Route History
Date |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
| at 03.10.34 | Q |
9NS |
-- |
-- |
W |
19NS |
24NS |
20NS |
ALPERTON STATION - Ealing Road - Wembley - Wembley Park Drive - Blackbird Cross - Neasden -Dudden Hill Lane - Willesden - Kensal Rise - Harrow Road - Westbourne Park Stn - Notting Hill Gate - Kensington - Knightsbridge - Sloane Square - Pimlico Road - VICTORIA STATION
| 07.06.39 | AC |
-- |
9STL |
-- |
ON |
15STL |
15STL |
19STL |
|
Q |
9STL |
-- |
-- |
ALPERTON
STATION - VICTORIA STATION
Cricklewood (W) allocation withdrawn
Saturday only Willesden (AC) introduced
Daily Alperton (ON) allocation introduced
| 08.11.39 | ON |
15STL |
15STL |
15STL |
ALPERTON - WILLESDEN GARAGE - ( evenings ) - VICTORIA ( except evenings )
Evening service withdrawn between Willesden Garage and Victoria
Saturday only Willesden (AC) withdrawn
Mon-Fri only Camberwell (Q) withdrawn
 |
| 15.05.40 | AC |
18STL |
18STL |
-- |
ON |
-- |
-- |
15STL |
ALPERTON - WILLESDEN GARAGE ( Mon-Fri / Sun evenings ) - VICTORIA ( Sat pm / Sun daytime) - Victoria Street - Horseferry Road - Lambeth Bridge - Lambeth Palace Road - York Road - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri daytime / Sat am )
Saturday evening service restored between Willesden and Victoria
Mon-Fri except evenings and Sat am extended from Victoria to Waterloo
Mon-Sat Alperton (ON) replaced by Willesden (AC)
| 20.11.40 | AC |
18STL |
18STL |
15STL |
ALPERTON - WILLESDEN GARAGE ( Mon-Fri / Sun evenings ) - VICTORIA ( Sat pm / Sun daytime) - Victoria Street - Horseferry Road - Lambeth Bridge - Lambeth Palace Road - York Road - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri daytime / Sat am )
Sunday only Alperton (ON) replaced by Willesden (AC) - new 187 allocation at Alperton compensated
| 14.05.41 | AC |
18STL |
18STL |
15STL |
ALPERTON - WILLESDEN ( Sunday evenings ) - VICTORIA ( Mon-Fri evenings / Sat pm / Suns except evenings ) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri daytime / Sat am )
Mon-Fri evening service restored between Willesden and Victoria
| 29.10.41 | AC |
18STL |
18STL |
15STL |
ALPERTON - WILLESDEN GARAGE - ( evenings ) - VICTORIA ( Sat afternoons / Sunday daytime) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri except evenings / Sat am )
Daily evening service withdrawn between Willesden and Victoria
| 25.03.42 | AC |
18STL |
18STL |
6STL |
ALPERTON - WILLESDEN GARAGE - ( Mon-Sat evenings / Sun) - VICTORIA ( Sat afternoons) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri except evenings / Sat am )
Sunday withdrawn between Willesden to Victoria
| 22.04.42 | AC |
12STL |
12STL |
6STL |
ON |
6STL |
6STL |
-- |
ALPERTON - WILLESDEN GARAGE - ( Mon-Sat evenings / Sun) - VICTORIA ( Sat afternoons) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri except evenings / Sat am )
Mon-Sat Alperton (ON) reintroduced
| 28.10.42 | AC |
14STL |
14STL |
-- |
ON |
4STL |
4STL |
-- |
ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - VICTORIA ( Mon-Sat except evenings) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Sat peaks )
Sunday service withdrawn - replaced by extending Route 8 from Kingsbury to Alperton on that day
Withdrawn between Victoria and Waterloo except Mon-Sat peaks
| 14.07.43 | AC |
14STL |
14STL |
-- |
ON |
4STL |
4STL |
-- |
ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - VICTORIA ( Mon-Sat except evenings) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Sat peaks )
Diverted between Willesden and Neasden via Neasden Lane instead of Dudden Hill Lane creating a new link
| 27.10.43 | AC |
17STL |
18STL |
-- |
ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - VICTORIA ( Mon-Sat except evenings) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Sat peaks )
Alperton (ON) withdrawn
| 13.02.46 | AC |
17STL |
18STL |
-- |
ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Sat except evenings )
Mon-Sat off peak service restored between Victoria and Waterloo
 |
| 20.10.48 | AC |
21RT |
20RT |
-- |
ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Sat except evenings )
RT type introduced
02.05.51 |
AC |
22RTW |
22RTW |
-- |
ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Sat except evenings )
RTW
type introduced.
 |
RTW374 with reduced blind layout at Alperton Station © Graham Burgess |
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22.10.52 |
AC |
22RTW |
22RTW |
-- |
ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri except evenings / Sat peaks )
Mon-Fri evenings and Sat afternoons withdrawn between Willesden and Victoria/Waterloo
 |
30.04.58 |
AC |
17RTW |
15RTW |
-- |
ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri except evenings / Sat peaks )
Service cut
 |
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Taken from 1958 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk |
02.09.65 |
AC |
16RM |
11RM |
-- |
ALPERTON ( Mon-Sat ) - WILLESDEN ( Mon-Sat evenings ) - WATERLOO ( Mon-Fri except evenings / Sat peaks )
Routemaster
introduction.
 |
07.09.68 |
X |
10RM |
-- |
-- |
VICTORIA
- KENSAL RISE STN (Mon-Fri) - NEASDEN (Mon-Fri peaks)
Mon-Fri withdrawn between Victoria and Waterloo - and
Kensal Rise and Alperton except for peak journeys to Neasden. Saturday
withdrawn altogether.
AC allocation transferred to Middle Row (X)
Neasden to Alperton section replaced by new 297
 |
RM2215 is seen in Buckingham Palace Road before the Red Arrow 507 takes over the Victoria to Waterloo section
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19.07.69 |
X |
9RM |
-- |
-- |
VICTORIA
- KENSAL RISE STN (Mon-Fri) - WILLESDEN GARAGE (Mon-Fri
peaks)
Peak service withdrawn between Willesden and Neasden
25.10.69
Route withdrawn.
Operating Garages
AC
Willesden
Changeover at garage
X
Middle Row
Changeover at Kensal Rise
ON Alperton
Changeover at garage
W Cricklewood
Changeover point not known
Q Camberwell
Changeover at Victoria
