Route History

27.10.89
Q261+
3T
3T
3T
New service

VICTORIA BUS STATION (meal relief jnys) - Hyde Park Corner - Marble Arch - OXFORD CIRCUS - Piccadilly Circus - Trafalgar Square - Whitehall - Millbank - Lambeth Bridge - Kennington - Brixton - Herne Hill - Croxted Road - West Dulwich - Crystal Palace - Penge - BECKENHAM JUNCTION STN
NEW NIGHT ROUTE

 

 

 

T916 TRAFALGAR SQUARE

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08.10.93
Q261+
4SP
4SP
4SP
 
PM239
--
1T
1T

VICTORIA BUS STATION (meal relief jnys) - Hyde Park Corner - Marble Arch - OXFORD CIRCUS - Piccadilly Circus - Trafalgar Square - Whitehall - Millbank - Lambeth Bridge - Kennington - Brixton - Herne Hill - Croxted Road - West Dulwich - Crystal Palace - Penge - BECKENHAM JUNCTION STN (Sun-Thur nights) - Wickham Road - Hayes Lane - Westmoreland Road - Bromley North - Widmore Road - Bickley Road - CHISLEHURST Gordon Arms (Fri/Sat nights)
Fri/Sat nights extended via Routes 126 and 161 from Beckenham to Chislehurst.
Fri/Sat night Peckham (PM) allocation added.

 

SP20 Aldwych, New Years Eve 1993

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29.07.95
Q261+
2SP
4SP
4SP

VICTORIA ( meal reliefs )  - OXFORD CIRCUS  -  BECKENHAM JUNCTION (Sun-Thur nights)  -  BROMLEY NORTH ( Fri/Sat nights )
Peckham (PM) allocation withdrawn.

27.04.96
Q261+
2SP
5SP
5SP

VICTORIA BUS STATION (meal relief jnys) - Hyde Park Corner - Marble Arch - OXFORD CIRCUS - Piccadilly Circus - Trafalgar Square - Whitehall - Millbank - Lambeth Bridge - Kennington - Brixton - Herne Hill - Croxted Road - West Dulwich - Crystal Palace - Anerly - Penge - BECKENHAM JUNCTION STN (Sun-Thur nights) - Wickham Road - Hayes Lane - Westmoreland Road - Bromley North - Widmore Road - Bickley Road - CHISLEHURST Gordon Arms (Fri/Sat nights)
Rerouted between Crystal Palace and Penge via Anerly Road and Croydon Road instead of Penge High Street

14.11.98
Q261+
6NV
6NV
6NV
 
PM
--
3AV
3AV

VICTORIA  ( meal reliefs ) - OXFORD CIRCUS - BECKENHAM JUNCTION ( Sun-Thur nights )   -  BROMLEY NORTH ( Fri/Sat night )
Fri/Sat night Peckham (PM) allocation re-introduced.

NV70 Trafalgar Square

© Brian Creasy

05.02.00
BC
6TA
9TA
9TA
Contract reassigned

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
Withdrawn Oxford Circus to Marble Arch/Victoria and also between Bromley and Chislehurst although extended Mon/Thur nights from Beckenham to Bromley North Stn\

TA4 Oxford Circus

© Brian Creasy

26.02.04
BC1+
5TA
9TA
9TA
Connex purchased by Travel London

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
New operator


10.02.07
Bc26+
5TA
10TA
10TA
 
QB25
--
1TA
1TA

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
Contract renewed - 1 duty introduced at Battersea (QB)

21.05.09
Bc26+
5TA
10TA
10TA
 
QB25
--
1TA
1TA
Travel London sold to Abellio

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
New operator

9767 Charing Cross

© Jeff Lloyd

11.02.12
QB601+
7E
12E
13E

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
Contract renewal and allocation moved to Battersea (QB)

Enviro 2425 at Bromley

© Robert Mighton


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11.02.17
QB301+
7LT
15LT
15LT

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
Contract extended for two years

LT626 Haymarket

© Aubrey Morandarte

02.12.17
WL401+
7LT
11LT
11LT

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
Allocation moved to Walworth (WL)

09.02.19
WL401+
7LT
11LT
11LT

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
Contract renewal

16.06.19
WL301+
7LT
11LT
11LT

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
Running Number sequence change

13.11.21
QB301+
7LT
11LT
11LT

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
Allocation moved to Battersea (QB)

14.04.22
QB301+
7LT
11LT
11LT

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
Allocation moved back to Walworth (WL)

29.04.23
QB301+
7LT
12LT
12LT

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
New schedules

10.02.24
QB301+
7LT
12LT
12LT

OXFORD CIRCUS - BROMLEY NORTH STN (Nightly)
Contract extended for two years

Garages

Q Garage
Meal Relief at Victoria Bus Station

PM Peckham
Meal Relief at not known

BC Beddington
Most duties started as Route 3

QB Battersea
Most duties started as Route 3

WL Walworth
Most duties started as Route 3
Meal reliefs at Crystal Palace and Bromley North

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