Route History

Date of introduction
Gar
Sun-Thur
nights
Friday
night
Saturday
night
27.04.96
NX67,69
2T
2T
2T
New service

TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Aldwych - Waterloo - Elephant & Castle - Camberwell Green - Peckham - New Cross - Brockley Cross - Brockley Rise - Stanstead Road - Catford Bridge - Catford - Sangley Road - HITHER GREEN STATION ( Nightly )
New route replaces most of withdrawn N71 and Catford to Hither Green section of N79

T806 Hither Green

© Brian Creasey


28.04.00
NX67,69
2NV
2NV
2NV

TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD STATION - Holborn - Kingsway - Aldwych - Waterloo - Elephant & Castle - Camberwell Green - Peckham - New Cross - Brockley Cross - Brockley Rise - Stanstead Road - Catford Bridge - Catford - Sangley Road - HITHER GREEN STATION ( Nightly )
Rerouted at  Aldwych to TCR instead of Trafalgar Square


NV31 Trafalgar Square

© Brian Creasey


27.04.01
NX51+
4PVL
4PVL
4PVL

TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD STN  -  HITHER GREEN
Converted to low floor - frequency increase and running number sequence altered


28.04.06
NX51+
4PVL
4PVL
4PVL

TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD STATION - Holborn - Kingsway - Aldwych - Waterloo - Elephant & Castle - Camberwell Green - Peckham - New Cross - Brockley Cross - Brockley Rise - Stanstead Road - Catford Bridge - Catford -  CATFORD GARAGE ( Nightly )
Rerouted at Catford Town Centre to Catford Garage instead of Hither Green - section between Catford and Hither Green left unserved during the night

29.04.11
NX71+
4WVL
4WVL
4WVL
Contract renewal

TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD STATION - Holborn - Kingsway - Aldwych - Waterloo - Elephant & Castle - Camberwell Green - Peckham - New Cross - Brockley Cross - Brockley Rise - Stanstead Road - Catford Bridge - Catford - Sangley Road - HITHER GREEN STATION ( Nightly )
Reverted to work to Hither Green instead of Catford Garage
Contract renewal

WVL386 Hither Green

© Robert Mighton


30.04.16
NX71+
4WVL
5WVL
5WVL
All buses are ex 171 and thus running numbers are not in sequence

TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD STN  -  HITHER GREEN
Contract extended for two years

23.07.16
NX71+
4WVL
5WVL
5WVL
All buses are ex 171 and thus running numbers are not in sequence

HOLBORN  -  HITHER GREEN STN
Withdrawn between Holborn and Tottenham Court Road ( temporary )

Taken from 2017 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

28.04.18
NX71+
5EH
6EH
6EH
All buses are ex 171 and thus running numbers are not in sequence

TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD  -  CATFORD GARAGE
Contract renewal

E267 Hither Green

© Robert Mighton

Current Blind



n171

 

 

 

Garage

NX New Cross
Meal reliefs at garage

Route N171 Route guide

 

© Ian Armstrong 2024
Date of edit   Monday, 20.05.24