Route History

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
26.11.88
HL141+
4MT
4MT
4MT


GREENFORD Red Lion - Greenford Road - Fleming Road - Edison Drive - Telford Road - Dormer's Well Lane - North Road - Thurston Road - Allendale Avenue - Dormers Avenue - Denbigh Road - Lady Margaret Road - Southall - Southall Station - Featherstone Road - Western Road - Havelock Road - Hunt Road - Hillary Road - and Gregory Road - HAVELOCK ESTATE return direct
NEW ROUTE sponsored by London Borough of Ealing. Replaced Route 105 Havelock Estate section.

27.03.93
G
4MT
4MT
4MT

GREENFORD - HAVELOCK ESTATE
Hanwell (HL) closed - allocation moved to Greenford (G)

 

 

MT1 waits at the Windmill Lane stand at Greenford

 


24.07.93
G
2MA/2MT
2MA/2MT
2MA/1MT

GREENFORD - HAVELOCK ESTATE
MA type introduced.

MA7 seen in Southall
ML109 Greenford Stand

10.10.98
G
6DMS
6DMS
3DMS

GREENFORD Red Lion - TOPLOCKS ESTATE
Extended daily within the Havelock Estate to Toplocks Estate with buses running in both directions Havelock Road - Hunt Road - Hillary Road - and Gregory Road back to Havelock Road and then onto the new toplocks Estate with buses terminating at Glade Lane

 

DMS338 Southall

 


25.05.02
G
11DMS
11DMS
7DMS

PERIVALE Medway Estate - TOPLOCKS ESTATE
Start of new contract and extended from Greenford to Perivale via Ruislip Road East - Argyle Road - Welland Gardens to Medway Estate. There was a complex and unusual routeing whereby two loops after Medway Parade running north along Medway Drive - right into Woodhouse Avenue - Hodder Drive then pause at Barmouth Avenue departing via Conway Crescent - Thames Avenue - Woodhouse Avenue - Medway Drive - Medway Parade and return to Southall

DMS263 seen at Greenford
25.11.06
G
11DMS
11DMS
7DMS

TOPLOCKS ESTATE - PERIVALE Tesco
Withdrawn from the loop around Medway Estate and extended from Medway Parade via Welland Gardens - Teignmouth Gardens - and Bideford Avenue to Tesco

DMS44418 at the Toplocks Terminus

22.06.13
G501+
11DES
11DES
6DES
Contract novated to Metroline West Ltd

TOPLOCKS ESTATE - PERIVALE Tesco
New operator

31.05.14
G501+
11DES
11DES
6DES

TOPLOCKS ESTATE - PERIVALE Tesco
Contract extended for two years

DES1706 Argyle Road, Ealing

© TC378


05.03.16
G501+
11DES
11DES
6DES

Perivale Tesco - Bideford Avenue - Teignmouth Gardens - double run via Welland Gardens - Medway Parade to Barmouth Avenue roundabout - Argyle Road - Ruislip Road East - Greenford - Greenford Road - Fleming Road - Longridge Lane - Edison Drive - Dormer's Wells - Telford Road - Dormer's Wells Lane - Allenby Road - North Road - Thurston Road - Allendale Avenue - Dormer's Avenue - Denbigh Road - Lady Margaret Road - South Road - Southall Station - The Green - Featherstone Road - Dudley Road - Sussex Road - Western Road - Havelock Road -
Hunt Road - Hillary Road (west) - Havelock Estate - Gregory Road (full length) - Havelock Road - McNair Road - Post Road - Toplocks Glade Lane
At Hillary Road Southall rerouted direct to Toplocks via Gregory Road instead of previous loop working

28.05.16
WS271+
12SE
12SE
7SE
CONTRACT REASSIGNED TO ABELLIO

TOPLOCKS ESTATE - PERIVALE Tesco
New operator

The new order is represented here by Abellio 8143 at
Southall Station bridge on the first day

Image kindly supplied by © Aubrey Morandarte.


25.03.17
TF301+
12SE
12SE
7SE

TOPLOCKS ESTATE - PERIVALE Tesco
Allocation moved from Hayes (WS) to Fulwell (TF)

29.07.17
AB271+
12SE
12SE
7SE

TOPLOCKS ESTATE - PERIVALE Tesco
Allocation moved to new Southall (AB) garage

13.07.19
GW301+
12SE
12SE
7SE

TOPLOCKS ESTATE - PERIVALE Tesco
Allocation moved to new garge in Southall at Armstrong Way (GW)

29.05.21
GW301+
12SE
12SE
8SE

TOPLOCKS ESTATE - PERIVALE Tesco
Contract extended for two years

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Live Visual

 

 

Current Blind



E5

2014 Map

Extracted from2014 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

Operating Garage

AB Southall
Crew Changeover point at Toplocks Estate

GW Southall
Crew Changeover point at Toplocks Estate

G Greenford
Crew Changeover point outside depot on Greenford Road

HL Hanwell
Crew Changeover point Greenford ?

WS Hayes
Crew Changeover point Greenford ?

TF Fulwell
Crew Changeover point outside Metroline depot on Greenford Road