Route History

26.10.49

P

6RT

8RT

6RT

PECKHAM Lord Hill - Peckham Hill Street - Rye Lane - Peckham Rye - Nunhead Lane - Evelina Road - Kimberly Avenue - Gibbon Road - Ivydale Road - Cheltenham Road - Peckham Rye - PECKHAM Lord Hill
Circular route in both directions
Before this date the route was single deck and numbered 243 but because LT had a policy of numbering double deck routes below 200 - hence the change

25.01.50

P

5RT 1G

7RT 1G

5RT 1G

PECKHAM Lord Hill -PECKHAM Lord Hill
Circular route in both directions
G class introduced.

02.05.51	AH	5RT 1G	2RT 1G	--
	PM	--	4RT	6RT

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Withdrawn between Lord Hill and Peckham Garage,.
Old Kent Road allocation transferred to Nunhead (AH) and Peckham (PM).

14.05.52	AH	5RT 1G	--	--
	PM	--	8RT	6RT

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Saturday Nunhead (AH) allocation withdrawn.

06.01.54	PM	6RT	8RT	--
	RL	--	--	5RT

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Nunhead (AH) allocation withdrawn - allocation transferred to Peckham (PM) - Present Sunday (PM) allocation transferred to Rye Lane (RL)

19.05.54

PM

6RT

8RT

5RT

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Rye Lane (RL) allocation withdrawn.

02.05.56	PM	5RT	7RT	--
	RL	--	--	4RT

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Sunday only Rye Lane (RL) allocation re-introduced - Sunday PM withdrawn.

30.04.58

PM

5RT

7RT

4RT

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Rye Lane (RL) allocation withdrawn.

26.11.58	PM	5RT	7RT	--
	RL	--	--	3RT

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Rye Lane (RL) allocation re-introduced.

13.05.59

PM

5RT

7RT

4RT

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Rye Lane (RL) allocation withdrawn.

09.05.62

RL

5RT

7RT

3RT

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Rye Lane (RL) allocation re-introduced on a daily basis.

18.12.62

RL

5RT

7RM

3RM

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Weekend Routemaster operation buses spare ex 36B.

27.02.63	PM	5RT	--	--
	RL	--	7RM	3RM

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Mon-Fri Peckham allocation re-introduced.

07.04.65	PM	5RT	7RM	--
	RL	--	--	3RM

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Saturday Peckham allocation re-introduced.

18.11.67	PM	6RM	7RM	--
	RL	--	--	3RM

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Mon-Fri Routemaster operation introduced.

22.03.69

PM

5RM

7RM

3RM

PECKHAM GARAGE - Nunhead - PECKHAM GARAGE
Circular route in both directions
Rye Lane (RL) closure

24.01.70
Route converted to single deck OPO and renumbered P3 

 

Operating Garages

PM Peckham
Changeover point at garage

RL Rye Lane
Changeover point at garage

P Old Kent Road
Changeover point Lord Hill

AH Nunhead
Changeover point outside garage