Route History

Date	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
27.02.63	E	7RT	7RT	--

ALEXANDRA PARK Victoria  -  Priory Road - Turnpike Lane - The Roundway  -  Great Cambridge Road - Bullsmoor Lane - Waltham CrosS  -  ,Waltham Abbey - Honey Lane - Woodridden Hill - EPPING FOREST Wake Arms (Mon-Sat)
New Route which followed Route 217 from Alexandra Park to Waltham Abbey and then withdrawn section of  Route  242

07.09.68

E

4RT

4RT

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ENFIELD TOWN - Southbury Road - Great Cambridge Road - Waltham X - Waltham Abbey - Honey Lane - Woodridden Hill - EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Mon-Sat )
Withdrawn between Ponders End and Turnpike Lane and diverted instead to Enfield Town.

15.02.69	E	-	4RT	--
	L	5RT	--	--

ENFIELD TOWN  - EPPING FOREST ( Mon-Sat )
Mon-Fri Enfield (E) allocation transferred to Loughton (L)

16.01.71

L

5RT

4RT

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ENFIELD TOWN - EPPING FOREST Wake Arms ( Mon-Sat )  - Golding Hill - LOUGHTON GARAGE ( Mon-Sat journeys )
Enfield (E) allocation withdrawn.

21.06.75

L

5RT

4RT

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ENFIELD TOWN - Southbury Road - Great Cambridge Road - Waltham X - Waltham Abbey - Honey Lane - Ninefields - Woodridden Hill - Epping Forest - LOUGHTON GARAGE (Mon-Sat)
Diverted via Shernbroke Road to serve Ninefields Estate.

10.04.76

L41+

5RT

4RT

2RT

ENFIELD TOWN (Mon-Sat except evenings) - WALTHAM CROSS (Mon-Sat evenings / Suns) - LOUGHTON GARAGE
Mon-Sat evening service withdrawn between Enfield and Waltham Cross - compensated with the introduction of Route 217B
Sunday service introduced between Waltham Cross and Loughton Garage to partly replace withdrawn 205A.

Taken from 1976 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk

19.08.77
Last day of operation - partly replaced by improvements to Green Line Route 703
This also meant the last day of crew operation at Loughton Garage

Operating Garages

E Enfield
Changeover point Great Cambridge Road / Southbury Road.

L Loughton
Changeover point at garage.