Route History

 

Date of introduction
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
16.10.57
AC
--
--
10RTW
1RM
 
CL
--
--
RTW/8A

OLD FORD - Bethnal Green - Shoreditch - Liverpool Street - Bank - Holborn - Oxford Circus - Marble Arch - Maida Vale - Kilburn - Willesden - Neasden - Kingsbury - Wembley Park Stn - ALPERTON (Suns)
NEW ROUTE: Route 8 renumbered because on this date Mon-Fri extension to Wembley Pool.

Scanned from April 1958 Red Book - the complete book is available from the Sales List
13.05.59
AC
--
--
17RTW
1RM
 
CL
--
--
RTW ex 8A

OLD FORD  -  ALPERTON
RM type introduced.

RM5

 

A pristine RM5 waits in Pound Lane

 


11.11.59
AC
--
--
15RTW
 
BW
--
--
RTW ex 8A

OLD FORD  -  ALPERTON
CL closed - allocation transferred to BW.

Taken from 1964 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

11.05.60
AC
--
--
24RTW
 
BW
--
--
RTW ex 8A

Taken from 1960 allocation book which is available from the Sales List for £2.25

 

18.11.64
Route withdrawn - the Willesden to Alperton section left unserved