Route History


06.07.52
AW
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3RTL
 
NX
19STL
14RT
6RT

WOOLWICH General Gordon Place (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat/Sun) Woolwich Common - ELTHAM Well Hall Station (Mon-Fri) Lee Green - Lewisham - NEW CROSS (Sat pm/Sun) Old Kent Road - Bricklayers Arms - Great Dover Street - Borough - Southwark Bridge - CANNON STREET Dowgate Hill (Mon-Fri/Sat am)
New Tram Replacement Service for Tram #46

Extracted from 1952 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk


06.05.53
AW
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--
3RTL
 
NX
21RT
14RT
6RT

WOOLWICH General Gordon Place (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat/Sun) - ELTHAM Well Hall Station (Mon-Fri) - NEW CROSS (Sat pm/Sun) - CANNON STREET Dowgate Hill (Mon-Fri/Sat am)
Mon-Fri STL type replaced by RT.

06.10.54
AW
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--
3RTL
 
NX
21RT
14RT
4RT

WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat/Sun) - ELTHAM Well Hall (Mon-Fri) - LEWISHAM (Suns) - NEW CROSS GARAGE (Sat pm) - CANNON STREET (Mon-Fri/Sat am)
Sunday withdrawn between Lewisham & New Cross except for garage journeys.

Taken from 1955 amendment leaflet

04.05.55
AW
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--
3RT
 
NX
20RT
12RT
3RT

WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat/Sun) - ELTHAM Well Hall (Mon-Fri) - LEWISHAM (Suns) - NEW CROSS GARAGE (Sat pm) - CANNON STREET (Mon-Fri/Sat am)
RTL type at AW replaced by RT.

30.04.58
AW
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2RT
 
NX
19RT
9RT
2RT

WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat/Sun) - ELTHAM Well Hall (Mon-Fri) - LEWISHAM (Suns) - NEW CROSS (Mon-Fri evgs/Sat pm) - CANNON STREET (Mon-Fri except evgs/Sat am)
Mon-Fri evgs withdrawn between New Cross and Cannon Street.


26.11.58
NX
16RT
9RT
1RT/89

WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat/Sunam jnys) - ELTHAM (Mon-Fri) - NEW CROSS (Mon-Fri evgs/Sat pm/Sun am jnys) - CANNON STREET (Mon-Fri except evgs/Sat am)
Sunday service withdrawn except for a few early am journeys - thus Abbey Wood allocation not needed


31.12.66
NX
12RT
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      1RT/21 1RT/89

WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat & Sun jnys) - ELTHAM Well Hall Station (Mon-Fri) - NEW CROSS GARAGE (Mon-Fri evgs/Sat & Sun jnys) - CANNON STREET (Mon-Fri except evgs/one Sat am jny)
Saturday withdrawn except for night journeys between Woolwich and New Cross or Cannon Street


RT2930 Cannon Street stand at Dowgate Hill

14.06.68
Last day of operation

Operating Garages

AW Abbey Wood
Changeover point General Gordon Place

NX New Cross
Changeover point outside garage.