WILLESDEN White Hart - HACKNEY  WICK - LEYTON TOWN HALL ( Mon-Sat peaks / evenings / Thur/Sat midday journeys)
Thur and Sat midday journeys extended from Hackney Wick to Leyton Town Hall

WILLESDEN White Hart - HACKNEY  WICK - LEYTON TOWN HALL ( Mon-Sat peaks / evenings / Thur/Sat midday journeys / Sun evenings)
Sunday evening journeys extended from Hackney Wick to Leyton Town Hall

WILLESDEN White Hart - HACKNEY  WICK - LEYTON TOWN HALL ( Mon-Sat peaks / evenings / Thur/Sat midday journeys / Sun pm journeys)
Sunday afternoon journeys extended from Hackney Wick to Leyton Town Hall

WILLESDEN White Hart ( Mon-Sat except evenings ) - KENSAL RISE STATION ( Mon-Sat evenings / Suns ) - HACKNEY  WICK - LEYTON TOWN HALL ( Mon-Sat peaks )
Withdrawn Mon-Sat evenings and Sunday between Kensal Rise and Willesden
Thur / Sat midday journeys and Sun pm journeys to Leyton Town Hall withdrawn

STL239 seen at ? Paul Van der Hulks photography

KENSAL RISE STATION - HACKNEY  WICK - LEYTON TOWN HALL ( Mon-Sat peaks )
Withdrawn between Kensal Rise and Willesden except for garage journeys

02.05.51	AC	30RTW	28RTW	20RTW
Joint with Route 6A Mon-Sat	H	25RTW	25RTW	20RTW

KENSAL RISE STATION - HACKNEY  WICK - LEYTON TOWN HALL ( Mon-Sat peaks )
Allocation changed from STL to RTW

	RTW172 passes the National Gallery

KENSAL RISE STN - HACKNEY WICK (Mon-Fri/Sun)- LEYTON TOWN HALL (Mon-Fri peaks)
Saturday Route withdrawn in favour of new 6B and regular Route on 6A.

Click map to expand but click here for Hackney to Leyton Town Hall section
Taken from 1964 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

KENSAL RISE STN - HACKNEY WICK (Mon-Fri/Sun)- LEYTON TOWN HALL (Mon-Fri peaks)
RTW type replaced by new RM type.

KENSAL RISE STN - HACKNEY WICK (Mon-Fri/Sun)- LEYTON TOWN HALL (Mon-Fri peaks)
Hackney (H) RM replaced by RML

KENSAL RISE STN - HACKNEY WICK (Mon-Fri/Sun)- LEYTON TOWN HALL (Mon-Fri peaks)
Willesden (AC) RM type replaced by new RML type.

KENSAL RISE STATION (Mon-Fri/Sun) - WARWICK AVENUE STN (Sats) - HACKNEY WICK - LEYTON (Mon-Fri am peak)
Route 6A on Saturday restricted to limited peak Route therefore Saturday 6 reintroduced but only as far as Warwick Avenue Station.

KENSAL RISE STN - ALDWYCH (Sat) - HACKNEY WICK (Mon-Fri/Sun) - LEYTON TOWN HALL (Monday-Friday am peak)
Saturday extended from Warwick Avenue to Kensal Rise to compensate for withdrawal of Route 6B but withdrawn between Aldwych and Hackney Wick which was replaced by a regular Saturday Route on 6A between Marylebone Station and Hackney Wick.

KENSAL RISE STN - ALDWYCH (Sat) - HACKNEY WICK (Mon-Fri/Sun)
Withdrawn between Hackney Wick and Leyton Town Hall.

KENSAL RISE STN - HACKNEY WICK
Saturday Route re-introduced between Aldwych and Hackney Wick but Route was split into two overlapping sections:
Kensal Rise and Aldwych / Oxford Circus and Hackney Wick.
This in actual fact was the 6A withdrawn between Oxford Circus and Marylebone and renumbered 6.

KENSAL RISE STN - HACKNEY WICK
Saturday through Route was re-introduced

WILLESDEN GARAGE ( garage journeys ) - High Road - Staverton Road - Mount Pleasant Road - KENSAL RISE STATION - West Kilburn -Carlton Vale - Kilburn Park Road - Shirland Road  -  Warwick Avenue Stn - Edgware Road - Marble Arch - Oxford Circus - Piccadilly Circus - Trafalgar Square - Strand - Aldwych - Ludgate Circus - Mansion House - Bank - Bishopsgate - Shoreditch - Hackney Road - Cambridge Heath - Hackney - Well Street - HACKNEY WICK
Diverted between Maida Hill and West Kilburn via Carlton Vale instead of Malvern Road

01.03.75	AC	19RML+	20RML	16RML
		1RM/52
	H	22RML	11RML	10RML

KENSAL RISE STN - HACKNEY WICK
Revised schedule

28.10.78	AC	15RML	9RML	12RML
	H	26RML	18RML	9RML

KENSAL RISE STN - HACKNEY WICK
Busplan 2

KENSAL RISE STN  -  HACKNEY WICK
Hackney Garage closed - new Ash Grove allocation introduced.

KENSAL RISE STN  -  HACKNEY WICK
Sunday AC allocation withdrawn and remainder converted to One Person Operation.

	T53 (AG) Oxford Circus busmap.co.uk

23.11.91	AC1+	26RML	25RML	18M
	BW	11RML	8RML	--

KENSAL RISE STN  -  HACKNEY WICK
AG allocation withdrawn.
Sunday AC introduced.
Mon-Sat BW allocation introduced.

	M394 (AC) Charing Cross Station busmap.co.uk

KENSAL RISE STN - ALDWYCH
Withdrawn between Aldwych and Hackney Wick but replaced by new Route 26 Waterloo and Hackney Wick.
Bow (BW) withdrawn

	RML2602 on the first day route was cut back, the via bli busmap.co.uk

KENSAL RISE STN - ALDWYCH
MS evening Route converted to OPO.

	LN30 Trafalgar Square busmap.co.uk

KENSAL RISE STN - ALDWYCH
AV type introduced

	AV34 approaches Queens Park

KENSAL RISE STN - ALDWYCH
VPL type introduced

	Advert free VPL172

KENSAL RISE STN - ALDWYCH
Converted to OPO - and route now 24hr as "N" prefix dropped.

	VP515 has just left the Aldwych stand

ALDWYCH - Kensal Rise - Chamberlayne Road - Donnington Road - Pound Lane - WILLESDEN GARAGE
Daily Route extended from Kensal Rise to Willesden Garage via new routeing as above

	New livery - new blind layout and shown on the new section of route at Willesden Sports Centre VP523

WILLESDEN GARAGE  -  ALDWYCH
Contract renewal - Mon-Fri peak REDUCTION - this allowed the 460 transfer into AC to partly compensate

WILLESDEN GARAGE  -  ALDWYCH
Contract extended for two years

	VWH2101 negioates Marble Arch

17.06.17	AC501+	24VWH	24VWH	17VWH
Night	AC731+	8VWH	10VWH	10VWH

WILLESDEN GARAGE  -  ALDWYCH
Rerouted between Marble Arch and Piccadilly Circus via Park Lane and Piccadilly instead of Oxford Street and Regent Street

Click map to enlarge

30.09.17	AC501+	24VWH	24VWH	17VWH
Night	AC731+	4VWH	8VWH	8VWH

WILLESDEN GARAGE  -  ALDWYCH
Night service frequencies reduced

	VWH2312 THE STRAND © Peter Dean

09.12.17	AC501+	24VWH	24VWH	17VWH
Night	AC731+	4VWH	8VWH	8VWH

WILLESDEN GARAGE  -  ALDWYCH
Contract renewal

10.12.22	AC501+	23VWH	23VWH	16VWH
Night	AC731+	4VWH	8VWH	8VWH

WILLESDEN GARAGE  -  ALDWYCH
Contract extended for two years

29.04.23	AC501+	18VWH	18VWH	13VWH
Night	AC731+	4VWH	4VWH	4VWH

WILLESDEN GARAGE  - VICTORIA
Rerouted at Hyde Park Corner to replace Route 16, Aldwych section covered by revised Route 23

VWH2429 Terminus Place © Anthony Moore

 

2023 Map

Taken from 2023 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

Current blind

 

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Operating Garages

AC Willesden
Changeover point Kensal Rise Station or Willesden Garage

H Well Street - Hackney
Changeover point outside garage.

AG Ash Grove
Changeover point outside garage.

BW Bow
Changeover point at garage - buses running light from Hackney Wick

Live Visual