Route History

at 03.10.34
AM
22LT
16ST
32LT
 
P
21ST
26ST
17ST

WEST HAMPSTEAD West End Green - Abbey Road - Baker Street - Wigmore Street - Oxford Circus - Charing Cross - Westminster - Elephant - Old Kent Road - New Cross, Deptford Broadway - Greenwich - Woolwich Road - Charlton - Woolwich - PLUMSTEAD COMMON ( Mon-Sat ) - BOSTALL WOODS Plumstead Garage ( Suns )
Daily Plumstead (AM) allocation added

25.10.39
AM
16LT
13LT
11LT
 
P
17LT
15LT
13LT

WEST HAMPSTEAD West End Green ( except evenings ) - WOOLWICH ( evenings) - PLUMSTEAD COMMON ( Mon-Sat ) - BOSTALL WOODS Plumstead Garage ( Suns )
Withdrawn evenings between Woolwich and West Hampstead ( covered by New Route 53A   between Blackheath and West Hampstead )

03.01.40
AM
16LT+
13LT
7LT
    1LT/53A    
 
P
17LT
15LT
8LT

WEST HAMPSTEAD West End Green ( except Sun evenings ) -  WOOLWICH  ( Sun evgs )- PLUMSTEAD COMMON ( Mon-Sat / Sun am) - BOSTALL WOODS Plumstead Garage ( Sun pm)
Mon-Sat evening service reinstated throughout

20.03.40
AM
16LT+
15LT
8LT
    1LT/53A    
 
P
17LT
15LT
9LT

WEST HAMPSTEAD West End Green - PLUMSTEAD COMMON ( Mon-Sat ) - BOSTALL WOODS Plumstead Garage ( Suns )
Sunday evening service restored throughout

15.05.40
AM
25LT+
28LT
10LT
    2LT/53A    
 
P
--
--
7LT

Mon-Sat Old Kent Road (P) allocation withdrawn

20.11.40
AM
27LT
28LT
10LT
 
P
--
--
7LT

WEST HAMPSTEAD West End Green- PLUMSTEAD COMMON ( Mon-Sat  except evgs/ Sun am) - BOSTALL WOODS Plumstead Garage ( Sun pm)
Mon-Sat evenings withdrawn throughout

02.04.41
AM
21LT
6ST
17LT
11ST
17LT

Sunday only Old Kent Road (P) allocation withdrawn

25.03.42
AM
27LT
28LT
17LT

WEST HAMPSTEAD West End Green - PLUMSTEAD COMMON ( Mon-Sat ) - BOSTALL WOODS Plumstead Garage ( Suns )
Mon-Sat evening service reinstated throughout

28.10.42
AM
27LT
28LT
17LT

WEST HAMPSTEAD West End Green (Mon-Sat except evenings/ Suns)-- PLUMSTEAD COMMON ( Mon-Sat  except evgs/ Sun am) - BOSTALL WOODS Plumstead Garage ( Sun pm)
Mon-Sat evenings withdrawn throughout

27.10.43
AM
25LT
27LT
17LT

WEST HAMPSTEAD West End Green ( except evenings)-- PLUMSTEAD COMMON ( Mon-Sat  except evgs/ Sun am) - BOSTALL WOODS Plumstead Garage ( Sun afts)
Sunday evening service withdrawn

19.04.44
AM
27LT
28LT
17LT

WEST HAMPSTEAD West End Green (Mon-Sat except evenings/ Suns)- WOOLWICH ( Sat evgs ) - PLUMSTEAD COMMON ( Mon-Fri  except evgs/ Sat / Sun am) - BOSTALL WOODS Plumstead Garage ( Sun pm)
Sat evenings reinstatd between Woolwich and Plumstead Common
Sun evgs reinstated throughout

25.10.44
AM
27LT
28LT
17LT

WEST HAMPSTEAD West End Green (except evenings)- WOOLWICH ( Sat evgs ) - PLUMSTEAD COMMON ( Mon-Fri  except evgs/ Sat / Sun am) - BOSTALL WOODS Plumstead Garage ( Sun afts)
Sun evgs withdrawn throughout

02.05.45
AM
8LT
8LT
--

GREENWICH Ship & Billet  - PLUMSTEAD COMMON ( Mon-Sat except evenings )
Withdrawn between Greenwich and West Hampstead and reduced to Mon-Sat except evenings

13.02.46
AM
11LT
11LT
--

GREENWICH Blackheath Road  - PLUMSTEAD COMMON ( Mon-Sat )
Extended from Ship and Billet to Blackheath Road and evening service restored

Taken from 1946 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

06.07.52
Route withdrawn - replaced by improved service on Route 180.

Operating Garages

AM Plumstead
Changeover point ?

P Old Kent Road
Changeover point outside garage