Route History
Date of introduction |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
25.09.93 |
SD251+ |
6MR/SR |
6MR/SR |
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WANSTEAD Woodbine Place - Blake Hall Road - Cann Hall Road - Forest Gate Station - Forest Lane - Water Lane - Romford Road - Stratford Station - Angel Lane - Leyton Road - Temple Mills Lane - Eastway - HACKNEY WICK Waterden Road SD Garage (Mon-Sat)
NEW ROUTE - replaced Route 162 between Forest Gate and Wanstead and introduced buses in the Temple Mills lane area
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MR16 Woodbine Place |
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16.09.95 |
SD251+ |
6DW |
6DW |
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WANSTEAD - HACKNEY WICK
DW type introduced
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DWL20 Wanstead High Street
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13.07.96 |
SD251+ |
6DW |
6DW |
2DW |
WANSTEAD Woodbine Place - HACKNEY WICK Waterden Road ( Daily )
Sunday service introduced. Funded by London Borough of Newham for an experimental one year period
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SLD98 Wanstead Woodbine Place
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04.03.00 |
H201+ |
6sd |
6sd |
3sd |
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Contract reassigned to First Capital operating from their Hackney base (H) |
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WANSTEAD Woodbine Place - HACKNEY WICK Waterden Road
New operator
07.07.00 |
H201+ |
6DM |
6DM |
3DM |
WANSTEAD Woodbine Place - HACKNEY WICK Waterden Road
Start of conversion to low floor single deck buses
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DML326 Wanstead Woodbine Place
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05.03.05 |
H201+ |
6DM |
6DM |
3DM |
WANSTEAD Woodbine Place - - Eastway - Homerton Road - Marsh Hill - Homerton High Street - Brooksby's Walk - Chatsworth Road - CLAPTON PARK Millfields Road ( return via Glyn Road - Elderfield Road - Chatsworth Road - Brooksby's Walk - Homerton Grove - Wardle Street - Homerton High Street )
Contract renewal with First
Withdrawn from Waterden Road and diverted at Eastway to CLAPTON PARK
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DM41746 Woodbine Place stand
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16.07.07 |
H |
9DM |
8DM |
5DM |
WANSTEAD - CLAPTON PARK
Rerouted between Stratford and Hackney Wick via Leyton Station instead of Temple Mills Lane
15.12.07 |
LI |
9DM |
8DM |
5DM |
WANSTEAD - CLAPTON PARK
Reallocated to Lea Interchange (LI)
04.04.09
DMC type occasionally used
from this date
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DMC41499 unloads at Stratford Broadway
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10.08.09 |
LI |
10DML |
9DML |
4DML |
WANSTEAD Woodbine Place,,Stratford - Crownfield Road - Leytonstone Road - The Grove - Eastway - Homerton Road - Marsh Hill - Homerton High Street - Brooksby's Walk - Chatsworth Road - CLAPTON PARK Millfields Road
Angel Lane bridge closed thus diverted long time via Leyton Station
06.03.10 |
LI |
9DML |
8DML |
5DML |
WANSTEAD - CLAPTON PARK
Contract extended for two years
04.09.10 |
LI |
9DML |
8DML |
4DML |
WANSTEAD - CLAPTON PARK
Angel Lane reopened - restored to original route via Angel Lane and Leyton Road
03.03.12 |
LI |
9DMV |
8DMV |
4DMV |
WANSTEAD - CLAPTON PARK
Contract renewal with new buses
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DMV44529 at the Woodbine Place stand in Wanstead
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22.06.13 |
LI |
9DMV |
8DMV |
4DMV |
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Contract novated to Tower Transit |
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25.01.14 |
LI |
9DMV |
8DMV |
4DMV |
Wanstead Woodbine Place - High Street - Wanstead Station - Cambridge Park - Blake Hall Road - Lake House Road - Dames Road - Wanstead Park Station - Woodgrange Road - Forest Gate Station - Forest Lane - Maryland Station - Water Lane - Romford Road - Broadway - Great Eastern Road - Stratford Station Bus Station - Great Eastern Road - Angel Lane - Leyton Road - Penny Brookes Street - double run via Montfichet Road to Stratford City Bus Station then International Way - Celebration Avenue - Temple Mills Lane - High Road Leyton - Leyton Station - High Road Leyton - Alexandra Road - York Road - Ruckholt Road - Homerton Road - Marsh Hill - Homerton High Street - Brooksby's Walk - Homerton Hospital - Chatsworth Road - Lea Bridge Road - Clapton Lea Bridge Road Roundabout
Rerouted via Olympic Park and extended to Clapton
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DMV44258 seen at Stratford City bound for the new destination - this bus is also celebrsting the year of the bus 2014
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Extracted from LRT North East map available as as a download from their site |
04.03.17 |
LI |
9DN |
8DN |
4DN |
WANSTEAD - CLAPTON POND
Contract renewal
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DN33624 seen in Stratford |
12.05.17 |
LI |
13MV |
12MV |
7MV |
WANSTEAD Woodbine Place - CLAPTON Lea Bridge Rounabout
Diversion in Stratford area as shown
Wanstead – Forest Gate – Stratford – Temple Mills – Homerton – Clapton
Wanstead Woodbine Place - High Street - Wanstead Station - Cambridge Park - Blake Hall Road - Lake House Road - Dames Road - Wanstead Park Station - Woodgrange Road - Forest Gate Station then (normal routeing)
Forest Lane - Maryland Station - Water Lane or (sporadic weekend routeing - see Diversions page for dates and times)
longer sections of Woodgrange Road and Romford Road then
Romford Road - Broadway - Great Eastern Road - Stratford Station Bus Station - Great Eastern Road - Angel Lane - Leyton Road - Penny Brookes Street - double run via Montfichet Road to Stratford City Bus Station then International Way - Celebration Avenue - Temple Mills Lane - Ruckholt Road - Homerton Road - Marsh Hill - Homerton High Street (for Homerton Station) - Brooksby's Walk - Homerton Hospital - Chatsworth Road - Lea Bridge Road - Clapton Lea Bridge Road, Roundabout
Clapton – Homerton – Temple Mills – Stratford – Forest Gate – Wanstead
Clapton Lea Bridge Road, Roundabout - Lea Bridge Road - Chatsworth Road - Brooksby's Walk - Homerton Grove - Homerton Hospital - Wardle Street - Homerton High Street (for Homerton Station) - Marsh Hill - Homerton Road - Ruckholt Road - Temple Mills Lane - Celebration Avenue - International Way - double run via Montfichet Road to Stratford City Bus Station then Penny Brookes Street - Leyton Road - Angel Lane - Great Eastern Road - The Grove - Broadway - Romford Road - then (normal routeing)
Water Lane - Maryland Station - Forest Lane or (sporadic weekend routeing - see Diversions page for dates and times)
longer sections of Romford Road and Woodgrange Road then Forest Gate Station - Woodgrange Road - Wanstead Park Station - Dames Road - Lake House Road - Blake Hall Road - Cambridge Park - Wanstead Station - High Street - Wanstead Woodbine Place
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WH31119 Stratford |
05.03.22 |
HO601+ |
13MV |
13MV |
7MV |
WANSTEAD Woodbine Place - CLAPTON Lea Bridge Rounabout
Contract renewal
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MV38240 Stratford City © Ian Armstrong |
27.05.22 |
HO601+ |
13MV |
13MV |
7MV |
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New operator |
WANSTEAD Woodbine Place - CLAPTON Lea Bridge Rounabout
Tower Transit sold to Stagecoach
27.05.22 |
HO601+ |
13MV |
13MV |
7MV |
WANSTEAD Woodbine Place - CLAPTON Lea Bridge Rounabout
Changeover point now at Stratford City Bus Statipn
Live Visual
Operating Garages
SD Stratford
Crew changeover at garage
H Hackney (Waterden Road)
Crew changeover at garage
HO Lea Interchange
Drivers changeover outside the garage on Ruckholt Road
From 9.7.22 Stratford City
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