Route History

Date of introduction	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
03.10.34	AP	39LT	44LT+	45LT+
			3LT/25	6LT/25
	G	7LT	--	--

VICTORIA - Hyde Park Corner - Piccadilly - Bond Street - Oxford Circus - Holborn -  Bank   -  Aldgate - Mile End Road - Bow Church - Stratford - Forest Gate - Manor Park - Ilford - Cranbrook Road  -  Gants Hill  -  Barkingside  -  CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Riverside (R) buses only used in peakhours between Victoria and Oxford Circus
Renumbered from 26

26.04.36	AP	41LT	45LT+	48LT+
			1LT/148	1LT/148
	G	7LT	--	**LT

VICTORIA -  CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Sunday Forest Gate (G) allocation introduced using buses ex 25

05.08.36	AP	41LT	45LT+	48LT+
			1LT/25 1LT/148	5LT/148
	G	7LT	--	9STL

VICTORIA -  CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Sunday Forest Gate (G) allocation now self contained and converted to STL

07.10.36	AP	42LT	45LT+	53LT
		--	1LT/25 1LT/148	--
	G	7STL	--	--

VICTORIA -  CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Sunday Forest Gate (G) withdrawn

09.12.36	AP	51LT	57LT+	53LT
		--	1LT/148	--
	G	7STL	--	--
	R	7LT	4LT

VICTORIA -  CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Mon-Sat Riverside (R) allocation previously used on Route 25 transferred to 25A

14.07.37	AP	51LT	58LT	59LT
	G	7STL	--	--
	R	7LT/11	4LT

VICTORIA -  CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Mon-FRI Riverside (R) allocaton now uses buses ex Route 11

23.03.38	AP	59LT	59LT	57LT
	R	5LT/11	4LT	--

VICTORIA -  CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Forest Gate (G) allocation withdrawn

12.10.38	AP	59LT	60LT	43LT
	R	5LT/11	4LT	--
	U	--	-	14LT

VICTORIA -  CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Sunday only Upton Park (U) allocation introduced

18.10.39	AP	16LT	17LT	11LT
	R	6LT	6LT	--

Split into 2 sections
VICTORIA - OXFORD CIRCUS ( Mon-Sat peaks )
ILFORD - CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Withdrawn between Ilford and Victoria except for Mon-Sat shuttle service between Victoria and Oxford Circus operated by Riverside (R)

20.03.40	AP	16LT	17LT	--
	GM	7STL	3STL	--
	U	--	--	11LT

VICTORIA - OXFORD CIRCUS ( Mon-Sat peaks )
ILFORD - CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Sunday Seven Kings (AP) allocation transferred to Upton Park (U)
Mon-Sat Riverside (R) allocation moved to newly opened Gillingham Street (GM) garage

25.03.42

AP

16LT

17LT

11LT

ILFORD - CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Victoria to Oxfod Circus section withdrawn thus GM allocation withdrawn

27.10.43

AP

17ST

16ST

10ST

ILFORD - CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Converted wholly to ST type

13.02.46	AP	17ST	10ST 6LT+	11LT+
			1LT/86A	1LT/25

STRATFORD BROADWAY ( Sun early am journeys ) - ILFORD - CHIGWELL ROW Maypole Inn ( DAILY )  -  LAMBOURNE END ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Sunday 2 early am journeys projected from Ilford to Stratford Broadway

 

 

15.09.48
Peak frequency between Ilford and Chigwell Row reduced and service renumbered 26

Operating Garages

AP Seven Kings
Changeover at Ilford

G Forest Gate
Changeover point at Green Street

U Upton Park
Changeover point at Green Street

GM Gillingham Street / Victoria
Changeover at Victoria

R Riverside, Hammersmith
Changeover not known