Route History

The Route runs in two circular sections:

CHARING CROSS LT Station - Westminster Bridge - Kennington Road - Kennington Church - Stockwell - Clapham - Tooting Bec - Tooting Broadway - Southcroft Road - Streatham - Brixton - Kennington,Kennington Road - Westminster Bridge - Victoria Embankment, CHARING CROSS LT Station ( stand for 6 mins then ) Blackfriars Bridge - Elephant - Kennington - Brixton - Streatham - Tooting - Balham - Clapham - Stockwell - Kennington - Elephant - Blackfriars - Victoria Embankment, CHARING CROSS LT Station ( stand for 6 mins then ) repeat cycle
This Route was previously numbered 287 but was part of a scheme to renumber all night routes in the "N" series to make availble the numbers for the trolleybus replacent routes although in this case the number was not used until August 1962 for Barking to Brentwood service .
Apart from various type changes there were no changes until 1975  - details can be found in Phillip Wallis book London's night buses (v1)

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Aldwych - Fleet Street - Ludgate Circus - Blackfriars Bridge - Elephant - Kennington - Streatham - Tooting - Clapham - Oval - Blackfriars Bridge - Ludgate Circus - Aldwych - TRAFALGAR SQUARE  and then as below

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Whitehall - Westminster Bridge - Oval -Stockwell - Clapham - Tooting - Streatham - Brixton - Oval - Westminster Bridge - Whitehall - TRAFALGAR SQUARE then as above continuing via Aldwych
Passengers could remain on the bus at Trafalgar Square thus passengers boarding in Blackfriars Road could travel to Whitehall direct
Route altered between Westminster Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge to terminate at Trafalgar Square instead of Charing Cross LT Station and run via Whitehall and Fleet Street instead of Vicroria Embankment

RT2364 Victoria Embankment busmap.co.uk

Scanned from January 1976 Red Book The garage journeys via Acre Lane shown - unusual for an LT publication at this time

Saturday night service introduced thus service now runs nightly

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Westminster Bridge - Oval - Stockwell - Clapham - Tooting - Southcroft Road - STREATHAM GARAGE
Meal relief journeys diverted at Stockwell via Vauxhall Bridge to VICTORIA
Amended to run as above - the Brixton section replaced by new N78
Converted to OPO

DMS2317 Trafalgar Square complete wth " Pay conductor board " busmap.co.uk

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Westminster Bridge - Oval - Stockwell - Clapham - Tooting - Southcroft Road - STREATHAM St Leonards Church
Meal relief journeys diverted at Stockwell via Vauxhall Bridge to VICTORIA
Withdrawn in Streatham between St Leonards Church and Garage

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Westminster Bridge - Oval - Stockwell - Clapham - Tooting
THEN Southcroft Road - STREATHAM St Leonards Church
OR Colliers Wood - South Wimbledon - Wimbledon - Worple Road - RAYNES PARK
Meal relief journeys diverted at Stockwell via Vauxhall Bridge to VICTORIA ( INBOUND ONLY )
Bifurcation added from Tooting to Rayes Park
Meal relief journeys revised to run inbound only

Scanned from Getting about booklet dated December 1986

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Westminster Bridge - Oval - Stockwell - Clapham - Tooting
THEN Southcroft Road - STREATHAM St Leonards Church
OR Colliers Wood - South Wimbledon - Wimbledon - Worple Road - Raynes Park - New Malden - Tolworth - Hook - SURBITON STATION
Meal relief journeys diverted at Stockwell via Vauxhall Bridge to VICTORIA ( INBOUND ONLY )
Raynes Park section extended to Surbiton

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Westminster Bridge - Oval - Stockwell - Clapham - Tooting
THEN Southcroft Road - STREATHAM St Leonards Church
OR Colliers Wood - South Wimbledon - Wimbledon - Worple Road - Raynes Park - New Malden - Norbiton- Kingston - HAMPTON COURT
Meal relief journeys diverted at Stockwell via Vauxhall Bridge to VICTORIA ( INBOUND ONLY )
WITHDRAWN between New Malden and Surbiton - this section partly replaced by revised N14
At New Malden diverted to run via Kingston to Hampton Court

M231 Aldwych New Years Day 1994 busmap.co.uk

18.08.95
Withdrawn - mainly replaced by New N155

Garages

BN Brixton
Changeover point not necessary - straight duties

SW Stockwell
Changeover point not necessary - straight duties
From April 1984 meal reliefs taken at Victoria