Date of introduction |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
08.11.61 |
FY |
20RM |
15RM |
15RM |
WN |
-- |
6RM |
-- |
NORTH
FINCHLEY - Friern Barnet - New Southgate - Bounds Green - Wood Green - Turnpike
Lane - Manor House - Finsbury Park - Holloway - Caledonian Road - KINGS CROSS (Suns) Farringdon Road - FARRINGDON STREET (Mon-Sat / Sun early jnys)
TROLLEYBUS REPLACEMENT SERVICE 521/621
03.01.62 |
FY |
20RM |
21RM |
15RM |
Saturday only WN allocation withdrawn.
09.05.62 |
FY |
23RM |
25RM |
6RM |
WN |
-- |
-- |
7RM |
Sunday only WN allocation introduced.
23.01.66 |
FY |
23RM |
25RM |
6RM |
WN |
-- |
-- |
7RM |
EDGWARE
STATION ( Mon-Sat ) Hale Lane - Mill Hill - Page Street - Bunns Lane - Mill Hill
East Stn - Frith Lane - Woodside Park - NORTH FINCHLEY (Suns) - Friern
Barnet - New Southgate - Bounds Green - Wood Green - Turnpike Lane Stn - Manor
House - Finsbury Park - Holloway - Caledonian Road - KINGS CROSS (Sat pm,Suns)
Farringdon Road - FARRINGDON STREET (Mon-Fri,Sat am ,Sun early jnys)
Mon-Sat extended from North Finchley to Edgware Station
via 125 and withdrawn 240A.
31.12.66 |
FY |
16RM |
24RM |
5RM/1RT |
WN |
-- |
-- |
7RM |
Mon-Fri Wood Green (WN) allocation introduced.
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Extracted from June 1967 Red Book |
07.09.68 |
FY |
17RM |
19RM |
3RM |
WN |
5RM |
6RM |
8RM |
Saturday Wood Green (WN) allocation introduced.
13.06.70 |
FY |
13RM |
13RM |
3RM |
WN |
7RM |
6RML |
5RML |
EDGWARE
STATION ( Mon-Sat ) - NORTH FINCHLEY (Suns) - KINGS CROSS (Mon-Fri
evgs,Sat pm,Sun) - FARRINGDON STREET (Mon-Fri except evgs/Sat/Sun early
journeys)
Mon-Fri evening / Saturday withdrawn between Kings Cross
and Farringdon Street.
Weekend RML allocated to WN
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16.01.71 |
FY |
13RM |
13RM |
3RM |
WN |
7RM |
6RML |
4RM |
Sunday Wood Green (WN) allocation reverted to RM
31.07.71 |
FY |
13RM |
13RM |
3RM |
WN |
7RM |
6RM |
4RM |
Saturday Wood Green (WN) allocation reverted to RM
08.01.72 |
FY |
8RM |
13RM |
3RM |
WN |
12RM |
6RM |
4RM |
Part Mon-Fri Finchley (FY) allocation transferred to WN.
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RM1001 seen at Mill Hill East although the blind would suggest otherwise © Malcolm Allan |
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17.06.72 |
FY |
8RM |
13RM |
3RM |
WN |
12RM |
6RM |
4RM |
EDGWARE
STATION ( Mon-Sat ) - NORTH FINCHLEY (Suns) - KINGS CROSS (Sat
pm/Sun) - HOLBORN CIRCUS Charterhouse Street (Mon-Fri except evgs/Sat &
Sun early journeys)
Stand working revised at Holborn -: Buses terminated
at HOLBORN CIRCUS but then returned via St Andrew Street - Shoe Lane - Stonecutter
Street.
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Taken at Mill Hill Broadway shortly before the route was converted to OMO. It is of RM970 I think in early 1973 ex-overhaul and it had just been used in the Sykes episode where Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques were driver and conductor of a bus. Here’s the episode in question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITHaraI8tcg © Chris Sanders |
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24.03.73 |
FY |
9DMS |
8DMS |
3DMS |
WN |
13DMS |
12DMS |
4DMS |
CONVERTED TO ONE PERSON OPERATION.
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31.03.79 |
FY51+ |
9DMS |
10DMS |
3DMS |
WN161+ |
14DMS |
13DMS |
7DMS |
EDGWARE
- KINGS CROSS (Mon-Fri evgs Sat pm/Sun) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri except
evgs/Sat & Sun early journeys)
Sunday service extended from North Finchley to Edgware
Station replacing part of withdrawn Sunday only 240A .
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DMS475 Kings Cross This image available with the |
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01.11.80 |
FY51+ |
7M |
8M |
3M |
WN161+ |
16DMS |
17DMS |
7DMS |
Metrobus conversion at Finchley (FY)
19.09.81 |
FY51+ |
7M |
8M |
3M |
WN161+ |
16M |
17M |
7M |
Metrobus conversion at Wood Green (WN).
21.06.86 |
EW |
4M |
- |
-- |
WN151+ |
16M |
17M |
7M |
Finchley (FY) allocation withdrawn. Mon-Fri Edgware (EW) allocation introduced.
06.06.87 |
WN151+ |
19M |
16M |
9M |
EDGWARE
STATION - KINGS CROSS (Sat pm/Sun) - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri except
evgs/Sat am/Sun early journeys)
Saturday early am journeys projected from Kings Cross
to Holborn Circus.
Mon-Fri
only Edgware (EW) allocation withdrawn.
01.02.92 |
WN151+ |
14M |
11M |
6M |
EDGWARE
STATION - TURNPIKE LANE STN - HOLBORN CIRCUS (Mon-Fri am journeys)
Withdrawn between Turnpike Lane and Kings Cross/Holborn
Circus except for a few early Mon-Fri journeys to Holborn Circus.
17.04.93 |
WN151+ |
14M |
11M |
8DRL |
Sunday converted to midibus operation.
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DRL47 route branded for the 84A seen at Edgware
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22.04.95 |
WN151+ |
14M |
11M |
8DRL |
EDGWARE
STATION - TURNPIKE LANE STN
Withdrawn between Turnpike Lane and Holborn Circus.
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M1317 Mill Hill Broadway © Graham Burgess |
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30.07.95 |
WN151+ |
14M |
11M |
8M |
Sunday converted from midibus operation to double deck operation.
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Usually found on Route 263 - DBS3 seen here at Wood Green
This image available with the |
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30.01.99 |
WN151+ |
15DLA |
14DLA |
8DLA |
Contractual change double deck to low floor double deck.
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DLA1 seen with the Arriva cow horns at Turnpike Lane
This image available on Bus Photos page |
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04.09.04 |
WN151+ |
20DLA |
19DLA |
11DLA |
New timetable introduced for reliability
10.11.07 |
WN151+ |
20DLA |
19DLA |
11DLA |
Contract extended for a further two years
07.11.09 |
WN151+ |
22VLW |
20VLW |
12VLW |
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Contract renewal |
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VLW84 Turnpike Lane Bus Station - only 2 points now on the intermediate blind compared to 6 on the DLA
This image available on Bus Photos page |
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08.11.14 |
WN151+ |
23DW |
20DW |
12DW |
Contract extended for two years
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DW508 seen at Butchers Hill with WN garage in the background |
T272 entering Edgware Bus Station |
Both the above photos © Ian Armstrong |
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05.11.16 |
WN151+ |
23DW |
21DW |
13DW |
EDGWARE
STATION - TURNPIKE LANE STN
Contract extended for two years
03.02.18 |
WN151+ |
23DW |
21DW |
13DW |
Contract renewal
EW
Edgware
Changeover point Edgware Station.
FY
Finchley
Changeover point North Finchley Bus Station.
WN
Wood Green
Changeover point outside garage.