London Bus Route 203

Route History

Date of introduction	Gar	Mon-Fri	Sat	Sun
21.02.51	AV	3STL	3STL	3STL

HANWORTH Duke of York - Powder Mill Lane - Percy Road - Hall Road - Worton Road - Bridge Road - Hounslow High Street - HOUNSLOW CENTRAL STN
NEW ROUTE

02.05.51

3STL

3RT

HANWORTH Duke of York - HOUNSLOW CENTRAL STN
Sunday service converted to RT operation

25.07.51

7STL

6STL

4RT

TWICKENHAM STN - Staines Road - Hospital Bridge Road - Percy Road - Hall Road - Worton Road - Bridge Road - HOUNSLOW CENTRAL STN (Suns) or Hounslow West - Great South West Road - HATTON CROSS ( Mon-Sat )
Service revised as above.


Taken from 1952 map drawn by Mike Harris busmap.co.uk

22.10.52

6STL

2RT

TWICKENHAM STN - HOUNSLOW GARAGE (Suns) - HATTON CROSS ( Mon-Sat )
Sunday service withdrawn between Hounslow Garage and Hounslow Central Station.

STL751 Twickenham Station stand

03.12.52

7STL

6STL

2RT

TWICKENHAM STN - HOUNSLOW GARAGE (Suns) - HATTON CROSS (Mon-Fri/Sat am) - Great South West Road - Stanwell Road - BEDFONT GREEN (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat pm)
Mon-Fri peaks/Sat pm journeys extended from Hatton Cross to Bedfont Green

19.05.54

7RT

2RT

TWICKENHAM STN - HOUNSLOW GARAGE (Suns) - HATTON CROSS (Mon-Fri/Sat am) - BEDFONT GREEN (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat pm)
STL's replaced by RT type.

06.10.54

7RT

TWICKENHAM STN - HATTON CROSS (Mon-Fri/Sat am) - BEDFONT GREEN (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat journeys)
Sunday service withdrawn.

04.05.55

8RT

7RT

TWICKENHAM STN - HATTON CROSS (Mon-Fri/Sat evgs) - BEDFONT GREEN (Sat am peak / afts) - Staines Road - STAINES Bridge Street (Mon-Fri Peaks)
Mon-Fri peaks extended from Bedfont Green to Staines.

27.06.56

11RT

8RT

1RT

TWICKENHAM STN ( Mon-Sat ) - Hatton Cross - Great South West Rd - Stanwell Rd - Bedfont Rd - STANWELL War Memorial (Suns ) Town Lane - Staines Road - STAINES Bridge Street
Diverted at Bedfont to run via Stanwell Rd - Bedfont Rd - Stanwell - Town Lane - Staines Road to STAINES Bridge Street.
Sunday service introduced between Stanwell and Staines. This diversion replaced existing Route 162 which ran between Staines and Stanwell.


Scanned from April 1958 Red Book - the complete book is available from the Sales List The book contains full list of departures

25.11.59

12RT#

7RT

1RT

TWICKENHAM STN ( Mon-Sat ) - STANWELL War Memorial (Suns ) Town Lane - Staines Road - STAINES Bridge Street ( daily )
Route 203A introduced which was jointly allocated with Route 203.
This was most unusual especially as Hounslow (AV) was famed for being militant.


busmap.co.uk This map was extracted from 1964 historical map which can be purchased as a download

RT4260 Moor Lane stand at Staines

Part of Jeff Lloyd collection

04.07.65

12RT#

7RT

1RFo

Sunday service converted to One Person Operation.
The drivers would have been used from the 237 rota which was one man operated from January 1965.

RT434 crosses the Bridge Road railway bridge at Hounslow

31.12.66	AV	10RT#	5RT	--
	FW	--	--	2RFo

Sunday allocation transferred to Fulwell (FW).
Garage journeys worked via 116 and 285.

This was the blind used by the Sunday only Fulwell allocation

19.07.69

10RT#

5RT

TWICKENHAM - STAINES ( Mon-Sat )
Sunday service withdrawn thus FW withdrawn.

26.09.70

6RT#

6RT

STAINES - HOUNSLOW GARAGE (Mon-Fri) - RICHMOND Dee Road (Sats)
Mon-Fri withdrawn between Hounslow and Twickenham - replaced by new 202
Saturday extended from Twickenham to Richmond.

11.03.72

6SMS#

4SMS#

HOUNSLOW - STAINES (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat shopping hours)
Converted to single deck OPO operation.
Service reduced to Mon-Fri peaks and Sat shop hours - at other times ran as 203A.

SMS832 Staines West Station stand

19.07.75

6SMS#

4SMS#

HOUNSLOW - STAINES (Mon-Fri peaks/Sat shopping hours)
Diverted via Hatton Cross Station

20.08.76

6LS

4LS

HOUNSLOW - STAINES ( Mon-Sat ) or ASHFORD STN (Mon-Fri peaks) - ASHFORD Town Tree Road (Mon-Fri pm school jnys)
Converted to Leyland National operation - and 203A number discontinued

SMS814 Hatton Cross
23.08.76

busmap.co.uk

28.01.78

AV171+

5LS

BRENTFORD County Court - Isleworth - Hounslow - Hounslow West - Hatton Cross - Bedfont - Stanwell Road - Bedfont Road - Clare Road - Ashford Hospital - STAINES ( Mon-Sat )
Extended from Hounslow to Brentford via 117.
Ashford peak journeys withdrawn.

LS17 Staines High Street, May 1980

busmap.co.uk

29.01.83

AV171+

LS#

STAINES - BRENTFORD ( Mon-Sat )
Joint compilation with 116 introduced.


Part of the allocation book library which is for sale Allocation Books

09.08.86

WK1+

LS#

	Route transferred to Westlink - Hounslow Heath

STAINES - BRENTFORD ( Mon-Sat )
New operator

LS297 Hounslow High Street

10.08.91

5midi

	Contract reassigned to London Buslines jointly with Route 201.

HOUNSLOW Bus Station - STAINES (Mon-Sat)
Withdrawn between Hounslow and Brentford

LBL636 Staines Bus Station 16.05.92

busmap.co.uk

27.11.93

5midi

HOUNSLOW Bus Station - STAINES (Mon-Sat)
Service increased to compensate for the withdrawal of Route 201.

01.06.96

HOUNSLOW Bus Station - STAINES (Mon-Sat)
Re-routed via Ashford Hospital grounds (southbound)

London Bus Lines 606 at Hatton X

31.08.96

5dart

3dart

HOUNSLOW Bus Station - STAINES
Sunday service introduced.

01.09.01

TF85+

6dart

3dart

	New contract awarded to Tellings Golden Miller based at Twickenham (TF)

Dart 420 at Staines Bus Station

17.06.05

TF141

6SD

4SD

	Contract reassigned

HOUNSLOW - STAINES
Contract reassigned to Travel London

	Travel London 438 at Staines Bus Station

02.09.06

AV141+

6DP

4DP

	Contract reassigned

HOUNSLOW - STAINES
Contract reassigned to Transdev

	DPS567 Staines Bus Station

03.03.11

AV141+

6DP

4DP

	TRANSDEV REPLACED BY RATP

HOUNSLOW - STAINES
Contract reassigned to RATP

03.09.11

AV141+

6MC

4MC

HOUNSLOW - STAINES
Contract renewal

MCL30301 Hounslow West Station

03.09.11

AV141+

6MC

4MC

HOUNSLOW - STAINES
Contract renewal with existing buses

SP40051 is making a guest appearance on single deck Route 203, seen entering Staines Bus Station

03.09.16

AV141+

6MC

4MC

HOUNSLOW - STAINES
Contract renewal

This Optare OT6 is usually found on Route H37 but on this occasion is seen at Staines Bus Station

09.09.17

AV141+

7MC

5MC

HOUNSLOW - STAINES
New schedule

DXE30355 Bath Road / Wellington Road

04.09.21

AV141+

7MCL

5MCL

HOUNSLOW - STAINES
New schedule

02.09.23

AV141+

7VH

5VH

HOUNSLOW - STAINES
Contract renewal with double deckers replacing MCL type

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Current Blind

Operating Garages

AV Hounslow
Changeover point garage

FW Fulwell
Changeover point garage

HH Hounslow Heath
The changeover point was the second stop towards Staines bus station along the Great South West Road and ex London taxis were provided to get back to Hounslow Heath Garage.

LBL Southall
Changeover point Hounslow Bus Stations

TF Twickenham (TGM)
Changeover point is Ashford Hospital and Cars are provided to get to T-GM,s Fulwell Garage.

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