Route History

Date	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
at 03.10.34	U	22TD+	25TD	20TD
		1TD/25C
Mon-Fri allocation joint with Route 104

NORTH WOOLWICH Free Ferry - Royal Albert Dock - High Street South - East Ham - High Street North - Manor Park - Aldersbrook Road - WANSTEAD The George

17.04.35	U	26TD	28TD	31TD
Mon-Fri allocation joint with Route 104

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD The George ( Mon-Sat / Winter Suns )- Snaresbrook - South Woodford - Woodford Bridge - Chigwell Row - LAMBOURNE END ( Summer Sundays )
Summer Sundays extended from Wanstead to Lambourne End

05.06.35	U	26TD	28TD	31TD
Mon-Fri allocation joint with Route 104

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD The George ( Mon-Fri / Sat am / Suns ) - LAMBOURNE END ( Sat pm / Suns )
Summer Saturday pm extended from Wanstead to Lambourne End

07.10.36	U	36TD+	39TD	32TD
		5TD/25C
Mon-Fri allocation joint with Route 104

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD The George
Withdrawn for winter months between Wanstead and Lambourne End
Sat extension withdrawn for good

Premier GK893

1930 Leyland TD1 / Duple H28/24RO #TD66 on Route 101 from Upton Park(U)Garage. From stock in 1940 , to Liverpool Corporation as #43. (B.Maguire Collection)

24.03.37	U	28STL 10TD+	26STL 13TD	15STL 25TD
		5TD/25C

Mon-Fri allocation joint with Route 104

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD The George ( Mon-Sat ) - LAMBOURNE END ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Wanstead to Lambourne End
STL type introduced

06.10.37

U

46TD

37TD

32TD

Mon-Fri allocation joint with Route 104

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD The George
Withdrawn between Wanstead and Lambourne End for winter months
STL type withdrawn

05.01.38

U

17STL
30TD

19STL
30TD

33STL

Mon-Fri allocation joint with Route 104

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD The George
STL type reintroduced

04.05.38

U

32STL
15TD

49STL

38STL

Mon-Fri allocation joint with Route 104

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD The George ( Mon-Sat ) - LAMBOURNE END ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Wanstead to Lambourne End

12.10.38

U

15STL
32TD

43STL
6TD

33STL

Mon-Fri allocation joint with Route 104

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD The George (
Withdrawn between Wanstead and Lambourne End for winter months

03.05.39

U

15STL
15TD

43STL
4TD

38STL

Mon-Fri allocation joint with Route 104

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD The George ( Mon-Sat ) - LAMBOURNE END ( Summer Sundays )
Sunday extended from Wanstead to Lambourne End

18.10.39

U

48LT

47LT

27LT

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD The George ( Daily )
Suspended between Wanstead and Lambourne End for winter months
Joint operation with 104 ceased
STL and TD type replaced by LT type

20.03.40

U

48LT

47LT

36LT

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD The George ( Mon-Fri / Sat am / Suns ) - LAMBOURNE END ( Summer Sundays )
Summer Sunday extended from Wanstead to Lambourne End

05.07.44

U

62LT

71LT

40LT

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD Woodbine Place ( Daily )
Wanstead terminal altered to Woodbine Place instead of George

22.05.46	U	63G+	68G	59G
		3LT/15

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD Woodbine Place (Mon-Sat ) - LAMBOURNE END ( Summer Sundays )
Summer Sunday service reinstated between Wanstead and Lambourne End

17.10.51

U

64G

50G
10STL

23STL
8RT

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
Sunday service between Wanstead and Lambourne End suspended for winter months
Saturday STL introduced
Sunday STL and RT type replaced G type

14.05.52

U

50G
14STL

46G
14STL

9STL
31RT

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
Sunday service between Wanstead and Lambourne End reinstead for summer months


Taken from August 1952 Red Book Timetable


Taken from 1952 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

22.10.52

U

22G
42STL

49STL
11RT

31RT

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
Sunday service between Wanstead and Lambourne End suspended for winter months
Saturday G type replaced by STL and RT introduced
Sunday STL type withdrawn

06.05.53

U

64STL

42STL
18RT

40RT

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD - LAMBOURNE END ( Suns )
Sunday service between Wanstead and Lambourne End reintroduced for winter months
G type withdrawn

07.10.53

U

64STL

42STL
18RT

31RT

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
Sunday service between Wanstead and Lambourne End suspended for winter months

19.05.54

U

64RT

60RT

37RT

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD - LAMBOURNE END ( Suns )
STL type withdrawn

RT1288 is in good company here with terminating trolleybuses from West Ham (WH)

06.10.54

U

56RT

57RT

30RT

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
Withdrawn between Wanstead and Lambourne End

30.04.58

U

47RT

51RT

25RT

	RT1206 Royal; Albert Dock

30.10.71

U

20RT

18RML

8RML

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
Weekend operation converted to RML - buses spare from Route 15.

RT2855 Royal Albert Dock stand - April 1974

28.10.72

U

20RM

18RML

8RML

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
Mon-Fri operation converted to Routemaster.

RML2706 Free Ferry stand

30.04.78

U61+

16DM

16DM

6DM

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
Converted to DM crew type.

DM932 EAST HAM Fire Station

28.10.79

U61+

18RM

16RML

6RML

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
Reverted to RM/RML type

04.09.82

U61+

15T

14T

6T

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
CONVERTED TO OPO.

T490 EAST BECKTON District Centre

22.05.93	U61+	12T+	13T	8T+
		1T/D3		3S/15

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
Sun crosslink with Route 15 bringing S type to route

S32 North Woolwich

05.11.94

U61+

14SLW

15SLW

9SLW

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
Cpnverted to low floor single deck operation

SLW20 EAST BECKTON District Centre

05.03.05

U61+

16TA

16TA

12TA

NORTH WOOLWICH - WANSTEAD
Contract renewal - Converted to double deck operation (TA)

17.12.05

U61+

11TA

11TA

7TA

WANSTEAD STATION - GALLIONS REACH Shopping Park
Withdrawn between Cyprus and North Woolwich and diverted instead to GallIons Reach.

07.11.08

U61+

11TA

11TA

14TA

WANSTEAD STATION - GALLIONS REACH Shopping Park
Diverted at Woolwich Manor Way to run via new Beckton Bus Station

17.09.11

BK61+

11TA

11TA

12TA

WANSTEAD STATION - GALLIONS REACH Shopping Park
Upton Park garage closure - allocation moved to Barking (BK)

Trident 17583 at Beckton Bus Station

03.03.12

BK61+

11E

11E

12E

WANSTEAD STATION - GALLIONS REACH Shopping Park
Contract renewal with new Enviro 400 buses

	Enviro 19852 Beckton Bus Station

04.03.17

RR51+

12WVL

12WVL

10WVL

	Contract reassigned to Go Ahead

WANSTEAD STATION - GALLIONS REACH Shopping Park
New operator

	WVL470 is seen here at East Ham in the East London Transit livery inherited from the EL group. They were promoted to LT type making the WVL's spare for the newly won contract © Lawrence Living

05.03.22

RR51+

12WVL

12WVL

11WVL

WANSTEAD STATION - GALLIONS REACH Shopping Park
Contract extended for two years

101

Strange visitor E135

© Peter Horrex

21.05.22

RR51+

10WVL

10WVL

8WVL

WANSTEAD STATION - BECKTON STATION
Revised to run between Wanstead Station and Beckton Bus Station only.
Route 262 will continue to provide a service between Beckton Bus Station and Gallions Reach Shopping Park.
Route 101 will run every 12 minutes during the daytime on Monday to Saturdays and every 15 minutes during the evenings and all day on Sundays.

02.03.24

RR51+

9WVL

9WVL

8WVL

WANSTEAD STATION - BECKTON STATION
CONTRACT RENEWAL

Map


Taken from 2018 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

Current Blind

101

Operating Garages

RR River Road, Barking
Changeover point at Beckton Station

U Upton Park
Changeover point at East Ham Town Hall - The crews were allowed 13 minutes travelling time.

BK Barking
Changeover point at East Ham Town Hall

Live visual

© Ian Armstrong 2024
Date of edit Friday, 08.03.24