Route History

Date of introduction	Gar	Sun-Thur nights	Friday night	Saturday night
28.07.95	NX271+	2T	5T	5T

VICTORIA BUS STATION (journeys) - Westminster - Whitehall - TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Aldwych - Fleet Street - Ludgate Circus - Blackfriars Bridge - Southwark Street - Borough Station - Great Dover Street ,Bricklayer's Arms - Old Kent Road - New Cross - Lewisham - Lee High Road - Eltham High Street - Bexley Road - Avery Hill - Blackfen Road - Blackfen - Wellington Avenue - The Oval - Willersley Avenue - Halfway Street - Station Road - Sidcup Station,Sidcup High Street - Sidcup Hill - FOOTS CRAY Cray Road ( NIGHTLY ) or additional service Fri/Sat night diverts at Eltham Hill then via Court Road - Mottingham - Sidcup Road - New Eltham Station - Foots Cray Road - Main Road - Sidcup Police Station - Station Road - SIDCUP STATION
NEW ROUTE: replaced N61 between Lewisham and Sidcup Station and N62 between New Cross and Foots Cray both routes being withdrawn.

0811.97	BX311+	1NV	2NV	2NV
Joint allocation with Routes N1 and N81at BX
	NX281+	4NV	6NV	6NV

VICTORIA BUS STATION (journeys) - Westminster - TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Aldwych - Fleet Street - Ludgate Circus - Blackfriars Bridge - Southwark Street - Borough Station - Great Dover Street ,Bricklayer's Arms - Old Kent Road - New Cross - Lewisham - Lee High Road - Eltham High Street - Bexley Road - Avery Hill - Blackfen Road - Blackfen - Wellington Avenue - The Oval - Willersley Avenue - Halfway Street - Station Road - Sidcup Station,Sidcup High Street - Sidcup Hill - FOOTS CRAY Cray Road ( NIGHTLY ) or additional service diverts at Eltham Hill then via Court Road - Mottingham Road - Sidcup Road - CHISLEHURST War Memorial
Bexleyheath (BX) allocation added.
Rerouted between Ludgate Circus and Borough via Bank and London Bridge instead of Blackfriars Bridge and Southwark Street
Fri/Sat night only section Eltham to Sidcup Station diverted at Mottingham to CHISLEHURST and revised to run nightly

14.11.98	BX311+	2NV	4NV	4NV
Joint allocation with Routes N81at BX
	NX281+	4NV	7NV	7NV

VICTORIA ( journeys )  -  TRAFALGAR SQUARE  -  FOOTS CRAY or CHISLEHURST
Revised Frequencies

24.07.99	BX311+	2NV	5NV	5NV
Joint allocation with Routes N81at BX
	NX281+	5NV	7NV	7NV

VICTORIA BUS STATION (journeys) - Westminster - TRAFALGAR SQUARE - CHISLEHURST or FOOTS CRAY Tesco
Extended in Foots Cray to Tesco via daytime Route 21.

05.02.00	NX281+	5NC	8NV	8NV
	PM261+	1NV	2NV	2NV

VICTORIA BUS STATION (journeys) - Westminster - TRAFALGAR SQUARE - CHISLEHURST or FOOTS CRAY Tesco
Bexleyheath (BX) withdrawn - Peckham (PM) introduced.

28.06.02	NX281+	5PVL	8PVL	8PVL
	PM261+	1AVL	1AVL	1AVL

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - CHISLEHURST or FOOTS CRAY Tesco
Withdrawn between Trafalgar Square and Victoria

01.09.02	NX281+	5PVL	8PVL	8PVL
	PM261+	1AVL	1AVL	1AVL

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - CHISLEHURST or FOOTS CRAY Tesco
Revised routeing at Trafalgar Square - following the pedestrianisation of the north side of the Square as part of the World Squares Project.
Buses will stand in Pall Mall East instead of the west side of Trafalgar Square (outside Canada House). Buses from the Strand will be routed via Trafalgar Square - Cockspur Street and Pall Mall East to stand - departing from the stand via Pall Mall East and Trafalgar Square to the Strand.

12.10.02	NX281+	5PVL	8PVL	8PVL
	PM261+	1AVL	1AVL	1AVL

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - FOOTS CRAY Tesco
Withdrawn between Eltham and Chislehurst

22.02.03	BX161+	2PVL	4PVL	4PVL
	NX281+	3PVL	5PVL	5PVL

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - FOOTS CRAY Tesco
Bexleyheath (BX) reintroduced - Peckham (PM) withdrawn.

10.10.09	BX161+	2PVL	2PVL	3PVL
	NX281+	3WVL	3WVL	2WVL

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Ludgate Circus - Bank - London Bridge - Borough - Old Kent Road - New Cross - Lewisham - Lee Green - Eltham - Blackfen - Bridgen - Bexley Village - BEXLEYHEATH Market Place
Rerouted at Eltham via day route 132 to BEXLEYHEATH - the withdrawn section between Eltham and Foots Cray replaced by adding a night service to Route 321

 

Garages

BX Bexleyheath
Straight duties

PM Peckham
Meal reliefs taken at ?

NX New Cross
Straight duties