Date |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
03.10.34 |
T |
3LT |
3LT |
-- |
ILFORD STATION - Cranbrook Road - Gants Hill - Wanstead - LEYTONSTONE Green Man ( Mon-Sat )
Renumbered from 248
03.07.35 |
G |
6LT |
5LT |
4LT |
ILFORD STATION - Cranbrook Road - The Drive - Wanstead - LEYTONSTONE Green Man ( Daily )
Diverted via The Drive instead of Gants Hill
Sunday service introduced
Leyton (T) allocation moved to Forest Gate (G)
15.05.40 |
AP |
3LT |
3LT |
3LT |
ILFORD & LEYTONSTONE
Forest Gate (G) allocation moved to Seven Kings (AP)
20.11.40 |
AP |
2LT |
2LT |
2LT |
ILFORD - THE DRIVE Wanstead Lane
Withdrawn between Wanstead Lane and Leytonstone
29.10.41 |
AP |
4LT |
-- |
-- |
U |
-- |
4LT |
-- |
ILFORD STATION - Cranbrook Road - THE DRIVE Wanstead Lane - LEYTONSTONE Green Man ( Mon-Sat peaks)
Mon-Sat peaks extended from The Drive to Leytonstone
Sunday withdrawn
Saturday only Upton Park (U) introduced
21.01.42 |
AP |
4LT |
4LT |
-- |
ILFORD STATION - Cranbrook Road - THE DRIVE Wanstead Lane - LEYTONSTONE Green Man ( Mon-Sat peaks)
Saturday only Upton Park (U) withdrawn
17.06.42 |
AP |
2LT |
2LT |
-- |
ILFORD - THE DRIVE Wanstead Lane ( Mon-Sat )
Withdrawn between Wanstead Lane and Leytonstone
12.11.47 |
AP |
3LT |
3LT |
2LT |
ILFORD - THE DRIVE Wanstead Lane ( Daily )
Sunday service reintroduced
05.05.48 |
AP |
4LT |
-- |
-- |
G |
-- |
4STL |
2STL |
ILFORD - REDBRIDGE STATION ( Daily )
Extended to Redbridge Station
Withdrawn from Wanstead Lane, Devenport Gardens and Preston Gardens which was terminal working
Weekend Forest Gate introduced at expense of Seven Kings
20.10.48 |
AP |
4RT |
-- |
-- |
G |
-- |
4STL |
2STL |
ILFORD - REDBRIDGE STATION ( Daily )
RT type introduced
26.10.49 |
AP |
4RTL |
-- |
-- |
G |
-- |
4STL |
2STL |
ILFORD - REDBRIDGE STATION ( Daily )
RT type replaced by RTL
03.05.50 |
AP |
4RTL |
-- |
-- |
G |
-- |
4RT |
2RT |
ILFORD - REDBRIDGE STATION ( Daily )
Forest
Gate (G) converted to RT type.
30.06.54 |
AP |
3RTL |
-- |
-- |
G |
-- |
7RT |
2RT |
|
U |
6RT |
-- |
-- |
NORTH
WOOLWICH Free Ferry (Mon-Fri peaks) - ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (Sat
peaks) - Manor Way - EAST HAM White Horse ( Mon-Sat ) High Street
North - Gladstone Avenue - Browning Road - Little Ilford Lane - ILFORD
STN (Suns) - The Drive - REDBRIDGE STN
MS extended from Ilford to East Ham and further
extended MS peaks to ROYAL ALBERT DOCK and further extended Mon-Fri peaks to NORTH
WOOLWICH.
Mon-Fri Upton Park allocation added.
06.10.54 |
AP |
3RTL |
-- |
-- |
G |
-- |
7RT |
-- |
|
U |
6RT |
-- |
-- |
NORTH
WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks) - ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (Sat peaks)
- EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE STN ( Mon-Sat )
Sunday service withdrawn.
The Drive section was left
unserved on Sundays until March 1955 when new Route 148A was introduced.
20.08.58 |
AP |
6RTL |
-- |
-- |
U |
7RT |
9RT |
-- |
NORTH
WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks) - ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (Sat peaks)
- EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE STN ( Mon-Sat )
Forest
Gate (G) allocation withdrawn.
26.11.58 |
AP |
6RT |
-- |
-- |
U |
7RT |
9RT |
-- |
NORTH
WOOLWICH (Mon-Fri peaks) - ROYAL ALBERT DOCK (Sat peaks)
- EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE STN ( Mon-Sat )
Seven
Kings allocation converted to RT type.
01.07.64 |
AP |
3RT |
-- |
-- |
U |
9RT |
9RT |
-- |
ROYAL
ALBERT DOCK (MS peaks) - EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )
Withdrawn between Royal Albert Dock and North Woolwich.
27.01.65 |
U |
12RT |
9RT |
-- |
ROYAL
ALBERT DOCK (MS peaks) - EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )
Seven
Kings (AP) allocation withdrawn.
Taken from Alterations ( no.1 ) Booklet dated 18 November 1964 |
03.10.66 |
U |
12RT |
9RM |
-- |
ROYAL
ALBERT DOCK (MS peaks) - EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )
Saturday
service converted to RM.
18.07.70 |
U |
13RT |
9RML |
-- |
ROYAL
ALBERT DOCK (MS peaks) - EAST HAM ( Mon-Sat ) - REDBRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )
Saturday
converted to RML using buses spare from Route 15.
03.07.71 |
U |
12SMS |
11SMS |
4SMS |
ROYAL
ALBERT DOCK (MS peaks) - EAST HAM - REDBRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )
- LEYTONSTONE (Suns)
Converted to single deck OPO
Sunday service introduced between East Ham
and Leytonstone
SMS773 Redbridge Station
|
16.11.75 |
U |
12DMS |
11DMS |
4DMS |
ROYAL
ALBERT DOCK (MS peaks) - EAST HAM - REDBRIDGE ( Mon-Sat )
- LEYTONSTONE (Suns)
Converted
to double deck operation.
DMS1924 Leytonstone stand
|
22.04.78 |
U131+ |
12DMS |
11DMS |
3DMS |
EAST
HAM White Horse - REDBRIDGE STN
Mon-Fri withdrawn between East Ham and Royal Albert
Dock
Sunday withdrawn between Redbridge and Leytonstone thus standardising
service.
26.04.81 |
U131+ |
10T |
10T |
3T |
EAST
HAM White Horse - REDBRIDGE STN
DMS
type replaced by Titans.
25.06.83 |
U131+ |
7T |
8T |
2T |
REDBRIDGE
STN - EAST HAM White Horse ( Mon-Sat ) or Barking Road - Upton Park - Prince
Regent Lane - VICTORIA & ALBERT DOCKS (Daily)
Part of MS and all of Sunday service rerouted at East
Ham Town Hall via Route 5 to Greengate and 262 to V & A Docks - this enabling
the new Newham General Hospital to be served.
04.02.84 |
U131+ |
7T |
8T |
2T |
REDBRIDGE
STN - VICTORIA & ALBERT DOCKS (Daily)
Bifurcations to East Ham withdrawn
02.11.85 |
U131+ |
10T |
10T |
3T |
REDBRIDGE
STN - East Ham - Barking Road - Prince
Regent Lane - Victoria Dock Road - Munday Road - Radland Road - Tarling Road -
( return via Appleby Road) KEIR HARDIE ESTATE
Rerouted at Victoria Dock Road via Route
241 to Keir Hardie Estate.
21.06.86 |
U121+ |
10T |
10T |
4T |
ILFORD
Hainault Street - KEIR
HARDIE ESTATE
Withdrawn between Ilford and Redbridge and diverted at Ilford via Route 25 to the Hainault Street
stand.
06.06.87 |
AP1+ |
-- |
-- |
7T |
U121+ |
10T |
11T |
-- |
SEVEN
KINGS GARAGE (Sun
garage journeys) ILFORD
Hainault Street - KEIR
HARDIE ESTATE ( Mon-Sat ) Victoria Dock Road - Freemasons Road - New Barn Street - Balaam Street - Plaistow -
Plaistow Road - Stratford Broadway - STRATFORD Bus Station (Suns)
Sunday service extended from Keir Hardie Estate to Stratford
Sunday Seven Kings allocation introduced
T201 seen at Tramway Avenue Stratford embarking on a garage journey of a very complicated routing as shown by a very cramped blind display |
20.03.93 |
BK121+ |
-- |
-- |
7T |
U121+ |
10T |
11T |
-- |
ILFORD
Hainault Street - KEIR
HARDIE ESTATE ( Mon-Sat ) Victoria Dock Road - Freemasons Road - New Barn Street - Balaam Street - Plaistow -
Plaistow Road - Stratford Broadway - STRATFORD Bus Station (Suns)
Sunday
only AP allocation moved to Barking (BK)
25.09.93 |
BK121+ |
11T |
12T |
-- |
U121+ |
-- |
-- |
4DRL |
ILFORD
- KEIR HARDIE ESTATE
Sunday withdrawn between Keir Hardie Estate and Ilford -
replaced by reintroduced Route 241.
Sunday service also converted to midibus and transferred to Upton Park (U)
the MS allocation moved from U to BK.
DRL145 seen in East Ham |
19.07.97 |
BK121+ |
14T |
13T |
6T |
ILFORD
- KEIR HARDIE ESTATE
Sunday
allocation moved from Upton Park (U) to Barking (BK) and converted from midibus
status to double deck
01.05.99 |
U121+ |
14T |
13T |
5T |
ILFORD
- Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
MS BK allocation moved to Upton Park and extended
from Keir Hardie Estate to Canning Town Station via Route 241.
28.08.00 |
BK121+ |
-- |
-- |
6T |
U121+ |
13TAS |
12TAS |
-- |
ILFORD
- Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Sunday only BK introduced
Converted
to low floor double deck operation.
13.10.01 |
U121+ |
14TAS |
13TAS |
8TAS |
ILFORD
- Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Sunday
only BK allocation moved to Upton Park (U)
10.05.04 |
U121+ |
15TAS |
14TAS |
10TAS |
Start
of new contract - retained by Stagecoach East London (U). Earlier first and last buses to meet tube connections. |
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01.09.07 |
U121+ |
18TAS |
19TAS |
14TAS |
ILFORD
- Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Daily
frequency increase.
28.07.10 |
WH51+ |
18TAS |
19TAS |
14TAS |
ILFORD
- Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Allocation moved to Canning Town (WH
07.05.11 |
WH51+ |
18TAS |
19TAS |
14TAS |
ILFORD
- Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Contract renewed
25.07.11 |
WH51+ |
18TAS |
19TAS |
14TAS |
ILFORD - PRINCE REGENT DLR STATION
During closure of Victoria Dock Road - withdrawn between Prince Regent and Canning Town
Trident 17156 has just set down at the temporary terminal at Prince Regent |
01.04.13 |
WH51+ |
18TAS |
19TAS |
18TAS |
ILFORD
- Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Routeing reverted to Canning Town - temporary curtailment ended
14.09.13 |
WH51+ |
19TAS |
20TAS |
18TAS |
ILFORD - PRINCE REGENT DLR STATION
During closure of Victoria Dock Road - withdrawn between Prince Regent and Canning Town
31.10.15 |
WH51+ |
19TAS |
20TAS |
18TAS |
ILFORD
- Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Routeing reverted to Canning Town - temporary curtailment ended
07.05.16 |
RR1+ |
21E |
20E |
14E |
Contract reassigned to GA-L Blue Triangle operating from a new base in River Road - Barking |
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E175 parked at the Canning Town stand |
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08.05.21 |
RR1+ |
21E |
21E |
15E |
ILFORD
- Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Contract extended for two years
13.11.21 |
RR1+ |
21E |
21E |
15E |
ILFORD
- Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Buses will no longer serve stop 8186 Prince Regent Station towards Ilford
E169 appproaching Canning Town Bus Station © Bexleybus |
06.05.23 |
RR1+ |
21E |
21E |
15E |
ILFORD
- Keir Hardie Estate - CANNING TOWN STATION.
Contract renewal using existing vehicles
E191 PRINCE REGENT Victoria Dock Road Ian Armstrong |
Taken from 2023 map drawn by Mike Harris
busmap.co.uk |
G
Forest Gate
Changeover
point at Ilford
AP
Seven Kings
Changeover
point at Ilford
BK
Barking
Changeover
point at Ilford
U
Upton Park
Changeover
point at Upton Park
RR River Road
Changeover
point ILFORD stand
WH Canning Town
Changeover
point at Canning Town - but while terminating at Prince Regent buses ran out of service to garage