Route History

27.11.40
TB
3STL
3STL
2STL

CONEY HALL  - Bourne Way - Hayes - Pickhurst Lane - Westmoreland Road - Bromley South - BROMLEY NORTH STATION
Prior to this date the route had been single deck and numbered 232

Extracted from historical map 18.12.40 drawn by Mike Harris
The Greater London Bus Map

11.10.50
TB
5RTW
5RTW
5RTW

CONEY HALL  -   BROMLEY NORTH STATION
RTW type introduced
02.05.51
TB
5RT
5RT
3RT

CONEY HALL  -   BROMLEY NORTH STATION
RTW type transferred to Central London routes as the police now allowed the wider bus.

19.05.54
TB
5RT
6RT
--
 
TL
--
--
6RT

CONEY HALL - BROMLEY NORTH STATION (Mon-Fri) - Burnt Ash Lane - GROVE PARK STATION (Sat/Sun) - CATFORD GARAGE (Sunday garage journeys)
Sat and Sun extended from Bromley North to Grove Park via Route 94
Sunday allocation moved to Catford (TL)


17.10.56
TB
6RT
6RT
3RT

CONEY HALL - BROMLEY NORTH STATION (Mon-Fri/Sat am/Sun) - GROVE PARK STATION (Sat afts)
Withdrawn between Bromley and Grove Park except for 20 minute service between 1300 and 1800 Saturday.
Catford (TL) allocation withdrawn.

30.04.58
TB
6RT
6RT
3RT

CONEY HALL  -   BROMLEY NORTH STATION - GROVE PARK STATION (Sat afts)
Map below

Extracted from historical map 30.04.58 drawn by Mike Harris
The Greater London Bus Map


26.11.58
TB
6RT
5RT
--

CONEY HALL - BROMLEY NORTH STATION ( Mon-Sat )
Saturday afternoon service between Bromley and Grove Park withdrawn - and Sunday service withdrawn altogether.

Taken from November 1958 Red Book

 

RT3368 rests at Bromley North

 
15.02.69
TB
6RT
5RT
--

CONEY HALL - BROMLEY NORTH STATION ( Mon-Sat )
Full timetable below

10.05.69
TB
8MB
5MB
--

Converted to single deck OPO.

 

MB321 Coney Hall stand

 
27.04.75
TB61+
8DMS
5DMS
--

Converted to double deck operation.

DMS1602 Bromley Town Centre

© John Parkin
21.10.79
TB61+
7LS
7LS
--

Converted back to single deck operation.

 

LS400 is leaving the Princes Way stand

 
27.04.85
TB61+
T ex 119
T ex 119
--

CONEY HALL - BROMLEY NORTH STATION ( Mon-Sat )
Joint allocation with 119 introduced thus double deck operation again.

29.07.89
Route withdrawn - replaced by extended service B1.

Operating Garage

TB Bromley
Crew Changeover point at Bromley North Station or Westmoreland Road

TL Catford
Crew Changeover point not known - but a study of the 1958 timetable the garage journeys went via Route 69 from Grove Park to garage