Route History

Route 202 fares

Date of introduction
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
at 03.10.34
P
5LN
4DE
5LN
4DE
5LN

OLD KENT ROAD Canal Bridge - Rotherhithe New Road - Hawkstone Road - Surrey Docks - Trundleys Road - NEW CROSS Clifton Rise


1934 map
Extracted from 1934 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

27.05.36
P
9Q
9Q
6Q

OLD KENT ROAD Canal Bridge - NEW CROSS Clifton Rise
Converted to Q type

March 1940 first and last times

12.02.49
P
7Q
7Q
5Q

OLD KENT ROAD Canal Bridge - NEW CROSS Clifton Rise
See times below

1949 first and last times

19.12.52
P
7RF
7RF
5RF

OLD KENT ROAD Canal Bridge - NEW CROSS Clifton Rise
Q type replaced by RF.

27.11.57
P
7RF
6RF
4RF

NEW CROSS Clifton Rise - Trundleys Road - Surrey Docks - ROTHERHITHE NEW ROAD St James's Road (Suns) - St James's Road - Southwark Park Road - Galleywall Road - Rotherhithe New Road - Surrey Docks - Trundleys Road - NEW CROSS Clifton Rise (MS)
Sunday loop working via Galleywall Road withdrawn.

1957 first and last times

26.11.58
NX
7RF
6RF
4RF

NEW CROSS Clifton Rise - ROTHERHITHE NEW ROAD St James's Road (Suns) - NEW CROSS Clifton Rise ( Mon-Sat )
Old Kent Road garage closed - allocation transferred to New Cross (NX) - although garage journeys still started and finished at Old Kent Road

RF486 RF486 - taken from the Red RF page with permission from
Peter Osborne

01.07.64
NX
7RF
5RF
2RF

NEW CROSS Clifton Rise - Trundleys Road - Surrey Docks - ROTHERHITHE NEW ROAD St James's Road
Bermondsey loop working withdrawn in favour of new route 202A - allocation joint with 202A,

1964 first and last times

11.03.67
NX
7RF
4RF
2RF

NEW CROSS Clifton Rise - Trundleys Road - Surrey Docks - ROTHERHITHE NEW ROAD St James's Road (Suns) - St James's Road - Southwark Park Road - Galleywall Road - Rotherhithe New Road - Surrey Docks - Trundleys Road - NEW CROSS Clifton Rise ( Mon-Sat ))
Reverted to previous loop working and Route 202A withdrawn.

1967 first and last times

26.10.68
Withdrawn - replaced by new flat fare routes P1 and P2.  

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Operating Garages

P Old Kent Road
Changeover point at ?

NX New Cross
Changeover point at ?