Route History

Date
Gar
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
04.05.38
TL
8ST
11ST
9ST

CATFORD St Dunstan's College  - Catford Bridge - Brownhill Road - Westhorne Avenue - Eltham Green - Middle Park Avenue - Eltham Church - Eltham Park - Rochester Way - Welling Way - WELLING Guy Earl of Warwick
New Route serving new Roads between Catford and Eltham but replacing Route 227 between Eltham and Welling

Extracted from June 1939 historical drawn by Mike Harris
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13.12.39
TL
8STL
12STL
10STL

CATFORD  -  WELLING 
ST type replaced by STL

19.04.44
TL
6STL
8STL+
6STL
      1STL/54  

CATFORD  -  WELLING 
New schedule

20.10.48
TL
8RT
11RT
11RT

CATFORD  -  WELLING 
STL type replaced by new RT type

RT4616 is is Brownhill Road - Catford - opposite Plassy Road.
There's a glimpse of the Salvation Army chapel which still exists in some form.


30.04.58
TL
9RT
11RT
8RT


08.05.63
TL
9RT
9RT
--

CATFORD - WELLING (Mon-Sat)
Sunday service re-numbered 160A

Health & safety might have something to say about the timecard sat in the windscreen RT189 at the SDC Stand

24.01.70
TL
10SM
8SM
--

CATFORD St Dunstan's College  - WELLING Guy Earl of Warwick
Converted to single deck one person operation.

SM9

SM9 Eltham High Street

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27.06.76
TL101+
10SMD
8SMD
--

CATFORD St Dunstan's College  - WELLING Guy Earl of Warwick
Type change

 



 

28.01.78
TL101+
10DMS
8DMS
--

CATFORD St Dunstan's College  - WELLING Nags Head
Converted to double deck operation.

22.04.78
TL101+
7DMS
7DMS
3DMS

CATFORD St Dunstan's College (Mon-Sat) or CATFORD GARAGE (Suns) - WELLING
Sunday service re-introduced.
This was part of Busplan 1 - an excercise in standardising routes and withdrawing suffix letters

08.09.82
TL101+
7DMS
5DMS
--

CATFORD - WELLING ( Mon-Sat )
Sunday service re-numbered 160A

D2582

D2582 Eltham High Street , May 1983

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25.07.83
TL101+
7T
5T
--

CATFORD - WELLING ( Mon-Sat )
Converted from Daimler Fleetline to Leyland Titan.

02.11.85
TL101+
7T
7T
2T

CATFORD - Middle Park - Eltham - Eltham Park - Hook Lane - Welling - Bexleyheath - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
Extended from Welling to Bexleyheath Garage and introduced on Sunday replacing Route 160A

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<T1067

 

T1067 Eltham Church

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03.02.87
TL101+
7LS
7LS
2LS

CATFORD  -  BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE 
Converted to single deck Leyland National.

160  

 

08.07.89
TL81+
5SR
4SR
3SR

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent -; Falconwood - Westwood Lane - WELLING CORNER (Mon-Fri pm school journeys)
Withdrawn between Eltham and Welling except for school journeys - most replaced by New Midibus Route B16

29.07.89
TL81+
5SR
4SR
##11SR

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent - WELLING CORNER (Mon-Fri pm school journeys)
Sunday joint allocation with 108b,180,273,L1

SR61

SR61 Elltham High Street

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03.02.90
TL81+
5SR
4SR
##MW

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent - WELLING CORNER (Mon-Fri pm school journeys)
Sunday buses ex 124

01.09.90
TL81+
4SR/MW
4SR/MW
##MW

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent
School journeys to Welling withdrawn.

24.04.93
TL81+
4SR/MW
4SR/MW
2SR/MW

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent
Sunday allocation now confined to 160.

 

 

DW63 at Eltham

 


02.03.94
TL46+
4LA
4LA
3MW
LA type introduced.
LA9 Eltham High Street Dennis Lance Alexander LA9 in Eltham High Street

19.08.95
TL101+
4L
4L
3MR

CATFORD - ELTHAM Southend Crescent
Converted from single deck LA to double deck Olympian.

The new order represented here by L81 at Eltham

15.09.96
TL101+
9DAL
8DAL
4DAL

CATFORD - Eltham - New Eltham - Southwood Road - Green Lane - Chislehurst - Perry Street - Queen Mary's Hospital - SIDCUP STATION
Extended from Eltham to Sidcup via Chislehurst replacing part of withdrawn 228.
Olympians replaced by Alexandra Dash Darts.

DT32

DT32 Catford Bridge Station, unusually for London using a three track number blind

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29.07.00
TL1+
10T/VN
9T/VN
4T/VN

CATFORD GARAGE - SIDCUP STATION
Withdrawn between Rushey Green and St Dunstan's College in Catford.
Converted from single deck to double deck operation.

VN101 Sidcup Seen here in Jubillee Way Sidcup is VN101

09.02.02
TL1+
11TAS
9TAS
6TAS

CATFORD GARAGE - SIDCUP STATION
Converted to low floor operation.

TAS469 Sidcup

 

TAS469 Sidcup stand

 


16.09.06
DT8+
11dd
10dd
8dd
New contract awarded to ARRIVA  KENT THAMESIDE operated from Dartford Garage

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Rerouted between ST Mildred's Road and Catford Town Centre via Verdant Lane - Sandhurst Road and Sangley Road instead of direct via Brownhill Road.

Arriva 6458 on route 160 in Footscray Road, New Eltham

© John King

17.09.11
DT8+
11dd
10dd
8dd

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Contract renewal

4029 Chislehurst Common AD Enviro Dart 10.8m 4029
Chislehurst Common

28.11.15
DT11+
12E
11E
8E

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Running number sequence change with PVR increase

Taken from 2014 map drawn by Mike Harris
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17.09.16
DT11+
12E+
12E
8E
    +1E/660    

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Contract renewal

29.10.16
DT11+
13T
12T
8E
Official transfer from AKT
to Arriva London

 
Medicare Insurance Quotes Since Arriva London took over the management duties of Dartford Garage routes they have adopted the policy of showing running numbers as exampled here by T325 at Queen Mary's
 
01.09.18
DT121+
13T
12T
8T

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
Running Number sequence change

18.09.21
TL301+
13EV
13EV
10EV
LOGO
Contract reassigned

CATFORD BRIDGE STATION - SIDCUP STATION
New contract with StagecoacH with new BYD electric double deckers

14156

14156 seen at

© Edward S

Current Blind



160

 

Operating Garages

TL Catford
Changeover point Catford Town Centre, Town Hall

2000-2006 at the garage
2021 buses Thomas Lane stand and busesrun light to garage for changeovers

DT Dartford
Changeover point Sidcup Station but previously had been Eltham High Street and Queen Mary's Hospital

 

Live visual

 

 

© Ian Armstrong 2024
Date of edit   Friday, 23.02.24