Route History

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
15.08.62
BK
5RT
6RT
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BECONTREE HEATH (Mon-Sat) - Green Lane - Becontree - Bennetts Castle Lane - Longbridge Road - Barking - East Ham - Upton Park - PLAISTOW Greengate ( Mon-Sat ) -
CANNING TOWN
( Sats afts )
Route introduced to partly replace withdrawn section of Route 5

May 1963 first and last times

12.10.63
BK
5RT
--
--
 
WH321+
--
6RTL
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BECONTREE HEATH (Mon-Sat) -  PLAISTOW Greengate (Mon-Fri/Sat  am/evgs) - CANNING TOWN (Sat afts)
Saturday BK allocation transferred to WH.

October 1963 first and last times

RTL681 (WH)  seen at ?

Part of Jeff Lloyd collection


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


27.01.65
U
11RT
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BECONTREE HEATH - CANNING TOWN ( Mon-Fri ) - SILVERTOWN Holt Road ( Mon-Fri peaks )
Barking (BK) & West Ham (WH)allocations withdrawn.
Mon-Fri Upton Park (U) allocation introduced.
Mon-Fri extended from Plaistow to Canning Town and further extended from Canning Town to Silvertown peak timesvia Route 58.


RT2447 Barking Road where the trolleybus poles are still in place

 


02.09.65
U
11RM
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--

BECONTREE HEATH - CANNING TOWN (Mon-Fri) - SILVERTOWN Holt Road (Mon-Fri peaks)
RT type replaced by RM.

30.12.66
Last day of operation

Operating Garages

BK Barking
Changeover point
outside garage

U Upton Park
Changeover point
Priory Road

WH West Ham
Changeover point
Greengate