Route History

Date of introduction
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
31.03.79
L71+
4LS
4LS
4LS

WALTHAM CROSS - Waltham Abbey - Ninefields South - Epping Forest - Loughton - Valley Hill - Buckhurst Hill  -  Chigwell - GRANGE HILL Limes Farm Estate
NEW SERVICE, connections will be made at Wake Armsfor journeys to and from Epping, as aresult of this route being introduced Route 329 was diverted to run via Upshire

LS204 Chigwell Station

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Extracted from 1981 map which is available for sale in pdf format
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25.07.81
L71+
7LS
7LS
3LS

*Joint with 255
WALTHAM CROSS - Waltham Abbey - Ninefields South - Epping Forest - Loughton - Valley Hill - BUCKHURST HILL (Suns) Maybank Road - SOUTH WOODFORD STN (Mon-Sat)
Withdrawn between Chigwell and Limes Farm Estate - diverted via 255 to South Woodford instead

04.09.82
L71+
6LS
6LS
3LS

*Joint with 25OA
WALTHAM CROSS - LOUGHTON STN (Suns) - SOUTH WOODFORD STN (Mon-Sat)
Sunday withdrawn between Loughton and Buckhurst Hill. Also rerouted between Loughton and Buckhurst Hill via Loughton High Road and Palmerston Road instead of Roding Road - Valley Hill and Loughton Way - in fact the 167 and 250 exchanged routeings.

24.05.86
 Route transferred to Samson Coaches under Essex tendering scheme thus story ends here.

Note: The blinds at Loughton made provision for a routeing via West Hatch School but I have not found any evidence of this happening !!

Operating Garage

L Loughton
Changeover outside garage