Date |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
05.07.52 |
AW |
20RTL |
20RTL |
8RTL |
Buses kept at PM | NX |
31RT |
26RT |
10RT |
ABBEY
WOOD - Plumstead - Woolwich - Greenwich - New Cross - Old Kent Road - Elephant - VICTORIA EMBANKMENT via Westminster (daily) or Blackfriars
( Mon-Sat )
Tram Replacement Route for Tram 36/38.
The New Cross allocation was staffed by New Cross crews
but vehicles were garaged at Peckham until work was finished at New Cross.
22.10.52 |
AW |
20RTL |
20RTL |
7RTL |
Buses kept at PM | NX |
12RT |
-- |
- |
NX |
23RT |
26RT |
10RT |
ABBEY
WOOD - VICTORIA EMBANKMENT via Westminster (daily) or Blackfriars
( Mon-Sat )
Most
of the New Cross allocation transferred to home garage
12.11.52 |
AW |
20RTL |
20RTL |
7RTL |
Buses kept at PM | NX |
39RT |
26RT |
10RT |
ABBEY
WOOD - VICTORIA EMBANKMENT via Westminster (daily) or Blackfriars
( Mon-Sat )
Peckham
Garage no longer used.
04.05.55 |
AW |
20RT |
20RT |
5RT |
NX |
39RT |
26RT |
11RT |
ABBEY
WOOD - VICTORIA EMBANKMENT via Westminster (daily) or Blackfriars
( Mon-Sat )
Abbey
Wood allocation converted to RT.
30.04.58 |
AW |
20RT |
20RT |
5RT |
NX |
39RT |
26RT |
11RT |
29.01.64 |
AW |
11RT |
5RT |
7RT |
NX |
23RT |
24RT |
5RT |
ABBEY
WOOD - ELEPHANT (Sat pm) - EMBANKMENT (Mon-Fri/Sat am/Sun)
Saturday
pm service withdrawn between Elephant & Embankment.
18.11.64 |
AW |
11RT |
5RT |
5RT |
NX |
23RT |
21RT |
4RT |
ABBEY
WOOD - ELEPHANT (Sat pm/Sun) - EMBANKMENT (Mon-Fri/Sat am)
Sunday service withdrawn between Elephant & Embankment.
11.11.67 |
AW |
11RT |
6RT |
6RT |
NX |
19RT |
19RT |
4RT |
ABBEY
WOOD - ELEPHANT (Sat/Sun) - EMBANKMENT (Mon-Fri/Sat early am)
Saturday
service withdrawn between Elephant & Embankment except for early journeys
for print workers
22.03.69 |
AW |
11RT |
5RT |
8RM |
NX |
18RT |
16RT |
4RM |
ABBEY
WOOD - ELEPHANT (Sat/Sun) - EMBANKMENT (Mon-Fri/Sat early am)
Sunday
Routemaster operation introduced
RT1651 Greenwich Part of Jeff Lloyd collection |
30.01.71 |
AW |
8RT |
5RT |
8RM |
NX |
16RT |
16RM |
4RM |
ABBEY
WOOD - ELEPHANT & CASTLE - VICTORIA EMBANKMENT via Westminster (Daily early jnys)
Daily
service withdrawn between Elephant & Embankment except for early journeys.
Saturday Routemasters introduced at NX.
08.01.72 |
AW |
6DMS |
6DMS |
4DMS |
NX |
14DMS |
14DMS |
8DMS |
|
Night service | 1RM |
ABBEY
WOOD - ELEPHANT & CASTLE - VICTORIA EMBANKMENT via Westminster (Daily early jnys)
Converted
to One Person Operation
but retained one RM for the night service on Saturday night/ Sunday morning out of NX. This was very interesting and in an old night timetabke I had these journeys were marked with “these journeys are crew operated “. The RM was sometimes subbed with a DM or MD. But reverted to RM once the DMs went in 1982. The crew 177 lasted until 1984 when the N77 took over.
06.01.73 |
AW |
7DMS |
3DMS |
4DMS |
NX |
14DMS |
14DMS |
7DMS |
|
Night service | 1RM |
THAMESMEAD
Yarnton Way - ELEPHANT - EMBANKMENT (early jnys)
Extended from Abbey Wood to Thamesmead. (MS the Thamesmead
section was localised to Woolwich)
17.11.73 |
AW |
7DMS+ 1DMS/198 |
7DMS |
3DMS |
NX |
15DMS |
14DMS |
7DMS |
|
Night service | 1RM |
THAMESMEAD
Alsike Road - ELEPHANT - EMBANKMENT (early jnys)
Extended in Thamesmead to Alsike Road.
22.04.78 |
AW31+ |
7DMS |
3DMS |
4DMS |
NX151+ |
14DMS |
14DMS |
7DMS |
|
Night service | NX170 |
1RM |
THAMESMEAD
- ELEPHANT - Westminster Bridge - Whitehall - Trafalgar Square - Aldwych -
Fleet Street - Blackfriars - and return (early journeys)
Embankment journeys re-routed at Westminster via Whitehall
and Fleet Street.
27.09.80 |
AW31+ |
3DMS |
3DMS |
2DMS |
NX151+ |
12DMS |
12DMS |
7DMS |
|
Night service | NX170 |
1RM |
ABBEY
WOOD - Elephant - WATERLOO - or early journeys via
Westminster - Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
Thamesmead section renumbered 178 - and extended from
Elephant to Waterloo via Waterloo Road.
31.01.81 |
AW31+ |
3MD |
3MD |
2MD |
NX151+ |
12DMS |
13DMS |
7DMS |
|
Night service | NX170 |
1RM |
ABBEY
WOOD - Elephant - WATERLOO - or early journeys via
Westminster - Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
Abbey
Wood allocation converted to MD.
31.10.81 |
NX151+ |
12DMS |
13DMS |
7DMS |
PD131+ |
3MD |
3MD |
2MD |
|
Night service | NX170 |
1RM |
ABBEY
WOOD - Elephant - WATERLOO - or early journeys via
Westminster - Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
Abbey
Wood (AW) closes - allocation transferred to new Plumstead Garage (PD)
04.09.82 |
NX151+ |
4DMS |
4DMS |
-- |
PD131+ |
8MD |
8MD |
8MD |
|
Night service | NX170 |
1RM |
ABBEY
WOOD (early jnys) - WOOLWICH ARSENAL STN - WATERLOO -or
early journeys via Westminster - Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return
via Elephant
Withdrawn between Woolwich Arsenal Station and Abbey
Wood except for garage journeys to PD and early journeys to Abbey Wood.
Sunday NX allocation withdrawn.
22.11.82 |
NX151+ |
4DMS |
4DMS |
-- |
PD131+ |
8T |
8T |
8T |
|
Night service | NX170 |
1RM |
ABBEY
WOOD - Elephant - WATERLOO - or early journeys via
Westminster - Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
Commencement
of gradual MD withdrawal and Titan introduction.
29.10.83 |
NX151+ |
4DMS |
4DMS |
-- |
PD131+ |
8T |
8T |
8T |
|
Night service | NX170 |
1RM |
ABBEY
WOOD (early jnys) - WOOLWICH ARSENAL STN - WATERLOO - or
early journeys via Westminster - Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return
via Elephant
EXPRESS SERVICE INTRODUCED
Mon-Fri peak express journeys introduced as above.
18.11.83 |
NX151+ |
4T |
4T |
-- |
PD131+ |
8T |
8T |
8T |
|
Night service | NX170 |
1RM |
ABBEY
WOOD (early jnys) - WOOLWICH ARSENAL STN - WATERLOO - or
early journeys via Westminster - Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return
via Elephant
Commencement of gradual DMS withdrawal and Titan introduction at New Cross (NX)
13.04.84 |
NX151+ |
4T |
4T |
-- |
PD131+ |
8T |
8T |
8T |
ABBEY
WOOD (early jnys) - WOOLWICH ARSENAL STN - WATERLOO - or
early journeys via Westminster - Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return
via Elephant
Night service withdrawn, replaced by introduction of Route N77
02.06.84 |
NX161+ |
4T |
4T |
-- |
PD131+ |
8T |
8T |
8T |
THAMESMEAD
Bentham Road (Mon-Fri early jny) - ABBEY WOOD (early
jnys) - WOOLWICH ARSENAL STN - WATERLOO - or early journeys
via Westminster - Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
One Mon-Fri early journey extended from Abbey Wood to Thamesmead
27.10.84 |
NX161+ |
4T |
4T |
-- |
PD131+ |
10T |
8T |
7T |
THAMESMEAD
Bentham Road (Mon-Fri early jny) - ABBEY WOOD (early
jnys) - PLUMSTEAD GARAGE - WATERLOO -or early journeys via
Westminster - Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant(early
jnys)
Regular service extended to Plumstead Garage instead
of just garage journeys
27.04.85 |
NX161+ |
4T |
4T |
-- |
PD131+ |
9T |
8T |
7T |
THAMESMEAD
Bentham Road (Mon-Fri early jny) - ABBEY WOOD (early
jnys) - PLUMSTEAD GARAGE - WATERLOO -or early journeys via
Westminster - Fleet Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
Certain Mon-Fri express journeys re-routed at Westminster
via Route 11 to Victoria.
03.08.85 |
NX151+ |
12T |
-- |
-- |
NX161+ |
-- |
8T |
-- |
|
PD131+ |
4T |
- |
6T |
ABBEY
WOOD (early jnys) - PLUMSTEAD GARAGE (Sat/Sun)-WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri) WATERLOO - or early journeys via Westminster - Fleet
Street and Blackfriars Road and return via Elephant
Mon-Fri express journeys to County Hall withdrawn.
PD withdrawn on Saturday and restricted to Express journeys only Mon-Fri plus against
the flow 177 journeys.
Thamesmead journey withdrawn.
Mon-Fri withdrawn between Woolwich and Plumstead apart from early journeys to Abbey
Wood and garage journeys.
16.01.88 |
PD131+ |
12L |
10L |
6L |
PLUMSTEAD
GARAGE - ELEPHANT & CASTLE
Extended
from Woolwich to Plumstead.
Withdrawn between Elephant & Castle and Waterloo.
Early journeys via Fleet Street withdrawn.
NX allocation withdrawn.
18.11.89 |
PD131+ |
8L |
10L |
7L |
PLUMSTEAD
GARAGE - NEW CROSS GARAGE (evgs,Sat early am - Sun before 1130) - ELEPHANT & CASTLE
EXPRESS SERVICE: THAMESMEAD - VICTORIA M-Fri a.m. ->
& p.m. <- pk jnys
02.01.93 |
PD131+ |
7L |
10L |
7L |
PLUMSTEAD
GARAGE - NEW CROSS GARAGE (evgs,Sat early am - Sun before 1130) - ELEPHANT & CASTLE
EXPRESS SERVICE withdrawn.
12.03.94 |
PD131+ |
6L |
9L |
7L |
PLUMSTEAD
GARAGE - Woolwich - Greenwich - New Cross - PECKHAM
Withdrawn
between New Cross and Elephant & Castle - diverted instead to Peckham.
Timetable link
06.09.94 |
PD131+ |
6L |
9L |
7L |
Cotract assigned to Stagecoach Selkent |
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02.03.96 |
PD131+ |
14DAL |
14DAL |
12DAL |
PECKHAM Bus Station -Plumstead High Street - Church Manorway - Blithdale
Road - Basildon Road - Eynsham Drive - Finchley Road - Church Manorway - Sewell
Road - Thamesmead - Yarnton Way - Alsike Road - ABBEY WOOD STATION
Extended
from Plumstead to Abbey Wood BR Station via withdrawn section of Route 380 and converted to single deck operation.
Timetable link
23.01.99 |
PD131+ |
14VN |
14VN |
12VN |
PECKHAM
- THAMESMEAD Safeway Superstore
Rerouted at Plumstead High Street via Basildon
Road - Eynsham Drive - Harrow Manorway - Crossway - to THAMESMEAD Safeway Superstore.
Withdrawn section replaced by revised 469
Converted to double deck operation - usually VN type
Timetable link
31.05.03 |
PD131+ |
17TA |
17TA |
16TA |
PECKHAM
- THAMESMEAD
Contract renewal with new buses.
31.05.08 |
PD131+ |
18sc |
19sc |
16sc |
PECKHAM
- THAMESMEAD
Contract renewal
01.06.13 |
PD131+ |
18sc |
19sc |
16sc |
PECKHAM
- THAMESMEAD
Contract renewal for 5 years
19745 Peckham Bus Station
|
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30.05.15 |
PD131+ |
18EH |
20EH |
17EH |
PECKHAM
- THAMESMEAD
Contract renewal with new hybrid Enviros
13008 seen in Abbey Wood © Alisha Juszczyk |
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30.05.20 |
PD131+ |
19EH |
19EH |
15EH |
PECKHAM
- THAMESMEAD
Contract rextended for two years
13072 Thamemead terminus 22.05.22 © Ian Armstrong |
NX
New Cross
Changeover point outside garage
AW
Abbey Wood
Changeover point outside garage
PD
Plumstead
Changeover point outside garage