Route History
Date |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
09.05.62 |
AL |
-- |
-- |
3RT |
FW |
16RM |
17RM |
6RM |
LONDON
AIRPORT Central - Private Tunnel - Harlington Corner - Hatton Cross -
Faggs Road - Feltham Stn - Hanworth - Uxbridge Road - Windmill Road - Hampton Hill -
Teddington - Hampton Wick - Kingston - New Malden - Raynes Park - Worple Road - WIMBLEDON STATION (Suns) - Queens Road - HAYDONS ROAD STATION (Monday-Saturday)
Trolleybus Replacement service for Route 605
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Extracted from May 1962 Red Book Can you spot the mistake on the Saturday times ? |
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This classic shot of RT4559 (AL) at London Airport Central complete with offisde number stencil. I find the choice of intermediate points on the blind an odd choice. I would have chosen Hatton Cross instead of Faggs Road and Hampton Hill instead of Norbiton and Hanworth instead of Worple Road
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10.10.62 |
FW |
16RM |
17RM |
8RM |
LONDON
AIRPORT Central -WIMBLEDON STATION (Suns) - HAYDONS ROAD STATION (Monday-Saturday)
Sunday
only Merton (AL) allocation withdrawn.
08.05.63 |
AL |
-- |
-- |
6RT |
FW |
16RM |
17RM |
4RM |
LONDON
AIRPORT Central -WIMBLEDON STATION (Suns) - HAYDONS ROAD STATION (Monday-Saturday)
Sunday
only Merton (AL) allocation re-introduced.
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23.01.66 |
FW |
9RM |
9RM |
4RM |
NB |
7RM |
7RM |
-- |
LONDON
AIRPORT Central - KINGSTON (Suns) - HAYDONS
ROAD STN (Monday-Saturday)
Sunday withdrawn between Kingston & Wimbledon thus
AL allocation also withdrawn.
Monday-Saturday Norbiton (NB) allocation introduced.
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31.12.66 |
FW |
8RM |
7RM |
-- |
NB |
6RM |
6RM |
4RM |
HEATHROWCENTRAL - KINGSTON (Suns) - NEW
MALDEN (Monday-Friday/Saturday am and evgs) - RAYNES PARK STN (Mon-Fri
peaks) - WIMBLEDON STN (Sat afts)
Monday-Friday withdrawn between New Malden and Haydons
Road except for peak service extended to Raynes Park Station.
Saturday withdrawn between Wimbledon Station and Haydons Road and further
withdrawn outside shopping hours between New Malden and Wimbledon.
Wimbledon to Haydons Road section covered by revised service 200.
Sunday FW allocation transferred to NB.
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RM1119 (FW) New Malden stand |
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19.07.69 |
FW |
8RM |
7RM |
2RFo |
NB |
6RM |
6RM |
4RFo |
HEATHROWCENTRAL - KINGSTON (Suns) - NEW
MALDEN (Monday-Friday/Saturday evgs) - RAYNES PARK STN (Mon-Fri
peaks) - WIMBLEDON STN (Sat afts)
Sunday
One Person Operation introduced and Sunday FW re-introduced.
24.01.70 |
FW |
8RM |
5RM |
2RFo |
NB |
6RM |
6RM |
4RFo |
LONDON
AIRPORT - KINGSTON (Suns) - NEW MALDEN (Mon-Sat) - RAYNES PARK STATION (Mon-Fri peaks)
Saturday withdrawn between New Malden and Wimbledon.
27.03.71 |
FW |
7SMS |
5SMS |
-- |
NB |
6SMS |
2SMS |
4SMS |
HEATHROW
AIRPORT - KINGSTON - NEW MALDEN (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat shop hours)
Daily conversion to One Person Operation.
Withdrawn between Kingston and Raynes Park except for Mon-Fri peak - and Sat
shopping hours journeys to New Malden.
Sunday FW allocation withdrawn.
The blind above was introduced June 1971 for SMS type
Holding the mouse over display will pause scroll
18.09.71 |
FW |
9SMS |
8SMS |
-- |
NB |
4SMS |
-- |
4SMS |
HEATHROW
AIRPORT - KINGSTON - NEW MALDEN (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat shop hours)
Saturday Norbiton (NB) allocation withdrawn.
06.01.73 |
FW |
9SMS |
8SMS |
-- |
NB |
4SMS |
-- |
4SMS |
HEATHROW CENTRAL ( Daily ) - FULWELL GARAGE ( Sat shopping hours ) - KINGSTON (Daily ) - NEW MALDEN ( Mon-Fri peaks / Sat shopping hours )
Additional service introduced Sat shopping hours between Fulwell Garage and New Malden
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12.05.73 |
FW |
12SMS |
9SMS |
-- |
NB |
-- |
-- |
4SMS |
HEATHROW CENTRAL ( Daily ) - FULWELL GARAGE ( Sat shopping hours ) - KINGSTON (Daily ) - NEW MALDEN ( Mon-Fri peaks / Sat shopping hours )
Mon-Fri
Norbiton (NB) allocation withdrawn.
19.07.75 |
FW |
12SMS |
10DMS |
-- |
NB |
-- |
-- |
4DMS |
HEATHROW
AIRPORT - KINGSTON - NEW MALDEN (Mon-Fri
except evgs /Sat shop hours)
Mon-Fri extended from Kingston to New Malden between
peak hours and buses diverted at Hatton Cross via Underground Station.
Weekend converted to double deck operation.
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SMS832 Feltham Railway Bridge |
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13.06.76 |
FW151+ |
12DMS |
10DMS |
-- |
NB41+ |
-- |
-- |
4DMS |
HEATHROW
AIRPORT - KINGSTON - NEW MALDEN (Mon-Fri
except evgs /Sat shop hours)
Mon-Fri
converted to double deck DMS operation.
22.04.78 |
FW151+ |
12DMS |
10DMS |
-- |
NB41+ |
-- |
-- |
5DMS |
HEATHROW
AIRPORT Central - KINGSTON -; NEW MALDEN
Police Station (Mon-Fri except evgs /Sat shop hours/Sun except evgs)
Sunday before 1900 extended from Kingston to New Malden.
26.03.79 |
FW151+ |
12M |
7M |
-- |
NB41+ |
-- |
-- |
5DMS |
HEATHROW
AIRPORT Central - KINGSTON -; NEW MALDEN
Police Station (Mon-Fri except evgs /Sat shop hours/Sun except evgs)
Mon-Sat
DMS converted to M type.
29.07.79 |
FW151+ |
12M |
7M |
-- |
NB41+ |
-- |
-- |
5M |
HEATHROW
AIRPORT Central - KINGSTON -; NEW MALDEN
Police Station (Mon-Fri except evgs /Sat shop hours/Sun except evgs)
Norbiton
(NB) converted from DMS to M type.
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DMS155 Feltham Station
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04.09.82 |
FW151+ |
8M |
7M |
5M |
HEATHROW
AIRPORT Central - KINGSTON -; NEW MALDEN
Police Station (Mon-Fri except evgs /Sat shop hours/Sun except evgs)
Norbiton
(NB) allocation withdrawn.
12.04.86 |
FW151+ |
9M |
8M |
5M |
HEATHROW
CENTRAL - Cargo Tunnel - Cargo Terminal - Terminal 4 - Hatton
Cross - - KINGSTON -; NEW MALDEN (Mon-Fri except evgs /Sat shop hours/Sun except evgs)
Service diverted at Hatton Cross to serve new Terminal
4.
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M39 Kingston shows the vua T4 blind |
27.06.87 |
FW151+ |
9M |
7M |
4M |
HEATHROW
CENTRAL - KINGSTON -; NEW MALDEN (Mon-Fri peaks)
Mon-Fri outside peaks - Saturday and Sunday withdrawn
between Kingston and New Malden.
30.09.89 |
FW151+ |
9M |
7M |
4M |
HEATHROW
CENTRAL - Harlington Corner - Hatton Cross - KINGSTON -; NEW MALDEN (Mon-Fri peaks)
Service reverted to original routeing via Harlington
Corner.
07.04.90 |
FW151+ |
9M |
7M |
4DT |
HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON ( Daily ) - NEW MALDEN ( Mon-Fri peaks )
Sunday
converted to midibus operation.
29.09.90 |
FW151+ |
13DT |
11DT |
4DT |
HEATHROW
AIRPORT CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Mon-Sat shopping hours diverted via Hampton Sainsbury,s
and converted to Dart operation.
Withdrawn between Kingston and New Malden.
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DT118 Hatton Cross Station |
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28.08.93 |
FW151+ |
13DT |
11DT |
4DT |
HEATHROW
AIRPORT CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Daily
shopping hours diverted via Hampton Sainsbury,s
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29.10.94 |
FW151+ |
12DT 3M |
12DT 3M |
6DT |
HEATHROW
CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Diverted at Heathrow via British Airways Compass
Centre
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DR76 Feltham Station stand |
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29.06.96 |
LW31+ |
15Dart |
14Dart |
7Dart |
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Contract reassigned |
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HEATHROW
CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Operation
transferred to London Buslines operating from their Southall Base
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London Bus Lines dedicated 285 livery at Hatton Cross Station
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Extract from 285 schedule |
30.06.01 |
HH451+ |
17DPS |
16DPS |
12DPS |
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Contract reassigned to London United |
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HEATHROW
AIRPORT CENTRAL Bus Station - Tunnel - Bath Road - Harlington Corner -
Hatton Cross - Feltham - Hanworth - Hampton Hill - Teddington - Hampton Wick - KINGSTON
Routeing via Compass Centre withdrawn
At
Hampton Sainsbury's buses stayed outside until remedial works were made
by Sainsbury's - allegedly the longer buses couldn't turn there. Buses
re-entered Sainsbury's by September. More importantly - in Hampton Hill
buses were rerouted away from Windmill Road - because of problems with
parked cars - especially in the narrow section at the High Street end -
the installation of chicanes along the Road hadn't helped either. Nothing
was ever done about this - and in the end the temporary rerouteing became
permanent. New stops were then added in the previously unserved section
of Uxbridge Road south of Windmill Road - the 726 used to traverse this
section nonstop - but now calls at the new stop at Ormond Drive! (also
used by the R70 - but there was no stop there before). This broke up a
long nonstop section on the 726 between Park Road and Hampton Church.
New Night route added (N285) making this a 24 hour service.
Route H91 was transferred to Stamford
brook (V) to make room for this new addition
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01.12.01 |
HH451+ |
19DPS |
18DPS |
17DPS |
HEATHROW Terminal
3 - KINGSTON
Route
T123 - from Feltham Station to Heathrow Terminals 1 - 2 & 3 - was merged
with the 285. Buses were diverted via a double run on New Road - off Feltham
Station Road bridge - to the north side of Feltham Station (though southbound
buses can use the Bedfont Lane level crossing if the gates are open - they
don't miss any stops doing this) - and at Heathrow was extended to Terminal
3 (the T123 had served all three terminals). There was also a pvr increase
and even newer route branded DPSs with luggage space were provided (the
DPs off the T123 were employed elsewhere at AV and HH - and the nearly
new DPSs off the 285 went to TV for Routes K2/K3). However - there was
stand problems at Terminal 3 - and the route was soon cut back to the Central
Bus Station. The date was never recorded officially - but was sometime
between 5 January 2002 and April 2002.
25.01.03 |
HH451+ |
19DPS |
18DPS |
17DPS |
HEATHROW Terminal
3 - KINGSTON
Route
re-extended to Terminal 3.
The route officially diverted via Uxbridge Road instead of Windmill Road
in Hampton Hill.
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Scanned from LT leaflet dated 25.01.03 |
13.01.04 |
HH451+ |
19DPS |
18DPS |
17DPS |
HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Temporary withdrawn between Central Bus Station and Terminal 3
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DPS561, 285 branding at Hatton Cross |
23.01.04 |
HH451+ |
19DPS |
18DPS |
17DPS |
| Night Service | 4DPS |
4DPS |
4DPS |
HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Night service previously numbered N285 now incorporated into main service - running numbers remained the same as daytime service
19.03.05 |
HH451+ |
18DPS |
17DPS |
10DPS |
| Night Service | HH471+ |
4DPS |
4DPS |
4DPS |
HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Officially withdrawn between Terminal 3 and Central Bus Station
Night service running number change
25.03.06 |
HH451+ |
19DPS |
17DPS |
13DPS |
| Night Service | HH471+ |
4DPS |
4DPS |
4DPS |
HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Rerouted
via Eastern Perimeter Road between Hatton Cross and Harlington Corner
upon closure of Eastchurch Road.
04.06.06 |
HH451+ |
19DPS |
17DPS |
13DPS |
| Night Service | HH471+ |
4DPS |
4DPS |
4DPS |
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LONDON UNITED replaced by Transdev |
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DPS564 Bath Road - Heathrow
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01.07.06 |
HH451+ |
19DPS |
17DPS |
13DPS |
| Night Service | HH471+ |
4DPS |
4DPS |
4DPS |
HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Contract
extended for two years
28.06.08 |
HH451+ |
19DPS |
17DPS |
13DPS |
| Night Service | HH471+ |
4DPS |
4DPS |
4DPS |
HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Start of
new contract
17.09.08 |
HH451+ |
19DE |
17DE |
13DE |
Night service |
HH471+ |
4DE |
4DE |
4DE |
HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Start
of conversion of Darts to Enviro 200's. completed by 27.09.08
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DE17 Bath Road, Harlington Corner |
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03.03.11 |
HH451+ |
19DE |
17DE |
13DE |
Night service |
HH471+ |
4DE |
4DE |
4DE |
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TRANSDEV REPLACED BY RATP |
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HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON
New management
29.06.13 |
HH451+ |
19DE |
17DE |
13DE |
Night service |
HH471+ |
4DE |
4DE |
4DE |
HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Contract extended for two years
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DE1 Hatton Cross
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27.06.15 |
HH451+ |
19VH |
17VH |
13VH |
Night service |
HH471+ |
4VH |
4VH |
4VH |
HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON
Contract renewal with new hybrid double deckers
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VH35 arrives at the alighting point in Heathrow Bus Station |
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27.06.20 |
TF301+ |
15E |
15E |
14E |
Night service |
TF301+ |
4E |
4E |
4E |
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Contract reassigned |
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HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON
New contract using bus from RATP until new buses delivered
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9404 Hatton Cross © Jack Marian |
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30.07.22 |
TF301+ |
15E |
15E |
14E |
Night service |
TF301+ |
4E |
4E |
4E |
HEATHROW CENTRAL - KINGSTON
NEW SCHEDULE
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2042 Kingston Bridge |
Current Blind
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Operating Garages
LW London Bus Lines
Changeover point - Macdonalds Bath Road
FW
Fulwell
Changeover point at HAMPTON HILL Hampton
Road.
NB
Norbiton
Changeover point Kingston Bus Station or Norbiton Church.
AL
Merton
Changeover
point Wimbledon Station
HH Hounslow
Heath
Changeover point Hatton Cross Station. (shuttle cars
provided)
Changed to Faggs Road / Tesco date unknown
TF Twickenham
Changeover
point NPL , Hampton Road, Teddington
Live visual
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