London Bus Route 167

Route History

Date of introduction	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
05.05.48	T	3LT	3LT	3LT

LOUGHTON STATION - Buckhurst Hill High Road - Palmerston Road - Roding Lane - Chigwell Rise - Chigwell Road - Station Road - Hainault Road - Fenpiece Road - BARKINGSIDE Old Maypole

26.10.49

3STD

3RT

LOUGHTON - BARKINGSIDE
Type change

03.05.50

3STD

LOUGHTON - BARKINGSIDE
Sunday service reverted to STD

11.10.50

5STD

LOUGHTON GARAGE - Buckhurst Hill - Chigwell - Barkingside - Gants Hill - ILFORD
Extended in Loughton to the Garage and from Barkingside to Ilford
Leyton (T) allocation transferred to Loughton (L)

17.10.51

6STD

DEBDEN Chester Road - Loughton - Buckhurst Hill - Chigwell - Barkingside - Gants Hill - ILFORD STATION
Extended from Loughton Garage to Debden Estate

19.05.54

6STD

DEBDEN BROADWAY - Willingale Road - Chester Road - Pyrles lane - Goldings Hill - Loughton - - ILFORD STATION
Extended from Debden Estate to Debden Broadway.

16.03.55

6RT

DEBDEN BROADWAY - ILFORD STATION
STD type replaced by RT.

30.04.58

7RT

6RT

DEBDEN BROADWAY - ILFORD STATION
SEE TIMETABLE

11.05.60

7RT

6RT


This entry has been taken from the May 1960 allocation book which is available for sale

03.07.71

9SMS

7SMS

4SMS

DEBDEN BROADWAY - ILFORD STATION
Converted to single deck one person operation.

SMS815 Chigwell Station

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12.09.76

9DMS

7DMS

4DMS

DEBDEN BROADWAY - ILFORD STATION
Converted to double deck operation.

DMS1634 Cranbrook Road

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31.03.79

L101+

7DMS

6DMS

3DMS

DEBDEN STATION ,Rectory Lane - Loughton - Loughton Station - Loughton - Buckhurst Hill - Chigwell - Barkingside - Gants Hill - ILFORD STATION
SDO jnys DEBDEN STATION - WEST HATCH SCHOOL
Revised to double run via Loughton Station and SDO journeys introduced to West Hatch School from Debden

28.01.82

L101+

DEBDEN STATION - ILFORD STATION
SDO jnys DEBDEN STATION - WEST HATCH SCHOOL
Converted to Leyland Titan operation.

T387 Loughton Crown

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04.09.82

L101+

5LS

2LS

LOUGHTON STATION - Oakwood Hill - Debden Lane - Church Hill - Loughton Station - Loughton Way - Buckhurst Hill - Chigwell - Barkingside - Gants Hill - ILFORD STATION
Rerouted between Buckhurst Hill and Loughton Station via Loughton Way - Valley Hill - Roding Road - Station Road - Loughton High Road - Rectory Lane - Debden Station - Oakwood Hill - and Roding Road thus terminating at Loughton Station instead of Debden Station. This was an exchange of routeings with 250
Converted to single deck operation with Leyland Nationals.

LS433 Loughton Garage

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24.05.86

	New contract

LOUGHTON - ILFORD
Operation transferred to Eastern National from a depot in Walthamstow - and Loughton Garage closed.


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15.11.86

LOUGHTON - ILFORD Hainault Street
Extended in Ilford to Hainault Street, York Road stand abandoned

14.08.88

DEBDEN STATION - Debden - Chester Road - Pyrles Lane - Rectory Lane - Church Hill - Loughton Station - Loughton Way - Buckhurst Hill - Chigwell Station - Grange Hill - Barkingside - Gants Hill - ILFORD Hainault Street
Rerouted in Debden via Debden Estate

31.10.88

DEBDEN - ILFORD
One Mon-Fri am peak journey revised to start from Woodford Green - Debden

29.07.90

	New operator

DEBDEN - ILFORD
Operation transferred to Thamesway - joint allocation with Route 20

1894 Clements Road, Ilford

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07.03.92

DX61+

5sd

3sd

	New operator

DEBDEN - ILFORD
Operation transferred to Grey Green - operated from Barking Depot

859 Loughton High Road

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08.03.97

DX61+

8SLF

7SLF

3SLF

DEBDEN - ILFORD
Start of new contract

03.10.98

DX61+

8SLF

7SLF

3SLF

	New operator

DEBDEN - ILFORD
Contract passed to Arriva London NE

Dennis Dart Alexander ADL963 ILFORD POST OFFICE

09.03.02	D1+	10SLF	10SLF	5SLF
	EM	1M	--	--

	New operator

DEBDEN - ILFORD
Contract assigned to Docklands Buses operated from a base in Silvertown BUT ONE SCHOOLDAY ONLY JOURNEY with Leaside Travel.


Caetano Nimbus at ILFORD POST OFFICE	This rare shot of M1326 on the 167 seen at Buckhurst Hill Station

18.09.06

SI1+

10SLF

5SLF

	Docklands Buses now under Go Ahead management

DEBDEN - ILFORD
Now operated by GA-L

25.06.11

BE41+

9ED

8ED

5ED

	Now operated by Blue Triangle from Rainham (BE)

DEBDEN - ILFORD
Transferred within GA-L to Blue Triangle (BE)

MCV Evolution ED23 seen in the shadows at Barkingside

10.03.12

BE41+

9ED

8ED

5ED

DEBDEN - ILFORD
Contract renewal


Taken from 2018 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

02.07.16

RR41+

9ED

8ED

5ED

DEBDEN - ILFORD
Rainham (BE) closed, allocation moved to River Road (RR)

	SOE27 makes a rogue appearance shortly before the contract is transferred to Stagecoach

11.03.17

BK151+

7SE

4SE

	Contract reassigned

ILFORD - LOUGHTON STATION
Withdrawn between Loughton and Debden, at school times this section replaced by Route 677

Dart e200 10.2m seen in Ilford with the new destination showing

24.04.17

BK151+

7SE

4SE

ILFORD - LOUGHTON STATION
Barkingsiide scheme commenced


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New MMC Enviro 36660 shows off the new branding for the Barkingside scheme

12.03.22

BK151+

7SE

5SE

ILFORD - LOUGHTON STATION
Contract extended for two years

02.03.24

BK151+

7SE

5SE

ILFORD - LOUGHTON STATION
Contract renewal

Current Blind

Operating Garages

BK Barking
Changeover point Ilford

RR River Road, Barking
Changeover point Ilford

L Loughton
Changeover point outside garage

DX Barking
Changeover point Ilford

T Leyton
Changeover point ?

DB Silvertown
Changeover point is Ilford Hainault Street - we have 11 of the dart/nimbus combo buses but only use 10 a day numbered D1 through to D10 - with 21 M - F duties using 10 buses 20 Saturday duties using 10 buses and 10 Sunday duties using 4 buses .
We use either a de licensed black taxi or a peugeot 205 and some times a dark metallic blue transit van plastered in Docklands minibus logo.

Thanks to Graham - a driver at Docklands for this information.