRYSTAL PALACE ( Mon-Sat )
Mon-Sat extended from Honor Oak to Crystal
Palace
30.04.58 |
PM |
33RT |
30RT |
14RT |
KINGS CROSS - HONOR OAK ( Suns ) - CRYSTAL PALACE ( Mon-Sat )
Revised schedules
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Scanned from April 1958 Red Book - the complete book is available from the Sales List |
12.10.60 |
PM |
33RT |
25RT |
13RT |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - KINGS CROSS
Sunday extended from Honor Oak to Crystal
Palace
01.02.61 |
PM |
33RT |
27RT |
13RT |
HT |
6RM |
8RM |
4RM |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - Upper Sydenham - Lordship Lane - Honor Oak - Peckham Rye -
Peckham - Old Kent Road - Elephant - Blackfriars - Farringdon Road - Kings
Cross - Royal College Street - Kentish Town - Highgate Road - PARLIAMENT
HILL FIELDS.
Extended from Kings Cross to Parliament Hill Fields replacing part of Trolleybus Routes 513/613.
Daily Highgate (HT) allocation added
Part
of Stage 9 of the Trolleybus Replacement Program.
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17.07.63 |
PM |
33RM |
22RM |
13RM |
HT |
6RM |
9RM |
5RM |
PARLIAMENT HILL FIELDS - CRYSTAL PALACE
RT
type replaced by Routemasters at Peckham garage.
 |
RM1704 (PM) Parliament Hill Fields © JGS Smith
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09.10.63 |
PM |
33RM |
-- |
-- |
HT |
6RM |
-- |
-- |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - PARLIAMENT HILL FIELDS (Mon-Fri)
Sat and Sun diverted at Kings Cross to Hampstead
Heath and renumbered 63A.
 |
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Taken from September 1968 allocation book, which is for sale Part of the allocation book library which is for sale |
24.01.70 |
PM |
36RM |
19RM |
9RM |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - KINGS CROSS (Mon-Sat) Pancras Road - Royal College Street - Kentish Town - Prince of Wales Road - Malden Road - Fleet Road - HAMPSTEAD HEATH (Suns)
Saturday / Sunday re-introduced and extended from
Kings Cross to Hampstead Heath via weekday 45 restoring a Sunday service that
had been lost when the 45 was cut back to Farringdon Street in 1966.
 |
17.06.72 |
PM |
36RM |
19RM |
8RM |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - KINGS CROSS
Withdrawn between Kings Cross and Hampstead
Heath - this section replaced by Sunday 46.
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RM1391 Peckham |
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27.09.76 |
PM111+ |
36MD |
20MD |
8MD |
KINGS CROSS - CRYSTAL PALACE
Routemasters
replaced by Scania double deckers.
 |
MD113 Kings Cross June 1978 |
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04.09.82 |
PM111+ |
27RM |
16RM |
6RM |
KINGS CROSS - CRYSTAL PALACE
Scanias
replaced by Routemasters.
02.11.85 |
PM121+ |
30T |
15T |
7T |
KINGS CROSS - CRYSTAL PALACE
Converted to OPO
29.01.94 |
PM121+ |
29T |
17T |
6T |
KINGS CROSS - CRYSTAL PALACE
Operating base moved to Copeland Road
29.10.94 |
PM121+ |
29T |
17T |
6T |
 |
London Central purchased by Go-Ahead |
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KINGS CROSS - CRYSTAL PALACE
New operator
22.01.00 |
PM121+ |
29AVL |
17AVL |
6AVL |
KINGS CROSS - CRYSTAL PALACE
Converted
to low floor operation
 |
AVL23 New Kent Road
|
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16.11.02 |
PM121+ |
29AVL |
17AVL |
6AVL |
KINGS CROSS - CRYSTAL PALACE
Contract renewal
17.05.03 |
PM121+ |
24PVL |
16PVL |
11PVL |
KINGS
CROSS - HONOR OAK
Withdrawn between Honor Oak and Crystal Palace -
withdrawn section replaced by Route 363
 |
PVL340 Goods Way - Kings Cross
|
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14.11.09 |
PM121+ |
27WVL |
20WVL |
16WVL |
 |
Contract renewal - and new Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 10.4m double deckers introduced. Frequency increase |
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KINGS
CROSS - HONOR OAK
Contract renewal
 |
WVL305 Elephant & Castle
|
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15.11.14 |
PM121+ |
27WVL |
20WVL |
16WVL |
|
Contract extended for two years |
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Contract extended for two years
12.11.16 |
PM121+ |
33MHV |
24MHV |
19MHV |
KINGS
CROSS - HONOR OAK
Contract renewal with new buses
 |
In March Putney High Street was restricted to low emission buses thus a proportion of Peckham's allocation was exchanged with Sutton in order to have Route 93 comply.. DOE13 is one of the recipients from Sutton along with the new order |
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05.12.20 |
PM121+ |
29MHV |
26MHV |
20MHV |
KINGS
CROSS - HONOR OAK
New schedules
 |
MHV50 both seen at New Kent Road at the Bricklayers Arms junction |
13.11.21 |
WL251+ |
26E |
21E |
17E |
 |
Contract reasigned |
KINGS
CROSS - HONOR OAK
New operator
 |
2545 Kings Cross Station befre the Electric buses were delivered © London Bus Explorer |
January 2022 |
WL251+ |
26EV |
21EV |
17EV |
KINGS
CROSS - HONOR OAK
New electric vehicles commence operation
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Abellio 3402 Clerkenwell © Raymind Khan |
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Taken from 2018 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk |
Operating Garages
WL Walworth
Changeover point Peckham
AH Nunhead
Changeover point Peckham Rye
PM
Peckham
Changeover point Peckham
HT
Highgate
Changeover point Kentish Town.
TL Catford
Changeover point ?
P Old Kent Road
Changeover point ?
CF Chalk Farm
Changeover point Kings Cross ?
Current Blind
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