Route History

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
27.10.84
PD41+
7T
6T
--

BEXLEYHEATH Market Place  ( Mon-Sat except evenings )  - Erith Road - Bexley Road - Erith - West Street - Lower Road - Picardy Manor Way - ,( double run via Crabtree Manor Way and Anderson Way Mon-Fri peaks and lunchtime journeys )St. Thomas Road - Yarnton Way - Eynsham Drive - Abbey Wood - Plumstead - WOOLWICH Beresford Street (Mon-Fri midday / Sat shop hours ) Woolwich Road - CHARLTON Anchor & Hope Lane ( Mon-Fri peaks )
New Monday-Saturday OPO route - the 269 allocation was reduced

Timetable scanned from Getting About leaflet
02.11.85
BX101+
7T
6T
--

BEXLEYHEATH ( Mon-Sat except evenings )  -  WOOLWICH ( Mon-Sat except evenings )  -  CHARLTON ( Mon-Fri peaks )
PD allocation moved to Bexleyheath (BX)

Taken from 1985 map
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25.04.86
BX101+
7L
10L
--

BEXLEYHEATH ( Mon-Sat except evenings )  -  WOOLWICH ( Mon-Sat except evenings )  -  CHARLTON ( Mon-Fri peaks )
Titans replaced by Olympians

16.08.86
PD281+
7L
6L
--

BEXLEYHEATH ( Mon-Sat except evenings )  -  WOOLWICH ( Mon-Sat except evenings )  -  CHARLTON ( Mon-Fri peaks )
Bexleyheath (BX) closed - allocation moved back to Plumstead (PD)

 

L30 leaves General Gordon Place

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Autocheck was a disastrous ticket system introduced in late 1986 and taken out in late 1988. It read people’s passes but sadly usually ate them up!! If it was ok then it would beep ok but if not would beep a loud noise . It took up one seat normally on the bus but there was a machine on both sides. Sadly the mechanisms soon got dust or other things in them.

Garages that used them were PD, SP, TL for the 160, and NX for the 89. It was designed for the Woolwich and Bexleyheath areas. It was as I say a disaster and in the end due to the problems people would not use the machines. If a pass got stuck you put your budget key in and twisterd it out. Sadly the pass was usually mangled .

Comments by Steve Barker ( DT Garage )

 

16.01.88
Route withdrawn - Belvedere to Woolwich section replaced by newly tendered 401

Operating Garage

PD Plumstead
Crew Changeover point PD Garage

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Date of edit   Friday, 09.02.24

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