Route History

Date of introduction	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
19.07.61	SF	36RM	24RM	--

WOOD GREEN Redvers Road - Lordship Lane - Tottenham High Road - Stamford Hill - Stoke Newington - Dalston Junction - SHOREDITCH CHURCH (Sat evgs) Clerkenwell Road - Grays Inn Road - HOLBORN CIRCUS return via Farringdon Road (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
TROLLEYBUS REPLACEMENT ROUTE FOR 543 & 643

31.12.66	SF	27RM	18RM	--
	WN	6RM	--	--

WOOD GREEN  - SHOREDITCH ( Sat evenings )  -  HOLBORN CIRCUS ( Mon-Fri / Sat except evenings )
Mon-Fri Wood Green (WN) allocation introduced.

24.01.70	SF	16RM	14RM	--
	WN	6RM	--	--

WOOD GREEN - DALSTON Downham Road (Sat evgs) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
Saturday evenings withdrawn between Dalston and Shoreditch.

13.06.70	SF	16RML	14RML	--
	WN	6RML	--	--

WOOD GREEN - DALSTON Downham Road (Sat evgs) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
Converted from RM to RML.

04.09.71	AR	6RML	--	--
	SF	16RML	14RML	--

WOOD GREEN - DALSTON Downham Road (Sat evgs) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
Wood Green (WN) allocation transferred to Tottenham (AR).

04.12.71	AR	11RML	--	--
	SF	11RML	11RML 2RM	--

WOOD GREEN - DALSTON Downham Road (Sat pm) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat am)
Saturday from 1400 withdrawn between Dalston and Holborn Circus

10.03.73	AR191+	11RML	7RML	--
	SF71+	11RML	6RML	--

WOOD GREEN - DALSTON Downham Road (Sat pm) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat am)
Saturday Tottenham (AR) allocation introduced.

28.10.78

SF71+

19RML

18RML

--

WOOD GREEN - SHOREDITCH (Sat evgs) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
Saturday evenings extended from Dalston to Shoreditch and further extended in the afternoon to Holborn Circus

31.01.81	AR181+	11RML	7RML	--
	SF71+	11RML	6RML	--

WOOD GREEN - SHOREDITCH (Sat evgs) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
Tottenham (AR) allocation re-introduced

25.04.81	AR181+	19RML	14RML	--
	SF71+	--	4RML	--

WOOD GREEN - SHOREDITCH (Sat evgs) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
Mon-Fri Stamford HIll (SF) allocation withdrawn

04.09.82

AR181+

18RML

16RML

--

WOOD GREEN - SHOREDITCH (Sat evgs) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
Stamford HIll (SF) allocation withdrawn.

03.08.85

AR181+

19M

19M

--

WOOD GREEN - SHOREDITCH (Sat evgs) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
ONE PERSON OPERATION

02.11.85	AR181+	16M	19M	--
	SF71+	3M	--	--

WOOD GREEN - SHOREDITCH (Sat evgs) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
Mon-Fri Stamford HIll (SF) allocation re-introduced.

25.10.86

AR181+

20M

19M

--

WOOD GREEN - SHOREDITCH (Sat evgs) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
Stamford HIll (SF) allocation withdrawn

06.07.91

AR181+

17M

19M

--

WOOD GREEN - SHOREDITCH (Sat evgs) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
Saturdays withdrawn between Old Street and Holborn Circus except for early journeys.

01.02.92

AR181+

17M

19M

--

WOOD GREEN - SHOREDITCH (Sat evgs) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri/Sat except evgs)
Revised to terminate at WN Garage instead of Redvers Road.

19.08.00

AR171+

24M/DLA

16M/DLA

11M/DLA

WOOD GREEN GARAGE - OLD STREET STN (Sats/Sun) - Theobalds Road - Holborn - Kingsway - Aldwych - WATERLOO (Mon-Fri)
Mon-Fri diverted at Theobalds Road to Waterloo replacing Red Arrow Route 505.
Sat journeys withdrawn between Old Street and Holborn Circus.
Sunday introduced between Wood Green and Old Street - replacing most of Sunday only 243A.

09.11.02.

AR171+

29DLA

21DLA

15DLA

WOOD GREEN GARAGE - WATERLOO STATION
Sat and Sun extended from Old Street to Waterloo

03.09.05	AR171+	28DLA	22DLA	15DLA
Night service	AR81+	4DLA	4DLA	4DLA

WOOD GREEN GARAGE - WATERLOO STATION
N243 revised to same route as 243 thus renumbered 243 - service now 24 hour,

19.04.08	AR171+	28DLA	22DLA	17DLA
Night service	AR81+	4DLA	5DLA	4DLA

WOOD GREEN GARAGE - WATERLOO STATION
Night service transferred to Wood Green (WN)

21.08.10	AR171+	30DLA	22DLA	17DLA
Night service	WN1+	4DLA	5DLA	4DLA

WOOD GREEN GARAGE - WATERLOO STATION
Contract renewal

26.11.11	AR171+	30DLA	22DLA	17DLA
Night service	AR161+	5VLA	5VLA	5VLA

WOOD GREEN GARAGE - WATERLOO STATION
Night service reallocated to Tottenham (AR)

Current Blind

 

Operating Garages

WN Wood Green
Changeover point Wood Green.

AR Tottenham
Changeover point Swan

SF Stamford Hill
Changeover point Stamford Hill.